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The Once and Future Impeachment of Barack Obama

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Obstructionists = GOtP

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Civil Rights

What Will Be The Focus of President Obama’s SOTU Speech Tomorrow?

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2014 Elections

Happy New Year! Make Your Predictions For 2014 and Resolutions For...

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Democratic Party

The Year in PlanetPOV Parody Art

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Music Thread

Weekend Music Thread – You Can’t Always Get What You Want

AdLib - November 23, 2013 22

Healthcare Reform

Obama Won’t Let Me Keep My Crappy Health Care

AdLib - October 28, 2013 19

Congress

The End is Near…for John Boehner and the GOP

AdLib - September 30, 2013 42

Corporations

Curing Obamacare Fever – Part One: The GOP Death Panel

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The Once and Future Impeachment of Barack Obama

Obstructionists = GOtP

WATCH & CHAT LIVE: President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union...

What Will Be The Focus of President Obama’s SOTU Speech Tomorrow?

Happy New Year! Make Your Predictions For 2014 and Resolutions For...

The Year in PlanetPOV Parody Art

Weekend Music Thread – You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Obama Won’t Let Me Keep My Crappy Health Care

The End is Near…for John Boehner and the GOP

Curing Obamacare Fever – Part One: The GOP Death Panel

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