MS NOW June 2014 Articles

Ahead on the 6/30/14 Maddow show

Monday’s Mini-Report, 6.30.14

Rob Ford: ‘I was wrong and I have no one to blame but myself’

Corporations are people — who can oppose contraception

Human rights groups outraged over Obama’s deportation proposal

Boehner gives up on immigration, Obama moving forward

Obama names ex-CEO Robert McDonald as VA nominee

Why Ginsburg’s Hobby Lobby dissent might backfire

Obama to take action after Boehner kills immigration reform

12-year-old dies of gunshot wound to the head at a Boy Scout camp

The real significance of SCOTUS’ rulings

All In Agenda: All eyes on SCOTUS

By motivating women, Hobby Lobby ruling could be a boon for Dems

Georgia ‘guns everywhere’ bill takes effect

Supreme Court ruling spares most unions, but only temporarily

How Hillary Clinton should talk about wealth

The Hobby Lobby decision isn’t narrow

Black women stand up for ‘My Brother’s Keeper’

The GOP takes a risk celebrating contraception ruling

Kissing congressman decides to run, will face ‘Duck Dynasty’ blood

Business Latest: What Iran wants

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.30.14

Members of Congress take to Twitter on Hobby Lobby

Supreme Court delivers another blow to public-sector unions

Supreme Court conservatives side with Hobby Lobby on contraception

The Great Debate–Aspen

Vendor accidentally shoots woman at Pennsylvania gun show

The Reiding List

The call: Team up for head safety

Judge dismisses George Zimmerman lawsuit against NBC

Cochran already rebuffing those who rescued him

McConnell eyes abortion bills in GOP-led Senate

Rove reflects on ‘imperial power’

Do you think Facebook should have run the secret psychological study?

Blackwater manager threatened to kill U.S. official

New climate change rules could add trillions to US GDP

New GOP PAC eyes women’s votes

New VA Secretary and other headlines

Rev’s Early Reads: June 30

Elizabeth Warren campaigns for Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky

Obama to nominate Bob McDonald to lead Veterans Affairs department

President Obama: Terrorists ‘gaining strength’ in Syria and Iraq

Most Americans think Hillary Clinton can relate to average people

Rep. Issa and Lois Lerner’s attorney spar over lost IRS emails

Gov. Cuomo releases 3-point plan to end AIDS epidemic in New York

The June 29 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Gun control advocates to deliver 2.5 million postcards to politicians

Obama rips GOP ‘obstruction’

Dear Rep. Miller: Cutting off aid won’t solve immigration issues

Captured Benghazi suspect pleads not guilty in DC court

This Week in God, 6.28.14

Men’s rights conference takes aim at feminism

Tonight! Hubris: Selling the Iraq War

The June 28 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Irin answered your questions about the Hobby Lobby decision

World War I is responsible for modern life as we know it

Every way the Supreme Court could rule in Hobby Lobby

World Cup: Will Ferrell to sub for Team USA?!

Friday’s Mini-Report, 6.27.14

Clinton vs. Cheney

The ‘majority-minority’ America is coming, so why not get ready?

Repeating a falsehood doesn’t make it true

In Case You Missed It: The week’s top stories from msnbc

Supreme Court holds public sector unions in the balance

GOP candidate: My opponent who won is a ‘body double’

Fox’s Kilmeade: ‘almost treason’ for Obama to tackle climate crisis

The Clintons’ difficult relationship with Iraq, war

The Reiding List

UN report: Number of marijuana-related injuries is on the rise

‘Significant and chronic’ failures continue to plague the VA

Watching immigration reform slip away

Business Latest: Climate change to burn farms?

Mississippi tea party activist charged in Cochran break-in found dead

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.27.14

Obama calls Boehner’s lawsuit a ‘stunt’

House GOP pushes tax break for wealthier parents

ACA critics’ uninterrupted track record of failure

Pelosi to meet with detained migrant children along Texas border

Ted Cruz, House Republicans, and their many secret meetings

Newtown parents express need for additional communication

Is Boehner prepared to ‘wager the House’s reputation’?

