Thanks GOP! Ya still elected Wackos! Amazing! Simply Amazing!

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One bright spot from last night’s elections About last night ... Congrats, GOP: You just won control of Congress with a Democratic president

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An open letter to Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, and their crew, from yours truly:

• Here's how bad it is: Check out this little race in Arizona

Chances are many of you haven't heard about this race, since most of the attention over the last 12 hours has been rightfully focused on congressional and gubernatorial clusterfucks, from Mitch McConnell to Rick Scott, with way too many others in between. Arizona joined the Looney Tune parade, electing a sleazy businessman and Koch Brothers butt kisser as governor, whose big promise was more tax cuts, because they worked so well for Jan Brewer. (Hint: they haven't.)

• Dude, hang on a second!
• Last night finally did it
• CARTOON: Desperation nation
• Man photobombs Mitch McConnell at polls

THE COST OF IGNORANCE!

• Kentucky teacher resigns because she was once on the same continent as Ebola

• Lobbyist secretly taped revealing all of the right-wing's dirty tactics to energy execs

NYTimes put together a piece on a recording of Richard Berman soliciting millions from energy industry execs, back in June.

• A few wins for working families last night in an otherwise terrible election
• Team USA coach uses military event to attack President Obama on ISIS
• CARTOON: Street harassment—find your match today!
• Proof the police have told two huge lies in the shooting death of Darrien Hunt

On September 10, 22-year-old Darrien Hunt was shot six times in the back and killed by two police officers in Saratoga Springs, Utah. New evidence proves that police have told at least two huge lies (and maybe another) in their attempt to justify the shooting. What follows is an account of those lies.

• Small victories: Denton, Texas #NoFracking passes

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