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Women’s preventative health care expansion takes effect on Wednesday
Awesome Internets: Tuesday edition
Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz wins GOP Senate primary in Texas
Republican lawmaker calls out GOP, resigns
House GOP fails to pass bill limiting abortions in DC
Will Ferrell: New comedy ‘The Campaign’ highlights money in politics
Matthews: Elections are now ‘run by people with big money for people with big money’
GOP Rep. blames ‘progressively worse’ partisanship for retirement
‘ED Show’ playbook: Tue., July 31
Reid: Romney didn’t pay taxes for 10 years
Harry Reid says Romney ‘didn’t pay taxes for 10 years!’
India power outage: Can I get a map with that?
Sandra Fluke: Finally, women have access to preventive care. Now let’s get the word out
I’m black and gay and I’ll still eat at Chick-fil-A
Romney heads home, blames media for overseas gaffes
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: The star-making convention slot
Another shutdown threat (probably) averted
Lawmakers announce deal to fund government through early 2013
‘The most leftie opening ceremony I’ve ever seen.’
Death in a Texas prison, one way or another
Calling Romney out for his warmongering on Iran
What is one word that defines Romney’s campaign?
Poll: Two out of three Americans back Medicaid expansion
Moderate GOP Rep. LaTourette announces retirement
Deepak Chopra and family launch new YouTube channel
When culture, context, and cowardice collide
Half of India without power as grid breaks down for second day
Live Andrea Mitchell online chat Wed., August 1
An excerpt from Bridget Siegel’s “Domestic Affairs”
GOP moderates ponder their lost influence
TV host suspects he was pulled over for ‘driving while black’
Waiting for Romney to ‘go back and look’
Must-Read Op-Eds for July 31, 2012
Need a VP? There’s an app for that! Romney to make announcement via phone
Dems’ move on marriage equality draws no pushback
Television host pulled over for ‘driving while black’
Tsk, tsk…Romney aide cusses out press in Poland
Backing Chick-fil-A is latest way for conservatives to stick it to the left
Richard Mourdock on ‘tyrannical principles’
Mississippi town tries for better
The hits just keep on coming for Scott Brown
Let Me Start… embracing gay marriage
That Brazilian ‘Best New Thing,’ cont’d
Could Scalia help rewrite gun laws?
Morning Headlines: Tuesday, July 31
Prominent physicist no longer a climate change skeptic
Happy Birthday, American single-payer!
Awesome Internets: Monday edition
Olympian hoists Michelle Obama
States increasingly restrict abortions even in the case of rape or incest
Romney attributes wealth disparity between Israel and Palestine to ‘culture’
Clinton to play important role at DNC
Al Sharpton: What’s really at stake in the gun control fight
Matthews: Bill Clinton is still the leader of the Democratic Party
Pennsylvania election official says he will not enforce voter ID laws
‘ED Show’ playbook: Mon., July 30
Why Romney’s failure abroad matters
Romney brushes off ‘wimp’ charges
First Word: Romney and ‘the wimp factor’
‘Driving while black ain’t no joke!’ tweets journalist T.J. Holmes
One of these things is not like the other
Seen in Maine: ‘We did not vote for Paul LePage’
Group takes Okla. ‘personhood’ challenge to Supreme Court
Republican governors create real death panels
Democratic Party to include gay marriage in platform
Campbell Brown on teachers unions going ‘to bat for sexual predators’
‘The Campaign’ director Jay Roach previews his new movie
Huey Lewis drops by Morning Joe
‘Political Animals’ star Ellen Burstyn talks politics
Director Peter Bogdanovich weighs in on movie violence
A peek behind the voter-suppression curtain
Add teachers unions to the list of things Campbell Brown hates
Top CEOs donate to Romney over Obama by 4-1 margin
Matthews: I think Bill Clinton wants to clear the field for Hillary in 2016
On the offensive on women’s rights, redux
A different kind of ‘fear factor’
Must-Read Op-Eds for Monday, July 30, 2012
Former climate skeptic says humans driving crisis
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: The GOP’s Jewish vote dream
British celebrate national health care in Olympics opening ceremony
Who to watch for in this years Olympic Games
Romney to ‘go back and check’ on tax rates
Morning Headlines: Monday, July 30
Mitt Romney dismisses Newsweek cover calling him a ‘wimp’
Cheney: Putting Palin on the ticket in 2008 was a ‘mistake’
Mitt Romney would ‘respect’ Israel strike on Iran, aide says
Romney racks up gaffes in UK, moves on to Israel
An emergency dose of #nerdland
Washington, DC, hosts AIDS conference, while city maintains epidemic HIV infection rate
Update: Wendy Schultz at home following surgery
O’Reilly, Republicans revive ancient racist rhetoric
Matthews: Good businessmen don’t always make good politicians
Interfaith Alliance Director to Bachmann: don’t ‘hide your prejudices under the cloak of religion’
‘ED Show’ playbook: Fri., July 27
Romney’s gaffe about the Games
Obama might watch Ann Romney’s horse compete
My All-Time Olympic Dream Team
Intern insanity on The Last Word
Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, Vol. XXVII
O’Reilly revives lie about welfare programs and entitlement society
Mississippi, doggone: Mostly white church balks at black couple wanting to marry there
Over 1 million Pennsylvanians incorrectly believe they have valid ID
It’s the guns – but we all know, it’s not really the guns
Olympic spirit on display as fans arrive for opening ceremonies in London
Weekly rewind: Waiting for Romney’s Big (Dig) moment
Happy 3rd Birthday, Way Too Early!
