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The Varying Treatment In The Economic Recovery Room

Economic Recovery Room

The lesson if you’re wealthy: don’t bite the hand that feeds…until you’re no longer in peril.

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Mark Takano, Your New Favorite Politician

Ted Cruz Wendy Davis Filibuster

So the GOP is definitely funny, but the thing is that they’re the punchline. Meet Mark Takano, teacher-turned-politician from California. He’s all over Tumblr and, apparently, making fun of Ted Cruz. We’re right there with him.

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How To Make The 1% More Comfortable

Crowds Cartoons

It’s pretty easy, guys. Just obliterate federal programs that seek to keep people out of abject poverty and lower taxes so that the plutocrats may breathe easier knowing that the chances of them meeting fellow moochers (that lack designer clothing) are approximately zero. Also, in case you missed it: income inequality is just about as high as it’s ever been.

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The Incredible–And Untapped–Power Of The People

People Power

Alas, we are too preoccupied with commenting on Miley Cyrus’s so-called egregious assault on taste at the VMAs to be bothered with the fact that the Congress almost all of us hate can be easily replaced should we so choose. Thank God for MTV.

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Obama’s Foreign Policy In A Nutshell

Obama Foreign Policy

The problem is that, unlike winds, decisions carry incredible weight.

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