MS NOW December 2012 Articles
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Bipartisan fiscal agreement reached
House GOP plans to wait — until after deadlines pass
No fiscal cliff deal for House
Bleak landscape for bipartisanship in Boehner’s home district
North Carolina governor pardons Wilmington 10
Onward to 2013, a year where more progress will be made
Obama: a deal ‘is in sight, but it’s not done’
Obama: Fiscal cliff deal ‘within sight’ but not done
What McConnell and Biden came up with
Clinton remains hospitalized for blood clot
112th Congress set to become least productive in decades
Rep. Barbara Lee: ‘This is a do-nothing Republican Congress’
Biden comes to McConnell’s aid for a last-ditch deal
Illness has kept Clinton out of the public eye for nearly a month
GOP Rep: Real fiscal cliff is failure to ‘deal with our debt and deficit’
Top Links: The fiscal cliff is nigh
Charts for talking fiscal cliff
Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama reclaim record as ‘Most Admired’
Must read of the day: Best movies of 2012
Chris’ list: Words to banish from the English language
The Company Memo: Monday, December 31, 2012
A ‘totally untrustworthy negotiating partner’
Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot
Update: Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot
Fresh faces to watch in 2013: Tim Scott
Senate showdown set for Monday
Obama: Sandy Hook tragedy was ‘the worst day of my presidency’
Obama levels attacks on GOP for no fiscal cliff deal
Up on Dec. 30: Congressional dysfunction, Boehner’s troubles, the demise of the Tea Party
Gov. Bev Perdue, pardon the Wilmington 10
For liberals, 2012 was the year of resilience
Ahead on the 12/28 Maddow show
‘ED Show’ playbook: Friday, Dec. 28
Week in Geek: New Year’s Edition
Up on Dec. 29: The next economy, the value of growth, the intellectual property battles
‘Modestly optimistic’–despite ‘mind-boggling’ dysfunction
Very Last Word: Ed Markey could pull Dems left
Man goes for a walk with an AR-15-style assault weapon
Behind the scenes of Morning Joe in 2012: Part 2
Vote: best political photos of 2012
America poised to reap benefits of Obamacare. Hobby Lobby still not budging
Behind the scenes of Morning Joe in 2012: Part 1
Bipartisan agreement–against privacy rights
Musician John Forte on prison reform
Senate passes FISA, beats back safeguards, transparency
Meeting at the edge of the cliff
Photo Finish: Favorite Behind the Scenes Moments on The Cycle
A last-ditch effort to avoid the cliff
Bernanke’s subtle hints to Congress
Michigan towns reading fine print of new emergency manager law. (Heads up, Detroit.)
There’s still time for a deal–if the Tea Party would allow it
Free gun training for teachers
Look out! Here comes the ‘dairy cliff’ and the ‘retail cliff’
Awesome snow sculpture is awesome
Swing districts disappear, gridlock flourishes
Giving the appearance of movement in fiscal talks
Top policy battles of 2013: Gun control
Top policy battles of 2013: Marijuana
Top policy battles of 2013: Gay marriage
Top policy battles of 2013: Filibuster reform
Top policy battles of 2013: Voting rights
Top policy battles of 2013: Obamacare
The top 7 upcoming policy battles of 2013
Top policy battles of 2013: Immigration
O’Donnell rewrites Vatican’s attack on marriage equality and socialism
Rep. Ed Markey running to fill John Kerry’s Senate seat
As time runs out, Obama will talk once more with congressional leaders
Revvies controversy inspires Rev. Sharpton to bust a move
New poll: increasing support for stricter gun laws
‘Stormin Norman’ Schwarzkopf, who beat Saddam Hussein, is dead at 78
Teacher union president: plan to arm teachers ‘dangerous, irresponsible’
Very Last Word: The NRA’s culture of fear
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thursday, Dec. 27
I have high hopes for Obama’s second term
Negotiation? Nah–more like ‘a slow-motion car crash’
Ahead on the 12/27 Maddow show
Will Democrats go nuclear on filibuster reform?
In wake of Newtown shooting, why blame atheists?
First Word: Senate back today, House will return Sunday
The efficacy of torture: In movies and in practice
Life after ‘right-to-work’: How one union flourishes in right-to-work Nevada
When the GOP wanted Hagel in the cabinet
Best of Morning Joe 2012: Part 2
Harry Reid lashes out at Boehner ‘dictatorship’
Blacks may have voted at higher rate than whites for first time
Bush aide: ‘GOP is shrinking daily before our eyes’
Sen. Blumenthal: The House Should Be Here
5 worst excuses for Speaker Boehner’s 0-day work week
Top Links: Republicans playing fiscal cliff hot potato
The NRA stands in the way of science, too
2012 Could Mark Turning Point For Housing Market
Boehner, unable to lead, waits for Senate rescue
Jobless claims improve again, near four-year low
Hawaii’s Schatz headed to U.S. Senate
MSNBC’s most viewed videos of 2012
MSNBC’s most watched in 2012: Obama’s Harvard University protest
MSNBC’s most viewed in 2012: Rush Limbaugh does not understand how birth control works
MSNBC’s most viewed in 2012: Chris Matthews calls out RNC ‘playing race card’
MSNBC’s most viewed in 2012: Gingrich talks birtherism
MSNBC’s most watched in 2012: Lawrence O’Donnell eviscerates Zimmerman lawyer
MSNBC’s most viewed in 2012: Rev. Graham says Obama seen as ‘son of Islam’
MSNBC’s most viewed in 2012: Mitt Romney sticks it to the 47%
MSNBC’s most viewed in 2012: Melissa Harris Perry exposes lies about welfare
MSNBC’s most viewed in 2012: Profile of a ‘lone-wolf’ mass-shooter
Litmus test for how well you’re retaining your holiday cheer
Lawrence O’Donnell remembers cinematic life of actor Charles Durning
The story behind Dick Armey’s attempted coup at FreedomWorks
ATF handicapped by laws and a lack of leader
Things I didn’t know I didn’t know – subway de-icer edition
Ahead on the 12/26 Maddow show
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wednesday, Dec. 26
Debt ceiling looms again, Treasury Department begins delay tactics
Supreme Court to companies: Yes, you have to cover contraception
The real ‘boss’ of Tea Party Republicans
WATCH: NOW’s best moments of 2012
If Hagel is toast, Obama’s in a jam
First Word: Stalemate continues
Starbucks: Have a grande deal, hold the bickering
Dem establishment gearing up Massachusetts special election
Chart: Before and after the assault weapons ban
Organized labor: a bad year (with a few bright spots)
Today on The Cycle: The Politics of Abundance
TOP 5 POLITICAL STORIES OF 2012
Obama cuts holiday short to negotiate fiscal deal
Obama goes back to work–but who’s joining him?
