MS NOW February 2014 Articles

Links for the 2/28 TRMS

Ahead on the 2/28 Maddow show

Inside the Clinton document trove

Obama whacks GOP in campaign kickoff

Standoff in Ukraine intensifies

Obama warns Russia: ‘There will be costs’ for Ukraine

NFL great Deion Sanders: Every team I played on had a gay player

Friday’s Mini-Report

LIVE VIDEO: Obama makes Ukraine remarks

The March 1 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Medicaid for me, not for thee

Good news on voting rights, despite Ohio

The other religious liberty bills Brewer killed

‘Promise Zones’ offer new hope to struggling Choctaw youth

911 recordings highlight traffic ‘nightmare’

Approving Keystone XL will turn off young voters

Rep. Rush Holt: Think like a scientist

Pope Francis: ‘Do not condemn’ the divorced

Business latest: The minimum wage fight

All In Agenda: Showdown in Ukraine

Live Video: President Obama hosts student film festival

Live Video: President Obama hosts student film festival

Live Video: President Obama hosts student film festival

Live Video: President Obama hosts student film festival

Lawrence O’Donnell hosts Q&A with Steve McQueen at United Nations

‘House of Cards’ inspires ‘House of Carl’ ad

The elusive policy that’s always on the horizon

Debbie Dingell throws hat in Michigan race

Let Me Start: Obama to address DNC winter meeting

Too Young to Die: Michael Ayers

Friday’s campaign round-up

Another AFP ‘Obamacare victim’ draws scrutiny

Obama hasn’t given up on infrastructure

The ‘Bridgegate’ rabbi: What we know so far

GOP healthcare rhetoric shifts to the left

Gut Check: Should airlines continue to give out bereavement fares?

Court OKs ban on American flag shirts to protect students’ safety

When the pot calls the kettle lazy

Unauthorized video shows Supreme Court

Welcome to Gator’s Dockside

Live Video: Ukraine’s Ousted President Holds News Conference

The incredible shrinking deficit

Watch Obama and Biden show off how they move

Lawmakers donated nearly $495,000 to charity after fed shutdown

Rand Paul tells tea party to be happy

Rev’s Early Reads: February 28

Links for the 2/27 TRMS

Debunking the ‘absent black father’ myth

Ahead on the 2/27 Maddow show

Take our quiz: Your day in news

Women in power leads to economic growth, research shows

Tea partiers are over Steve Stockman

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Why ‘religious freedom’ laws are doomed

Why students need more than ‘grit’

Thursday’s Mini-Report

Unpopular parties can still prevail

Live Video: Obama Unveils ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ Initiative

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh wants inclusion in St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Senate GOP blocks veterans’ bill

Map: International oil development in Iraq

O’Reilly ponders ‘downsides’ to women presidents

An excerpt from “Suspicion Nation”

Business Latest: File taxes, sign up for care

Governors move to block Farm Bill’s food stamp cuts

All In Agenda: About that storm…

The Obama administration unveils a 21st Century nutrition label

Obama official calls for federal ban on employer discrimination

Why is tax reform ‘dead on arrival’?

Cruz: ‘I’m on level 217 on Candy Crush’

DC orders transgender health care coverage

Strange bedfellows? Christie and Romney fundraise together

Poll points to confusion over discrimination laws

Paula Deen compares herself to Michael Sam

Rubio gets second look from GOP after Venezuela speech

Let Me Start: Biden is just as likely to run as he is not to run

Maybe Putin isn’t the chess grand master

LIVE: First Lady announces proposals to change food labels

Unbridled chutzpah on Medicare

Disney Princesses realize that they don’t need a man

NC’s Tillis questions need for minimum wage

Gut Check: Should couples be forced to take a class before they file for divorce?

Alaska to vote on legalizing pot

By the time you know you’re pregnant…

Jobless claims climb unexpectedly

Brewer rejects right-to-discriminate bill

Hillary Clinton defends Obamacare

Rev’s Early Reads: February 27

Truth in labeling and other headlines

Exoplanet Bonanza

Links for the 2/26 TRMS

One state’s health care revolution

Ahead on the 2/26 Maddow show

Ben Affleck and Seth Rogen testify on Capitol Hill

Take our quiz: Your day in news

Watch Live: Ariz. Gov. Brewer discusses SB 1062

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes anti-gay bill

Obama kicks off outreach to young men of color

Keystone XL clears another State Department hurdle

Corporate America becomes a beacon of progress for gay rights

What to like in the GOP tax plan

GOP lawmaker accidentally tweets support for same-sex marriage

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

GOP scores major Senate recruit in Colorado

Paul targets Surgeon General nominee

Reporter Trymaine Lee is taking your questions

Solitary confinement: ‘A human rights issue we can’t ignore’

Why We Did It, a Rachel Maddow documentary, premieres March 6th

States move to limit EPA’s clean water authority

Watch Live: Obama delivers remarks on jobs, infrastructure

Court rejects Texas’ ban on marriage equality

Duncan can Dunk!

Texas gay marriage ban struck down

Amid ‘Bridgegate,’ Christie tones it down at town hall

Spike Lee takes on gentrification in epic rant

Missouri executes second inmate this year

From Keystone to gay rights, six take-aways from John Kerry

All In Agenda:

Is Bill Clinton the answer to Southern Democrats’ prayers?

Trayvon Martin’s parents still fighting ‘Stand Your Ground’ 2 years after son’s death

Let Me Start: If at first you don’t succeed, attack, attack again

Early glance at CPAC speaker list: Where are all the women?

