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- John Oliver lets Big Oil have it: North Dakota boom is literally killing people — and even Texas demands more regulation
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- Arthur Chu to Matt Jackson: You’re a better “Jeopardy” player than me
- Why Jason Chaffetz’s stunning Planned Parenthood admission should finish the GOP’s crusade once and for all
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- Paul Krugman: The GOP needs its most intellectually dishonest representatives “to save the day”
- Trevor Noah’s master class: It’s not just Fox News — this is the topic that needs Noah, Oliver, Stewart
- Ben Carson insults the mentally ill: If you disagree with me, you must be “schizophrenic”
- Twitter embraces — and unloads on — the #ColumbusWasAHero hashtag campaign
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- Somebody shut Ben Carson up: Dangerous GOP gun-nut lunacy makes us all less safe
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- Inside the GOP’s nihilistic playbook: How the extremist strategies of the NRA have overtaken Republican politics
- Bernie Sanders flips on crucial gun control position days ahead of the first Democratic debate
- Ladies and gentlemen, the new Speaker of the House is…Dick Cheney?
- Elizabeth Warren’s giant leap for the left: Why her war with a corporate-friendly think tank matters
- Crowd of football fans in Dallas allegedly “egged on” man to shoot another in the head
- Salon’s Richard Dawkins peace summit: “I am against all religion … I think I’d call myself a lover of truth. I’m intolerant of bullsh*t”
- The GOP’s house of lies: Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina & the era of post-truth politics
- Carrie Brownstein’s surprising moment of rebellion: “When my dad came out, my instinct was that I needed to husband-up and get married”
- Amy Schumer’s unflinching “SNL” monologue: This is why you’re going to love her stand-up special
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- Ben Carson unleashes fury on the media: They “can’t stand the thought of a black person who is a conservative, who hasn’t had to make it on their handout”
- WATCH: Chelsea Clinton destroys right-wing ass who asks her “Would you say Bill Clinton targets teenage girls for sexual reasons?”
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- Effie Brown opens up about confronting Matt Damon on diversity: “I had no choice really. I’ve been black and a woman all my life”
- Ben Carson’s apocalyptic fantasies: “We are getting closer to” the End of Days
- The “reasonable” killing of Tamir Rice: The soul-churning truth about cops who use lethal force
- Nicholas Kristof thinks all Asian Americans are alike: The New York Times gets the “Asian Advantage” all wrong
- The right’s nauseating Columbus Day hate: Fox News, Trump, Limbaugh embolden white supremacist Twitter
- The DNC screwed Hillary — now get ready for a Bernie Sanders earthquake
- The media’s lying to you about Bernie Sanders: This is why a socialist can win the Fox-loving red states
- Columbus Day is the next Confederate Flag: The holiday’s political context is too unsavory to keep ignoring
- Benghazi farce blows up in GOP’s face: The political witch hunt faces unwanted scrutiny
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