GOP obstinacy may force milk price spike
Obama ‘catching hell’ from left
Industry makes a ‘farce’ of regulation in Florida
Fireworks and firearms at FreedomWorks
Best of Morning Joe 2012: Part 1
Let Me Start: Christmas vacation ends early
Republican senator arrested on DUI charge
Obama eyes smaller, not-so-grand bargain
Top talkers of 2012: Barack Obama wins historic second term
Top talkers of 2012: machine turns vote for Obama into one for Romney
Top talkers of 2012: Senate GOP kills jobs bill
Top talkers of 2012: Romney compares Sandy relief to cleaning up after a high-school football game
Top talkers of 2012: Colin Powell’s former chief of staff: ‘My party is full of racists’
Top talkers of 2012: Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for a second term
Top Talkers of 2012: working hard or hardly working?
Top talkers of 2012: Racial resentment and the GOP voter
Top talkers of 2012: ‘Our hearts are broken today’
Top talkers of 2012: Gov. Chris Christie praises Obama’s response to Superstorm Sandy
Merry Christmas, from The Cycle!
Top Dem moments of 2012: FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS!
Top Dem moments of 2012: First openly gay woman to serve in US Senate
Top Dem moments of 2012: Right-wingers go off-script on rape; women shut that whole thing down
Top Dem moments of 2012: Mitt Romney, the gift that kept on giving
The top Democratic moments of 2012
Top Dem moments of 2012: Wall Street watchdog goes to Washington
Top Dem moments of 2012: Obama backs same-sex marriage
Top Dem moments of 2012: Obamacare survives Supreme Court test
It’s possible to have gun control that works–if we want to
What it’s like to host ‘Melissa Harris-Perry’
Shooting in upstate New York kills two firefighters
Django Unchained is a heroic love story
‘Django Unchained’ exposes raw nerves of slavery debate
Blue dot in Oklahoma: Y’all dissin’ us does not help
WATCH: Happy holidays from the Morning Joe team!
The top GOP moments in 2012: The ‘slut’-shaming of Sandra Fluke
The top GOP moments in 2012: Christie becomes national hero over Sandy
The top GOP moments in 2012: Romney and the 47%
The top GOP moments in 2012: Newt promises to colonize the moon
The top GOP moments in 2012: Akin and Mourdock get steamrolled
The top GOP moments in 2012: DeMint steps down
The top GOP moments in 2012: Clint Eastwood talks to an empty chair
The top GOP moments in 2012: Romney’s ‘binders full of women’
The top GOP moments in 2012: Romney scores big on first debate
NRA’s LaPierre doubles down on the ‘crazy’ in interview
Chained to your ex? How to live together after a divorce
Up on Dec. 23: Boehner’s deficit ‘Plan B,’ Tim Scott, what gun control laws should look like
Tim Scott, don’t be a token senator
Meet McKenna Pope, ‘Foot Soldier’ challenging gender stereotypes
LOOK: Behind the scenes at The Cycle
Following the path of Richard Engel’s abduction in Syria
Obama: ‘Common ground’ is to avert middle-class tax hike
‘The time for talk is over–it’s time for action’
This is your brain on semantic groupings
Why does the Violence Against Women Act remain stalled?
‘Zero Dark Thirty’ lives up to the hype
Paul Barrett: the country should consider armed guards or police officers in schools
Ahead on the 12/21 Maddow show
The Blame Game: Anything but guns
‘ED Show’ playbook: Friday, Dec. 21
Obama on fiscal cliff: No party ‘can get 100% of what they want’
A scramble to fill John Kerry’s Senate seat
Week in Geek: Post-Apocalypse Holiday Edition
Kerry’s replacement: Scott Brown? Or maybe Ben Affleck!
AFL-CIO president renews call for pathway to citizenship
GOP can’t stop attacking Susan Rice
My reaction to the NRA’s shameful press conference
NRA blames Hollywood for culture of violence, and Hollywood responds
Very Last Word: Boehner Shambles
Before the new recession, the new recovery
Up on Dec. 22: Gun culture and the NRA, John Kerry, Chuck Hagel, torture and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
Rep. Chaffetz voices partial support for armed officers in schools
Obama: Kerry ‘perfect choice’ for secretary of state
Obama chooses Kerry for Secretary of State
First Word: NRA says to get more armed cops in schools
NRA press conference demonstrates why ‘small government’ is a red herring
What we’re reading: Friday, December 21, 2012
NRA breaks silence: We need guns in every school in America
NRA’s LaPierre slips into performance art
John Kerry tapped to be next secretary of state
NRA calls for armed police officers at every school
12 Days of Boehner (as seen in Martin Bashir graphics)
Today on The Cycle: fiscal fiasco
Chris’ list: Favorite Christmas songs
Rove outfit plays fast and loose with IRS
Boehner: ‘Plan B’ failed due to tax hike misconceptions
Chris’ must-read of the day: Most expensive house in S.F. finally sold
As Washington bickers, long-term unemployed face peril
The fever isn’t breaking, it’s rising
The Company Memo: Friday, December 21, 2012
Obama responds to gun control petitions
Moment of silence for Sandy Hook Elementary victims
Tea Partier: Video games, not guns, caused Newtown massacre
Conservative Rep: No way, no how, no compromise
Let Me Start: Boehner’s big blunder
Eighth-grader raises more than $3,000 for K.I.N.D. Fund
Can Speaker Boehner survive the Plan B debacle?