Georgia’s Deal: Tighten ER access

The Call: Your responses on student loans

Dems want Hillary for 2016

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

Dynasty continues: Retired rep’s wife to run for open seat

An expensive search for a fake scandal

Another victim who isn’t

Business Latest: Junk food marketing

The benefits of a deep bench

Trivia Time! Wednesday’s Trivia

Ohio’s ‘war on voting’ intensifies

Gut Check: Do you think John Wayne Rogers should get his guns back?

Pressure mounts on Arizona Gov. to kill discriminatory bill

A lesson in the challenges of governing

Millennials leaving religion over anti-gay teachings

Welcoming an ugly, divisive fight

An excerpt from Michio Kaku’s “The Future of the Mind”

Rev’s Early Reads: February 26

Obamacare enrollment hits 4 million

Abortion bans move through statehouses and other headlines

Consumer Reports’ Top Picks 2014

Morning Headlines: Wednesday, February 26

Links for the 2/25

Ahead on the 2/25 Maddow show

Take our quiz: Your day in news

You shared your John Kerry questions with Andrea Mitchell

Don’t weep for tax reform

Politicians, activists react to Arizona’s anti-gay bill, urge Gov. Brewer to veto

Will Ferrell, FLOTUS team up to celebrate Let’s Move! initiative

Marriage equality advocates fly South, and not just for winter

LIVE: President Obama speaks at ‘National Organizing Summit’

The Stakeholders: The Rhode Island medical student

Obesity rate falls 43% among preschoolers

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

Congress’ ‘freedom fighters’

Minimum wage going nowhere fast

House GOP struggles with immigration ‘principles’

CPAC drops atheist group after backlash

Run, Elizabeth Warren, run

Business Latest: The FBI and the 1%

LIVE VIDEO: President Obama speaks about manufacturing in America

Another state considers discrimination based on ‘religious freedom’

Kentucky Democrat gets a boost from Clinton

Amid scandal, Christie unveils budget

Jan Brewer likely to veto anti-gay bill

Lobbying is booming under Obama. Here’s why.

Ohio cuts early voting method favored by blacks

All In Agenda: Will Brewer veto?

President George W. Bush to put his artwork on display

‘Political ju-jitsu’ in Florida

Gender-based abortion ban gets green light

LIVE VIDEO: Bill Clinton hits campaign trail in Kentucky for Alison Lundergan Grimes

LIVE VIDEO: Bill Clinton hits campaign trail in Kentucky for Alison Lundergan Grimes

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

GOP candidate defends use of ‘wetback’ slur

Too late for a short-term unemployment fix?

What Cheney sees as ‘absolutely dangerous’

Cheney says Obama prefers food stamps to military spending

Holder urges states not to defend gay marriage bans

GOP for and against Medicare cost-savings

Gut Check: Will Gov. Jan Brewer veto bill that could allow discrimination against gays and lesbians?

The next round on sexual assaults in the military

Bitcoin theft calls currency into question

Michelle Obama wants to cut junk food, sodas from schools

Trivia Time! Tuesday’s Trivia

Pussy Riot members detained again

Jindal clumsily claims the spotlight

Winning a debate by quashing scrutiny

GOP court blockage ‘unprecedented’

Pressure rises over Arizona discrimination bill

GOP lobbyist wants to keep gays out of NFL

Rev’s Early Reads: February 25

Fighting gay-marriage bans and other headlines

Christie falls further, as Sandy-bolstered approval erodes

Links for the 2/24 TRMS

Joe Biden: ‘I was planning on making a major announcement’

Dick Cheney rips military spending cuts

Businesses urge Gov. Brewer not to sign Arizona’s anti-LGBT bill

Davis opponent still not sorry for campaigning with Nugent

Ahead on the 2/24 Maddow show

George Takei threatens to boycott Arizona over anti-LGBT law

Virginia Republican labels pregnant women as ‘hosts’

Take our quiz: Your day in news

‘A light at the end of the tunnel’ for marriage equality in Michigan

Conservative group won’t back up anti-Obamacare ad

Community wrestles with unhealed wounds

Monday’s Mini-Report

Growing Hope: Change begins with you

A twist on Christie introspection

Rob Ford celebrates Canada’s Olympic gold win

States fight rape kit backlog

Holder moves to protect reporters’ records

Pentagon budget confronts sequestration, end of Afghanistan war

Fresh off apology Nugent compares Obama administration to Nazis

All In Agenda: Not in my frackyard

Bobby Jindal rips Obama at bipartisan White House event

Business Latest: Pentagon’s new budget: Who wins?

Live Video: Hagel provides Defense budget briefing

The FCC won’t ‘monitor newsrooms’

Marathon spelling bee runs out of words

Monday’s campaign round-up

Legal showdown over ‘Bridgegate’ subpoenas looms

Challenging ‘interference’ in VW union vote

Medicaid expansion struggling in Virginia, Arkansas

Leave the Girl Scouts alone

Trivia Time! Monday’s trivia answer

Mississippi River reopens after oil spill

Why actual ACA ‘victims’ are so elusive

After 58 years, Dingell to resign

Those who long for the Cold War

Live Video: Independence Square in Kiev

Susan Rice, vindicated, has no regrets

Gut Check: Should the NFL begin using a 15 yard penalty for using racial slurs on the field?

