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12.16.13 | 4:29 pm
‘Rape Rider’ Is Just The Beginning

Don’t kid yourself, argues Robin Marty at TPM Cafe, Michigan’s “rape rider” is just a stopover on the way to eliminating rape exceptions for abortion under the Hyde Amendment.

12.16.13 | 2:17 pm
The Downward Spiral

I think we can neatly trace the arc of conservatives’ standing on discussions of race and history. Twenty five years ago conservatives were pushing back against trendy fringe academic claims that Jesus was sub-saharan African. Today they’re dead-enders on the question of whether Santa is white. This isn’t progress. Now Neal Boortz.

Also, Santa isn’t real.

12.16.13 | 1:26 pm
Always Weird When That Happens

That disinterested Christie appointee who shut down a big slice of the George Washington Bridge in a way that just happened to massively inconvenience constituents of a mayor who refused to endorse Chris Christie just happens to own a slew of domain names of Christie’s political opponents.

12.16.13 | 1:18 pm
Not Cool, Paperites!

Like probably more than a few of you, I’m addicted to ‘Paper’, an incredibly functional and beautiful iPad app that lets you draw or take notes or do whatever. There are a million apps like this. But these guys just managed to implement it better than anyone else – effortless functionality as well as the simplicity, lack of clutter and the lack of excessive functionality that is at the core of every great app. They also have a deal where the app synchronizes really well with a stylus called Pogo Connect. All good before this mornings betrayal …

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12.16.13 | 12:27 pm
Can’t Get No Respect

Paul Ryan: No GOP Civil War, Boehner just got a little emotional.

12.16.13 | 10:49 am
Dialectical Limbaughism

Pope: I’m not a Marxist … not that there’s anything wrong with Marxists.

12.16.13 | 10:26 am
Laughingstock Alert

Are Republicans really going to refuse to pay for the spending deal they’ve agreed to — by not raising the debt limit next year?

12.16.13 | 12:29 am
Welp, Nuthin’ Wrong with That

Mayor Rob Ford, sort of still Mayor of Toronto, visits a local Afro-Canadian Church and gets on some serious dancing moves. Video after the jump …

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12.15.13 | 6:19 pm
It’s Getting Real

Pope alarms Traditionalists with crackdown on hyper-traditionalist offshoot of the Franciscan order, in deeper battle over the meaning and import of Vatican II.

12.15.13 | 11:52 am
How Is Obamacare Enrollment Going?

Skip the spin and look at the real numbers, state by state, month by month, in this interactive map of Obamacare enrollment.