GOP candidate: Gay marriages could lead to incest

Congressional GOP fails to stop all minimum-wage increases

Should Alysia Montano have run the race six weeks before her due date?

Putin snarls, but Obama gets the last laugh

Recess appointments: Obama loses, but the presidency mostly prevails

Maine’s LePage blasts Social Security as ‘welfare’

Rev’s Early Reads: June 27

Obama decries ‘phony scandals’ that distract from real issues

Citations for the June 26, 2015 TRMS

Bridgegate circle widens

Get your game face on: Take the msnbc news quiz. We don’t bite.

Ahead on the 6/26/14 Maddow show

For eugenic sterilization victims, belated justice

Democratic House members demand gun control vote

Obama requests $500 million to train, equip Syrian opposition

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.26.14

Fox’s Keith Ablow ‘a little suspicious’ of World Cup

EPA’s Gina McCarthy calls for all hands on deck in climate fight

Top Democrats accuse House GOP of killing immigration reform

The fight to protect voting rights, one year later

Orange is the New Black gets more colorful

‘Avenue Q’ puppets speak out for gay rights

Is Lucy Flores the Latina star Democrats have been waiting for?

Politicians cheer on Team USA in World Cup match against Germany

Why the US shouldn’t export its oil

Survivors testify at Senate hearing on campus sex assault

Howard Baker, former GOP Senate majority leader, dead at 88

The GOP establishment’s victory may be the tea party’s motivation

Boehner’s highly selective concerns about executive power

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.26.14

Todd Akin: Clinton is a hypocrite for her ‘war on women’ rhetoric

For some McDaniel supporters, loss must be down to voter fraud

The Reiding List

Court strikes down buffer-zone law

Producing “Pride”

Supreme Court limits presidential recess-appointment power

GOP official resigns after saying Hillary would ‘get shot’ in Arkansas

Town unites behind fired gay police chief, but mayor hires another

‘What occurred here … is unacceptable’

Scott Walker supporter claims amnesia in voter fraud case

The latest IRS ‘scandal’ becomes the latest GOP dud

Do you think today should be declared a national holiday?

NRA: Stalkers deserve guns, too

Jobless claims improve again

Collins joins the small GOP marriage-equality club

Susan Collins becomes fourth GOP senator to side with gay marriage

A Day in the Life and other headlines

Rev’s Early Reads: June 26

Citations for the June 25, 2014 TRMS

Americans deserve an explanation for ‘targeted killings’

Ahead on the 6/25/14 Maddow show

Speak Out – All In America: Chicago crime quiz

Wait, What? Why American Apparel really ousted it’s CEO

Why being gay isn’t the ‘Maine’ issue for Democrat Mike Michaud

GOP pounces on border crisis as immigration reform implodes

Reps. Ellison, Crowley cover Prince classics

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 6.25.14

Krystal Continued: An inside view of Iran

All In America quiz: Beyond partisan politics

Boehner readies frivolous anti-Obama lawsuit

Cochran and Rangel may have won, but what can they do now?

Louisiana man exonerated after spending 17 years in prison

You do the math: The Georgia political divide

All In America: Chicago crime quiz

IKEA gives its US employees a raise

Marriage equality advances after wins in Indiana and Utah

GOP: No need to fix the Voting Rights Act

Christie holds town hall amid second bridge probe

Gay marriage wins in Indiana and Utah

House Speaker John Boehner to sue President Obama

Business Latest: Non-compete clauses out of hand?

Cheney to public: Be afraid; be very afraid

The Reiding List

From Richard Nixon to Chris McDaniel: The sorest political losers

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.25.14

The Chamber’s awful return on investment

Supreme Court delivers big win for privacy in cell-phone ruling

Supreme Court rules against Web TV startup Aereo

Boehner already throwing cold water on jobless aid

States slow to change on life without parole for children

Do you think a vasectomy should be a part of a plea deal?

Khaled Hosseini is answering your questions!