Walker dodges questions on email controversy

Rev’s Early Reads: February 24

Anti-gay bills and other headlines

Ugandan president signs anti-gay law

Rand Paul uses Clinton attacks on new target

The Call: Tell us about your student loan debt

Take our quiz: Your day in news

Senate hopeful apologizes for posting, mocking graphic X-rays

Jason Collins signs with Brooklyn Nets

Gov. Rick Perry: Don’t rule me out for 2016

Rice: I have no regrets over Benghazi

George W. Bush: Let’s do better by our veterans

Now what’s the matter with Kansas?

Why ‘religious freedom’ laws could be a license to discriminate

Live Video: People gather in Independence Square in Kiev

The February 23 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Tamron answered your questions live on Google+

What to know right now about Venezuela

Document: Month-long traffic study for Fort Lee

Live Video: Look at Independence Square in Kiev

Live Video: Look at Independence Square in Kiev

Live Video: Look at Independence Square in Kiev

This Week in God

A letter to Nate Bell, who opposes more health care in Arkansas

Links for the 2/21 TRMS

Meet Wendy Davis’s running mate

Ahead on the 2/21 Maddow show

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart discuss acting and LGBT rights

Gillibrand: ‘will meet that 60 vote threshold’

Statement from Veterans Affairs

The 2014 Winter Olympics: Day 14

Friday’s Mini-Report

A new strategy in the fight to reduce smoking

Vouchers stumble in N.C. court fight

Jeremy Scahill of “Dirty Wars” on drones, NSA and the Oscars

Nugent offers apology for anti-Obama ‘subhuman mongrel’ comment

From the fringe to the Hill

How to fight the heroin epidemic

Gillibrand gears up for next military sex assault fight

Top 8 quotes from 2014’s most intense race

‘Green Eggs and Ham’ signed by Cruz brings in thousands

No more waiting to wed in Illinois’ largest county

Girl Scout sets up cookie shop outside marijuana dispensary

Week in Geek: No doughnuts on Mars

Issa starts scraping the bottom of the barrel

Stepping up to hire our vets

Let Me Start: Ted Nugent kind of apologizes

Gut Check: Do you agree with critics who say the bill creates a “license to discriminate”?

John McCain’s winter of discontent

Who will survive in America?

Kasich to sign restrictive Ohio voting bills

The February 22 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

The Grand Bargain’s dead. What now?

A different kind of ‘achievement’ for women

Sochi Latest: Judging the judges

The most misleading anti-Obamacare ad yet?

Christie spurns White House dinner

Trivia Time! Friday’s trivia answer

A noticeable lack of statesmen

‘Religious freedom is a shield, not a sword’

VIDEO: Live Look at Independence Square in Kiev

Scott Walker ‘needs to talk’

Meet McCrory’s top environmental official

Arizona passes law allowing discrimination

Rand Paul hits Ted Nugent for ‘offensive’ Obama criticism

Rev’s Early Reads: February 21

Tracking Christie and other headlines

The GOP’s most likely threat to Hillary

Olympians Turned Politicians

Morning Headlines: Friday, February 21

Links for the 2/20 TRMS

Why CBO differs from other economists on the minimum wage

Michelle Obama hams it up in Tonight Show sketch

Ahead on the 2/20 Maddow show

Take our quiz: Your day in news

Leak spotting: Dan River edition

Bachmann: Obama was elected ‘because of guilt’

msnbc reporter Geoffrey Cowley answered your Obamacare questions

What is the Fed?

All In Agenda: Chris Christie’s town hall

Can you get the flu from a flu shot?

Are black holes dangerous?

What does the Voting Rights Act mean for states?

Nebraska county court deals blow to Keystone XL

Thursday’s Mini-Report

Judge throws out lawsuit challenging NYPD’s spying on Muslims

Governors come to DC, bringing their drama with them

Fracking-caused quakes in Oklahoma?

The 2014 Winter Olympics: Day 13

Email dump makes political hurdles for Walker

Studies show connection between anti-gay bias and death

Map: How toxic spills impact communities

At last! Sleeker super PACs give rich more options to boost clout

Wendy Davis turns up heat on opponent over Nugent praise

Christie lays blame on federal government at town hall

Top White House adviser: ‘You can have it all’

A winner drinks all political style bet

Obama moves away from chained CPI

Sochi Latest: Bode Miller’s legacy

Why Gap’s wage hike matters

Let Me Start: Digging up dirt on old Clinton conspiracies

An ‘affront to democracy’ in Ohio

A closer look at latest ACA ‘horror story’

Christie breaks his silence at town hall meeting

Ohio voters favor Clinton for 2016

What could save Georgia’s closing hospitals

Trivia Time! Thursday’s trivia answer

Live Video: NJ Gov. Chris Christie holds town hall

Why Michelle Obama’s ‘Let’s Move’ matters

Gut check: Do the firings go far enough?

Kasich’s turnaround on state-park fracking

Minimum wage advances without Congress

Dear Abby smacks down anti-gay letter

Subpoenas raise stakes in N.C. criminal probe

Centenarian for Congress?

Jobless claims inch lower

College Courses You Won’t Believe Exist

States fight to push anti-gay bills. But will they pass?

