Republicans, you can bombard us with your disgusting lies and sleazy BS all you want. We're going to call you on it, each and every time, and expose you for what you really are.

Meanwhile, we really have to do something about the dominance of the "pretend liberals" in the Democratic Party.

And looking out around the globe:

Pruning Shears: Destroying Cyprus in order to save it.

The Duck of Minerva: The non-crisis on the Korean Peninsula.

The Peking Duck: Historical horrors and China's selective amnesia.

Round-up by Michael J.W. Stickings of The Reaction (@mjwstickings). I'll be here all week.

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