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2016 Elections

BREAKING: House Republicans Trapped in Capitol By Infinite Loop

AdLib - July 6, 2016 25

GOP

The GOP Refrain: Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi (But Never 9/11)

MurphTheSurf3 - September 18, 2014 40

Congress

Republicans to Pass Automatic Impeachment Bill For Future Democratic Presidents

AdLib - July 25, 2014 24

2014 Elections

Lindsey Graham and his REAL Benghazi Scandal

MurphTheSurf3 - May 8, 2014 52

2014 Elections

Republicans Commit to Using New Language: Benghazian

AdLib - May 7, 2014 39

Music Thread

This Weekend’s Music Thread-Soothing The Savage Breast

KillgoreTrout - May 18, 2013 30

Afghanistan

The Republican Guide to Whose Deaths Matter and Whose Don’t

AdLib - May 7, 2013 27

Congress

John McCain Demands Investigation of His Own Sanity

AdLib - November 16, 2012 46

Human Rights

Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on Libya

bito - March 28, 2011 35

News & Politics

Some Not Very Strong Arguments Against Action in Libya

KevenSeven_ - March 22, 2011 143

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Tag: Benghazi

BREAKING: House Republicans Trapped in Capitol By Infinite Loop

The GOP Refrain: Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi (But Never 9/11)

Republicans to Pass Automatic Impeachment Bill For Future Democratic Presidents

Lindsey Graham and his REAL Benghazi Scandal

Republicans Commit to Using New Language: Benghazian

This Weekend’s Music Thread-Soothing The Savage Breast

The Republican Guide to Whose Deaths Matter and Whose Don’t

John McCain Demands Investigation of His Own Sanity

Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on Libya

Some Not Very Strong Arguments Against Action in Libya

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