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"TAXES." Get it?

Karl Rove’s dumb subliminal ad

Alex Pareene
Crossroads GPS writes "TAXES" on the president's face, for a split second
President Barack Obama speaks as he hosts military fathers and their children for a screening of Disney/Pixar movie 'Cars 2' in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Was Obama nearly put up for adoption?

Natasha Lennard
U.S. Immigration files reveal Obama's father expressed plans to give up the president as a baby
Bradley Manning

Why Bradley Manning is an American hero

Chase Madar
If the private did leak documents, his only "crime" is pushing the U.S. back to our tradition of transparency
President Barack Obama listens during a meeting with advisors in the Oval Office, June 8, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House. (The White House)

Reports: Obama pushing for cuts to Social Security, Medicare

Glenn Greenwald
The reported social program cuts follow the same template as that which drives the presidency in all realms

The GOP turns its back on Reagan

Gene Lyons
In their hysterical debt ceiling posturing, Republicans ignore a warning from their patron saint
Sarah Palin, Casey Anthony and Newt Gingrich

Casey Anthony: The candidates respond

Alex Pareene
Republican contenders weigh in, sort of, on the trial of the century
President Barack Obama arrives to speak at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention in Washington, Sunday, May 22, 2011, after a contentious couple of days this week when he clashed publicly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over ideas for a permanent Palestinian state. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

So much for Obama’s Jewish problem

Natasha Lennard
A poll finds no evidence for claims that the president is losing support within key component of his coalition
This is an undated file photo shows then-al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, in Afghanistan. After Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden, the White House released a photo of President Barack Obama and his cabinet inside the Situation Room, watching the daring raid unfold. Hidden from view, standing just outside the frame of that instantly iconic photograph was a career CIA analyst. In the hunt for the world's most-wanted terrorist, there may have been no one more important. His job for nearly a decade: finding bin Laden. (AP Photo) (AP)

The man who hunted Osama bin Laden

Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman
Meet the CIA analyst who tracked down the al-Qaida leader over the course of a decade
Members of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and their supporters attended a vigil at the State Capitol steps in St. Paul, Minn on Thursday night June 30, 2011. Minnesota stumbled into its second government shutdown in six years on Thursday, with a partisan divide over taxes and spending to close a $5 billion deficit becoming only more bitter as a midnight deadline came and went without agreement. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez - Star Tribune) MANDATORY CREDIT (AP)

The roots of Minnesota’s staring contest

Steve Kornacki
A Democratic governor bets that voters are ready to turn on the Republicans they empowered last fall
A woman holds a sign as supporters and opponents of gay marriage rallied in a hallway outside a Republican conference room at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Senate leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver agree they are working through the proposed additional religious protections that could bring a gay marriage bill to the Senate floor. No deal was struck. But both leaders say progress is being made and no major obstacles to agreement on the provisions is in sight. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) (AP)

The three fundamentalisms of the American right

Michael Lind
How conservatism went from orthodox and traditional to radical and counter-revolutionary

Secret Service to probe hack on Fox News Twitter

Associated Press
Fox News have demanded a detailed investigation from Twitter
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy annual fundraising event on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 in Chicago. Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel were among the 900 people who attended a fundraiser. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey) (AP)

Follow Joe: Biden takes to Twitter

Erica Werner
The V.P. is sending his first-ever tweet Monday, a Fourth of July message
Screengrab of hacked Twitter feed

Hacking on Fox News Twitter reports Obama’s death

Associated Press
Six tweets coming from the FoxNewsPolitics account reported that Obama had been shot to death in Iowa
U.S. Senator John McCain, R-Ariz, speaks with other U.S. Senators Joe Lieberman, I-Conn, and Lindsay Graham, R-SC, unseen, during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday, July 3, 2011. Three U.S. Senators visiting Kabul on Sunday say they worry that President Barack Obama's planned withdrawal of 33,000 American troops by September 2012 could undermine Afghan morale, embolden the insurgency, and hamper efforts to defeat Taliban fighters in eastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) (AP)

McCain: Afghan drawdown ‘unnecessary risk’

Solomon Moore
John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsay Graham express concern about withdrawal plans
(AP)

Cornyn: Last-minute plan would be irresponsible

Associated Press
The senator says there isn't enough time between now and the Aug. 2 deadline to reach a deal on tax reform
President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Obama chooses new counterterror chief

Ben Feller
President taps former prosecutor Matthew Olsen to direct the National Counterterrorism Center
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2011, after the policy lunches. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (AP)

Senate to work next week on debt limit impasse

Jim Kuhnhenn
Lawmakers to miss July 4. recess for the sake of deficit talks
Mark Halperin

Mark Halperin comes up with great excuse to fire Mark Halperin

Alex Pareene
MSNBC's atrocious "senior political analyst" calls president a naughty word, smirks
President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Obama’s naive class warfare

Andrew Leonard
The president expresses completely unjustified confidence that Republicans will display "leadership" on taxes
FILE - In this June 27, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the White House in Washington. Call him the Digital Candidate: President Barack Obama has asked supporters to use Facebook to declare “I’m in” for his re-election campaign and has begun using Twitter to communicate with his nearly 9 million followers. If Obama broke new ground using email, text messages and the Web to reach voters in 2008, Obama version 2.0 aims to harness the expansive roles that the Internet and social media are playing now in voters’ lives. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) (AP)

To defend President Obama, Harold Koh criticizes candidate Obama

Glenn Greenwald
A one-minute video from the administration's spokesman on the war captures the heart of the current presidency
Sarah Palin and Barack Obama

Sarah Palin and Barack Obama are in Iowa!

Alex Pareene
And no one much cares
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., waves to the crowd during a welcome home event in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa Sunday, June 26, 2011. Bachmann said Sunday her bid to unseat President Barack Obama shouldn't be viewed as "anything personal" against the Democrat. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (AP)

What being a “flake” really means

Steve Kornacki
Chris Wallace's put-down of Michele Bachmann offers a window into the GOP establishment's fears
President Barack Obama visits with soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division, many of whom have just returned from Afghanistan, Thursday, June 23, 2011, in Fort Drum, N.Y. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Obama gave commanders leeway on Afghan pullout

Robert Burns
Military leaders will be able to use their discretion in deciding the manner in which troops are sent home
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy annual fundraising event on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 in Chicago. Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel were among the 900 people who attended a fundraiser. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey) (AP)

Biden warns GOP on debt ceiling talks

Ken Thomas
VP says middle class will not "carry the whole burden" of deficit reduction
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