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This was reported yesterday but not widely recognized as an actual fact within the beltway:

Two out of three Americans are dissatisfied with the way income and wealth are currently distributed in the U.S. This includes three-fourths of Democrats and 54% of Republicans.

Where do non-congressional members of the American family get these crazy ideas?

The combined wealth of the world's richest 85 people is now equivalent to that owned by half of the world's population – or 3.5 billion of the poorest people – according to a new report from Oxfam.

A Bronco is a wild horse or one that habitually bucks. A "Seahawk" is a colloquially term for an Osprey. The Osprey is a raptor, so it passes the first test of birds in fights (or Superbowls) - it has talons. Not only does it have talons, but it has four talons. When in flight, 3 of these toes face forward, and one backwards. When clutching prey, one talon swivels to face the rear. The upshot is that once it grabs something, the seahawk isn't letting go. Meanwhile, the bronco's key (and let's face it) only real strength is getting things off its back. That's not much a strength, but it is one that seems uniquely suited to cancelling the sea hawks grabby/clutchy strength. So we have to go to second level strengths...

The nation honors Dr. King each year as one of our American heros who changed history and our country for the better, akin to George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Benjamin Franklin. He was an aspirational leader, whose words gave hope and sustained a civil rights movement for racial equality and justice through the 1950's and 1960's. What gets glossed over, however, is Dr. Kings fight for equality and justice in non-racial areas of our society. Towards the end of his life, Dr. King opposed the war in Vietnam, and he joined in the War on Poverty. Ned Resnikoff discusses Dr. King's proposals and thoughts on economic injustice, which remains very much a problem today as it was in the 1960's.

So there is a Mitt Romney documentary that was filmed during both his 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns that will be debuting on Netflix next week. It was screened at Sundance last night, and Sahil Kapur of TPM lists the five big revelations from the documentary....

The big fat liar had a busy week: - Both the state Senate and Assembly created their own special committees to investigate the Christie law breaking and within hours, 20 subpoenas were issued to 17 key people and three organizations in the unfolding story. - Those in the governor’s inner circle who have been subpoenaed include Kevin O’Dowd, the governor’s pick to serve as the state’s new attorney general; Michael Drewniak, Christie’s chief spokesman; Bill Stepien, his former campaign manager; Charles McKenna, the governor’s chief counsel; Bridget Anne Kelly, former deputy chief of staff; and Matt Mowers, another former aide. - Christie lawyered up for good reason. - Christie told a group in Weehawken that he was committed to being in New Jersey for all 4 years of his second term - for the first time signaling that he might not run for President. More inside...