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 - Larry Wilmore slams Jim Webb for ugly #BlackLivesMatter answer: “The situation of African Americans?!”
 - Trevor Noah’s Bernie Sanders impression: “If I hear one more person say emails, so help me, I’m gonna kick them in the d*ck!”
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 - Donald Trump claims it’s “very possible” the Democratic National Committee rigged the CNN debate
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 - “Black Lies Matter” Sheriff to Hannity: Democratic candidates playing “plantation politics” by “whoring for black votes”
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 - “These duplicative, unnecessary, unfair laws”: How our justice system denies ex-offenders a second chance
 - GOP’s Benghazi truth serum: Another Republican congressman admits it’s all about taking down Hillary Clinton
 - “Homeland” accidentally aired subversive Arabic graffiti saying “Homeland is racist”
 - Rand Paul’s disgraceful solution to LGBT workplace discrimination: Stay in the closet
 - Dennis Hastert goes down: Ex-speaker will plead guilty in hush-money case
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 - Bernie Sanders truthers, step down: There’s no conspiracy to hide that he “won” the debate
 - Rand Paul’s moronic views on LGBT discrimination: Go ahead and get fired for being gay, “there are plenty of places that will hire you”
 - The resurrection of the “liberal”: How the right tried to destroy American liberalism — and how it came back from the dead
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 - The media’s big Benghazi test: Will they get snookered (again) by the discredited outfit’s leaks?
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 - WATCH: “I’m not resisting!”: The brutal arrest of a black teen for using an ATM while black
 - America’s police misconduct nightmare: How the law shields cops from accountability
 - “Where you been running from?”: Watch officers try to detain Alabama man for jogging at night while black
 - Guilty of being black in a white world: Jogging, driving, walking, shopping, eating while black
 - The shocking new right-wing revolt: How conservatives, anti-choicers and white supremacists turned on “political correctness”
 - A Trump-sized temper tantrum: The Donald threatens to boycott the next GOP debate if demands aren’t met
 - Remember Leelah Alcorn: It’s time to ban “conversion therapy” for LGBT youth in all 50 states
 - “Every president has been manipulated by national security officials”: David Talbot exposes America’s “deep state”
 - Death of the Reagan revolution: Why the Southern Strategy is beginning to come undone
 - Hillary Clinton often boasts about helping children, but she betrayed them as First Lady
 - Louisiana’s nasty Bobby Jindal hangover: GOP failure is giving new life to Democrats in the unlikeliest of places
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 - The one time Bill Maher’s anti-Muslim rants actually helped anyone: When Hasan Minhaj landed his “Daily Show” gig
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 - Amy Schumer cleans up her act: After a summer of backlash, her new HBO special mostly avoids jokes about race
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