This Kid Just Died. What He Left Behind Is Wondtacular.

upworthy.com 20 May

If you know you are gonna die before you turn 19, you might as well do this. RIP, Zach.

 
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VIDEO: Elizabeth Warren Grills Treasury Secretary On Too Big To Fail

motherjones.com 12 hours ago

The senator asked Jack Lew how big banks have to become before we consider breaking them up.

 
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You Need Phosphorous to Live—and We're Running Out

motherjones.com 2 hours ago

Industrial farming has played a part in sucking this critical element out of our soil.

 
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This Is The Worst Thing I Have Ever Heard A Child Say

upworthy.com 19 May

8 Preschoolers, Two Dolls, One Horrifying Realization.

 
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In Colorado, Blacks Make Up 4 Percent Of The Population And 100 Percent Of Death Row

thinkprogress.org 17 hours ago

In March, Colorado came close to becoming the 19th state to abolish the death penalty, but the bill failed after Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) voiced opposition and suggested a possible veto...

 
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California Police Beat Man Nearly To Death For Asking To Read His Ticket

thinkprogress.org 19 hours ago

A Berkeley truck driver is suing the California High Patrol for a brutal assault that brought him to the brink of death — provoked, according to a report by the local NBC affiliate, only by the man’s...

 
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WATCH: What Does 400 ppm Mean? Talking with Climate Scientist Michael Mann

motherjones.com 2 hours ago

"We are engaged in an unprecedented experiment."

 
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The Latest Lie: IRS Targeted Conservatives

crooksandliars.com 11 hours ago

It is one more right-wing victimization fable, repeated endlessly until the public has no choice except to believe it.

 
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Abercrombie Just Got Served: Ellen Is Like a Decency Ninja

upworthy.com 19 May

Warning: You’re going to want to start sending Ellen love notes.

 
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How Far-Right Activists Like E.W. Jackson Took Over the Virginia GOP

motherjones.com 2 hours ago

The state’s turning blue. But the GOP can’t stop running to the right.

 
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Is This Big Tea Party Group Really an Innocent Victim of the IRS?

motherjones.com 2 hours ago

The tax agency may have had good reason to scrutinize Tea Party Patriots—including a formal complaint I filed in 2011.

 
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Oklahoma Senator Won’t Support Tornado Relief Without Budget Cuts

thinkprogress.org 23 hours ago

The tornado that hit Oklahoma on Monday resulted in more than 90 deaths and is expected to cost the federal government untold billions of dollars in aid and recovery. But Sen...

 
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Are Republicans Getting Ready to Shoot Themselves in the Foot?

motherjones.com 18 hours ago

Greg Sargent has been arguing for a while that Republicans run the risk of turning off voters if they go overboard on scandalmania...

 
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GOP Aides Mock House Republicans’ ‘Crazy’ Benghazi Witch-Hunt

thinkprogress.org 22 hours ago

GOP aides are criticizing the House Republicans’ partisan witch-hunt over the Obama administration’s handling of the attacks on a U.S...

 
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Daily Kos: Teachers as first responders, as protectors, and as heroes

dailykos.com 12 hours ago

Teachers as first responders, as protectors, and as heroes

 
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4 Ways Apple CEO Tim Cook Spins Tax Avoidance

motherjones.com 22 hours ago

The company has managed not to pay income taxes on $79 billion in income.

 
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Daily Kos: Woman finds her dog in the rubble during live TV interview

dailykos.com 9 hours ago

You might want to get a tissue ready for this video. A woman finds her dog under the rubble during a live TV interview:

 
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The Supreme Court Agreed To Hear A Case Today That Will Probably Nuke Separation Of Church And State

thinkprogress.org 20 May

Eight years ago, in an opinion warning of the “violent consequences of the assumption of religious authority by government,” retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor offered a challenge to her fellow...

 
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The right wing agenda

blog.labour.org.nz 4 hours ago

On the 4 April, in the great stone-and-glass National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, luminaries descended to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), Australia’s...

 
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Before Deadly Tornado Hit, Oklahoma Senators Worked To Undermine Disaster Relief

thinkprogress.org 21 hours ago

Oklahoma residents will now turn to government assistance for emergency disaster aid after a tornado ripped through the state on Monday, leaving dozens dead and tearing apart hundreds of buildings...

 
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Looking For a Benghazi Talking Points Villain? It Was David Petraeus, Not Barack Obama

motherjones.com 7 hours ago

After reading through the Benghazi "talking points" emails and doing some additional reporting, Scott Wilson and Karen DeYoung confirm what's been pretty obvious for a while now...

 
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After Taking Medical Bills Into Account, One In Seven American Seniors Live In Poverty

thinkprogress.org 14 hours ago

Preliminary analyses of the 2010 U.S. Census indicated that less than one in ten American seniors live in poverty...

 
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Whoa. Guess Some Things Haven't Changed Much Since The '80s

upworthy.com 20 May

I hope Oprah's former bosses feel a little stupid right now.

 
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What The American Government Does When It Thinks No One Is Watching

upworthy.com 21 May

We're not stopping terrorism. Actually, quite the opposite.

 
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Conservatives Crawl Out Of The Woodwork To Claim IRS Persecution

motherjones.com 2 hours ago

Libertarian Wayne Allyn Root claims to be the "face" of the Obama IRS scandal. His tax records suggest otherwise.

 
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Judges Strike Down Arizona's 20-Week Abortion Ban

motherjones.com 13 hours ago

Appeals court ruling is the first to find such a law unconstitutional.

 
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Daily Kos: Rand Paul says Senate panel should apologize to Apple for bullying it over offshore tax...

dailykos.com 11 hours ago

No tax gimmicks at Apple, says CEO Tim Cook. Apple executives, including CEO Tim Cook, testified before a Senate panel this morning amid...

 
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Free genes from patent restrictions

washingtonpost.com 11 hours ago

Companies shouldn’t be allowed to patent them.

 
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Government Accepts Bradley Manning’s Plea to Lesser Offense Related to Disclosure of Diplomatic...

dissenter.firedoglake.com 15 hours ago

The government had previously indicated it would present all evidence related to all charges, regardless of the fact that Pfc. Bradley Manning pled guilty to some of the offenses he faced...

 
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Daily Kos: Climate change isn't AN issue, it's THE issue

dailykos.com 19 May

Home Nicholas Stern has been a lecturer at the University of Oxford, a professor of Economics at the University of Warwick and the London School of Economics, chief economist and special counsellor...

 
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Extreme agenda exposed: Liberals push plan to sell ABC and SBS | Greens MPs

greensmps.org.au 11 hours ago

The Coalition has let the extremist cat out of the bag, with Tony Abbott's Liberals pushing plans to privatise the ABC and SBS, the Greens warned today...

 
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Texas Fires Shot Against The War On Christmas — In May

thinkprogress.org 16 hours ago

Summer has not even begun and children across America have barely gotten bored with last year’s Christmas presents...

 
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Daily Kos: NRA goes to war against Dems in Colorado, we go to war against NRA

dailykos.com 16 hours ago

Wayne LaPierre's NRA trying to oust Democrats in Colorado.

 
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How the World's Dullest Story Became the Target of a Massive Leak Investigation

motherjones.com 15 hours ago

Four years ago, Fox News reporter James Rosen wrote a story saying the CIA had learned that North Korea planned to carry out a nuclear test if the UN approved additional sanctions: What's...

 
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