Ohio passes restrictive voting bills, Dems vow to sue

Scott Walker’s ‘inner circle’

Urban warfare shatters Ukraine truce

Ohio Gov holds slim lead over unknown challenger

Christie meets the public and other headlines

Rev’s Early Reads: February 20

George W. Bush: ‘I miss Air Force One’

Morning Headlines: Thursday, February 20

Gap to raise minimum wage to $10

Links for the 2/19 TRMS

‘The victim was the one that had a bullet go through his lungs’

Pussy Riot attacked by Russian militia in Sochi

Ahead on the 2/19 Maddow show

Take our quiz: Your day in news

CPAC ends freeze-out to gay-rights group

Mayor Bill de Blasio on All In

Voters’ Bill of Rights blocked in Ohio

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

Net Neutrality, Take Two

Mitch McConnell’s Senate primary turns ugly

Why Chris Christie still has GOP donor appeal

VW may reconsider future in South

US to help build first new nuclear reactors in decades

Lockup fans check in from around the world

Gohmert starts PAC to defend tea party

84-year-old nun sentenced three years for anti-nuclear protest

Pentagon calls soldiers’ casket photo ‘totally unacceptable’

The 2014 Winter Olympics: Day 12

Sochi Latest: Embodying the Olympic spirit

Violence grips Kiev as truce shatters

An unpleasant day for Scott Walker

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

Culture war remains on the front burner

Fight over judicial nominees on two fronts

Let Me Start: The wheels on the Christie story go round and round

Mayor lends a hand to fired grocery worker

‘STOP’ resolution gains GOP backing

A ‘fighter for freedom’?

Could technology be the gun control of 2014?

Cognitive dissonance on Medicare

A ‘thumb on the scale’ in minimum-wage fight

Live video: Independence Square in Kiev

Juror reveals why panel deadlocked on “loud music” murder charge

More leaking coal ash and other headlines

Kansas bill allows spanking hard enough to bruise

Rev’s Early Reads: February 19

Obama to sign executive order on Air Force One

Tyson Foods, American Meat Institute respond to “The Meat Racket”

Links for the 2/18 TRMS

Take our quiz: Your day in news

‘Systematic, widespread and gross’ crimes against humanity

Why has Grover Norquist entered the union-busting business?

Ahead on the 2/18 Maddow show

Christie’s former campaign manager rejects subpoena request again

Removal of Russian radio station CEO stokes concerns

Obama meets with civil rights leaders, vows action on jobs, wages

CBO: Raising the minimum wage helps the poor but reduces jobs

The 2014 Winter Olympics: Day 11

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

After background checks were scrapped in Missouri

Christie’s crisis management

All In Agenda: Ted Nugent, not ok

Obama acts again on fuel efficiency

New Jersey residents: Christie bungled Sandy aid

Live video: Flames engulf Independence Square in Kiev

Two Democrats to leave the House

Noose found on Ole Miss statue of first black student

College football players demand right to form a union

Obama’s outreach to young men of color: too little too late?

Sochi Latest: Congrats on the medal—now back to work

Religious freedom used to chip away at LGBT rights

Sochi’s unseen players

‘Viva Tancredo’

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Clint Didier announces run for Congress

The ‘silent war’ only Jindal can see

LIVE VIDEO: Pres. Barack Obama delivers remarks on fuel-efficiency

Trivia Time! Tuesday’s trivia answer

Inappropriate? Sokolich rejects Team Christie interview request

Nation hasn’t forgotten jobs crisis

Pharmacy agrees not to provide execution drugs

Taking on Maine’s LePage over Narcan

Celebrating ‘job lock’

Greg Abbott under fire for campaigning with Nugent

Ken Buck addresses gender gap

Parents vs. Non-parents: Who are happier?

Lacking the will, not the votes

Americans want jobs, not deficit reduction

Obama shifts new fuel-saving policy into gear

Detained Pussy Riot members released in Sochi

Wildstein unplugged and other headlines

Rev’s Early Reads: February 18

Olympic Events the U.S. Has Never Won

An excerpt from Kevin Roose’s “Young Money”

Links for the 2/17 TRMS

Christie acknowledges relationship, denies discussing traffic jam

Take our quiz: Your day in news

Ahead on the 2/17 Maddow show

How Boston marathon bombing survivors celebrated Valentine’s Day

How we made our miracle

Monday’s Mini-Report

All In Agenda: Worst president ever?

Immigration protest sparks arrests outside White House

The ‘practical impact’ of Kansas discrimination

Women in 2014: Eloise Gomez Reyes

Christie to face NJ residents at town hall as questions grow

The Recovery Act, five years later

Sochi latest: Historic skate for the gold

The 2014 Winter Olympics: Day 10

The conservative case to limit voting

Medical Marijuana a “no brainer” for NY voters

Overwhelming amount of New York state voters support legal pot

Looking Back at Presidential Farewell Addresses

Healthcare proponents face tough choice in Arkansas

Celebrating Presidents Day

UN report finds widespread human rights violations in North Korea

Kerry compares climate change deniers to ‘Flat Earth Society’

Liberal revolt grows over Obama judges

Monday’s campaign round-up

A misplaced Medicare canard

Let Me Start: New report could spell more trouble for Christie

Watch: Toronto’s Polar Bear Cub makes his debut

Obama: critics won’t want to give me credit for Obamacare someday

Where the parallels end

Transgender ex-member of Italian parliament detained in Sochi

Zimmerman says in new interview he’s not haunted by what happened

Trivia Time! Monday’s trivia answer

McConnell tries to have it both ways

‘Loud music’ verdict increases call to alter Florida gun law

‘Someone orchestrated that’