Welcome to the land of false hope

Black voters may have buoyed Thad Cochran in Mississippi

Discouraging GDP report raises eyebrows

Mitch McConnell and ‘a new level of dysfunction’

Cochran’s comeback complete in Mississippi

Newt Gingrich likens Hillary Clinton to Kim Kardashian

Rev’s Early Reads: June 25

No concession yet and other headlines

Citations for the June 24, 2014 TRMS

Rep. Rangel wins re-election after ugly primary

James Lankford defeats T.W. Shannon in Oklahoma Senate primary

Thad Cochran defeats tea partier Chris McDaniel in Mississippi runoff

Your response to Lawrence’s return

White school district sends black kids back to failed schools

Lawmakers hold hands and sing during medal ceremony

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 6.24.14

Vast majority of Americans feel Iraq war wasn’t worth it

States pick up pieces of Congress’ immigration reform fail

Chris Christie faces yet another Port Authority scandal

How about we make a fresh start?

Failure to close Guantánamo is an existential threat to democracy

Soul musician: Laws alone don’t solve problems

Join Andrea Mitchell for The Great Debate: Is the NSA making us safer?

Go big or go home when committing voter fraud

The Reiding List

Bill Clinton: My wife is not ‘out of touch’

In Ohio, a ‘people’s movement’ for voting rights

Methodist pastor ‘refrocked’ after performing gay son’s wedding

Is New York the next battleground over teacher tenure?

Business Latest: States fight for jobs

McCarthy closing the door on immigration reform

Is Charlie Rangel toast in heated Harlem primary?

Stricken with soccer fever? Americans want day off for World Cup

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.24.14

Trying again on extended unemployment aid

The paradox of Americans disapproving of a policy they approve of

Christie linked to second bridge probe

Broadway actor takes a lead role in supporting marriage equality

Reid, White House warn GOP not to shut down the government (again)

Missouri schools send staff to concealed-weapons training

Mayor: ‘Almost impossible’ to stop the progress of marriage equality

Another brick in the impeachment wall

Do you think drivers should be able to auction off their public parking spots?

The strangest of political bedfellows

Liz Cheney applauds op-ed being called ‘sick’ by Barbara Boxer

GOP candidate Jody Hice in 2011: ‘Most people think Islam is a religion, it’s not’

Darrell Issa’s flailing search for his white whale

Rev’s Early Reads: June 24

Poll watching and other headlines

Citations for the June 23, 2014 TRMS

Ahead on the 6/23/14 TRMS

Washington is making inequality worse

Green Party candidate for New York governor: I can win this

Monday’s Mini-Report, 6.23.14

Cochran wins Mississippi GOP primary runoff

Turning police into soldiers has made America into a war zone

A big step forward on chemical weapons in Syria

An interactive discussion about the environment

When Fox becomes Conspiracy Theory Central

New report details more VA failures

Will wealth backfire for 2016 GOP candidates?

All In Agenda: The Fight for Iraq

The Republican runoff in Mississippi just got messier

In Mississippi, poll watching plan sparks fears of intimidation

Trivia Time! Monday’s trivia answer

Singer Katy Perry offers theme song to Hillary Clinton

Obama refrains from endorsing Rep. Charlie Rangel

White House turns to working-families agenda

“Scenes of a Crime” subject Adrian Thomas found not guilty in retrial

Former DC mayor defends nonexistent yogurt tax

Business Latest: Agricultural tech war

Secret memo making case to kill a US citizen released

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.23.14

Obama at Working Families summit: ‘These are basic needs’

Seeing the ACA through a class-based lens

No experience necessary

THE CALL: SUPPORT WORKING FAMILIES

Gut Check: Do you think soccer is finally taking off in the US?

