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Why Keep Geithner?

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

MSNBC - By Dylan Ratigan - Nov. 02 (News Analysis) - A year ago it was revealed to the American people that our banking system was a legalized Ponzi scheme in which bank and insurance CEOs paid themselves billions of dollars in personal compensation to lend and insure assets with money they didn't have

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Ruckus on the right

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Rachel Maddow, Dave Weigel - Oct. 20 (News Report) - The right has fractured over this one race. They are not only disagreeing over whether to chose the conservative or republican candidate, they are denouncing one other, pledging the death of one another's political career over this split. The local impact of this chaos on the right, the ultimate effect for New York's 23rd disctrict, may very well be that the 23rd disctrict of New York elect its first democrat since around the time of the Civil War. With Republicans split over the two candidates on the right, the Democrat in the race is now ahead in recent polling.

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Health care reform: Saving American lives

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:26:01 -0700

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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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Confronting Rick Berman

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

MSNBC - By Rachel Maddow - Oct. 07 (Special Report) - Berman, proudly known as "Dr. Evil," still refused to answer who pays for his attack websites, even as he's served as a leader in generating what critics say is misinformation about virtually all reform initiatives of the last 20 years, including union organizing rights and the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Insurance companies propelled by greed

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

MSNBC - By Keith Olbermann - Oct. 07 (Interview) - Insurance companies continue want higher penalties for people who are mandated to buy insurance, threatening to raise all premiums again if that doesn't occur. Former CIGNA Vice President Wendell Potter discusses.

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A town’s love of Indian artifacts backfires - Life- msnbc.com

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:08:51 -0700

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Sam Stein Discusses Cheney 2012, Condoleeza Rice's Afghanistan Comments On Rachel Maddow Show (VIDEO)

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Huff TV - Sep. 23 (News Analysis) - Huffington Post political reporter Sam Stein weighed in on Condoleeza Rice's comments on Afghanistan during his appearance Tuesday evening on The Rachel Maddow Show.

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Report: Obama asks N.Y. governor to step aside

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:24:15 -0700

MSNBC - Sep. 20 - ALBANY, N.Y. - National Democratic Party leaders have asked Gov. David Paterson to consider withdrawing from the 2010 governor's race, according to two senior New York Democratic advisers. Both advisers, who are close to the governor, spoke to The

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Rep. Anthony Weiner Discusses Public Option Health

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - Aug. 21 (Interview) - Rep. Anthony Weiner Discusses Public Option Health Care Reform on MSNBC's Morning Joe

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Is Pakistan’s Taliban chief dead or alive?

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Carol Grisanti - Aug. 11 (News Analysis) - The guessing games over the fate of Pakistan’s Taliban chief, Baitullah Mehsud, continue as government officials and Taliban militants exchange verbal duels – challenging each other on national TV to prove that Mehsud is alive or dead.

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Universal mirror shows all angles

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - Jul. 18 (News Report) - A universal mirror, an object that reflects all light waves back at their source, has been created by scientists in Europe and Asia. Imagine a tennis player hitting a ball against a wall. The ball would bounce right back to the player no matter what angle he or she directed the shot. A universal mirror has the same effect, except with light waves.

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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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Rewriting John Brown's story, 150 years later

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - Jun. 24 (News Report) - HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. - A century and a half later, Americans still don't know quite what to think of John Brown, a fervent abolitionist who launched a bloody attack meant to take down slavery

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Six months in jail for immigrant's death - Crime & courts- msnbc.com

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - Jun. 22 (News Report) - POTTSVILLE, Pa. - Two teenagers convicted of simple assault in the beating death of an illegal Mexican immigrant that sparked outrage from Hispanic leaders and civil-rights groups were each sentenced Wednesday to at least six months behind bars.

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Attorney general urges new hate crimes law - Crime & courts- msnbc.com

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - Jun. 21 (News Report) - The coalition reported the U.S. now averages a hate crime nearly every hour of every day. A special concern is the rising number of hate crimes committed against Hispanics and gays.

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Congress: Supplemental narrowly passes - First Read - msnbc.com

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Domenico Montanaro - Jun. 17 (News Report) - Per NBC’s Luke Russert, the House last night passed the $106 billion war-supplemental bill by a 226-202 vote. The legislation gives billions in emergency funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...

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Attorneys Olson & Boies Interviewed About Filing Federal Suit Against Cailf. Prop 8

Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Chris Matthews - May. 28 (Interview) - Attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies Interviewed About Filing A Federal Lawsuit Against California Prop 8

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Jobless seek training for green-collar jobs

Sat, 23 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - May. 23 (Special Report) - As the economy sheds jobs, community colleges across the country are reporting a surge of unemployed workers enrolling in courses that offer training for "green-collar" jobs.

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In Europe, social safety net softens the slump - Europe- msnbc.com

Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Jennifer Carlile - May. 07 (Special Report) - With its tidy villages, orderly cities and atmospheric scenery, there are few outward signs that the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, home to historic Heidelberg and the famed Black Forest, is a victim of the current economic crisis.

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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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Gen. Colin Powell addresses torture

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Colin Powell, Rachel Maddow - Apr. 06 (Interview) - There were conversations at a senior level. I cannot go further... You will have to go to the written record... You are asking me a legal question. I am not sure if any of these items could be considered torture. I will let those who are making a legal determination make that decision. We had no meeting on torture. What I recall is ... talk about what is it we can do about getting information from the people we have in custody.

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Rachel Maddow Interviews Colon Powell

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Powell, Maddow - Apr. 02 (Interview) - [Video]

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Enough!

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

TruthOut - By Keith Olbermann - Mar. 19 (Opinion) - Five weeks ago Vikram Pandit, the chief executive officer of Citigroup, went back to Congress, tail seemingly between his legs, and, with entreaty dripping from his voice, announced "I get the new reality and I'll make sure Citi gets it as well." In point of fact, as Bloomberg News reports today, what Mr. Pandit "got" was a new $10 million executive suite for himself and his key associates.

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