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Keeping the pressure on Reid

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Rachel Maddow - Oct. 21 (News Report) - Rachel Maddow on recent news about the health care debate in Congress. This report covers a move to strip the health care industry of its anti-trust exemption, as well campaigns to pressure Senator Harry Reid to support the public option. Features an interview with activist Adam Green from Nevada's Progressive Change Campaign Committee.

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Chris Matthews vs. Texas tea partier

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Chris Matthews - Oct. 17 (Interview) - It ends up devolving into an argument over whether the Keynesians or Amity Shlaes are right about the Depression, but Matthews’s repeated — and futile — attempts to bait him on things like Birtherism and secession are amusing.

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House behind a public option

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Keith Olbermann, Lawrence O'Donnell - Oct. 07 (News Report) - MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann and the Huffington Post's Lawrence O'Donnell discuss House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's comment that the House of Representatives will produce a bill with a public option in it.

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A bad day to oppose health reform

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Rachel Maddow - Oct. 07 (News Analysis) - Roundup of health care reform news

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Interactive map: Health care costs vary widely across U.S.

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - Jul. 09 (Special Report) - Medicare spends vastly different amounts to pay for its enrollees depending on where they live.

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Would a payroll tax holiday boost economy?

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Tom Curry - Apr. 13 (News Analysis) - As the April 15 tax deadline approaches, two freshmen House members are offering a new version of a hardy tax code perennial: a six-month “holiday” from payroll taxes that they say would benefit both small businesses and the working poor. Under the bill offered by Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., and Rep. Walt Minnick, D-Idaho, employers and employees of businesses with 50 or fewer workers would pay no Social Security and Medicare taxes for six months. Currently, both employers and employees are required to pay the 6.2 percent Social Security tax and the 1.45 percent Medicare tax throughout the year.

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The Enemy Combatant Canard

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Harper's - By Rachel Maddow - Feb. 18 (Interview) - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison shared one definition of the term “tyrant”–a ruler who deprived a person of his freedom without operation of law and without accountability before a court. Which perhaps explains why American historians are consistently ranking George W. Bush at the very bottom of the list of all American presidents; the man, ultimately, is guilty of tyranny.

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Pentagon study: Change course in Afghanistan

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

MSNBC - Feb. 10 (News Report) - A classified Pentagon report urges President Barack Obama to shift U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan, de-emphasizing democracy-building and concentrating more on targeting Taliban and al-Qaida sanctuaries inside Pakistan with the aid of Pakistani military forces.

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NSA Spied on Journalists? Whistleblower Reveals Surveillance Target

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Common Dreams - By Olbermann, Russell Tice - Jan. 22 (News Report) - In an exclusive interview tonight on MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," former NSA analyst Russell Tice says that the agency under the Bush administration secretly collected communications data on civilians, including journalists.

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The Bush years -- then and now

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

MSNBC - By Mark Murray - Jan. 08 (News Report) - With President Bush set to leave the White House less than two weeks from now, here's a "Then and Now" to show what the United States looked like when Bush was entering office and what it looks like now as he's leaving. The "Then" is the best-available figure as Bush was taking office in 2001. The "Now" is the most recent figure

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Zbigniew Brzezinski Calls Joe Scarborough 'Stunningly Superficial'

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Jason Linkins, Zbigniew Brzezinski - Dec. 30 (Interview) - you'll want to just skip to the end of this clip, where host Joe Scarborough attempts to ask for Brzezinski's daughter Mika's hand in marriage or something by insisting that "you cannot blame what's going on in Israel on the Bush administration." This prompted Zbig to reply, "You know, you have such a stunningly superficial knowledge of what went on that it's almost embarrassing to listen to you." Burn!

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Charity gets personal amid economic hardship

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

MSNBC - By Kari Huus - Dec. 24 (Special Report) - As charities and government social service agencies around the country wrestle with similar hard realities, some comfort can be found in the e-mail sent to msnbc.com, which indicates that the economic hardship has prompted thoughtful, personal and creative ideas for giving, even by some who might soon find themselves on the other side of the equation.

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Gay marriage is a question of love

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

MSNBC - By Keith Olberman - Nov. 11 (Comment) - This isn't about yelling, and this isn't about politics, and this isn't really just about Prop-8. And I don't have a personal investment in this: I'm not gay, I had to strain to think of one member of even my very extended family who is, I have no personal stories of close friends or colleagues fighting the prejudice that still pervades their lives.

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Congressman: McCain 'sowing seeds of hatred'

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - Oct. 13 (News Report) - epublican John McCain, the clock ticking down on a chance to narrow Democrat Barack Obama's lead in polls, fended off comments Saturday comparing him to a well-known segregationist and attempted to pivot back toward policy differences. Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and veteran of the civil rights movement, says the negative tone of the Republican presidential campaign reminds him of the hateful atmosphere that segregationist Gov. George Wallace fostered in Alabama in the 1960s.

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McCain: Criticizing the press?

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:20:25 -0700

MSNBC - By Domenico Montanaro - Jun. 09 (News Analysis) - Politico's Martin sets the general election CW that the campaign never pushes back on: "Openly frustrated by what they see as an ongoing double standard in the press's treatment of his campaign, Sen. John McCain and his aides have been aggressively denouncing unfavorable stories as 'smear jobs' and 'scurrilous attacks,' while the candidate himself has launched a series of stinging attacks on Sen. Barack Obama."