Challenge: Mitt Romney and the Deathly Hellos
Modern Feminism from a teenagers perspective
Two more corporations ditch ALEC
Must-Read Op-Eds for Friday, July 27, 2012
Romney remembers his NAACP speech differently
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos throws $2.5 million behind gay marriage in Wash.
The preoccupation with the Churchill bust
My All-Time Olympic Dream Team
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: Throwing salt in Mitt’s wounds
U.S. economy still growing — but not by much
Romney: ‘I’m convinced’ London is ready for the Games
Romney steps on his own international message
NOW Today: Political games, Olympic games
Morning Headlines: Friday, July 27
Brits mock Romney after Olympic snafu
Where will the European Central Bank go from here?
Romney’s budget proposals could greatly increase the deficit
Obama reigns as top ‘twiplomat’
One student’s quest to vote in PA
Conservative pundits minimize government’s role in creating the Internet
Matthews: We are more than the fights, the ‘political back-and-forth’
Orwellian word of the day: ‘Pre-violent’
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thu., July 26
Romney’s taxes in a presidential context
Mitt Romney stumbles badly in London
Why do some Republicans keep calling Russia the ‘Soviet Union?’
Negative advertising dominates election season
Boy gets audience on marriage equality
Palin on gun rules: ‘Bad guys don’t follow laws’
Meet the next GOP agenda; same as the old GOP agenda
Prosecutor: Felons duped into voter fraud in Virginia
Read Forward: A conversation with Chris Hayes on meritocracy, elitism, and ‘catnip journalism’
Kirk Cameron not welcomed by all in New Jersey
Department of Corrections: The great Greenland ice melt
Scarborough: Has there ever been a more worthless Congress that’s done less?
Dax Shepard on his new film “Hit & Run,” and Bradley Cooper’s dreadlocks
Foxx connects Aurora massacre, typo
New Romney video suggests he got rousing reception at NAACP
Pennsylvania’s voter-ID scheme looks even worse
All out of context, all the time
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: Michigan and surprise swing states
Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell won’t marry until everyone can legally
We’re getting American exceptionalism wrong – and it matters
Economist calls for ‘investment’ in preventative health care
The government really did create the Internet
Must-Read Op-Eds for Thursday, July 26, 2012
The death we are willing to tolerate
Brutal summer calls for infrastructure repairs
Romney kicks off foreign tour in UK but won’t stay for wife’s horse to compete in Olympics
The jobless claims roller-coaster ride continues
Gun measures that ‘shouldn’t be controversial’
Dems gain leverage in tax fight
Morning Headlines: Thursday, July 26
In Japan, a nuclear ghost town stirs to life
Rewriting Bill O’Reilly on gun control
Mitt Romney on tax returns: ‘I just don’t want to give [Dems] more material’ to attack me
Bailout watchdog: Obama admin. ‘chose the interests of Wall Street bankers’ over the economy
Romney for changing hearts, not gun laws
Communism was more popular than Congress during a legislature low
Obama: ‘AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hands of criminals’
Christie considering run if Romney loses
Matthews: Christian Bale showed us what grace looks like
Sandy Weill urges big banks to break up
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wed., July 25
Rev. Al: GOP vote against tax cuts is ‘in-your-face to the middle class’
Outpouring of support from ‘ED show’ viewers for Wendy Schultz
First Word: Senate passes Dems’ tax bill
Awesome Internets: Wednesday edition
Senate approves extension of Bush tax cuts affecting all but top 2% of earners
Seen in Florida: Human connection still beautiful
After protest, federal officials to review fatal shootings by Anaheim police
London to the safety net: Let them eat sports
Ed Schultz announces his wife, Wendy, is battling ovarian cancer
Kim Jong-un’s mysterious lady friend now North Korean first lady
Crist: Voter ID laws are ‘just plain wrong’
Geithner defends U.S. actions in Libor rate-rigging scandal
Graham Nash on digital vs. analog
Romney advisor’s ‘Anglo-Saxon’ remark ‘stunningly offensive’
Jared Bernstein: Weill’s warnings shouldn’t be ignored
The limits of conspiracy theories
Sandy Weill calls for break up of big banks…like the one he built at Citigroup
One small typo, one big difference
Must-Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Gun control talk is cheap. A sane mental health system is not
Among competing jobs plans, it’s not even close
Gun control: A conversation not a debate
Greenland image highlights climate crisis
Rapid Greenland melt alarms scientists
S.E. Cupp latest NY Daily News article: The problem of evil
The lessons of the UK’s double-dip recession
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: The race to the bottom
CBO: Obamacare still cuts deficit
Krystal Ball on “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” last night
An excerpt from “The 4% Solution: Unleashing the Economic Growth America Needs”
Morning Headlines: Wednesday, July 25
Speaking up for the Michael Jordans out there
Rewriting the NRA’s take on ‘freedom’
Who run the world? Girls. (h/t Beyoncé)
Harvard legal scholar: Transparency alone won’t curb super PAC influence
Ezra Klein explains the Libor scandal and why it matters in under three minutes
Christian Bale visits Aurora shooting victims
Lawsuit against Pa. voter ID law going forward this week
Per S.E.: Evil is difficult to deconstruct
Chick-fil-A on Muppet recall: nothing to see
Who will get on board with the Medicaid expansion?
