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[Content note: Terrorism, misogyny, rape, homophobia, gun culture, fat hatred, racism]

Wednesday Newsies!

The Secret Service intercepted a ricin-poisoned letter addressed to President Obama.

Arizona wants to mandate firearms turned in during gun buyback programs (designed to get guns off the streets) be re-sold. Whut?

A New Hampshire Republican refered to women as vaginas in an email to lawmakers. He sounds nice.

Nancy Reagan supports marriage equality.

For anyone who didn't get a chance to watch Ken Burns' Central Park Five on PBS, it is streaming on their website.

Rand Paul is considering a presidential bid in 2016. Swell.

Tyrese Gibson thinks fat people are nasty.

20th Century Fox is being renamed 21st Century Fox. Didn't they do that on Futurama years ago?

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