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Obamacare Rate Shock Probably Affects Less Than 1 Percent of the Country

8 March 2014, 5:11 pm by: Kevin Drum
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Like most human beings, I love it when I turn out to be right. Or even when someone provides evidence that I might be right. So naturally I'm thrilled that a pair of researchers have confirmed my horseback estimate that 1-2 million people may have suffered…
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Quick Reads: "The Bargain From the Bazaar" by Haroon K. Ullah

8 March 2014, 6:00 am by: H.H. Bhojani
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The Bargain From the Bazaar…
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Sheriff's Deputies Confirm Newsweek's Bitcoin Quotes

7 March 2014, 8:32 pm by: Kevin Drum
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Newsweek's Leah McGrath Goodman claims that she's located the reclusive Bitcoin inventor "Satoshi Nakamoto." Earlier today, I suggested that (a) her primary piece of evidence was a brief conversation she had with Nakamoto in front of his home with sheriff's…
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CPAC Celebrates Free-Market Entrepreneurship With CEO Whose Company Was Built On Federally Backed…

7 March 2014, 3:31 pm by: Stephanie Mencimer
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The conservatives who organize the annual Conservative Political Action Convention are big on touting free-market solutions and sticking to their ideals of smaller government and lower taxes. They believe that if the government would just get out of the way,…
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Friday Cat Blogging - 7 March 2014

7 March 2014, 3:05 pm by: Kevin Drum
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Last weekend's rain has obviously traumatized Domino. Sunny skies may have returned to Southern California since then, but Domino has spent all week hiding in a blanket cave anyway, just in case the rain clouds return. Her humans failed her once, after all.…
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"Bloody Sunday" Was 49 Years Ago Today

7 March 2014, 2:46 pm by: Ben Dreyfuss
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On February 18, 1965, a young man named Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot and killed by a member of the Alabama State Police during a non-violent civil rights demonstration in Selma, Alabama.…
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George Bush Lost an Entire Generation for the Republican Party

7 March 2014, 2:45 pm by: Kevin Drum
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Pew has released a new survey about the social and political attitudes of various generations, and it makes for interesting reading. The thing that strikes me the most is just how clear the trends are. Each successive generation is more politically…
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Sanctions Against Putin Won't Do Much For Crimea, But We Should Impose Them Anyway

7 March 2014, 2:00 pm by: Kevin Drum
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Dan Drezner, after waiting an unconscionably long four or five days, has weighed in on the efficacy of economic sanctions against Russia:…
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Divided Government Isn't Going Away Anytime Soon

7 March 2014, 12:54 pm by: Kevin Drum
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Ronald Brownstein pithily sums up our current electoral dilemma:…
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Ralph Reed Compares Barack Obama to George Wallace

7 March 2014, 11:50 am by: Tim Murphy
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Top social-conservative strategist Ralph Reed compared President Barack Obama to segregationist Alabama governor George Wallace on Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference. …
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