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Sophia Tesfaye is a senior writer (and former senior politics editor) for Salon. She resides in Washington, D.C.
You can find her on Twitter at @SophiaTesfaye.

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2015 file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The rich aren’t taxed enough and the middle-class is taxed too much. As for your taxes, you probably think they’re too high as well. Those are the results of a new Associated Press-GfK poll, which found that most Americans support President Barack Obama’s proposal to raise investment taxes on high-income families. The findings echo the populist messages of Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, two liberals being courted by the progressive wing of the Democratic Party to run for president in 2016. The findings also add weight to Obama’s new push to raise taxes on the rich and use some of the revenue to lower taxes on the middle class. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (AP/Susan Walsh)

Elizabeth Warren torches Big Oil in a signature Elizabeth Warren moment: “We weren’t sent here to work for them”

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(AP/LM Otero)

Donald Trump’s “wall of shame” revealed: Office features sad photos of failed rivals Scott Walker & Rick Perry

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., joined by Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., a leading advocate in the House for comprehensive immigration reform, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, on the implementation of President Barack Obama's executive actions to spare millions from immediate deportation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Democratic congresswoman lays waste to her colleagues for their empty words on gun violence

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(Reuters/Steve Marcus)

Ben Carson is just this vile: 5 repugnant statements he’s made since the Oregon mass shooting

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(AP/John Locher/M. Spencer Green/Photo montage by Salon)

Don’t look, but Jeb Bush just kinda-sorta praised Donald Trump

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(AP/Susan Walsh)

Conservative Oregon newspaper warns President Obama he’s “not welcome” to meet with Umpqua shooting victims

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FILE - In this June 3, 2015 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks in Manchester, N.H. It’s time for Republican presidential contenders to “Roast and Ride,” a new twist in Iowa’s down-home presidential politicking. A weekend gathering by freshman Sen. Joni Ernst features a pig roast, speeches from seven 2016 hopefuls and a motorcycle ride that promises to get at least a few of them on wheels. It’s a prime political event for Republicans in a state known for a straw poll that is declining in relevance and for an annual steak fry for Democrats that had its last hurrah last year. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File) (AP)

Lindsey Graham’s disaster relief hypocrisy: He wants federal aid for his state’s floods but voted against Hurricane Sandy relief

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(AP/Stephen B. Morton)

Donald Trump lashes out at CNN’s Chris Cuomo: Why aren’t you mentioning my poll numbers!?

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(Facebook)

Racist Facebook users relentlessly mocked a 3-year-old black child — then the internet struck back

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(AP/Lynne Sladky/Carolyn Kaster)

Bernie Sanders admits he initially mishandled Black Lives Matter: “I plead guilty — I should have been more sensitive”

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(YouTube screenshot)

Oregon shooter’s mother was an avid gun enthusiast who stockpiled weapons for fear of confiscation

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(CNN)

Mike Huckabee dismisses gun violence epidemic: “We have not so much a gun problem, we have a problem with sin and evil”

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Ron Ramsey (YouTube screenshot)

Tennessee Republican’s deranged reaction to Oregon shooting: Christians must now arm themselves

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(Reuters/Rick Wilking)

Jeb Bush shrugs off Oregon shooting: “Stuff happens”

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(AP)

Donald Trump just found a new way to insult Hispanics

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(Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

The NRA’s favorite myth, demolished: Australia debunks the right-wing narrative that smarter gun policy can’t make a difference

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Donald Trump (AP/Julie Jacobson)

Guess which issue GOP candidates don’t want to discuss after the latest mass shooting

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(Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

“I’m going back to the range”: Conservatives react to Oregon shooting with calls for more guns, tough guy talk

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FILE - In this April 18, 2015 file photo, former Arkansas Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks at the Republican Leadership Summit in Nashua, N.H. Huckabee is set to announce he will seek the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. He has an event planned for May 5 in his hometown of Hope, Ark., where former President Bill Clinton was also born. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File) (AP)

This bizarre new “strip club” ad shows just how desperate Mike Huckabee is getting

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FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2014 file photo, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., departs an orientation luncheon for newly-elected GOP members of the House, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The first Republican-controlled Congress to confront President Barack Obama takes charge on Tuesday, and GOP leaders are planning an agenda that focuses on cutting the budget and bolstering the economy _ and oh yes, avoiding self-inflicted calamities that make voters wonder if the party is capable of governing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) (AP)

Kevin McCarthy’s nasty Benghazi hangover: Speaker-in-waiting torched by his own party for letting the mask slip

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GOP’s war on “leftist” Pope Francis rages on: Kim Davis meeting isn’t mollifying the hard right

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FILE - In this May 26, 2015 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks in Burlington, Vt., where he formally announced he will seek the Democratic nomination for president. As the presidential campaign starts to move past the question of who is and isn’t running for the White House, the two parties find themselves setting out on sharply divergent paths to Election Day. (AP Photo/Andy Duback, File) (AP)

Bernie Sanders blows away expectations by nearly matching Hillary Clinton’s fundraising haul

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“Jerk,” “idiot,” “buffoon”: Voters choose brutal words to describe Donald Trump

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FILE - This May 8, 2013, file photo shows Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C. speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republican strategy for the fall elections seemed set: hammer Democrats on the health care law and “jobs, jobs, jobs.” As Democrats show increasing confidence on those fronts, however, House Republicans are gambling that ramping up new inquiries into old controversies involving the IRS and Libya will energize conservative voters without turning off moderates. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) (AP)

Another one bites the dust? A look at Trey Gowdy’s worst moments as new reports suggest his retirement is near

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