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The Mark Pryor vs. Tom Cotton Senate race in Arkansas is super interesting, and not just because of the ‘Coon Supper’

Arkansas is an interesting state politically. Because most coastal people associate it as kind of back-water or fly-over, a lot of attention isn’t necessarily paid to its off-the-beaten-path political shifts of the last 20 years. Consider this: Arkansas defies easy… Continue Reading

Here’s how you shave some money off the $1.1 trillion budget: penis pumps

Don’t worry; the video is safe for work. Between 2006 and 2011, the U.S. covered 474,000 claims for penis pumps. The total bill was $172 million (yes, that’s not a typo). If the government had simply paid the price that… Continue Reading

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One in four Americans think the country is headed in the right direction (1 in 8 Republicans), and … somehow that’s an increase

Here’s some odd news: 23 percent — i.e. 1 in 4 — of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction, per Gallup. The weird thing? That’s an increase — the last time Gallup did this poll, it was about… Continue Reading

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Thomas Garrett, a legislator in Virginia, seems hell-bent on criminalizing oral sex between teenagers

Thomas Garrett is a State Senator in Virginia; he covers District 22, which is kind of an odd middle section of the state in between Richmond and Roanoke. He’s a Republican and fairly conservative; here’s a list of some of… Continue Reading

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Political polarization explained via Gallup: the Democratic Party in America has become more liberal over time

One of the biggest things we’ve been hearing about in American politics for the past 18-24 months is the increasing polarization and partisan breakdown of how things function. It all seems pretty logical, but now, via a new Gallup study… Continue Reading

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How big a deal are the Koch Brothers and their dark money?

A couple of days ago in The Washington Post, they ran an article about the Koch Brothers’ impact on the 2012 elections. In short, it was about $400 million through various “dark money” groups that they work with (one of the… Continue Reading

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2016 Alert: As Chris Christie struggles with bridges, Marco Rubio turns to poverty as an issue

Two interesting things as relate to the 2016 Republican side of the Presidential equation are in play right now. Today, Chris Christie will address this whole bridge-gate controversy. Meanwhile, yesterday — in the LBJ Room on Capitol Hill, 50 years after… Continue Reading

Matt Rosendale, Kirk MacKenzie, the Defend Rural America movement, and the craziness of Montana politics

Most people from the coasts tend to not understand Montana at all; they think it’s either a place with a lot of free masons, a place with maybe some cool national parks, a place where you can probably drive 90… Continue Reading