My friends, I know times are tough. But please remember, you can always quit your job and take a job with Chevron. Provided your job is being a pro-environment politician.

The Domino Theory: You can’t tell a credible story about Abraham Lincoln and how his position on slavery evolved without including Frederick Douglass.

DNLee: On ethics and self-policing in citizen science.

Bilerico: The Vatican breeds and then protects pedophiles - must be the fault of Gays, says a top contender for the papacy.

Black Blue Dog: The first Black law students from the South continue to see their legacy grow.

Finally, thank you all for a great week and see you next time. Keep the faith and keep moving forward.

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Harvard Law has been taken over by communists!! We know this because super-nutter Ted Cruz says he has a list.

The Root: Make no mistake about it, the NRA's plan to keep the U.S. from regulating guns involves a heaping dose of racism.

Brilliant at Breakfast: If he hollars, don't let him go.

Freakout Nation: Let's see what else we can get the right-wing to believe about Chuck Hagel.

Messaging Matters: The GOP loves to talk about freedom. But it's time for Democrats to take back the word.

Finally, you may not think of much of the NRA, but at least they've convinced their foot soldiers in Congress to let people shoot alligators and other wildlife on taxpayer-funded protected lands.

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Donald Trump's latest attempt to use the courts to get people to ignore that he's an empty suit with a comb-over, comes as he threatens to sue liberal blogger Angelo Carusone of Stop Beck fame. But don't worry, unlike Trump, Carusone has an actual belief system and he isn't going anywhere. Go Angelo!

Still Shaking the Tree: Debating a true believer on guns - or vaginas - can be a terribly frustrating affair.

Keith Balmer: Once Marco Rubio starts talking, you can prepare yourself for some serious Gulp Fiction.

The BQ Brew: New York bus workers have ended their strike, leaving Mayor Bloomberg cackling like an Orwellian villain.

Politicus USA: The sequester cuts are the latest attempt by Republicans to sabotage the economy.

Finally, take some time today to shed a crocodile tear or two for conservative blogger Ben Howe, who believes President Obama is using Google to read his e-mails Life in a paranoid delusion can't be fun.

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If John "It's a Conspiracy" McCain keeps treating David Gregory poorly, he may only get invited back to Meet the Press 35 more times this year.

We Are Respectable Negroes: In the virtual world, cyber racism has already made Christopher Dorner immortal.

Eclectablog: Sorry Vatican, living in a society means sometimes accepting things you don't like for the benefit of others.

Mary Shaw: Guns and religion are still being clung to tightly in the U.S.

Seeing the Forest: Tom Friedman knows what's wrong with the U.S. economy - it's not screwing over the poor and middle class enough.

Finally, Ariel Goldemberg is a filmmaker and actor in Brazil. Born with Down Syndrome, he's hoping against hope to get his hero Sean Penn to go to Brazil to watch the premiere of his new film "Colegas" with him. Want to help Goldemberg? Then head to Twitter and use the hashtag #VemSeanPenn (Come to Brazil Sean Penn).

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