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Erick Erickson compares firing of bigoted Atlanta fire chief to Charlie Hebdo attack

Phylicia Rashad clarifies Bill Cosby defense, makes things even worse

CNN's Don Lemon displays stunning tone-deafness, asks Muslim human rights lawyer if he supports ISIS

Marco Rubio: Let's put gay couples' civil rights up to a popular vote

10 historical "facts" only a wingnut could believe

We must stop deferring to religion: Laughable absurdities must be laughed at

Time to sell out: Ex-Sen. Saxby Chambliss joins huge lobbying firm -- but not to lobby, of course

Giving up the game: Key House GOPer admits their DHS shutdown scheme will fail

Bill Maher's Charlie Hebdo mess: Last night's "Jimmy Kimmel" revealed why we need studio audiences

California goes nuts over the return of foie gras

AP Top Sports News At 4:04 p.m. EST

Sia has nothing to apologize for: Her “Elastic Heart” video isn’t perverted

Pharma companies make moves to cash in on party drug ketamine

"Leviathan": A tragic, ironic masterpiece from Putin's Russia

Dear Sarah Koenig, here's your next "Serial"

“Girls'" tortured coming-of-age: Why it's so hard for these characters to grow up

"The blasphemy of ideas": Why everyone should read this graphic novel in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks

Chris Christie's bromance with Jerry Jones could be his undoing

10 insane right-wing reactions to the Charlie Hebdo massacre

This was Dick Cheney's coup: Why America's torture "reform" is a total sham

The "blame the left" crew: What the right's new Hebdo attack is really about

They'll come for "The Daily Show" next: Why satirists always threaten fundamentalists

"I know what's in his heart": Why Steve Scalise is getting away with his white power past

Paul Krugman ridicules GOP for believing "facts have a liberal bias"

"Every time I tell my story, someone else will come up and tell me theirs": How the 1 in 3 Campaign is turning abortion stories into art

Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart mocks NYPD "slowdown," introduces us to "sh*ttier New York"

Nebraska court clears the way for Keystone

Conservatives feel sorry for themselves: Sarah Palin, Fox News and the right's persecution complex

Cosby jokes, "Be careful about drinking around me"

Non-lethal force is still abuse: Police officers tackle, cuff Tamir Rice's sister in her moment of grief

Huckabee's Fox News transformation: Running for president as a right-wing talking head

5 reasons "white pride" is always racist

These were 2014's most expensive weather catastrophes

Report: Roger Goodell didn't see Ray Rice footage before it was released -- but he still lied

Grain higher, livestock lower

McConnell's spin and sabotage: Claiming credit for a rising economy while pushing awful policies

Police official: Charlie Hebdo suspects dead, hostage freed

Fox's Bob Beckel compares supporting radical Islam to supporting interracial dating

Mike Huckabee worries "pimp" Jay-Z is exploiting Beyoncé "as a sex object"

David Brooks has a Bill Maher problem: More smug, sanctimonious nonsense from NYT's laziest columnist

Long live the Ames straw poll: The GOP's quadrennial freak-show free-for-all soldiers on

Grover Norquist rules again: Will GOP get his "permission" to increase gas tax?

Bill Cosby's real "legacy": His latest vile joke is a reminder that rape culture is bigger than one man

Jon Stewart makes merciless fun of Mitch McConnell for taking responsibility for US economic growth

The GOP's latest job-creation lie: Stunning hypocrisy in the Keystone Pipeline crusade