Rep. Van Hollen talks going ‘Off The Cliff’
Matthews: Romney is running on same bad agenda that got us into Iraq
GOP economic plan projected to raise taxes on the poor, unlikely to create jobs
Romney backers claim independence from government while pocketing federal funds
‘ED Show’ playbook: Tue., July 24
Pretty in pink, Mindy Meyer is the ‘Diva’ of district 21
Conason: Romney has ‘no strong convictions on his own’
NBC/WSJ poll: Negative campaign takes toll on candidates; Obama up six points
Can you read this? The Michigan emergency manager petition
Rewriting one gun lobbyist’s modesty
Perry, Haley face hospital pushback on healthcare
Programmed Heroes: Analyzing the aftermath from the Aurora shooting
Do Americans want tougher gun control laws or not?
When actors are also ‘small business owners’
New York reaps economic benefits of same-sex marriage celebrations
VFW hears two very different perspectives
CBO: States opting out of Medicaid expansion will leave 3 million uninsured
Inglis’ overly-optimistic expectations
‘Personhood’ movement slowed in 2012 as amendment fails to make Montana ballot
Remembering the 12 lost in the Colorado shooting
Obama moves off Romney’s Bain record in new ad
Warner Bros. confirms donation to Colorado shooting victims
Top economists: Time to raise the minimum wage
A possible first in presidential campaign swag
San Francisco mayor wants stop-and-frisk
Whether to extend those other tax breaks
Must-Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Kyl complains: Obama focuses too much on middle class
Today’s guest spot: David Niose
If the first six months don’t count…
Louisiana sets rules for landmark school voucher program
So, where do states stand on the Medicaid expansion?
Romney’s new international incident
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: Is Bain a bust?
Advocates continue to challenge ‘show me your papers’ in Arizona
Justice Department eyes Pennsylvania voter-ID
The foolish embrace of self-defeating arguments
Obama presents voters with ‘The Choice’
Hunting and high-capacity magazines
Morning Headlines: Tuesday, July 24
Romney on abortion: One issue, seven positions
Romney’s twisted road on abortion
It’s official, pretty much: Government responds to the rich, not the poor
Most Americans favor gun control measures
Muppets to Chick-fil-A: Cluck you!
Matthews: Being united is always being better than divided
Elizabeth Warren: ‘This is about a basic question of fairness’
Congressman: U.S. has ‘given up’ on gun control
‘ED Show’ playbook: Mon., July 23
Sally Ride, first American woman in space, a lesbian, dies of cancer
Republicans come forward to criticize Bachmann, defend Huma Abedin
Toure TV: Why I went to see “The Dark Knight Rises”
Apolitical? Portman didn’t get the memo
First Word: ‘Our hearts still ache’
Penn State fines are handed down
How prayer is helping the healing process
Gabby Giffords visits the French Alps
Accused shooter, James Holmes, makes court appearance
Way Too Early LIVE from the London Olympics
Brooklyn politics now going like this
What’s it going to take to change the gun laws in this country?
