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The left's real choice in 2016: Why it doesn't need Elizabeth Warren to run

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Dick Cheney's endless lies: Why his Playboy interview may be his most shameless yet

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Pope Francis takes down the right: "I don’t think the bishops are going to come flocking around (Santorum) any more"

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Victorian romance: The GOP's "Oliver Twist" budget and the comeback of class warfare

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