Alicublog: Roy Edroso breaks it down, including the anti-empaths.
Tom Dispatch: How to resist this fresh hell.
Letters from an American: Political historian Heather Cox Richardson on the recent continuing resolution on the budget.
Robert Reich: A personal remembrance of Alan Simpson.
Jen Sorensen: An ill wind of change.
The Bloggess: The HOA really hates us, I think.
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