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If Bradley Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy but convicted of espionage, who was he spying for, us?

Republicans show they are willing to compromise on the farm bill by eliminating the part they refused to compromise on.

Conservatives applaud Obama for imitating George W. Bush, and The Guardian wants a Pulitzer for printing Edward Snowden's NSA revelations. 

Michele Bachmann announces her retirement in a web video recorded at the Sears portrait studio.

America's foremost experts on women's health -- conservative men in their 60s -- slam the FDA's decision to sell Plan B without a prescription. 

Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff's 2010 debt study inspires austerity around the world, but grad student Thomas Herndon debunks the results. 

Florida Senator Marco Rubio gets cotton mouth and ducks off camera during the biggest speech of his life.

Latino immigrants deserve the same benefits -- Social Security, Medicare, public education -- that all Americans are slowly losing.