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Cuccinelli supporter who said U.S. was like Nazi Germany hilariously stumbles through TV interview

A reality TV star who recently said that the United States was like Nazi Germany during the Holocaust and is now supporting Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli hilariously stumbled through a TV interview on Wednesday as he tried to remember the name of Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe.

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Watch heckler call Sarah Palin an idiot as she decries use of vets as political pawns

A former half-term governor of Alaska and failed vice presidential candidate was heckled throughout her speech earlier this week in front of a war memorial.

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Emerging right-wing theme: Obama planned shutdown with Valerie Jarrett as trap for Republicans

Less than a month after engineering a deeply unpopular government shutdown in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to derail the Affordable Care Act, Republicans are already trying to shift the blame.

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Cruz stages photo op outside Capitol greeting visitors after government reopens

The morning after Congress voted to end a government shutdown largely instigated by Sen. Ted Cruz over his opposition to President Barack Obama's health care reform law, the Texas Republican was seen standing outside the Capitol greeting visitors.

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'Fox & Friends' suggests House stenographer targeted for bringing 'message from God'

The host of Fox & Friends on Thursday hinted that a stenographer who on reopening the government by yelling about God and "Freemasons" was the victim of religious discrimination and she simply "saw something that didn't seem right."

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Maddow to Republicans: Your 'brilliant plan' got you nothing, so now what?

On Wednesday night's edition of "The Rachel Maddow Show," host Rachel Maddow highlighted the end of the shutdown saga that Republicans instigated two weeks ago and noted that for all the fuss and bother and all the histrionics on the part of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-UT) and others, the Republicans got nothing in the final deal. President Barack Obama and the Democrats held fast in the face of the hostage-taking tactics and in the end, they prevailed.

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'This is not one nation under God': House stenographer taken from the floor after bizarre outburst

An unidentified woman acting as a stenographer for the House of Representatives was dragged off the floor late Wednesday night after she went to the dais and began yelling about religion.

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McCain dismisses Gohmert's insult: 'If someone has no intelligence, I don’t view it as being a malicious statement'

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) shrugged off Rep. Louie Gohmert's (R-TX) insinuation that he was an "al Qaeda supporter" in an interview with NBC Nightly News host Brian Williams on Wednesday, while conceding to an increasing amount of polarization between lawmakers.

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Family says Alabama youth pastor impersonated officer as a part of God's 'plan'

The parents of an Alabama youth pastor said this week that their son was experiencing a "test of faith" after his probation was revoked for impersonating an officer of the law for the second time.

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Cruz: It was a 'remarkable victory' until Senate Republicans caved on the shutdown

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Wednesday blasted members of his own party after he said that they wasted a "remarkable victory" by making a deal with Democrats to re-open the government and avert a default on U.S. debt by raising the nation's credit limit.

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Harvard law professor: Affirmative action not about putting down white people

During a presentation last weekend at the Politics and Prose bookstore, Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy argued that affirmative action in college admissions was a legally acceptable form of "benign discrimination."

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Kimmel parodies tea partiers destroying the GOP: 'I speak English, just like Jesus'

Late night host Jimmy Kimmel lampooned the divide within the Republican Party on Tuesday with a parody commercial where a tea party Republican and a "moderate" Republican try to share the screen.

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Drunk Florida man sets self on fire while lighting Halloween cross-burning 'prank'

A Florida man is recovering from burns on up to 50 percent of his body after he reportedly set himself on fire while trying light a cross-burning decoration for Halloween.

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