Muslim Brotherhood: Bachmann’s conspiracy theory about us is ‘ridiculous’
GOP lie circles back to Elizabeth Warren
Making the world uncomfortable for rapists
Don’t trivialize voter suppression
Elton John calls for end to stigma attached to HIV as AIDS Conference returns to U.S. after hiatus
The health care exchanges the GOP pretends not to like
Romney’s ‘it takes a village’ argument in 2002
An idol is torn down, but Corbett stays upright
Bachmann is losing friends fast
Theater massacre suspect appears in Colorado courtroom
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and guns
Bloomberg: Close gun control loopholes, tighten up enforcement
Coach Paterno statue removed at Penn State as college is punished by NCAA
On the verge of another financial crisis
Romney to Olympians: ‘You didn’t get here solely on your own’
Rick Warren ponders students, animals
Sen. Frank Lautenberg to reintroduce ban on high-capacity gun magazines
Ron Johnson’s vision of an armed populace
‘Out of this darkness, a brighter day is going to come’
Shocked Aurora vows, ‘We will remember’ victims of theater shooting rampage
Tonight: President Obama in Colorado
Minority participation in the culinary industry trending upwards
How climate change is affecting one Ohio farm this summer
National Alliance for Syria’s Al-Jijakli on a decentralized revolution
Colorado governor claims even with tougher gun control, Aurora shooter would have ‘found something’
In our July 22 show, we’re going back to Africa
Harris-Perry: We must craft a safer world that protects mothers and children
‘The people we lost in Aurora loved, and were loved’
In our July 21 show, we remember
Good Look: Melissa on ‘Maddow,’ on Aurora
Democracy requires that we find a way to trust one another
Reagan: We need stricter gun purchasing restrictions
Scenes from Aurora shooting aftermath
Obama calls Aurora Mayor, speaks with Advisors in Oval Office; Political ads get pulled in CO
Gunman opens fire in theater, kills 12
‘We are confident he acted alone’
AUDIO: Police radio tapes released from Aurora, Colorado theater shooting
Cops: Weeks of planning went into shootings at Colo. Batman screening
Update: Aurora Colorado Shooting
Who will stand up for gun control?
Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, Vol. XXVI
Federal grand jury probing Rep. Grimm
BREAKING NEWS: Mass Shooting at Batman Screening in Aurora, Colorado; 12 Dead, dozens wounded
The Middlesex Truck & Coach backstory
Colorado marks yet another random mass shooting in 2012
Breaking News: Midnight Shooting at “Dark Knight Rises” movie premier
Obama: ‘There will be other days for politics’
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: Warren vs. Christie?
How not to respond to a tragedy
Obama kicks off Phase II in Florida
Congress has ‘checked out’ on the economy
Politicians express sadness after mass Colorado shooting at movie theater
‘Dark Knight Rises’ shooting leaves many dead
New Bain questions to dog Romney
Colorado shooting leaves 12 dead, dozens injured
President Obama: Michelle and I are shocked and saddened by Colorado shooting
Democrats take a harder line on going off the ‘fiscal cliff’
How Romney’s VP vetting process might box him in on taxes
Bachmann’s former campaign manager joins chorus condemning her anti-Muslim remarks
Romney’s 2010 taxes not fully disclosed
Matthews on ‘The Newsroom’: The brilliance is in striving for better
Under Romney’s budget plan, seniors would pay an extra $6,400 a year for health care
‘Ed Show’ Playbook: Thurs. July 19th
Jeff Daniels: ‘The country is disengaged’
Republican strategist shies away from calling new Romney ad ‘accurate’
Abortion regulation without representation
Basebrawl: Our political analysis
Submit designs for Off The Cliff campaign
Just another sign in a Republican window
The contraception fight makes a comeback
Morgan Freeman infuses pro-Obama super PAC with $1 million donation
First word: Did Ann really say ‘You people’?
Lawsuit challenges Obama administration on targeted killings of Americans
Boehner: attacks on Abedin ‘pretty dangerous’
High level Republicans slam Bachmann for “McCarthy level” rhetoric against Huma Abedin
Dems file lawsuit over Ohio voter ID law
The Cooler: Snooki, Newt and mashed-potato Slurpees
It’s only the longest war in American history
How Will You Remember George W. Bush?
Let them eat cape: Bat-Romney rises
Scalia vs. the GOP line on disclosure
Must-Read Op-Eds for Thursday, July 19, 2012
Beware of liberal, Jewish summer camps?
John McCain joins Morning Joe this Friday
Salsa-dancing Giants champion Cruz on his battles with adversity
Tamron Hall: ‘Our battle is equality’
When wrenching quotes from context is the game plan
Discovering what you were born to do
Oregon man who got naked at the airport found not guilty
Why I’m excited for the 2012 Olympics
Steve Kornacki latest Salon.com article: Mitt Romney, front-runner?
Candidates fail voters by failing to address real issues on campaign trail
Romney echoes Obama line on public institutions
Washington state first to launch Facebook voter registration
Morning Headlines: Thursday, July 19
George Zimmerman: ‘It was all God’s plan’
Old School McCain vs. ‘Bat Crap Crazy’
Report: ID laws could impact 1 in 10 eligible voters
Sweat is weakness leaving the body
Violence escalates in Syria, leaving future uncertain
Mandela and the Robben Island Bible
Romney listed as Bain CEO on Olympics site?
Matthews on Christie: He’s the voice Romney wants bellowing forth from Tampa
‘Ed Show’ Playbook: Wed., July 18th
Chris Christie lands RNC keynote gig
Want to be VP, Tim Pawlenty? You’ll have to tell Mitt about your sex life first
Romney campaign to brandish the Chris Christie weapon at GOP convention
The twists and turns of tax returns
Obama wants Clarence Aaron’s case reviewed
First Word: It’s going to get personal
U.N. votes tomorrow on additional Syria sanctions
What exactly is the sequester?
