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A former Washington State Representative Brian Sullivan was shot and killed in Alaska. (SR)

Spokane Valley is pretty darn libertarian. Just not, in any sense of the word, when it comes to marijuana. 
 
Spokane brought you Craig T. Nelson, Bing Crosby, and this guy, architect of the U.S. torture policy. (Vice)

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No, the torture report says, torture did not help catch Bin Laden. (NYT)

Whoever would have expected the CIA, of all agencies, to lie? (WP)

A big loophole for political party spending slips into the final pages of a doorstopper of a spending bill. (WP)

OFF THE RAILS
 
This is the type of video that can be made with video game editing programs these days: