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Imani Gandy: Orange County Judge Denies That Rape is Even Possible; Blames Rape Victim for Not Fighting Her Rapist

Jim Wright: Welcome To the Party, Bob Dole

Ezra Klein: Twelve facts about guns and mass shootings in the United States

J.M. Ashby: Fiscal Responsibility

N.C. Aizenman: GOP state leaders fumble by ceding control of health exchanges to federal officials, critics say

Michael McAuliff: Republicans Say There's No Budget, And Use That To Stall Senate

Steve Benen: 'They have only moved backwards'

Dave Brockington: There’s a Reason We No Longer Live in the Fucking Medieval Age.

Tim Wise: Of Heroes and Hype: Mass Murder and the Absurdity of the ‘More Guns’ Crowd

Charles Pierce: The Bell Tolls For All Of Us

Nicholas Kristof: Do We Have the Courage to Stop This?

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Bob Cesca: Glenn Beck: the Televangelist Con Man Selling God's Plan for America

The Rude Pundit: The Oklahoma Legislature Will Look Inside Your Daughter's Vagina (Part of the "Your State Sucks, Too" Series)

Paul Krugman: Don’t Cry for Wall Street

Dan Froomkin: Deficit Group Formed By Barney Frank Looks Where Others Dare Not -- At Defense Budget

Time Wise: Imagine If The Tea Party Was Black

GottaLaff: Sarah Palin: Glenn Beck's "chalkboard technique changing our country"

OTOOLEFAN: THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE SPELT CORRECTLY

Daryl Cagle: Apple: You Can Ridicule Obama, but Don’t Bash Tiger Woods