Rand’s New Crusade: The Secret 9/11 docs: Coming off the Patriot Act fight, the presidential hopeful is sponsoring a bill to declassify 28 pages of a 9/11 report that may blame Saudi Arabia. (The Daily Beast)

How Healthcare Is Dooming the U.S. Economy in Three Charts: It’s our choice: live with a bankrupt system built almost entirely of perverse incentives, or begin an adult discussion about a system that delivers responsible care to the elderly in line with other advanced nations, but at a fraction of the current cost. (Of Two Minds)

Barney Frank: Obama Is Making ‘A Big Mistake’ On TPP Why give the oligarchs everything they went, in exchange for nothing? Read Franks’ open letter to Obama about the trade deal. (Huffington Post)

Jeb Bush’s Favorite Author Rejects Democracy, Says The Hyper-Rich Should Seize Power: What, he’s supposed to be like Sarah Palin and not read anything? Hey, at least he can read… (Think Progress)

Wild sawfish have ‘virgin births’, essentially cloning themselves: First known case of wild vertebrates cloning themselves and surviving. (Ars Technica)

The End of Britain as We Know It? The fight for Scottish independence isn’t over. A rebellion is brewing the likes of which Britain has not experienced in nearly a century and that, if unchecked, will change the United Kingdom for good. (Politico)

Bernie Sanders is being taken seriously in (and out of) Iowa: It’s astonishing to watch. I thought that there would be a near total media blackout of his campaign, that he’d get more traction than, say, Dennis Kucinich, but not much more. It didn’t happen that way.The genie is out the the bottle in a big way. Of course the voters of Iowa are taking Bernie Sanders seriously: They can hear what he has to say (and they agree with him). Me, I take him so seriously that I sent Bernie money on day 1 and plan to send more. If he represents your views, you might want to consider donating to his campaign, too. (AmericaBlog)

There are no more moderate Republicans. See for yourself. (Washington Post)

Donald Trump: ‘I’m the Most Successful Person Ever to Run for the Presidency’ Trump’s the “most” a lotta things, not one of them really worth bragging about. Still, thick vulgarian fingers crossed that he jumps into the GOP primary with gusto, eh? For the good of America. And don’t forget, he’s got, according to Trump himself, “a Gucci store that’s worth more than Romney.” (Des Moines Register)

Walmart is a cultural sickness: How the American workplace is enriching the wealthy—and destroying everyone else. American workers are conditioned to expect less and less even as they do more and more. And it’s killing them. (Salon)

The new normal? Timothy McVeigh’s anti-government views have moved from the extremist fringe into the GOP mainstream (Newsweek)

Bernie Sanders: A Man with a Cause The seventy-three-year-old from Vermont appears to be attracting bigger crowds than any other candidate, Democrat or Republican. Hey, anything can happen, including Bernie beating Hillary Clinton. He’d then go on to beat the pants off the GOP nominee. That’s not some Bizarro World prediction: who really thought the black guy was gonna win at the start of the 2008 primary season? The Sanders surge is a real thing. (The New Yorker)

47% of Americans would have to Borrow or Sell Something to Cover an Unexpected Expense of $400 Extreme financial insecurity affects nearly half of all Americans. (AllGov.com)

Lindsey Graham Enters White House Race With Emphasis on National Security And unsurprisingly no one gives a shit. (New York Times)

Below, John Stewart is amazed how John McCain is continually setting himself up for jokes where the punchline is Sarah Palin…