Two must reads:

1.  Mike Konczal, “The [University of North Carolina] Coup and the Second Limit of Economic Liberalism”:

There was a quiet revolution in the University of North Carolina higher education system in August, one that shows an important limit of current liberal thought. In the aftermath of the 2014 election, there’s been a significant amount of discussion over whether liberals have an economic agenda designed for the working and middle classes. This discussion has primarily been about wages in the middle of the income distribution, which are the first major limit of liberal thought; however, it is also tied to a second limit, which is the way that liberals want to provide public goods and services.

Read his full post for the details

2.  The Oatmeal explaining to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) how Net Neutrality works.

[I] assume one of two things:

Thing #1:

When you [Sen. Cruz] accepted campaign funds from telecom lobbyists last year, they asked that you publicly smear Net Neutrality.

Thing #2:

You don’t actually know what Net Neutrality is.

There is very little I can do about Thing #1, and so instead I’ll work of fixing Thing #2.  And I’m going to do that by being a super terrific At dude and explaining to you exactly how Net Neutrality works.

His explanation involves a lot of crabs.   (It’s both educational and entertaining.)