After Newtown, a new willingness to support gun control
Thai food, chicken tenders and other campaign superstitions
Romney’s ‘transition’ cost government $8.9 million
Boehner’s bad night: the House pulls Plan B
Remembering Inouye, who fought war and discrimination
Hating on Hagel: What’s behind the neo-con animosity
Please, please let the president have a Batplane
Hagel is Barack Obama–with a war record
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thursday, Dec. 20
Ahead on the 12/20 Maddow show
NRA supporter Sen. Casey now backs new gun laws
Palin rips ‘Time’ as irrelevant for picking Obama as ‘Person of the Year’
Benghazi: Was it Hillary’s fault? And could it hurt her in 2016?
Drudge needs a story? Cue the apocalypse
‘At the Fights’ puts you inside the world of boxing
Very Last Word: How much will Dems concede?
Burns: Republicans putting Hagel through ‘trial by fire’
First Word: House votes on Boehner’s ‘Plan B’
No ‘red lines’: Union leadership may accept Social Security cuts
The latest in a long line of failed conspiracy theories
House Intel. chair: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ a product of Hollywood
Fiscal cliff trumps GOP’s Plan B
GOP hopes to sweeten Plan B pot
Today’s ‘Plan B’ vote isn’t about higher taxes – it’s about John Boehner’s survival
Schumer: Meet the NRA in the middle, we’ll get more done
Brown first GOP senator to back federal assault weapons ban, but why?
McConnell’s flawed football metaphor
Cory Booker to run for Senate; won’t challenge Christie
Van Hollen: Boehner can’t sell compromise
Top Links: Jon Boehner is fighting for a bill that can’t possibly become law
Construction union endorses Chris Christie for re-election
Barney Frank to Eric Holder: Prosecute big bankers already!
Update: Obama could create ‘Yosemites of the Sea’
Petraeus’ reputation takes another blow
The end of a directionless ‘controversy’
Will a compromise be reached in 12 days?
Chris’ List: Career fields to break into
Chris’ must read of the day: The happiest places on Earth
Crist vs. Scott on Florida voting rights
In Newtown’s shadow, Chicago’s bleak gun toll goes on
What we’re reading: Thursday, December 20, 2012
Brzezinski: Hagel-Kerry team is good for diplomacy, war-free future
Let Me Start: Gun-Violence Curb
Economic growth revised up, exceeds expectations
The Company Memo: Thursday, December 20, 2012
When Sandy Hook commentary reaches rock bottom
NOW Today: Time to pack the parachute?
Time to start drafting your resolutions
‘Zero Dark Thirty’ torture scenes ‘misleading,’ senators say
Rather than lose face, Norquist gives in on Boehner’s Plan B
O’Donnell urges GOP to be Reaganites on gun control
Hillary: No travel, no testimony (at least for now)
Cupcakes and the decline of Western Civilization
Another coach for change on guns
Scared to show their faces? The NRA in hiding
College basketball coaches use postgame press conferences to speak about U.S. gun culture
Leaving Congress, Barney Frank is hopeful about his colleagues’ ‘courage’
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wednesday, Dec. 19
Very Last Word: Rupert Murdoch’s influence on gun control
Ahead on the 12/19 Maddow show
Rendell: GOP Gov. McDonnell a ‘coward and wuss’
Gen. Petraeus neo-con connection ‘is really strange’
Poll: Will the GOP come around on gun control?
First Word: Boehner’s actions ‘puzzling’
Winning! George W. Bush’s tax cut
Virginia Republican eyes armed-teacher mandates
Sheriff Biden will spearhead the new task force
How the right would stop another Newtown
What can philosophy of technology tell us about the gun debate?
Sen. Boxer calls on NRA to come to the table
Boehner hopes to avoid blame, gives Dems ultimatum
Robert Bork, conservative legal icon, dies at 85
State Dept. officials resign over critical Benghazi report
Obama launches task force on gun violence
Obama: ‘This time words need to lead to action’
Benghazi report faults State Dept., questions counterterroism strategy
Political metaphor waits to happen, frost flowers edition
GOP lawmakers unyielding on gun policy
WATCH LIVE: Obama announces task force on gun violence
Dem Rep. backs White House compromise on fiscal cliff deal
VIDEO: Obama announces new effort to reduce gun violence
Sharp drop in Mich. governor’s approval rating after ‘right-to-work’
Despite Newtown, mental health care dangles over fiscal cliff
Chris’ must read of the day: Comfort food edition
Chris’ List: Amazon’s best-selling books
Today on the Cycle: Fiscal What?
The Company Memo: Wednesday, December 19, 2012
And the TIME person of the year is…
A shift in posture, a sense of ‘weakness’
“Let our teachers worry about teaching, and let security worry about marksmanship.”
What we’re reading: Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Let Me Start: Critical Choices
NOW Today: NRA wants to make sure ‘this never happens again’
‘Sheriff’ Joe Biden and White House gun control
Scarborough: Republicans, where do you stand on gun safety?
