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Unprecedented Justice Dragnet on the Associated Press

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The government would not say why it sought the records. Officials have previously said in public testimony that the U.S. attorney in Washington is conducting a criminal investigation into who may have provided information contained in a May 7, 2012, AP story about [...]

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Charged with Using Weapon of Mass Destruction *Updated*

UPDATE: Rachel Maddow offered reporting from Pete Williams of NBC News from the transcript of the interview of Tsarnaev, which happened after he was read his rights and began cooperating. Tsarnaev told authorities that there was no foreign involvement; that he and his brother learned to build the bombs came through the Internet; and that [...]

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No Kermit Gosnell Coverage on Weekly Standard or National Review

THE ridiculous charge surrounding the trial coverage of Kermit Gosnell is that it’s all a liberal conspiracy because of abortion rights. Never mind that the disgusting illegal and criminal intent alleged is about one example that everyone wants to make sure never ever happens in America again. It’s the one thing abortion rights and anti [...]

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Chris Hayes Wins 8 P.M. Shultz Time Slot [Video]

The change is predicated on the belief that MSNBC can win a wider audience with Mr. Hayes than it did with Mr. Schultz, a champion of the working class whose bluster didn’t always pair well with Ms. Maddow and the channel’s other prime-time program, “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.” Mr. Hayes, on the other [...]

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Maddow on Antonin Scalia: “He’s a Troll” [Video]

The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook “I think he knows how that sounds, and that’s the neat thing about being there in person, is you can see: Oh, actually, he’s a troll. He’s saying this for affect. He knows it’s offensive. He [...]

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Benghazi? We’re Still Waiting for Bush and Cheney to be Held Accountable for Iraq. [Rachel Maddow Videos]

Hagel saw that, in Iraq, America was taking on an already weakened leader who the senator said probably didn’t have weapons of mass destruction, and at the same time empowering another regime (Iran) that badly wanted WMDs–a dire development further documented on Monday by The Washington Post, which reported that the Iranian-backed Shiite group Asaib [...]

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HBO’s “GIRLS” has Conservatives Tied in Knots, But That’s Not All [Video]

Ep. 14: Preview THIS IS too precious for words. I just couldn’t stop smiling. And rolling my eyes. Then just gave up and started laughing. When Brietbart.com has a blaring headline like… IGNORE LENA DUNHAM’S ‘GIRLS’ AT YOUR OWN PERIL, CONSERVATIVES You know something big, fat an hilariously overwrought is going to follow.  Because when [...]

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Virginia’s Shame: Becoming the Next Kansas

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy It’s way past time: House Republicans need to stop talking about rape. That’s the message GOP lawmakers got here Wednesday evening from Kellyanne Conway, a top GOP pollster. [Politico] THE STATE of Virginia continues the war against women, with Republicans in charge, which [...]

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News Desk — CBS News: Office of DNI Edited Rice Talking Points and FBI and CIA Signed Off

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy CBS NEWS is reporting that the Office of the DNI edited out “al Qaeda” and “terrorism” references in the talking points Ambassador Rice utilized on the Sunday shows on September 16th. So it’s important to ask just how dense is Senator McCain on [...]

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MSNBC Bests Fact Free FNC

THE OBAMA network, aka MSNBC for those in an alternate universe, is annoying, because the American public has learned not to trust anyone because of our media picking sides. However, considering the prowess Fox News had achieved since its founding it’s clear something had to be done, so NBC did it. In the election of [...]

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News Desk: “60 Minutes” Releases Clip of Obama on Whether Benghazi was Terrorist Attack

“It’s too early to know how exactly how this came about, what group was involved, but obviously it was an attack on Americans. … As I said, we’re still investigating exactly what happened. I don’t want to jump the gun on this. But you’re right, that this is not a situation that was exactly the [...]

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Obama on Egypt: Not an Ally, Not an Enemy [UPDATE from White House]

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “I don’t think that we would consider them an ally. But we don’t consider them an enemy.” – President Barack Obama PRESIDENT OBAMA made some news late on Wednesday, in a Telemundo interview teased by Rachel Maddow, which will air tomorrow and on [...]

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How Rachel Maddow Got Away with Smacking Around Ronald Reagan Without It Bothering Anyone

SHORTLY AFTER the narrative begins, Rachel Maddow offers a silly little piece of ancient text. Why in the world would anyone be interested in the 1973 moment when Congress set out to write “A Joint Resolution Concerning the War Powers of Congress and the President”? Directing that “to fulfill the intent of the framers of [...]

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Rachel Maddow Slams ’60-something Male Pundits’

“I realize a lot of 60-something male pundits look at this issue & think hmmm… bad politics for Democrats on the Catholic side. There’s another way to look at it.” – Rachel Maddow Who are those “60-something male pundits?” More importantly why do we care what they think? Mark Shields, E.J. Dionne and Chris Matthews, [...]

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Hillary Never Said ‘All the Way to the Convention!’

Gingrich is making the case that Romney can’t get a majority at the convention, his small circle of advisers are already eyeing favorable states in March and April, and those close to the former back-bench bomb thrower are testifying to his legendary perseverance. – Newt Gingrich’s long march, by Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman Newt’s [...]

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