1) Digby gives it to Cokie Roberts.
2) Illinois becomes the third state to enact the National Popular Vote bill.
3) A free trade thought experiment.
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Adam Doster, a contributing editor at In These Times, is a Chicago-based freelance writer and former reporter-blogger for Progress Illinois.