Benghazi report: ‘grossly inadequate’ security but also ‘remarkable heroism’
Lawrence O’Donnell Rewrites NRA’s ‘blood-drenched’ boss
Is your money invested in guns? Use your power
Michigan governor says no to a concealed-weapons bill
Learning the lessons of Dunblane
‘ED Show’ playbook: Tuesday, Dec. 18
Blumenthal: A ‘tectonic’ shift in the politics of gun control
Why nobody on the right will blame Obama for mass shootings
Mental illness and gun violence
Bolton suggests Clinton faked illness to avoid Benghazi testimony
Critics skeptical of NRA’s ‘meaningful contributions’ offer
Ahead on the 12/18 Maddow show
Rick Perry: Teachers should have ‘access to weapons in their school’
John Kerry, now the GOP’s favorite Democrat
Wall St. firm sells gun stake; others may follow suit
NRA comes out of hiding after Sandy Hook shooting
Supporting an LGBT youth center with high hopes–and high heels
We need a real conversation, not more knee-jerk reactions from left and right
Breaking silence, NRA pledges ‘meaningful contribution’ to fighting gun violence
Two very different approaches to gun policy
NRA: Publicly silent on Newtown shootings, quietly preaches to the choir
Report: Michigan Governor Snyder will veto concealed weapons bill
Petition to White House on gun control hits record number
Wait for the long-form medical report
After Black Friday, anti-Walmart campaign goes international
Obama supports assault weapons ban
Pelosi: Boehner’s Plan B should be called ‘Plan Befuddled’
Scarborough: Does the GOP want to be the party of glocks and Bushmaster’s?
Chris Jansing reflects on the tragedy
Dear Rick Perry: Caring for children doesn’t stop at birth
Hollywood reacts to Newtown school shooting
Sen. Leahy now third in line for the presidency
What type of senator will Tim Scott be?
Rep. Yarmuth breaks silence on gun control
All the union-busting money can buy in Michigan
Michigan’s Snyder pays a price for anti-union law
Obama’s base pushes back on plan to cut Social Security
Obama takes next step towards ‘meaningful action’
Learning the wrong lessons from the Newtown massacre
How the NRA used the worst mass shooting in U.S. history to help arm the mentally ill
Wal-Mart plays role of ‘aggressive and creative corrupter’ in Mexico
LISTEN: ‘Right-to-Work’ in Michigan, the Chicago teachers’ strike, and labor’s future
Cracks in the NRA stronghold: pro-gun senators say ‘enough is enough’
Updated: Michigan gun lobby promises more guns
Richard Engel, NBC News team freed from Syrian captors
What we’re reading: Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Obama calls on Cabinet for gun control solutions
The Company Memo: Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Obama, Boehner inch closer to debt deal
CT Senator-Elect: We can’t forget Newtown like we did Aurora
Fiscal cliff talks: a ‘step in the right direction’
Obama has often mourned victims–but skirted the issue of gun control
Top 10 reactions from opponents of gun control
Obama meets with Biden and cabinet to address Newtown shooting
Democrats avoiding gun regulation since Bush v. Gore
Remembering Olivia Engel, a little girl who loved to dance
‘This is different’: Dems say Congress is ready for gun laws
When it comes to state gun laws, the weak defeat the strong
Less lethal but no less alarming, China deals with school attacks
Are more guns the solution–or the problem?
‘ED Show’ playbook: Monday, Dec. 17
Gun Owners of America: Newtown teachers should have been armed
Ahead on the 12/17 Maddow show
I’m hopeful about fiscal cliff negotiations
Sen. Daniel Inouye, Democrat of Hawaii, dead at 88
Chart: Six of the deadliest mass shootings have happened since 2007
First Word: Revisting gun control after Newtown
After massacre, the NRA can’t take the heat
The other, other conversation: The drug war drives gun violence
School drop-off felt different this morning
Harry Reid sides with caucus on gun conversation
Feinstein: ‘I intend to get that bill through’
NRA radio silence: Social media accounts muted in wake of tragedy
Five steps to help end America’s gun violence epidemic
Poll: Sandy Hook a sign of a larger societal problem
Michigan gun bill gets ‘extra consideration’ from Gov. Snyder
Bloomberg: ‘We are killing each other’
Top Links: Gun control in America
President Obama, guns, and the Newtown distinction
Blumenthal: Restrict high capacity magazines
After Newtown Tragedy, a Call to Action
Is the American public ready for gun control?
GOP moving on state plan to help GOP win White House
The other conversation: America’s decrepit mental health infrastructure
What we’re reading: Monday, December 17, 2012
Lieberman: ‘Is there more we can do?’
Tim Scott to replace DeMint in Senate
Gun control comes to the forefront amid mourning
Manchin says Conn. massacre ‘has changed everything’
Tim Scott to become only African-American in Senate
Boehner makes another offer in fiscal talks
The Company Memo: Monday, December 17, 2012
Donate to the Sandy Hook School Support Fund
Conservatives eye arming school officials
NRA-endorsed Senator calls for assault weapons ban
Feinstein to push ban on assault weapons
Nikki Haley expected to announce successor to Jim DeMint seat
Obama tells nation, ‘We can’t tolerate this anymore’
Scarborough: Today as a nation we grieve and today as a people we feel helpless
Parents of Sandy Hook victim: ‘She was our rock’
‘We can’t tolerate this anymore’
A nation in mourning demands action
Dems promise: First day of new Congress, a new gun law
Bloomberg: NRA’s power is ‘vastly overrated’
Unwell, Clinton will miss Benghazi questioning
The country reacts to Newtown shooting
Rep. McCarthy: Conversation about gun control ‘has to go forward’
Nation mourns Newtown school shooting victims
‘These are people we know–so loved by their parents, so innocent’
‘Ed Show’ playbook: Friday, Dec. 14
‘We cannot make them safe at all times’
Ahead on the 12/14 Maddow show
The mind of a murderer: What drove the Newtown gunman?