Climate gets its day in the sun

GOP intervention tips scales in unionization vote

Mitch McConnell defends vote on debt limit

Rev’s Early Reads: February 17

2014 British Academy Film Awards

Morning Headlines: Monday, February 17

“Chip” mystery solved? and other headlines

Sen. McCain: GOP ‘must act’ on immigration reform

Obama condemns Ugandan anti-gay bill, issues warning

Michael Sam supporters block out Westboro Baptist Church protest

Bill Nye spars with member of congress over climate change

Join Melissa Harris-Perry for the Nerdland Scholar Challenge

The February 16 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Watch Live: Reactions to Michael Dunn verdict

Mistrial on murder charge in Dunn trial

Partial verdict reached in Michael Dunn trial

Another Christie childhood friend witnessed traffic surge

2014 Winter Olympics Day 8: “Marathon” on Ice

Actress Ellen Page comes out as gay in moving speech

Obama seeks $1 billion to fight climate change

A letter to Mitch McConnell, who needs to watch out for sinkholes

Hey, there’s a convection cell in my coffee

Labor loses big in Tennessee

This Week in God

Jamaican bobsled team looks for ‘Cool Runnings’ pt. 2

Links for the 2/14 TRMS

Fake blood and blanks: Schools stage active shooter drills

Kansas lawmakers retreat from religious liberty bill

Ahead on the 2/14 Maddow show

The February 15 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Sochi latest: Bode Miller, Ted Ligety shut out of super-combined

More jobless Americans: The new normal?

Friday’s Mini-Report

WATCH LIVE: President Obama discusses ongoing US drought

Perkins suggests poor should lose voting rights

Report: Richie Incognito, teammates ‘engaged in a pattern of harassment’

Self-awareness is a virtue

Diplomatic disunity: We need ambassadors, not fundraisers

Banks, pot shops cleared for business

Biden: ‘There isn’t a Republican Party’

‘It isn’t a Democrat or Republican issue’

All In Agenda: Huge week for marriage equality

The 2014 Winter Olympics: Day 7

2016 GOP hopefuls’ Christie dilemma: Rally? Attack? Steer clear?

Netflix original programming…of Congress

Let Me Start: Who runs the GOP?

Friday’s campaign round-up

Mitt Romney would like your attention now

Paul Attorney: Everything’s Fein

Trivia Time! Friday’s trivia answer

Moderate group spoofs gun debate

Voter ID cases could let John Roberts destroy Voting Rights Act

Funding gambits for me, not for thee

Billionaire suggests rich should get more votes

Cruz making enemies and alienating people

Live Video: Obama speaks at Democratic Conference

A new phase in open-carry laws

Sharron Angle: ‘Did Harry Reid steal the election?’

Automaker—but not the GOP—fine with union

The ACA ‘victims’ who aren’t

Live Video: Biden speaks at Democratic Conference

Virginia really is for lovers

‘My marginalization was thoroughly unfair’

Even the GOP pollsters see trouble for Mitch McConnell in November

Save the monarch butterflies and other headlines

Rev’s Early Reads: February 14

Best Love Songs by Real-Life Couples

Morning Joe’s ’90s playlist

Links for the 2/13 TRMS

Links for the 2/13 TRMS

Judge strikes down Virginia gay marriage ban

Ahead on the 2/13 Maddow show

The true costs of mining coal in West Virginia keep rising

Take our quiz: Your day in news

Republicans introduce a bill that looks a lot like DOMA

Ask national health reporter Geoffrey Cowley your ACA questions

Thursday’s Mini-Report

Sochi latest: Team USA sweeps men’s slopestyle skiing event

Bombogenesis? Show me.

NJ residents sound off on Christie admin: ‘Knock it off’

Mitch McConnell’s algae problem

Twitter pleads for a ‘House of Cards’ early release

First model in wheelchair featured at New York Fashion Week

Senator Claire McCaskill answered your questions about sexual assault in the military

Kansas makes anti-gay discrimination easier

Facebook expands gender identity options

Lawmakers act out lines from ‘House of Cards’

GOP cards: ‘If you like this Valentine, you can keep it’

‘Maybe a good thing’ Aurora suspect had high-capacity mag, lawmaker says

All In Agenda: Sandy victims sound off

Chris Christie’s ‘Bridgegate’ strategy: Blame the media

Some retirements reverberate more than others

Judge blocks sale of controversial execution drug

Let Me Start: Fierce right-wing reaction to Boehner, McConnell

Hillary Clinton counts on women’s rights

GOP leaders to Obama: Your health care destroys seniors’ options

Thursday’s campaign round-up

Texas voter ID trial likely to happen before election

Core contradictions drive ACA criticism

Russia takes aim at gay parents

The 2014 Winter Olympics: Day 6

Mexican tycoon accused of U.S. campaign scheme

New bill aims to make sure no one waits over half an hour to vote

Afghanistan frees prisoners over US objections

Tenn. GOP pulls out the stops to fight unionization

Rand Paul didn’t plagiarize his NSA lawsuit

Gay Republican House candidate features partner in ad

NASA’s view of Sochi

Questions surround Rand Paul’s NSA suit

Jobless claims inch higher in February

Republicans in the fire over debt votes

Cruz does his allies no favors

Rev’s Early Reads: February 13

Don’t eat the fish and other headlines

Links for the 2/12 TRMS

Rand Paul’s 2016 long game

Ahead on the 2/12 Maddow show

Take our quiz: Your day in news

Sochi latest: American takes home the gold in women’s half-pipe

Obamacare enrollment is up again

Former Marine debuts at Fashion Week, weds partner on same day

Report: Missouri voter-ID bill could disenfranchise 220,000

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

ACA enrollment picks up steam

Christie: Bush ‘grossly underappreciated’