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McCain mimics Bush on illegal wiretapping

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Keith Olbermann - Jun. 07 (News Report) - (VIDEO - 6:38) As with so many positions on which Senator McCain hues closely and precisely with the Bush administration, the Senator has tried to finesse the issue of warentless wiretaps. Finesse no more. The McCain camp now clearly saying the Senator believes what the current President believes, that the President of the U.S. can claim authority to wiretap Americans even where it contravenes a federal statute." "In other words the President may break the law using amorphous Constitutional power as an excuse." "The top advisor to Senator McCain set the record straight in a letter posted online by the conservative National Review this week. [The top McCain advisor] wrote that McCain believes the Constitution gave President Bush the power to order the National Security Agency to monitor Americas international phone calls and e-mails without a warrant. This, despite a 1978 Federal statute that specifically required court oversight of such surveillance." "Furthermore, quoting him, 'neither the Administration not the telecoms need apologize for actions that most people except the ACLU and trial lawyers understand were Constitutiaonal and appropriate in the wake of the attacks on September 11, 2001.'" "As for McCain, himself, saying about six months ago, 'I don't think the president has the right to disobey a law. ' It's notable that in the very same interview, he also said, 'there are some areas where the statutes don't apply such as the surveillance of overseas communications.

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Senator Joe LIE-berman Worst Person In The World!!!

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Keith Olbermann - Jun. 07 (Opinion) - (VIDEO - 3:11) Entertainment piece from Keith Olberman: "Former Senator Joe Lieberman for sending some email spam to McCain supporters reminding people about who he is ... saying he was the 'Democrat' nominee ...' (instead of 'Democratic')

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McCain calls Bush wiretapping 'ambiguous'

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:32:17 -0700

MSNBC - By Carrie Dann - Jun. 07 (News Report) - MIAMI, FL - The question of whether or not President Bush overstepped his constitutional power by authorizing warrantless checks of Americans' international communications after 9/11 is "ambiguous," McCain said yesterday. But, he added, he hopes not to ...

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McCain: Lieberman watch

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - Jun. 06 (Opinion) - Not only did Sen. Joe Lieberman appear on a McCain conference call hitting Obama on foreign policy, but now the Connecticut senator is spearheading a group called "Citizens for McCain" that seeks to draw independents and Democrats to McCain's candidacy. "I have worked with John McCain for many years in the U.S. Senate and know from experience that he can unite Democrats, Republicans and Independents like no one else in this country," he writes in a letter today. "He did it in the United States Senate and he can do it as President of the United States."

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RNC notes hypocrisy on Obama pledge

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Mark Murray - Jun. 06 (News Analysis) - On Thursday, Obama announced that the Democratic National Committee -- as his campaign does -- would no longer accept financial contributions from federal lobbyists. "We will not take a dime from Washington lobbyists or special interest PACs," he said. "We're going to change how Washington works. They will not fund my party. They will not run our White House." But today, the Republican National Committee is noting all the holes in this pledge. In addition to the fact that Obama accepts money from employees of lobbying firms (as long as those folks aren't themselves federal lobbyists), the RNC points out that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee take money from lobbyists. Moreover, at least one prominent DNC member -- vice chair Lottie Shackelford -- is a lobbyist.

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Hardball College Tour - McCain @ Villanova

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Chris Mathews, John McCain - Jun. 06 (Interview) - (VIDEO - 11:12) John McCain takes part in the Hardball College Tour at Villanova University on Tuesday, April 15th. Question from the audience: 'What is the most important issue to our generation?' McCain's answer: 'Keeping our nation secure, obviously. (applause) I think there's another aspect: as you know, there is a tremendous loss of trust in our government. ... We've got to do business in Washington so we carry out the agenda that the American people have, not our own -- not catering to special interests. One of those areas where we Republicans have failed is spending. '

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Obama expects GOP attack on patriotism

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Brian Williams - Jun. 04 (Interview) - A day after he clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday that he expected an organized Republican attack on his integrity and patriotism because "it's very hard for them to talk about where they want to take the country." Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, touched on a variety of issues in a wide-ranging interview with Brian Williams, anchor of "NBC Nightly News." Among them were what roles his defeated rival for the nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and her husband, the former president, might play in his campaign, as well as how soon he expected to debate his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain.

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McCain Economic Policy Shaped by Bank Lobbyist

Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Keith Olbermann - May. 31 (News Report) - Swiss bank paid McCain co-chair, Phil Gramm to push agenda on U.S. mortgage crisis. Senator Phil Gramm advised McCain on his subprime mortgage bailout policy while he was also a registered lobbyist for the Swiss bank UBS.

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Obama v. McCain on troop levels, more

Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Domenico Montanaro - May. 30 (News Report) - "It's very disturbing to have John McCain continually raise questions about what he knows and what he bases is judgments on," Kerry said. "If you don't know the numbers of troops, it's very difficult to make a judgment about whether or not you're overextended. It's also very difficult to have an understanding as a citizen about what levels of troops he's gonna keep there, because if he thinks 150,000 is pre-surge, and that's where he's gonna stay. That's a deeply overextended military, and it raises serious questions about his comprehension of this challenge."

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McCain economic policy shaped by lobbyist - Countdown with Keith Olbermann

Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Jonathan Larsen, Keith Olbermann - May. 27 (News Report) - Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain's national campaign general co-chair was being paid by a Swiss bank to lobby Congress about the U.S. mortgage crisis at the same time he was advising McCain about his economic policy, federal records show. "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" reported Tuesday night that lobbying disclosure forms, filed by the giant Swiss bank UBS, list McCain's campaign co-chair, former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm, as a lobbyist dealing specifically with legislation regarding the mortgage crisis as recently as Dec. 31, 2007.

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