Jane Lynch: Not Glee-ful about college debt
McCain steps up, does the right thing
Appropriation we can believe in
BREAKING: Donald Trump Writing our Text Poll For Us!
Must-Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, July 18, 2012
George W. Bush: ‘I was famous and I was powerful’
What losing one’s composure looks like
Weiner is back in the press, leaving door open for a political comeback
Boy Scouts decision to bar LGBT individuals won’t slow our fight
Can new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer- and working women- have it all?
Report: States in deep financial trouble, even if economy recovers
A new idea to build retirement savings
A conversation with Deborah Kenny
It’s not just the tax returns: Election 2012 shrouded in unprecedented secrecy
S.E. Cupp latest Daily News Article: ‘You didn’t build that’
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: The last guy Mitt wants in the news
An excerpt from Phil Houston, Michael Floyd and Susan Carnicero’s “Spy the Lie”
Morning Headlines: Wednesday, July 18
Limbaugh tries to rewrite Romney’s past
Limbaugh’s Batman conspiracy theory
How an American right-wing conspiracy theory made its way to Egypt
Nat’l Review & MoveOn: Release returns
Illinois workers ask Romney to prevent Bain from outsourcing their jobs
Sununu follows Limbaugh’s advice
Matthews: The President has some explaining to do
Limbaugh leads GOP in casting Obama as un-American
‘Ed Show’ Playbook: Tuesday, July 17th
Super PACs raising millions to take down Florida Senator Bill Nelson
The taxing fight over Romney’s taxes
Return of Representative Weiner?
“If I had anything to say to Mitt Romney, I would ask him to please save my job”
Former president Bill Clinton helps Nelson Mandela celebrate his 94th birthday
Jane Lynch PSA aims for students struggling under debt
The international reach of nonsense
The doctors are in and Mika is #winning
The reinvention of Anthony Weiner
BREAKING: Out of Control Romney Surrogate Trying to Change Subject
Gary Kreep, birther king, doing just fine
Brown: I’m making a plea for bipartisanship regarding Planned Parenthood
Romney campaign attacks Obama’s patriotism
Must-Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Boy Scouts to gay community: No thanks
The nuances surrounding outsourcing
Romney surrogate Sununu: ‘I wish this president would learn how to be an American’
GOP appears to have killed Law of the Sea Treaty
The Future of Success: saving our kids from poverty
Campaign ads invoke mockery to weaken candidates’ grasp on power
Steve Rattner on tax cuts: ‘We are fighting over a small piece of ground’
Are you part of the hooked up generation?
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: Why is it so hard to raise taxes on the rich?
Cheney to rally GOP against GOP proposal
Morning Headlines: Tuesday, July 17
President Obama and first lady need second try on ‘Kiss Cam’
Rewriting the Coburn-Norquist war
Stopping and frisking, but not finding
Romney not fond of tax returns in 2002
Could the DISCLOSE Act’s failure swing the Massachusetts Senate race?
Is Sheldon Adelson trying to oust Obama to thwart an investigation by the Department of Justice?
How Romney deals with the Bain question
Matthews: This election is about destroying Obama, not electing a leader
James Carville: Obama putting middle class front and center
Obama talks Bain, the raw version
Robert Reich: Why Taxes Have to Be Raised on the Rich
‘Ed Show’ Playbook: Monday, July 16
Will the GOP condemn Bachmann’s Muslim witch hunt?
Why Romney’s Bain story still doesn’t add up, and why it matters
First Word: Releasing the tax returns
FDA approves first HIV prevention drug
Feminism for a new generation of Women
Washington Monthly: The Future of Success
When ‘regular’ people aren’t what they appear to be
Secretary Clinton wraps up her 2 week overseas tour
Youth, liberals lead way on marijuana legalization in Western states
Rush Limbaugh: Obama hates this country
Senate GOP poised to kill Disclose Act
Romney Under Fire… from the RIGHT.
Hyde Park freeze-out: Plug pulled on Bruce Springsteen, McCartney encore
Florida officials to use Homeland Security database in voter roll purge
‘Witness 9’ alleges Zimmerman molested her
Romney comes up with a tax-return spin
TRMS headline writing challenge: Infoxication, small business edition
Those who sign the back of checks
Learning how to play the game of chicken
The strange, new fight over welfare reform
Republican chant for Romney’s tax returns gets louder
Must-Read Op-Eds for Monday, July 16, 2012
Today’s guest spot: Caitlin Moran
GOP pressures Romney: release the tax returns
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: Mitt’s “retroactive” escape
When in doubt, there’s always Islamophobia
Desperation leads to ‘retroactive’ rationalizations
Morning Headlines: Monday, July 16
MSNBC’s New Digital Home: Coming in 2013
The 1965 law that may determine the outcome of the 2012 race
Rahm Emanuel to Mitt Romney over Bain attacks: ‘Stop whining’
Republican swing state governors call Obama campaign’s anti-Romney messaging ‘pathetic’
Ex-Bain executive: Romney was ‘legally’ CEO after 1999, but effectively replaced with committee
In our July 15 show, we’re in hostile territory
The decades-long debate over food stamps
Meet Bassey Ikpi, mental health advocate
Friday the 13th: Are you superstitious?