Newtown, CT., a town in mourning
Bloomberg, House Dems call for stricter gun control
27 dead in Newtown, CT., elementary school shooting
Va. Tech. survivor: ‘This is not something that should be normal in this country’
Emotional Obama: ‘Our hearts are broken today’
Connecticut elementary school massacre: 26 dead, including 20 children
WATCH LIVE: Obama reacts to Conn. school shootings
Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting: Newtown, Conn., Reporting Resources
Massacre at Connecticut elementary school kills dozens
Jindal eyes end to ‘birth-control politics’
Senate and sensibility: Chuck Todd’s exit interviews
Michigan GOP changes concealed weapon and recall rules in marathon session
Obama: ‘Bigger fish to fry’ than go after pot smokers
Obama sees ‘bigger fish to fry’
Congress looking for holiday deal
Ambassador Rice to meet with President Obama
States get back on their feet, fear austerity push
Report: Eric Cantor putting politics ahead of prosecuting rape
Could it be Clinton v. Christie in 2016?
What we’re reading: Friday, December 14, 2012
‘It comes down to, what does a term mean?’
Secretary of state shake-up sends Massachusetts into Senate scramble
Susan Rice: ‘I didn’t do anything wrong’
Chris’ List: MTV’s best artists of 2012
Chris’ must read of the day: Michaelangelo’s ‘David-Apollo’ on tour in D.C.
Stop and Frisk: racist–and ineffective
The Company Memo: Friday, December 14, 2012
‘They have only moved backwards’
Proportionality of outrage at Rice is ‘ridiculous’
NOW Today: Republicans react to Rice’s withdrawal
The right and rape rhetoric, redux
Scarborough: Hillary dodged, Rice took the Benghazi scandal
A ‘Republican civil war’ is not Obama’s goal
To stay in the spotlight, Norquist resorts to insults
Chicago welcomes home our veterans
Comments on her ‘ethnic’ hair should’ve been a teachable moment
Sorry, Boehner: America dismisses the GOP brand, says poll
Rep Moore: Attacks on Rice a strategy to open Kerry’s seat
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thursday, Dec. 13
Ahead on the 12/13 Maddow show
Boehner: ‘Ifs and ands and buts are only candy and nuts!’
The Senate’s ‘Secret Santa’: Batman snuggies, ice cream, old movies
Jindal defends his unconstitutional voucher program
Obama’s cabinet choices need to be about what’s best for America
Very Last Word: What Alan Cumming would say to the president
Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper: ‘The time is right’ on gun control
Obama, Holder let another big bank off the hook
Republican power grab is really a ‘race to the bottom’
Susan Rice withdraws name for Secretary of State
Does Christie’s weight matter? NJ gov calls concerns ‘ridiculous’
Susan Rice withdraws from State consideration
Susan Rice withdraws name for secretary of state, citing GOP attacks
The flaws in the GOP electoral-vote schemes
Durbin: White House won’t hike Medicare age
CRS re-publishes unpublished truths
A conversation with the parents of Jordan Davis
First Word: Republican Party has lost their image
GOP still in denial on social issues
Atlanta passes resolution in support of marriage equality
Why the GOP should be scared of running out of white voters
Virginia Foxx spends too much time in elevators
GOP ‘lost’ in ‘negative’ image problem
Congress packs up after consecutive 2-day work weeks
President Obama takes his budget deal message local
Sorry, Boehner, spending isn’t the problem
Rep. Speier: “Raising the retirement age is just stupid”
Majority of Republicans want GOP to compromise, poll finds
Affleck’s ‘Argo’ awarded five Golden Globe nominations
From grandparents to grandchildren
Poll: Public support of filibuster reform gathers speed
Mitch McConnell’s team sees polling conspiracy
Hurricane Sandy relief aid already in jeopardy in Congress
‘It’s as if we were born guilty’: the Central Park Five
Chris’ List: Golden Globe edition
Why the debt-ceiling crisis is easy to avoid (and why it won’t matter)
Sequester II: Are we headed for yet another cliff?
Republicans reap the fruits of redistricting
Jobless claims improve sharply, match four-year low
Hillary Clinton to testify on Benghazi
The Company Memo: Thursday, December 13, 2012
NOW Today: Americans want compromise now on fiscal cliff – poll
O’Donnell on why Republicans shouldn’t quote Lincoln on taxes
For gay Mormons, increasing support–but no clear path to heaven
Fiscal cliff timeline: When should we panic?
Jimmy Carter says marijuana legalization is A-OK
The ‘Endless Cliff Hypothesis’? You don’t want to know
Team Mourdock blames ‘liberal media’ for his loss
Putting the Tea Party in the timeout corner
Michigan ‘punch’: Will viral video hurt the labor movement?
Breaking into the NYC art scene
First Word: Alan Cumming joins The Last Word!
Ahead on the 12/12 Maddow show
The U.N.’s ‘swiftest, strongest’ opposition to North Korea missile launch
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wednesday, Dec. 12
Very Last Word: Losing the GOP ‘hate wing’
After Bloomberg’s term ends, ‘he wants to be a player’
Obama: U.S. will recognize Syrian rebels
Wilkerson: Secret report confirms torture didn’t work
Pelosi scolds Boehner: ‘Figure it out!’
