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"If [we] saw an unconscious girl being brutally raped in front of us, we would have hit him over the head"

A pro-Sanders group's tone-deaf joke shows exactly what you shouldn't do if you want to support his campaign

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In this unbelievable docuseries, a rivalry between lovers of big cats escalates into a murder-for-hire plot