In our July 14 show, we rep the Street
Good Look: Porn, feminism and Foucault
Madeleine Stowe on why she’s campaigning against Eric Cantor
Smerconish: Think Olympic uniforms should be made in USA? Toss your iPad into the fire
No more tax returns from Romney: ‘I put out as much as we’re going to put out’
Smerconish: Let Team USA wear whatever they want, wherever it was made
Mitt Romney’s ‘blackest week ever’
‘Ed Show’ Playbook: Friday, July 13th
David Corn: Romney has a ‘wealth’ of problems to confront
Joe Biden on warming up crowds
Bush 41: ‘Who the hell is Grover Norquist’?
Romney’s Bain story unraveling quickly
Rendell wrings hands: Bain attacks are ‘hurting the president’s brand’
Obama gives your wacky uncle a name
Geraldo Rivera doubles down on Trayvon Martin: I was right about the hoodie
Same-sex couple fights to stop deportation, gay marriage ban
The NOW interns unpack the week:
Interview: Photographer turns abortion into education moment
After Another Awful Week, Mitt Romney Forced to do Non-Fox News Interviews
Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, Vol. XXV
From silly thesis to silly film
The elusive tax returns remain hidden
Savage new cuts reveal Republican wish list if Romney wins
Bush 41 looks back at his presidency, talks Grover Norquist in Parade interview
GOP attacks Obama over GOP budget cuts
Bill Clinton: ‘I’m not sure both sides want the economy to get better’
Must-Read Op-Eds for Friday, July 13, 2012
The vetting that never happened
DNC, RNC flacks duke it out on ‘Daily Rundown’
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: Mitt’s story doesn’t add up
Today’s guest spot: Dream Team
Speaking of ‘free stuff,’ how about a vote?
Reaction to the Penn State scandal report
President Obama knocks Romney’s economic credentials further in new interview
Scott Brown’s sense of self-importance
Don’t bother Haley with the details
The testimony Romney prefers to forget
Morning Headlines: Friday, July 13
Former SEC commissioner: Romney ‘should be accountable’ for Bain from 1999 to 2002
‘Mudcat’ Saunders: Eric Cantor is a ‘bought and paid for crook’
Obama spokesperson: We won’t apologize for saying Romney might have misled the SEC
Even the dogs stop to watch ‘The ED Show’
Smerconish on PSU, Sandusky cover up: Law enforcement still needs to be held accountable
Poll: Would you ever hire someone who lied on their resume?
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thu., July 12
Globe reporter: Romney camp hasn’t challenged the facts of our Bain story
Democratic vets: Obama might just win the military vote
New report reveals Paterno, PSU officials knew about child abuse by Sandusky
Paterno, Spanier hit for ‘callous’ disregard of Sandusky’s child victims
Why Romney’s tax returns matter
Do we protect our cell phones?
‘ED Show’ chart: Romney tax plan would hurt most African-Americans
Confidence in organized religion hits all-time low in Gallup poll
Romney, Obama accuse each other of lies
Senate GOP kills small-business tax cut bill
From ‘repeal and replace’ to ‘repeal and reverse’
Since when is $250,000 a year ‘middle class?’
Alabama judge says enough with the debtors prison
Breaking News: Penn State Board of Trustees live news conference
Toure’s article from TIME: Romney Plays The Race Card
Romney’s Bain Capital timeline remains in question
“You wanna split that candy bar, B 61?”
Jackson Jr.’s office says he’s being treated for mood disorder
House Republicans vote to repeal health care
Paul LePage falls, keeps digging
Sigourney Weaver joins us for a talk about “Political Animals”
There’s never been a better time to borrow
Does business success make a good president? Sadly for Romney, history suggests not
Must-Read Op-Eds for Thursday, July 12, 2012
Awesome Internets: Thursday edition
Rep. Al Green sums up Republican failure on health care with a moment of silence
Today’s guest spot: James Mann
Cheney hosts $30K-minimum Romney soiree but campaign would have you believe they’re not buds
Does money affect your ethics?
Turning the tax debate upside down
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: Are Democrats falling into line?
The oil subsidies Scott Brown doesn’t see
Jobless claims plummet (but there’s a catch)
Romney: NAACP members want ‘free stuff’
Morning Headlines: Thursday, July 12
‘Occupup’: Dog joins protest at Zuccotti Park
Clouds part for Manhattanhenge pilgrims
Sound and fury, signifying no jobs
Rewriting the right-wing attack on Google
Obama’s big lead with the single ladies
‘This has gotta be some kind of record!’
