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#ReGENERATION

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Andrew Sullivan Diagnoses GOP Rage

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The GOP's Christmas Gift to President Obama

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Incendiary: The Willingham Case

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The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby

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Nick Broomfield Talks Sarah Palin, Trashes Wasilla

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Sarah Palin: You Betcha!

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Programming the Nation

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Morgan Freeman Says Tea Party Powered By Racism

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Semper Fi: Always Faithful

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Battle For Brooklyn

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The Last Mountain

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With Death of Osama bin Laden, Obama Claims Scoreboard

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Ronald Reagan: An American Journey

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George Clooney: Anti-Genocide Paparazzo

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South of the Border

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Fair Game

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A Chat About Waiting for Superman's... Script?

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Two Years An Eternity

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11/4/08

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Client 9 Trailer Serves Up Sex, Power, Politics, Revenge

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Does I Want Your Money Trailer Tip Its Hand?

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Mitch McConnell Does Not Fuck Goats

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Cracks in the Dam: Some More Intra-Conservative Dissent

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Newt Gingrich: The Indispensable Republican

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Valerie Plame Wilson Talks Nuclear Nonproliferation

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In Their Minds, They Know the Constitution

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8: The Mormon Proposition

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Tea Party Protesters Frequently Have Trouble Spelling

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Alex Gibney Talks Casino Jack with Brad Schreiber

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Republicans Angle to Block Wall Street Reform

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"They Can Do the Innuendo, They Can Dance and Sing..."

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For the Record, Craig T. Nelson is an Idiot

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Obama Haunted by Ex-Presidents

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Michael Smerconish Explains Leaving the GOP

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President Obama Dictates Course of The Book of Eli's Promotion

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Ashley Dupre Services More Clients... as Relationship Columnist

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Reality Check: Increased 2009 Federal Spending Pie Chart

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Bill Maher Rages, Roger Avary Tweets from Jail

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Kanye West's Thoughts on Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Win

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An Email to Congressman Joe Wilson

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Time for President Obama to Invite Crazies to New Jack Swing...

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Joe Klein on Why the Modern GOP Is Now a Party of Nihilists

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What if Democrats Were More Like Republicans?

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Just Say What You Really Mean, GOP Scare-Mongers...

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What Do Bill Kristol and Jake Lloyd Have in Common?

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The Youngest Candidate Riffs On Youthful Vigor, Obdurateness

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Matt Damon Offers Thanks to ONE Members

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Health Care, Past as Prologue, Or: How Sicko Got Socked

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Alec Baldwin Cracks Back on Jack Cafferty

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In the Loop

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Andrew Sullivan on Rape as Torture, Republicans' Hate Impulse

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A Power Trip

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Sean Penn Gives Acting Advice to Dick Cheney, Newt Gingrich

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Harry Shearer Talks Torture, Though Not As Monty Burns

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Why Is Right America Feeling Wronged?

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Beautiful Day

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Aero Hosts Frank Capra Double Feature

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South Carolina Priest is a Massive Douchebag

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Obama's Got Next

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Will Ferrell Takes Dubya to Broadway

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Opie, Fonzie and Andy Taylor Rock the Vote

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Jason Ritter Talks Good Dick, Jeb Bush's Socialist Period

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Oliver Stone Talks W., Man and Movie

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David Brooks on GOP Failings

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Make Sarah Palin Talk!

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A Little Humpday Paranoid Redneck Bigotry

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Boogie Man Director Talks Politics as Bloodsport

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"Don't Vote," Say Celebrities

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An Impassioned Union Plea for Obama

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New W. TV Ads Spotlight Economic Crisis

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Homer Simpson Votes Obama... Well, Tries To

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Who Wants to Say Thank You to President Bush?

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Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

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W. Gets Taken for Spin By Talking Heads

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Slate Predicts Next 10 John McCain Hail Marys

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Sarah Silverman Targets Jewish Grandparent Swing Vote

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John McCain Is a No Show on The Late Show

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Republican Is a Four-Letter Word to John McCain

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"Drill, Baby, Drill!"

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Roger Ebert Calls Out Sarah Palin

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Chris Matthew Assays John McCain's "Mrs. Doubtfire Strategy"

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Community Organizers Punch Back at Palin

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Juneau What I Mean?

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Presidential Candidates Get (Paper) Dolled Up

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In Regards to the Relatability of 3 A.M. Moose Hunting...

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John McCain Doesn't Have Time for Questions

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No End in Sight Screens for Free on YouTube

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Peanuts Characters Rock the Vote

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Victoria Jackson Implies Obama May Be the Anti-Christ

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Aasif Mandvi on The Daily Show, 2008 Election

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John Oliver: Terrifying Times

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Meghan McCain's Blog Shows Behind-the-Scenes of Campaign

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Dennis Miller, Eclectic Pragmatist

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Pants Sisterhood Has Ethnic Fever

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Stealing America: Vote By Vote

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McCain Campaign Goes Weird, Cranky with Ads

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Citizens Try to Go Barney Fife on Karl Rove

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First Dubya Trailer Leaks to "Internets"

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GOP Rewards Big Talkers

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