Meteorologist fired after defending her ‘ethnic’ hair
AG Holder: Time for Voting Reform
Gun control: A conversation often started, but never finished
Elizabeth Warren to sit on Banking Committee
Obama has less leverage than you think
Not just ‘right-to-work’: Michigan GOPers rush to pass slew of far-right bills
CEOs: Alright, alright, raise our taxes
GOP govs ignore base, follow through on ‘Obamacare’ implementation
Fed announces major new stimulus in bid to lower unemployment
Mitch McConnell: The most unpopular man in the Senate
“There is no way I’m signing a bill that costs that kind of money.”
Romney Jeep ad named ‘Lie of the Year’
Corporate profits are up, but regular folks have been left behind
Walker walks back push to end same-day voter registration
Boehner not budging on tax breaks for wealthy
Sen. Cardin: ‘The ball is in the Republican court’
Does ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ promote torture?
What we’re reading: Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Must-Read Op-Eds for Dec. 12, 2012
Jindal’s selective concern for the poor
Top Links: Bernanke talks fiscal cliff, ‘job creators’ back Obama, and Romney wins ‘Lie of the Year’
Will a fiscal cliff deal be reached?
The hostage McConnell sees as ‘worth ransoming’
Michigan’s stealth attack on abortion rights
Chris’ list: Google’s top searches of the year
Chris’ must read of the day: Bacon lovers, unite!
Virginia GOP eyes electoral-vote scheme
Eric Holder: We need national standards for voting
Gov. Snyder: Right-to-work is not anti-union, it’s pro-worker
The Company Memo: Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Right-wingers Koch, ALEC, pushed Michigan ‘right-to-work’ laws
Public rejects Boehner in fiscal fight
Scarborough: What’s wrong with the freedom to work where you want?
Let Me Start: Edging toward the fiscal cliff
NOW Today: ‘I’m trying to be incredibly opaque’
An excerpt from Sebastian Junger’s ‘A World Made of Blood’
Holder slams voting restrictions, suggests reforms
Way past wonderful gets more wonderful still
SCOTUS to take up same-sex marriage
Ahead on the 12/11 Maddow show
Deadly shooting in Oregon mall
SEE IT: GOP consultant says voter ID, long lines help ‘our side’
Quinn to Scalia: ‘Don’t compare me to a murderer’
‘ED Show’ playbook: Tuesday, Dec. 11
With nominations on hold, justice delayed is democracy denied
Lawrence O’Donnell speaks to Staten Island University Hospital
Very Last Word: the K.I.N.D. Fund’s new initiative, and the fiscal…knoll
The troubling territory Justice Scalia has entered
RNC task force to diagnose what ails the GOP
GOP Gov. Snyder signs Michigan anti-union bills
Our longest war: not Afghanistan, but the war on drugs
As the government sells the last shares, assessing the AIG bailout
First Word: Scalia said what?!?
At Michigan protest, charges of violence, dirty tricks
Michigan Governor could sign both ‘right to work’ bills Wednesday
Can the RNC committee really fix anything?
Michigan passes ‘Right-to-Work’ but fight isn’t over
Scalia answered, but ‘I don’t feel persuaded’
George Takei on marriage equality: We are family
LePage won’t meet with new Democratic majority
Faith and the fiscal cliff: ‘The nation will be judged’
How Michigan’s right-to-work law will affect workers
Michigan governor: Right-to-work ‘could be a positive for unions’
Clinton concedes drug war ‘hasn’t worked’
Rubio Stands Apart From “Gang of Eight” on Immigration
Kent Conrad: ‘This is our chance to do something for the country’
No joke: Colbert is top choice to replace Sen. DeMint, says poll
Wisconsin would face $5.2M bill for ending same-day voting
Kennedy on Secy. Clinton: ‘She’s been incredible’
JET magazine features its first male wedding couple
A menu of options for the Supreme Court on marriage equality
GOP election strategy: if you can’t win, change the rules
DNC Chair: “It can’t be my way or the highway”
Scalia: Opposing homosexuality like opposing murder
The spending cuts Boehner chooses not to see
Progressives to Obama: Don’t even think about raising the Medicare eligibility age
Michigan House approves ‘right-to-work’ for public workers
What we’re reading: Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Senators weigh alternatives to filibuster reform
Haley Barbour: ‘I would hold my nose’ and raise rates for broader deal
GOP post-mortem: Romney campaign wasn’t negative enough
Outgoing members of Congress offer advice, comment on fiscal cliff
Mr. Potato Head goes to Michigan
A GOP consultant’s accidental candor on voter-ID laws
Chris’ List: Hottest days to go holiday shopping
Michigan House passes Right to Work bill
Chris’ must read of the day: What are your chances of living past 100?
Fiscal Cliff fight: 20 days to go
GOP voters prefer cost-free, pain-free debt reduction
The Company Memo: Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The nuances of debt-ceiling hypocrisy
When politicians pretend to be poor, are they helping?
Scalia, civil rights, and murder
Let Me Start: Assault on Labor
NOW Today: Long live the filibuster?
Mitt Romney brings his losing streak to Vegas
O’Donnell: Gingrich more influential than the presidents he served under
Introducing the K.I.N.D. tuition program for girls
U.S. won’t be alone at the top by 2030, says new report
American Majority Action: We can get the votes to #FireBoehner
Honoring Malala, Clinton says it’s time to close the education gap
Top 10 political songs of 2012
What went wrong in 2012? Let’s appoint a committee!
Shocked by a murder-suicide, some NFL players give up their guns
Julian Castro: GOP treats Latinos as ‘foreign’
Belafonte and Kennedy: Not even Ted Kennedy could work with this Congress
LOOK: Wedding album: same-sex marriages on a historic day
Moral issue: are drones worse than torture?