North Carolina voting law hits black voters: Study

The 2014 Winter Olympics: Day 5

Congress goes home, leaves unemployed behind

Jury deliberates in ‘loud music’ murder trial

Kansas advances religious liberty bill that could lead to anti-gay discrimination

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin found guilty of corruption

Anti-gay law in Kentucky struck down

Wendy Davis falls into abortion question trap

All In Agenda: Raising the minimum wage

Live Video: Obama raises minimum wage for federal contract workers

Federal judge strikes down part of Kentucky’s gay marriage ban

Dems rally around marijuana in 2014 push

Sympathy points? Despite ‘Bridgegate,’ Christie rakes in cash

Let Me Start: Boehner draws anger from his party

‘The rest is filler’

Celebrating the life and legacy of President Lincoln

Palin on Christie: ‘You blow it if you ever try to hide anything’

Crash-and-save luger Shiva Keshavan won’t slow down

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

New voting restrictions ahead of 2014 midterms

Study: two-thirds of Americans ‘not bothered’ by e-cig use

Limbaugh makes new prediction about “lawless” Obama

Dems to donors: Help us fight off Kochs before it’s too late

Add Carson to Putin’s far-right fan club

Throwing out the ‘rule’ book

Clarence Thomas’ ‘sadness’ on race

‘Probably one of the crazy ones’

It’s official. Obama signs minimum wage order

Marking the end of debt-ceiling extortion

Ted Cruz threatens filibuster on debt-limit bill

Sen. Cruz threatens filibuster and other headlines

Rev’s Early Reads: February 12

Snow Sports to Try This Winter

Links for the 2/11 TRMS

Texas ban on same-sex marriage challenged in federal court

How to rid the Port Authority of politics and patronage

State dinner hosting French president features American cuisine, celebrities

Ahead on the 2/11 Maddow show

Take the quiz: Your day in state news

A red state breakthrough on health care reform

Exclusive excerpt from ‘HRC’ by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

Rand Paul is suing the NSA

Virginia Senate votes to repeal forced ultrasound law

From ‘Freedom Industries’ to ‘Patriot Coal’

Clarence Thomas: Americans are more ‘sensitive’ about race than in the 1960s

Another Florida Republican jumps ship

Christie on ‘Bridgegate’: Only a few minutes to ‘wallow’

Nevada gives up on its same-sex marriage ban

The 2014 Winter Olympics: Day 4

Don’t run, Hillary. Don’t run

WA suspends death penalty

Christie’s office pushes back on NYT reporter’s comments

Obama keeps promise to young men of color

Sochi Latest: USA men’s hockey — ready for revenge

Another chemical spill in West Virginia

All In Agenda: House votes to raise the debt ceiling

Immigration groups ready ‘punishment’ for GOP

Holder pushes for criminal-justice overhaul

Gut Check: Should ex-felons be allowed to vote?

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Live Video: Obama, Hollande hold joint news conference

Live Video: Obama, Hollande hold joint news conference

Popular Medicaid expansion still struggling

Let Me Start: Christie keeping some GOPers worried

House GOP passes a clean debt-ceiling bill

Holder: Restore voting rights for ex-felons

GOP debt-ceiling plan collapses, dies

Intel chief doubts Karzai will sign security pact

Trivia Time! Tuesday’s trivia answer

Lawmakers probing Bridgegate’ serve 18 new subpoenas: Who’s who

Nearly 30 people have been killed at school since Newtown

Putin adds to his conservative admirers

When the immigration debate turns farcical

Nevada moves away from gay-marriage ban

House Benghazi report slams White House, defense cuts

Debt-ceiling debacle limps forward

Claire McCaskill: I wouldn’t campaign next to Obama

Rubio pushes education reform, maybe even a 2016 ticket

Rev’s Early Reads: February 11

Morning Headlines: Tuesday, February 11

Christie goes to Chicago and other headlines

Links for the 2/10 TRMS

Class Act

Boehner’s debt-limit gamble

Your tweets on the NFL and the Washington Redskins

Libya teetering on the brink of failure

Small firms get a small break on Obamacare

Ahead on the 2/10 Maddow show

Monday’s Mini-Report

Live Video: Obama, French President deliver remarks

Rand Paul’s faint praise for Mitch McConnell

W.Va. water: ‘Everybody has a different definition of safe’

Too Young to Die: Payton Benson

Rand Paul’s endorsement for Mitch McConnell turns awkward

Michelle Obama’s popular… except with conservative Republicans

Ohio set to pass tough new round of voting restrictions

A breakthrough moment awaits NFL

Not just AOL: Retirement benefits are under attack everywhere

House GOP finds new ways to say ‘no’ on immigration

New York’s test in Robin Hood politics

All In Agenda: Christie endorsement regret

Was AOL’s Tim Armstrong right?

The 2014 Winter Olympics: Day 3

Fatal shooting of Boston child leads to citywide gun buyback

Going all in for the ‘insurance trap’

Do you think Michael Sam’s coming out will have any effect on his chances in the NFL draft?