Romney booed at NAACP over ‘Obamacare’
Did the Romney campaign plant supporters at NAACP speech?
The greatest lie ever told: Obama is a classic tax and spend liberal
Smerconish: Obama cut taxes in a big way, but needs to vocalize actions more
Awesome Internets: Wednesday edition
Florida GOPer: Greeks and Romans barred criminals from voting, so why can’t we?
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wed., July 11
Rev. Al: Romney used his NAACP speech to ‘score with the right wing’
Young activists take the fight to Teen Vogue
Romney speaks, draws boos at NAACP convention
TRMS writing challenge: Romney Hamptons fundraiser fan fiction winners
Study: The rich are likely to be less compassionate, more calculating
First Word: Romney booed by NAACP
House Dem mocks GOP’s ‘invisible’ healthcare replacement bill
Because the first 32 times were too subtle
History mandates presidential candidates release tax returns, but not how many
Beliefs don’t matter, policies do
What are the possibilities for Afghanistan after the US leaves?
Maybe the ‘Gestapo’ isn’t so bad after all?
Romney draws boos from NAACP for vowing to repeal health reform
Mika goes on a family vacation to Sweden, ‘highly’ recommends it
Florida closes only tuberculosis hospital during outbreak
Dems hope to play offense on health care
Romney’s NAACP speech makes vague nod at LGBT community, glorifies charter schools
Romney’s unpleasant visit with the NAACP
Voter-ID laws are ‘poll taxes,’ says Holder
Must-Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, July 11, 2012
This is not the ‘Bermuda’ you’re looking for
Pelosi breaks it down: Ranking politicial dance moves
Has the Obama campaign found its sea legs? Carville thinks so
Nikki Haley hinders public health (again)
S.E. Cupp latest NY Daily News Article: Knowing is half the battle? It’s often much less than that
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: Mitt’s tax calculation
“Endgame: AIDS in Black America” a Frontline documentary
Chris Christie rewriting Mitt Romney?
Why it matters when, exactly, Romney left Bain
NOW Today: Mitt Romney makes his pitch before the NAACP
Obama to extend health coverage to federal firefighters
Morning Headlines: Wednesday, July 11
Romney’s student loan plan: Give banks more money, for some reason
James Carville: Social Security ‘is the act of a just and moral nation’
Ed Schultz: Scranton, Pa.’s massive pay cut for public workers is beginning of ‘new template’
Rollins: GOP a ‘bunch of old white guys’
Biden hits Romney right in the bling
Martin Luther King III says Americans must fight voter ID laws
McQueen the caterpillar is moving on
Biden knocks Romney policy, delivers bawdy bedroom humor
Smerconish: What about the privacy rights for cell phone users?
‘ED Show’ playbook: Tue., July 10
Police requesting millions of cell records
Members of Congress get caught tweaking their Wikipedia pages
Is Romney the ‘Richie Rich’ candidate?
Uncle Lionel Batiste 1931-2012
Pennsylvania pays Romney fundraiser to run voter ID campaign
Awesome Internets: Cookie edition
Tax avoidance is not the American way
The recursive rubber/glue game
Obama campaign doubles down on Romney’s tax returns
TRMS writing challenge: Romney Hamptons fundraiser fan fiction
Rick Perry rejects health reform, reality
Must-Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, July 10, 2012
A personal take on yesterday’s guest spot
Rep. Charlie Rangel: GOP wants to ’embarrass President Obama’
‘Obamacare’ more popular on eve of repeal vote
Many on Wall Street think cheating breeds success
Meet Julia Bluhm, feminist media activist
Guess which candidate is making more cash in the Hamptons?
A month on, Wisconsin Dems take Senate
Pulling off ‘an unconscionable crime’
Romney’s plan to move backwards on education
How Rick Scott handles a TB outbreak
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: What Obama is up against
Perry blows off Texas’ uninsured, hospitals
Tax returns at heart of new Obama campaign video
Scranton, Pa., slashes workers’ pay to minimum wage
Barbour undercuts Romney on tax returns
Morning Headlines: Tuesday, July 10
President Obama’s fiscal cliff strategy
Venture capitalist Nick Hanauer: ‘Dead false’ to say people who run companies are ‘job creators’
18-year-old Ron Paul supporter barred from GOP convention slams party’s ‘corrupt power brokers’
Experts: Sharks swimming close to shore are looking for seals, not people
Perry says no Medicaid expansion in Texas
Durbin: Romney disclosing less than any candidate in 36 years
Chris Christie: War on drugs a ‘failure’
Smerconish: Pa. voter ID law will have ‘national ramifications’
Pennsylvania Dem chairman: As AG, Gov. Corbett prosecuted ‘zero’ cases of voter fraud
Romney’s supporters in Hamptons ‘don’t think the common person is getting it’
Barney Frank weds longtime partner
‘ED Show’ playbook: Mon., July 9
Romney’s offshore tax havens helping cause the deficit problem he complains about
Obama urges Congress to extend middle class tax cuts
Today in Hyperbole: Frustra-‘Ted’
Romney’s cash flow better than Obama’s
“We’re not creating any wealth in this country. There’s too many people on the dole.”