New York’s first openly gay congressman gets hitched

The G.I. Bill, 70 years later

Democrat-in-waiting Martin O’Malley visits Iowa

Congressional Republicans ignore even GOP voices on climate

Supreme Court decision on EPA is a mixed bag

Christie shoots and misses on ‘intolerance’

Bowe Bergdahl now in outpatient care

Cheney doesn’t want to talk about ‘what happened 11 or 12 years ago’

South Dakota GOP passes Obama impeachment resolution

Rev’s Early Reads: June 23

President Obama to Mika Brzezinski: Iraq was won, but things change

Back to Baghdad and other headlines

Hillary Clinton stumbles on money questions

GOP 2016ers promote compassion for ex-cons

Dick Cheney, Rand Paul spar over blame for Iraq crisis

The June 22 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Obamas want their daughters to experience work for minimum wage

Hillary Clinton talks timetable for 2016 decision

This Week in God, 6.21.14

Citations for the June 20, 2014 TRMS

Christie stokes 2016 fire with New Hampshire visit

Ahead on the 6/20/14 Maddow show

Political intelligence falters post-Cantor

The June 21 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Friday’s Mini-Report, 6.20.14

Operation Streamline: An immigration nightmare for Arizona courts

Franchise trade group still opposes minimum wage boost

Herman Cain urges supporters to ‘outvote the stupid people’

Let’s talk about missing emails

In Case You Missed It: The week’s top stories from msnbc

McAuliffe raises the stakes in Virginia standoff

Voting rights in danger one year after Shelby County Supreme Court ruling

All In Agenda: The propaganda war

Chris Hayes on ‘All In America: Behind the color line’

On brink of further collapse, Philadelphia schools rescued (again)

Chris Christie pitches religious right on his ‘pro-life’ approach

Obama figurine placed in urinal at conservative conference

Who leaked healthcare info to Wall Street?

You’re not really working. Take the msnbc news quiz!

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: ‘We’re going backwards’

General accused of sexual assault to see rank reduced

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.20.14

A vote of no-confidence in Congress

Can a conspiracy theory eat its own tail?

Scott Walker on allegations: ‘No charges, case over’

A president putting his pen to good use

The Reiding List

Presbyterian Church: Gay marriage is Christian

Do you think there should be laws to mandate diaper changing tables in men’s public restrooms?

Colorado’s Gardner tries moving left on contraception access

Ex-Rep. Joe Walsh claims he was forced off his radio show over racial slurs

Study examines outsider status of black women in politics

Walker offers weak rejoinder in Wisconsin

House votes to curtail NSA surveillance powers

House votes overwhelmingly to roll back NSA spying

Family leave equality and other headlines

Event for Mississippi Republican Chris McDaniel devolves into shouting match

Rev’s Early Reads: June 20

Citations for the June 19, 2014 TRMS

DOJ and Labor Department: Gay couples get federal entitlements

Ahead on the 6/19/14 Maddow show

On the drumbeat of war, more than a decade later

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.19.14

New House GOP leadership takes shape

Schweitzer’s awkward transition to the national stage

Meet the plaintiffs who are fighting for same-sex marriage

Rick Perry: I ‘stepped right in it’ comparing gays and alcoholics

Medical marijuana oil bills approved in North Carolina, Florida

Judge dismisses part of Zimmerman suit against NBCUniversal

Republicans research how to woo women voters

Wisconsin’s Walker implicated in ‘criminal scheme’

Poll: Jeanne Shaheen leads Scott Brown in heated Senate race

Kevin McCarthy to succeed Eric Cantor as majority leader

Bill Clinton, populist warrior? Not quite

Gay candidates out front and center in 2014

Ron Paul to make his acting debut

Prosecutors: Scott Walker led ‘criminal scheme’

In new campaign ad, Greg Abbott woos Hispanics

Professor not interested in state validation of her relationship

Favre in the pocket for Cochran

Petraeus keeps telling the right what it doesn’t want to hear

‘There is still a lot of work to be done’

All In Agenda: Republican governors on the run

Tim Huelskamp: Women are ‘desperately looking for a husband’

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.19.14

Texas county commissioners unintentionally endorse reparations

One of these things is not like the other

Dave Brat gives press conference that’s not for the media

Business Latest: Millennials and the gender gap

Obama: Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki faces ‘test’ of leadership

Eric Cantor to exit with troubled legacy

The Reiding List

Tillis finds new constituencies to offend

Texas Gov. Rick Perry orders law enforcement surge along border

Do you agree with the plan for a 12 cent gas tax increase to pay for highway and transit programs?

