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Anne Lamott: "Look at the Tea Party: Some of the angriest, most hateful people on earth, and they’re backed by what they think is Scripture"

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Stephen Colbert slams America's "cruel and unusual" prison system

Likely nominee for defense secretary looks like a hawk

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Jimmy Fallon and Brian Williams slow jam Obama's immigration executive order

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WSJ's attack on wind energy fails to disclose Koch connection

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Rick Perry's Nixon moment: Why tonight's looming execution is a test of his humanity (UPDATE)

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Court halts execution of mentally ill Texas man

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