Montana GOP looks to end same-day voter registration

Gay seniors get an affordable home of their own

Monday’s campaign round-up

Right goes back to the ’90s with new Hillary report

Let Me Start: NJ paper regrets Christie endorsement

Christie gets the cold shoulder in Illinois

Christie ‘Bridgegate’ panel votes to enforce subpoenas

Bridenstine’s townhall gone wrong

Lawmakers: ‘Redskins’ is ‘insulting’

LA County sheriff’s deputies face civil rights charges

Trivia Time! Monday’s trivia answer

Hardball tactics emerge in Alaska

The new Obamacare talking point

Closing the parties’ tech gap

Peter King’s wholesale reversal on GOP, Sandy

Football star Michael Sam comes out

Obama to stay away from midterms

Refusing to take ‘yes’ for an answer

A governor and his rogue operation

New Jersey newspaper regrets endorsing Christie

Christie endorsement regret and other headlines

Rev’s Early Reads: February 10

Morning Headlines: Monday, February 10

An excerpt from Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes’ “HRC”

Michael Sam may become NFL’s first openly gay active player

AOL backtracks after blaming ‘distressed babies’ for cuts

U.S. curling team: ‘We may surprise some people’

Exclusive: Sen. Claire McCaskill takes your questions

Chobani vs. Russia: LGBT edition

The 2014 Winter Olympics: Day 2

Schumer: Start immigration reform in 2017

The February 9 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

DOJ extending new benefits to same-sex couples

The 2014 Winter Olympics: Live from Sochi

A letter to John Boehner: Don’t fold on immigration reform

Week in Geek: The physics of the Winter Olympics

This Week in God

Jansing responded to your Olympic questions from Sochi!

Links for the 2/7 TRMS

What do Republicans want?

Ahead on the 2/7 Maddow show

The February 8 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

All In Agenda | ‘Bridgegate’: televised drama?

Friday’s Mini-Report

Sen. Roberts of Kansas doesn’t really live in Kansas

We’re not in Kansas anymore

Big decision ahead on Keystone XL

GOP ignores bill-signing invitations

Former contractor pleads guilty in leak case

5 things you need to know about events in Ukraine

Live Video: Obama announces program to help farmers

President Obama signs $8.7 billion food stamp cut into law

The most jaw-dropping pre-Olympics #SochiProblems

The 2014 Winter Olympics: Live from Sochi

Immigration activists fear House GOP is backing off reform

The GOP’s debt-ceiling farce

Rand Paul remains preoccupied with Bill Clinton

Immigration, cybersecurity top DHS agenda

Gut Check: Do you think Wellesley should remove the ‘sleepwalker’ statue?

Bush still getting blame for economic woes

Friday’s campaign round-up

Rand Paul steps up Lewinsky attack in new interview

When tribalism takes over

Sochi Latest: Aerial display wows at opening ceremony

ACA becomes an easy scapegoat

Trivia Time! Friday’s trivia answer

When AIPAC throws in the towel

Not all doom and gloom: Many states look to make voting easier

‘Why don’t we just pack up and go home?’

The Beatles’ Biggest Billboard Hits

Poison control

Jobs report underwhelms again

Christie’s evolving version of events

Besides his Corvette, Biden can’t think of a reason not to run for president

Rev’s Early Reads: February 7

Can the GOP take the Senate in 2014?

Another weak month of job growth

“Republicans dancing to talk radio” and other headlines

Links for the 2/6 TRMS

How progressives can turn the deep South blue

Ahead on the 2/6 Maddow show

Obama: Putin has a tough guy ‘shtick’

All In Agenda: 2014 for sale

Thursday’s Mini-Report

What Obamacare’s critics mean by ‘dignity of work’

‘The 1 percent work harder’

Celebrating President Reagan

Senate GOP blocks unemployment aid

Senate GOP again blocks jobless aid

Obama prays for release of American prisoner in North Korea

Chris Jansing and Brian Shactman: Live From Sochi

Top Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers may face ethics probe

Boehner’s ‘trust’ issues on immigration

Surprising type of Democrat could threaten Hillary Clinton

Wendy Davis supports the expansion of gun rights in Texas

Boehner warns immigration reform is in serious danger

Thursday’s campaign round-up

DOJ civil rights nominee clears hurdle

Obama jokes with, calls big critic Gohmert ‘unbelievably gracious’

Let Me Start: Democrats look to halt Christie’s momentum

Gut Check: Should schools be required to display the gun ban sign?

Moms give Facebook’s gun policy a ‘thumbs down’

Beating a dead horse

Business Latest: ID theft rises

Trivia Time! Thursday’s trivia answer

Nan Hayworth to run for her old seat

Obama gives Rubio a second chance

The right shifts on the ‘insurance trap’

Alex Sink to get fundraising boost from Biden

Enough about 2016: Can Chris Christie keep his governorship?

Keeping Christie at arm’s length

Jobless claims show big improvement

‘Affluenza’ teen will go to rehab, not jail

GOP eyes spending increases in debt-ceiling fight

Romney: ‘I’m not running’ for president in 2016

Democrats try to capitalize on Christie and other headlines

Live Video: Obama speaks at National Prayer breakfast

Rev’s Early Reads: February 6

New Olympic Events in Sochi

Morning Headlines: Thursday, February 6

Links for the 2/5 TRMS

Has America grown weary of talking about income inequality?

India has produced its first ‘woman-friendly’ gun

Ahead on the 2/5 Maddow show

All In Agenda: Should we socialize law?

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

Sonia Sotomayor’s ‘allegiance’

Atlanta’s next transportation problem

Paul Ryan: Obamacare is a ‘poverty trap’

Georgia is site of latest GOP attack on early voting

Democrats split over Syria, Iran

The news ACA critics didn’t want to hear

DMX reportedly to fight George Zimmerman in celebrity boxing match

A majority of Americans still disapprove of Obamacare

Holding a blank ransom note

Too Young to Die: David Carpenter-Kohler

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

Pussy Riot vows to fight Russian laws

Let Me Start: Who was Christie in high school?