A legend in his own mind

Embracing the ‘T’ in LGBT

Koch brothers’ new target: Latinos, young people

First entrepreneur Barbie created with smartphone, tablet

Texas Democrats: Republican policy platform is ‘disgusting’

Jobless claims edge lower, average remains low

GOP senator backs gas-tax increase … with a catch

Rupert Murdoch pushes for immigration reform

Rev’s Early Reads: June 19

New GOP leadership and other headlines

Citations for the June 18, 2014 TRMS

Immigrant-rights advocates sue Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio

GOP Rep. Steve King likens Obama to Kim Jong Un over Redskins debate

Ahead on the 6/18/14 Maddow show

All In Agenda: The Guilt Trip

House GOP to pick new leaders after Eric Cantor loss

Hillary dodges hard choices on Keystone pipeline

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 6.18.14

Overreacting to polls is folly

Oklahoma fights EPA publicly, reduces emissions privately

Maker Faire makes its way to the WH

Fourth time’s the charm of Liz Cheney?

Amazon introduces 3-D Fire Phone

Texas Republicans call for repealing the Voting Rights Act

Valerie Jarrett defends ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ against criticism

Florida execution is third in US in 24 hours

Women in Politics: College Edition — Princeton University

Krystal Continued: Hastings’ Final Word

There’s a giant robot giraffe on the White House lawn right now

Clinton gets punny with Republican squirrel

Send Benghazi suspect Abu Khattala to Gitmo? Not so fast

Putting the ‘Affordable’ in the Affordable Care Act

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.18.14

A Republican who’s willing to raise the gas tax

Business Latest: Obamacare prices

McConnell, Boehner, and the post-policy approach to Iraq

The Reiding List

Gabby Giffords to throw first pitch at Congressional Women’s Softball Game

GOP leadership fight tests impact of Eric Cantor loss

Ohio sets early voting hours, but voting fight not over

Another IRS ‘bombshell’ offers more heat than light

U.S. patent office cancels Washington Redskins name

Koch brothers launch a new campaign venture

Join our discussion of Michael Hastings’ ‘The Last Magazine’

‘Walk-strut-prance’ down the aisle

DJ urges ‘self-love and solidarity’

Gardner struggles with ‘Personhood’ controversy

Abu Khattala comes into sharper focus

Obama embraces special operations forces

Glenn Beck: ‘Liberals, you were right’ on the war in Iraq

Obama aides to meet with gay rights activists

Cheneys reach the bottom of the barrel, drill deeper

Cheneys pen blistering op-ed on Obama’s Iraq policy

Rev’s Early Reads: June 18

Prisoners executed and other headlines

An excerpt from “Redeeming the Dream”

Citations for the June 17, 2014 TRMS

Immigration reform advocates protest at Obama’s LGBT victory lap

Laura Ingraham and the GOP’s talk radio problem

Ahead on the 6/17/14 Maddow show

The call: #TimetoAct

Hillary Clinton ‘still looking for answers’ after Benghazi suspect arrest

Post-rehab Rob Ford to ‘resume his duties’ as Toronto mayor

Poll: Obama and Congress in unpopular waters

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 6.17.14

‘Good news … I guess’

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear: The term ‘Obamacare’ inspires ‘partisan reaction’

How ‘Citizens United’ changed the game — in politicos’ own words

Senate confirms two openly gay, black judges to federal bench

Business Latest: What the jobless are doing

Benghazi suspect arrest sparks wild theories from GOP

Will Christie’s N.H. visit help GOP candidate Walt Havenstein?

Benghazi suspect reportedly captured

Share your #msnbcpride stories

Newtown to receive millions for mental health services

Obama to dramatically expand protected ocean areas

The RNC goes in a squirrely direction

When ‘traditional’ apparently means ‘white’

#USA: Twitter erupts as U.S. wins World Cup opener

The Reiding List

‘They have earned the right not to be listened to’

House GOP eyes showdown over climate change

LGBT undocumented people are ‘among the most invisible’

GOP Rep. Lou Barletta: House ‘probably’ has enough votes to impeach Obama

The crumbling of the right’s intellectual infrastructure

Palin ‘actually’ agrees with liberals, threatens to renounce Republican ties

Will putting pregnancy tests in bars will help combat high rates of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?

