Left is Right: Conservatives believe in the market for health care, except when they don’t.

Feministing: Life expectancy for low income American women is declining.

Zandar Versus the Stupid: GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry says give them death.

Burnt Orange Report: Texas taxpayers are on the hook for Rick Perry’s defense in #Briberygate.

Speaking of which, your quotes of the day:
“No, sir, I've never struggled with that at all.” (Texas Governor Rick Perry, asked if he ever lost sleep over 234 executions carried out during his tenure, September 2011)
“Texas will not be held hostage to the Obama administration's attempt to force us into this fool's errand.” (Texas Governor Rick Perry, on expanding Medicaid to two million Lone Star State residents, April 2013)

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