As Elvis Costello once sang, welcome to the working week, Crooks and Liars! I hope everyone's putting together their Ammon Bundy Care package.

Pick Wayne's Brain tries to understand how God tells so many candidates to run against each other.

The Rectification of Names goes full Inigo Montoya on The Federalist: this word does not mean what you think it means.

Politicians are Poody Heads gives us a tongue-in-cheek top 10 list of the reasons to not vote for Bernie Sanders

Bonus Track: Brett Hamil presents Letters from an Oregon Militiaman

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors and at Liberaland. You can follow Tengrain on the electric Twitter machine, too. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with "For MBRU" in the subject line).