‘ED Show’ playbook: Monday, Dec. 10
Does $250K per year make your family rich? Steele says no
Christopher Weigl and the national bike safety debate
Crist: GOP no place to be tolerant, kind, or compassionate
Ahead on the 12/10 Maddow show
Arithmetic, percentages made all the difference in 2012
Romney’s 47% comment named quote of the year
Republican delays on ‘fiscal cliff’ deal puts economy at risk
Obama and Boehner ‘will be able to do a deal’
Obama slams Michigan bill as ‘right to work for less money’
Family sues police for video after violent death in custody
‘Gangnam’ rapper apologizes for anti-American lyrics
Edie and Anthony, gay woman and Supreme Court judge, destined to meet
First Word: Race against time on fiscal curb
Obama: Right-to-work is ‘right to work for less’
‘We stand together with Malala’
“We enjoyed all of the time that we spent driving the tanks, firing the machine guns…”
Obama slams Michigan GOP’s anti-union push
Boehner-Obama talks: the cone of silence
Florida to liberal arts majors: Pay more for your degree
Public opinion shifting towards gay marriage
Rice’s ties to African leaders questioned
Are we closer to a deal on Fiscal Cliff?
Elizabeth Warren: Brown still calling me ‘professor’
GOP civil war? Ousted conservatives not going quietly
Today on The Cycle: Damage Control
Must-Read Op-Eds for Dec. 10, 2012
Cloudy with a chance of random car fire
Bowles on going over fiscal cliff: ‘There’s no sense in betting the country’
On debt ceiling, Graham vows to ‘play that game’
Civil libertarians to Obama: You need to do better
Boehner’s gavel is secure, isn’t it?
Michigan governor ‘betrayed’ state’s trust
Today on The Cycle: Deepak Chopra
What we’re reading: Monday, December 10, 2012
The abrupt end to the ‘epidemic of open-mindedness’
Chris’ must read of the day: Nationalize the Twinkie industry?
Tick tock: Obama and Boehner meet as clock runs on fiscal cliff
Chris’ list: Lonely Planet’s top 10 U.S. destinations
Gingrich envisions ‘permanent’ partisan warfare
Six in ten support raising tax rates on rich
The Company Memo: Monday, December 10, 2012
Scarborough on talk radio hosts: GOP should ‘punch them in the face’
Let Me Start: Look Who’s Talking
Trading one hostage for another
An excerpt from Alan Light’s “The Holy or the Broken”
Booker ‘absolutely’ considering a run against Gov. Christie
O’Donnell to Gingrich: I’ve been waiting 20 years for an apology
Same-sex couples wed in Washington for first time
Romney sits ringside at Pacquiao-Marquez fight
Unemployed in danger of being pushed over fiscal cliff
Is the War on Drugs finally going to pot?
Fracking is transforming our energy economy–but it’s also causing earthquakes
A plea to Michigan’s governor: Don’t pull a Scott Walker
This is what ‘Saudi America’ looks like
Former GOP governor now a registered Democrat
Gabby Douglas: I’m going for gold again in 2016
For gay-marriage advocates, an ‘incredible day’
‘ED Show’ playbook: Friday, Dec. 7
Gay or straight marriage, one is just like the other
Ungrateful? Obama says yes on disaster relief, while Christie says no on healthcare
DeMint to Limbaugh: Maybe I’ll force out Boehner!
Very Last Word: Lawrence O’Donnell dancing and Ari Melber singing
Why Obama and Boehner must talk in private
Toure: A painstaking path to vengeance in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
It is time for America to accept marriage equality
In hopeful sign, Egypt delays early voting on draft constitution
Broken-record Boehner? GOPer says ‘No progress’ on fiscal cliff deal
With remastered footage, a powerful new look at Pearl Harbor
More states consider welfare drug testing bills
Labor leader: Koch brothers are behind Michigan right-to-work law
NRA says more guns could have saved Jovan Belcher’s girlfriend
Will Tea Party hero pass up fat federal pension?
People don’t understand the fiscal cliff
Louie and the ‘Lunatic’ House vote
The Week in Geek: Sexy science edition
For GOP backers, a bad investment
Why the McConnell filibuster flub matters
Historic cases: Supreme Court to rule on DOMA, Prop 8
First Word: Obama and Boehner at the negotiating table
SCOTUS to hear marriage equality
Progressive coalition plans nationwide fiscal cliff day of action
Chart: Out of work for the long haul
New report: NASA’s future not as bright as the night sky
Very Last Word: George Takei on Trump and marriage equality
Jindal re-embraces ‘dumbed-down conservatism’
Rep. Cleaver: Tim Scott would continue Jim DeMint’s policies
What we’re reading: Friday, December 7, 2012
Today on the Cycle: Jobs Report Friday
Mich. GOP rams through right-to-work law in defiance of labor, Dems
Must-Read Op-Eds for Dec. 7, 2012
Destroy Obamacare or bust for the GOP
Chris’ list: Top 10 viral videos of 2012
Chris’ must read of the day: Gifts that keep on giving
7.7% unemployment marks four-year low
The Company Memo: Friday, December 7, 2012
Axelrod ‘stache slash brings Obama, Trump together
What we learned from McConnell’s failed gambit
Obama and Clinton competing for votes–Grammy votes.
O’Donnell rewrites McConnell’s filibuster against his own bill
No cheers for Notre Dame from one prominent alumn
Ryan and Rubio say they’re looking out for the little guy
The company you keep: Meet DeMint’s new colleagues
This year, more Asians than Latinos–but overall, immigration is down
In Michigan, ‘an absolute attack on unions’
“Adamantly opposed to crony capitalism…”
Jim DeMint gets ‘a bigger stick’
Letterman to Rep. Frank on his Hardball interview: Blink!