GOP bites its tongue on gay-rights executive order

Iraq divided and other headlines

Rev’s Early Reads: June 17

Citations for the June 16, 2014 TRMS

Ahead on the 6/16/14 Maddow show

The most useful map of the ISIS incursion

Gay marriage themed ‘Father of the Bride 3’ rumored

Monday’s Mini-Report, 6.16.14

Texas’ Perry on reparative therapy: ‘I don’t know’

Vitter says he’d consider Medicaid expansion as Louisiana governor

Starbucks free tuition plan comes at a cost

GOP congressman says impeachment could ‘probably’ pass

Georgia, Missouri end death penalty drought after botched execution

Republicans mobilize to block EPA regulation

U.S. Army begins Bowe Bergdahl investigation

Obama to sign executive order on LGBT workplace protections

Obama making bold move on ENDA protections

The GOP’s weapon against Hillary? A giant squirrel

Do threats on Facebook count?

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.16.14

Reiding List

Shots fired: Joni Ernst is out with her first attack ad

The foreign policy disconnect

Business Latest: Dads saying no

Supreme Court weighs in on the legality of lying

Rick Perry explains his comment comparing homosexuality to alcoholism

Clinton beats Obama on every issue: Poll

Christie on bridge scandal: ‘You’ll get over it’

Do you think the GOP will block Obama’s new climate change regulations?

GOP fumes over missing Lerner emails

RNC Chair Reince Priebus downplays Eric Cantor’s loss

Mitt Romney’s latest bid for attention

Congressional approval rating lowest ever for a midterm year

Are our memories really so short?

Majority leader candidate Labrador struggles with tea party back home

Mass execution claim and other headlines

Rev’s Early Reads: June 16

Mitt Romney offers GOP a Hillary Clinton playbook

Voter registration is the antidote to voter suppression

Lindsey Graham: We need to work with Iran to save Iraq

Eric Cantor: I’ll vote for David Brat

The June 15 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Obama calls for action on climate change ‘before it’s too late’

Potential 2016 GOP contenders descend on Iowa

Sonia Sotomayor greets Hillary Clinton at book signing

The gay marriage question Hillary Clinton should answer

A letter to an Ohio legislator who is playing with women’s lives

LGBTQ immigration status, health, and shelter should be the priority

Gay marriage halted in Wisconsin

Chicago couple upgrades from domestic registry to marriage

This Week in God, 6.14.14

Sorry to leave you hanging…

Friday’s Mini-Report, 6.13.14

For the right, ‘deal’ is a four-letter word

Ari Melber

History will make the US part of whatever happens in Iraq

Can Obama act in Iraq without going to Congress?

Iraq hawks forget Americans already know how this story ends

The June 14 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Pics: The day the Senate told Ford no more war in Vietnam

Historic Obama trip, historic changes to revive Indian education

Raul Labrador’s complicated history on immigration reform

Fleischer feeling forgetful following fiasco

Colorado is ahead of the curve on reducing carbon emissions

Jindal heads to church to sign new abortion restrictions

In Case You Missed It: The week’s top stories from msnbc

Hillary Clinton’s big book week is a rocky one

Democratic women hit the campaign trail for each other

New autopsy report finds Oklahoma at fault for botched execution

Everything’s coming up aces for the ACA

Obama: US won’t send troops into combat in Iraq

Safe haven keeps immigrant families together

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.13.14

‘I’m sorry about your confusion’

Business Latest: Has the gun boost worn off?

Alabama GOP struggles to find voter fraud despite $1,000 reward

Obama tells Jenna Bush Hager that being a father is ‘precious’

A ‘blank check’ for veterans

Key cases left for the Supreme Court

How not to explain why Eric Cantor lost

Donald Sterling looking for dirt on NBA, owners

Mika Brzezinski

Brat’s vision comes into sharper focus

Do you think Obama will take military action to help Iraq fight off the militants?