In N.J., Wildstein’s position is no more

Texas woman executed Wednesday

Pete Sessions: extended jobless aid ‘immoral’

Business Latest: CVS kicks tobacco habit

Trivia Time! Wednesday’s trivia answer

Jansing is taking your questions from Sochi

CVS snuffs out tobacco products

Shaun White drops out of Sochi event

Gut Check: Do you agree with CVS’ decision to stop selling tobacco products?

Sandra Fluke shakes up political plans

On leadership

Seven ‘hubs’ will try and mitigate climate change

Risk corridors for me, not for thee

Reality has a bad day at the office

‘American Idol’ star enters Congressional race

Defunct Winter Olympic Sports

Owl Heist! and other headlines

An excerpt from Robyn Doolittle’s “The Rob Ford Story”

Morning Headlines: Wednesday, February 5

Links for the 2/4 TRMS

CVS to stop selling tobacco products

GM’s first female CEO makes half of what her predecessor did

Bill de Blasio to skip St. Patrick’s Day parade over gay rights

Ahead on the 2/4 Maddow show

Hoth all over

Ari Melber answers your questions about veteran drug courts

All In Agenda: Obamacare bailout? No.

Bill Nye debates Ken Ham on creation vs. evolution

‘People are fed up’ in West Virginia

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

CBO delivers welcome news to Obamacare backers

‘What are you going to do when I’m gone?’

Study shows record number of US exonerations

The Creation Museum wants your children

A half-hearted hostage strategy unravels

Religious liberty bill opens door for LGBT discrimination

Only 4 meet subpoena deadline in ‘Bridgegate’ probe

Cruz blasts Obama for ‘breathtaking’ ‘lawlessness’

Boehner: GOP immigration plan isn’t ‘amnesty’

When the CBO causes a stir

No, Obamacare isn’t handing out 2 million pink slips

Let Me Start: Christie’s fight for a political future

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Gut Check: Are you concerned that talking car technology will invade your privacy?

Live Video: Obama delivers remarks on education

Zuckerberg group skewers ‘shocking extremism’ in immigration debate

Business Latest: Dodd-Frank fail

Youth must fight income inequality for the sake of the future

Turning back the clock to 1965

How Obama could strike a blow to workplace discrimination

Senate effectively scraps Iran sanctions bill

Sandra Fluke to run for Congress

Medicaid expansion sure is popular

Elizabeth Warren backs plan to save USPS, replace payday lenders

Grassley’s ‘gravely concerned’ about executive orders

An excerpt from Charlie Crist’s “The Party’s Over”

NRCC crafts new fundraising gambit

An excerpt from Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld’s “The Triple Package”

Obama to O’Reilly: ‘Absolutely’ you’ve been unfair

Christie still unsure about traffic study

Gov. Martin O’Malley considering run for president in 2016

Gay rights group criticizes Mike Rogers for ‘homophobic’ joke

Most Tweeted Super Bowl Moments

Rev’s Early Reads: February 4

Ted Cruz makes nice and other headlines

The toll of fast-food profits

Links for the 2/3 TRMS

Ahead on the 2/3 Maddow show

Bridget Kelly pleads the 5th

WATCH: Cory Booker’s first Senate speech on unemployment benefits

Letter claims Christie was aware of lane closures

Irish drag queen gives impassioned speech on gay rights

All In Agenda: Philip Seymour Hoffman is not alone

Monday’s Mini-Report

GOP Senate candidate lobbied for company run by Milosevic crony

A narrow path for ‘common ground’

Rest in peace, Philip Seymour Hoffman–the best of the best

And then there were five

This is how families go hungry

Another debt ceiling crisis?

Congress passes $8.7 billion food stamp cut

Was Twitter the real Super Bowl winner?

Gut Check: Do you think Peyton Manning is still one of the greatest quarterbacks?

Politicians Tweet the Super Bowl

Setting the stage for a net-neutrality fight

Let Me Start: The dam is breaking

Monday’s campaign round-up

Paul Ryan slams ‘increasingly lawless’ Obama

DCCC seeks apology from McMorris Rodgers

Scotty McCreery: Being ambassador in Newtown is ‘why I’m here’

Embattled Christie gets chance to woo conservatives

Philip Seymour Hoffman and America’s heroin problem

Contraception helps lower U.S. abortion rate

The Grio’s Class of 2014: Black leaders making history

Business Latest: Dow sinks by over 300 points

Christie to face his toughest critics: NJ residents

An ACA alternative takes shape

How a toy startup won the Super Bowl

‘America the Beautiful’ ad features gay parents

Paul Ryan perceives ‘lawless presidency’

O’Reilly vs. Obama

When Team Christie ‘plays offense’

Subpoenaed Chris Christie aide quits

Abortion rate lowest since Roe v. Wade

Rev’s Early Reads: February 3

Christie staffer resigns and other headlines

Morning Headlines: Monday, February 3

Obama and O’Reilly have a pre-game talk

The rush to ready Sochi

Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead at 46 from apparent overdose

Republican leaders come to Christie’s defense

Week in Geek, ‘Omaha’ edition: Super Bowl science

The February 2 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Mayor calls Christie allegations ‘damning’

This Week in God