Obama battles Clinton…for a Grammy award
Very Last Word: Lawrence O’Donnell and ‘Gangnam Style’
To win, women must have it all
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thursday, Dec. 6
This is a fiscal ‘cliff,’ not a bungee jump
It’s time to break up with that temptingly naughty Debt Ceiling
After backlash, restaurant company clarifies Obamacare stance
When younger and thinner is not so desirable
McConnell filibusters own bill
Tea Party turmoil? Not so fast
What you didn’t see at the White House Tribal Nations Summit
Senate shoots down GOP immigration bill for cutting visas
And so begins the ‘Fire Boehner’ campaign
Bam! President’s approval rating hits 3-year high
GOP Rep: Obama Holding Out for Non-Solution on Fiscal Cliff
Louisiana, not cerebral palsy, deferring woman’s Ph.D. dream
America: No longer just red and blue
Democratic Rep. makes history as top woman on key committee
Yes, as a matter of fact, a sweet, old lady is exactly what I’m in the mood for
Stalled Violence Against Women Act could be negotiated during lame-duck
GOP senator risks primary challenge after ditching Norquist
Today on The Cycle: Forbes most powerful people
Bob Costas and Bill O’Reilly agree to disagree on gun control
Washington safe place to ‘get baked’ as marijuana law takes effect
Apple to debut made-in-USA line of Macs next year
What we’re reading: Thursday, December 6, 2012
Where in the world is Steve Benen?
Looking back at DeMint’s ‘conservative rock star’ days
Top Links: GOP’s white flag, Syria with sarin gas, and Monty Burns explains the fiscal cliff
Tea Party favorite Jim DeMint quitting Senate to run conservative think tank
Brzezinski: Women would be reasonable on cliff
Chris’ must read of the day: How to get those ‘Michelle Obama arms’
Jon Stewart: GOP hates U.N. ‘more than they like helping people in wheelchairs’ (VIDEO)
Applications for unemployment drop by 25,000 in one week
Poll shows Michelle Obama would best Illinois senator in 2016
Same-sex marriage on the books in Washington
Chris’ List: Guess who didn’t make Forbes’ ‘most powerful?’
The Company Memo: Thursday, December 6, 2012
Scarborough: Fiscal cliff is the issue of the president’s second term
Here are the cuts that are killing our communities
New realities, unreal polls, and a dancing Alan Simpson
K.I.N.D. Fund raises more than $4.6 million
Back to the future? Rubio and Ryan discover…George W. Bush
LGBT activists: It’s time for a gay Cabinet member
NBC report: Syrian leader prepares to use chemical weapons
Georgia Republican exiled to land of Big Bird
Ted Kennedy Jr: Republicans ‘turned their backs’ on the disabled
‘We are recognizing our power,’ says Rosie Perez
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wednesday, Dec. 5
Emerging from its alternate universe, Fox News benches Rove and Morris
Boehner is willing to take from the rich–but not tax them
SEE IT: Alan Simpson, 81, kicks it ‘Gangnam Style’
George Takei on fiscal cliff: ‘Tax me, please’
Alan Simpson’s ‘Gangnam-style’ outreach
Obama must play ‘Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come’ for Republicans
Binders of women! Jabbing Boehner, Pelosi touts her ‘diverse’ leaders
Gap between corporate profits and wages grows to post-war record
First Word: Fiscal cliff talks frozen
Gutierrez to GOP: Latinos ‘won’t tune in if you’re that mean’
Downton Abbey fan? Now you can become a Lord or Lady
Spanish co-op might point the way forward for workers in America
Filmmaker: ‘Central Park Five’ case showed failure of justice system
Wisconsin GOP busy with an array of voter-suppression tactics
Where American education went wrong
Treaty backers slam GOP for ‘amazing slap in the face’ to disabled
Ki Suk Han subway tragedy: What would you do?
Rubio, Ryan fuel the 2016 flames with humor
GOP congressman: ‘Two-step’ fiscal cliff solution likely
Cory Booker’s food stamp challenge: Stunt or learning experience?
Jack Brooks, early civil rights supporter, dies at 89
Sununu: Obama won due to government-dependent voters
Suddenly in Michigan: A move to ban union shops
Sen. Paul on Ashley Judd’s potential run in Ky: She’s just ‘too damn liberal’
“Light this Menorah. With this robot. Using helium balloons.”
Claire McCaskill to Dems: Stay strong in war on GOP extremism
The right still thinks ACORN exists
Controversial abortion ultrasound law struck down
Marco Rubio: OK, the Earth is 4.5 billion years old
Report: Fox producers now need permission before booking Karl Rove
Chris’ List: Who’s the most overpaid actor in Hollywood?
What we’re reading: Wednesday, December 5, 2012
GOP to Obama: no stimulus for you
Top Links: Republican fiscal cliff meltdown, Karl Rove benched and Ted Nugent on welfare reform
Poll: 57% would back Hillary in 2016
GOP Senator: Tax rates on wealthy should go up
Chris’ must read of the day: 18th century Bordeaux chateau bulldozed “by mistake!”
Rove, Morris find themselves on Fox’s bench
Let Me Start: The fiscal cliff PR war
Scarborough: UN disability treaty killed by fringe concerns
The Company Memo: Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Today on The Cycle: 27 days to go
Ryan, Rubio, and a fresh coat of paint
O’Donnell rewrites the Senate’s ‘day of shame’
Costas: We need to talk about America’s gun culture
If Texas secedes, the Cowboys can’t be ‘America’s Team’
A thousand desks for the K.I.N.D. Fund — overnight
Too little revenue? Too much? Boehner looks for the Goldilocks Zone
Report: Ashley Judd mulling challenge to Mitch McConnell
FAQ on K.I.N.D. fund desk program
Where in the world is Mitt Romney?
Tea Party backlash against Boehner’s plan
‘ED Show’ playbook: Tuesday, Dec. 4