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Nixon official: real reason for the drug war was to criminalize black people and hippies

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Stop with the zombie lies: No, Social Security is not ‘going broke.’

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Irish terrorist Gerry Adams whines on Twitter about US airport security

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The difference between the Republican and Democratic parties has never been clearer

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Donald Trump’s rise is the financial crisis of politics

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The Craziest Conventions in U.S. History

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Donald Trump is making conservatives turn on the white working class

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Return of the Undeserving Poor

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“The greatest human right of all”: why Australia’s former leader confiscated 650,000 guns

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Obamacare didn’t pave the way for Donald Trump. The GOP’s response to it did.

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The eerie math that could predict terrorist attacks

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Ted Cruz Is Stuck in the 1980s

You almost get the impression that the exceptionally bright Texas senator hasn’t had a new thought in decades.

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Donald Trump's candidacy is going to realign the political parties

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