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The Sarah Palin Email Saga

Mother Jones requested Palin's gubernatorial emails during the 2008 election. Almost three years later, the wait is over.

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| Fri Jun. 10, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Introducing Tom Philpott

Food blogging at a serious political magazine? You bet.

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| Wed Jun. 8, 2011 6:15 PM PDT

John Edwards Cheat Sheet: What Are the Facts, and Do They Make Him a Criminal?

—Marian Wang, ProPublica

 | Wed Jun. 8, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

The Daily Caller's Faux Health Reform Scandal

How a series of spurious stories by Tucker Carlson's outfit fueled the right's latest Obama offensive.

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| Tue Jun. 7, 2011 3:04 AM PDT

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The Bush Tax Cuts: Ten Years Later

Commemorating the day when President George W. Bush wiped away trillions in budget surpluses to give tax breaks to rich people.

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| Tue Jun. 7, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Top 11 Political Sex Scandal Apologies Other Than Weinergate [VIDEO]

Your guide to recent mea culpas.

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| Mon Jun. 6, 2011 5:25 PM PDT

The Pentagon Budget's Stealth Earmarks

How House Republicans hope to fund their pet Pentagon projects while dodging their party's ban on earmarks.

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| Mon Jun. 6, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Michele Bachmann Calls It Quits. Here Are the Craziest Things She's Ever Said.

Facing a campaign-finance investigation, the tea-party firebrand announces she won't run again. Thanks for the memories.

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| Mon Jun. 6, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Are There Toxins in Your Compost?

A MoJo reporter rolls up his sleeves and holds his nose to find out.

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| Mon Jun. 6, 2011 2:30 AM PDT

Ralph Reed's Faith and Freedom Conference: Live Coverage

Up-to-the-minute updates from the conservative confab where the 2012 candidates are courting the religious right.

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| Fri Jun. 3, 2011 6:00 AM PDT

A Doctor's Dispatch From Iraqi Kurdistan

An American doctor's notes on corruption.

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| Fri Jun. 3, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Voyeurism, Exposed

A brief history of the fine line between looking and watching.

Photo essay by Sandra Phillips / Text by Mark Murrmann

 | Fri Jun. 3, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Romney's First Official Whopper?

The GOP frontrunner officially launches his 2012 presidential bid—with a fact-free claim about the looming extinction of America's free market economy.

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| Thu Jun. 2, 2011 8:37 AM PDT

8 Weird Defense Budget Add-Ons

Sunken treasure, 200-year-old corpses, and a battle over military bands: A rundown of the odd stuff members of Congress snuck into the 2012 defense bill.

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| Thu Jun. 2, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Where the Class of 2011 Is Going

Portraits of Mission High School graduates.

Photographs by Winni Wintermeyer. Text by Kristina Rizga.

| Thu Jun. 2, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

All Work and No Pay: The Great Speedup

The Dow just hit a record high, corporate profits are soaring—and you're struggling. Here's the dirty secret of the jobless recovery.

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| Wed Jun. 1, 2011 5:17 PM PDT

Meet the Other Navy Seals (and Dolphins)

Cute—and creepy—photos of the US Navy program that trains marine mammals as minesweepers and underwater sentries.

Slideshow by Dave Gilson

 | Wed Jun. 1, 2011 2:22 PM PDT

Does Michele Bachmann Think the Apocalypse is Imminent?

Want to understand the Minnesota lawmaker's prophecy-driven politics? Tune in to her favorite end-times-themed radio show.

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| Wed Jun. 1, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Will Clarence Thomas Recuse Himself on Health Care Reform?

The Supreme Court justice's latest financial disclosure reveals details of his wife's anti-reform lobbying—and exposes a major conflict of interest.

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| Tue May. 31, 2011 8:11 AM PDT

Remembering America's Soldiers…With Charts

Why it's much safer to be a 21st century soldier and more Memorial Day data. (Plus: pirates!)

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| Mon May. 30, 2011 3:00 AM PDT