Kevin McCarthy and the fine art of falling up

A problem the United States can’t solve

Rev. Al Sharpton

Rep. Pete Sessions drops out of race for House majority leader

Rev’s Early Reads: June 13

Bergdahl is back and other headlines

Rachel Maddow

Lawrence O’Donnell

Citations for the June 12, 2014 TRMS

Ahead on the 6/12/14 Maddow show

We dare you to take this quiz without Googling the answers

Christie makes first post-Bridgegate ‘Tonight Show’ appearance

Physician’s report shows Obama in excellent health

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.12.14

House GOP approves more tax breaks without paying for them

‘Marriage equality shouldn’t be a discussion anymore’

Hillary Clinton gets testy with Terry Gross over gay marriage ‘evolution’

Missouri execution stayed by federal judge

Wage hike executive order moves forward, but workers want more

Women in Politics: College Edition — University of Notre Dame

Obama making historic trip to Indian reservation

Citations for the June 11, 2014 TRMS

Stars take to Twitter for late actress and activist Ruby Dee

McCain left classified briefing ‘after only a matter of minutes’

George H.W. Bush celebrated 90th birthday with one more parachute jump

Democrat Jack Trammell speaks out about Virginia congressional race

Business Latest: Wall St and Cantor

Bergdahl set to return to US

5 things to know about Rep. Kevin McCarthy

Jindal signs bill that may close Louisiana abortion clinics

Former New York Times editor Jill Abramson to teach at Harvard

It’s game on in Kentucky: GOP goes after Alison Lundergan Grimes

Republicans close ranks around a replacement for Cantor

Immigration reform proponents see no need to give up

Government report: VA care uneven for sexual assault survivors

Court: Cops need a warrant for cell phone location data

The GOP’s nightmare scenario on immigration becomes reality

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.12.14

House Republicans play a high-profile game of musical chairs

Perry equates homosexuality, alcoholism

Bush 41 jumps into his 90s with birthday skydive

Should the US comply with Iraq’s request to consider using airstrikes against militants?

LGBT struggles go beyond marriage equality

A public marriage goes a long way in inspiring others

The limits of presidential ‘involvement’

Rick Perry reportedly compares homosexuality to alcoholism

Senate passes VA bill over token GOP opposition

Sarah Palin on Eric Cantor: ‘Status quo has got to go’

Jobless claims level off, average remains low

Obama: Immigration’s not dead yet

Crisis grips Iraq, spurring a familiar U.S. debate

Iraq under attack and other headlines

Jindal guest stars on Duck Dynasty premiere

Rev’s Early Reads: June 12

Oklahoma GOP candidate: Stoning gays the ‘right’ thing to do

Dave Brat: Christianity is the key to prosperity

Ahead on the 6/11/14 Maddow show

#msnbcpride Terms of Submission

On Dave Brat’s claims about minimum wage

All In Agenda: Why was Cantor ousted?

Eric Cantor to step down as majority leader on July 31

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 6.11.14

Senate passes bipartisan VA bill, as FBI opens investigation in Phoenix

‘You can work for other people and still be a #GIRLBOSS’

Saudi Arabia is stifling dissent in the name of counter-terrorism

Krystal Continued: Scalia’s Supreme Court

Ohio voting restrictions face pushback from federal court

Judge restores Ohio’s last three days of early voting

Police: Oregon school shooter Jared Michael Padgett was armed with AR-15 rifle

Could blockbuster ruling signal an end to teacher tenure?

Growing Hope at the ESSENCE Festival™

Congress’s only socialist becomes a bipartisan dealmaker

Cantor to give up post, setting off mad scramble

Eric Cantor defeat pits tea party against establishment

Trivia Time! Wednesday’s trivia answer

Hillary Clinton’s favorability rating takes a dip

Coal company to sue EPA over ‘War on Coal’

Hagel defends Bergdahl deal before House committee

Senate GOP blocks student-loan refinancing

Christie’s ‘Bridgegate’ lawyer tab: $3M, and growing

Donald Sterling poised to fiercely battle NBA over Clippers sale

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.11.14

Eric Cantor’s loss could take congressional dysfunction to 11

‘They’re not going to kill an American prisoner’?