Touré TV: What Mitt Romney must tell black America
Babysitters, ‘nails ladies’ don’t understand what’s going on, says Romney donor
Social Security isn’t ’21st century slavery’
First Word: Liar, liar, pants on fire
Sec. of State Clinton: U.S. continues to stand by Afghan women
Christie endorses Obama line on infrastructure
Obama: Don’t hold economy ‘hostage’ over tax breaks for wealthy
Obama makes his pitch for middle-class tax break
It’s a great day in Anytown, USA
PA voter ID law faces court challenge
Of caterpillars and cannibalism
By looking out for No. 1, Romney embodies modern American capitalism
Obama calls for temporary extension of some Bush tax cuts
Obama pushes middle-class tax cut, reignites larger fight
Backpage.com Sex Trafficking Controversy
Campaign advisers Robert Gibbs, Dan Senor battle over Romney’s taxes
Capture or kill: Drone strikes and the Obama administration
House GOP plans series of ‘hot-button’ votes, including 31st attempt at Obamacare
When the GOP elite slips into self-parody
Must-Read Op-Eds for Monday, July 9, 2012
On the offensive on women’s rights
The ‘surrogate problem’ lingers
Charity the cause of low tax rates for wealthy, says Romney adviser
Why focus groups’ incredulity matters
Unanswered questions about Romney’s offshore finances
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: Mitt’s primary season demons return
A subject George Will should avoid
Protesters join Romney supporters in the Hamptons for weekend fundraisers
To fix a problem, one must first understand it
An excerpt from Kurt Andersen’s “True Believers”
Morning Headlines: Monday, July 9
Harris-Perry: Allen West and others ‘go over the boundary’ in speeches to get free media
Lando Rubio? Harris-Perry figures out which Star Wars characters fit Team Romney
The #nerdland summer reading list
Bill Kristol: A lot of conservatives wish Romney would announce a plan, any plan, for the country
Norm Ornstein: Governors who refuse Medicaid funds ‘deserve condemnation’
‘Nation’s leading environmentalist’ McKibben: Energy industry’s power is the ‘problem at heart’
In our July 8 show, tricks aren’t just for kids
Barney Frank weds longtime partner; first congressman in same-sex marriage
In our July 7 show, we’ll talk about porn
Good Look: Actor required, color optional
Miramax co-founder: Romney is ‘Our Idiot Brother,’ Obama is ‘The King’s Speech’
‘Young Guns’ ditch Norquist pledge
First responders: The Thaddeus McCotter sentence diagram challenge
Newest face of Obamacare: No family should have to go through this
Smerconish’s take on ‘Barack Obama: The Story’
Poll: Are the disappointing job numbers because of President Obama’s policies or GOP obstruction?
‘ED Show’ playbook: Fri., July 6
Two econ mavericks’ advice for Obama after today’s jobs report
Obama, Romney respond to June jobs numbers
Novoselic vs. Lakrisal, round 1
Challenge: Diagram this Thaddeus McCotter sentence
You wouldn’t like Christie when he’s angry
Chris Christie blows up at heckler: ‘You’re a real big shot shooting your mouth off’
Voter ID laws could disenfranchise 758,000 in Pennsylvania
GOP lawmaker to constituent who asked about raising minimum wage: ‘Get a job’
Your for-profit probation officer, with an animated penguin
Sec. of Labor Solis: ‘Let’s have some cooperation’ on jobs
Week in Geek – Gettin’ Higgy with it
Chris Rock tweets draw fire from right wing
Romney to look abroad for foreign policy credibility
Huntsman won’t attend Republican convention, cites party’s narrow focus
The NOW interns unpack the week
New York Times Article: A Snitch’s Dilemma
Gov. Romney wanted more time on job creation, too
Steve Kornacki’s latest Salon.com article: GOP fundraising could tilt Congress rightward
Publicly funded religion for me, not for thee
Today’s Guest Spot: Hard Times
The deliberate rejection of progress
Misapplying the burden of proof
Pres. Obama campaigns in Ohio, Pa. in two-day bus tour [in PICS]
Economy added modest 80,000 jobs in June
80k jobs created in June, unemployment rate unchanged
Where in the world is Romney’s money?
‘Crazy’ Joe Walsh doesn’t regret his attacks on Tammy Duckworth
Is Mitt Romney bought and paid for by Big Energy? Maybe, but the answer’s a secret
This weekend’s Iraq veterans parades
Citizens for Recycling First statement to TRMS
Friday jobs report looms over Obama, Romney camps
UFO sightings are 3,615 times more common than instances of voter fraud
Smerconish on politicians’ vacations: ‘Let them relax’
America’s neediest will suffer in states that reject Medicaid expansion