Wendy Davis replaces campaign manager

Business Latest: Donald Sterling

Brat struggles on foreign policy, minimum wage

An unlikely primary target, an even less likely primary loser

‘Marriage alone is not a silver bullet’

‘We’re the only developed country on Earth where this happens’

Allies in the fight for marriage equality

Primary results leave the GOP ‘in chaos’

5 things Dave Brat wants you to know about Dave Brat

Do you think Cantor lost the GOP primary because of his immigration stance?

Obama leaves his mark on the federal bench

Commonwealth conservatives crush Cantor

Oregon shooting is fifth rampage in the past month. When will it stop?

Cantor’s collapse and other headlines

Rev’s Early Reads: June 11

Eric Cantor defeat puts talk of tea party demise to rest

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham defeats six GOP challengers

Eric Cantor loses GOP primary to tea party challenger Dave Brat

GOP leader Eric Cantor falls to tea party challenger

Ahead on the 6/10/14 Maddow show

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 6.10.14

Quitting is not in the Clintons’ game plan

Conditions slowly improve in Nogales for migrant children at border

Veterans Affairs scandal: Why Shinseki’s resignation wasn’t enough

‘We’re in a war’

Hillary Clinton refused to attack Sarah Palin ‘for being a woman’ in ’08

Who is Vincent Rue?

GOP and Democrats spar on Twitter over ‘doge’ meme

Anti-Redskins ad to air during NBA finals

Troutdale, Oregon, home to latest U.S. school shooting

Trivia Time! Tuesday’s trivia answer

Trading postal funds for highway funds

Republican gay rights group GOProud reboots

‘Run, Hillary, run’: Big turn out for Clinton book signing

Holder officially backs reduced prison sentence proposal

Rape isn’t a privilege, it’s an epidemic

Police confirm 14-year-old student, gunman dead after Oregon high school shooting

Obama accepts dance-off challenge

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.10.14

Mandatory ID ‘isn’t just for voting anymore’

House returns to a narrow to-do list

Fashion guru and Olympic champ are no longer a ‘novelty’ couple

McAllister connects congressional votes, contributions

The Reiding List

Do you agree with a school’s new sex ed policy that makes condoms available to sixth graders?

A health care debate transformed

GOP plan to roll back trucking safeguards gets unwanted attention

What Republicans have said about Bergdahl

Majority of U.S.—GOP voters, too—support pathway to citizenship

Boko Haram allegedly kidnaps 20 more Nigeria schoolgirls

Crossing an ignominious threshold

Votes for money and other headlines

Rev’s Early Reads: June 10

Citations for the June 9, 2014 TRMS

Donald Sterling lashes out at NBA: The Clippers are not for sale

Resignation scandal prompts call from FBI to Virginia Senate

Undocumented immigrant’s sanctuary at church ends with stay of deportation

Louisiana bill would keep brain-dead pregnant women on life support

Ahead on the 6/9/14 Maddow show

All In Agenda: Did President Obama made good on promises?

Monday’s Mini-Report, 6.9.14

Judge denies request to halt gay marriages in Wisconsin

Good news must not go uncontested

Influx of unaccompanied migrant children overwhelms Border Patrol

‘Then why did the dinosaurs go extinct?’

VA audit finds 100,000 veterans facing long wait for health care

Dissecting the right’s Hillary Clinton counterpunch

NYCLU sues over ‘Orange is the New Black’ prison

Neighbors: Vegas cop killers said they were at Bundy’s ranch

The Real House of Cards

Trivia Time! Monday’s trivia answer

The call: #StopTheHazing

‘A catch-and-release policy’?

Business Latest: Dads’ new demand

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.9.14

Louisiana’s Cassidy gets it backwards on veterans

Virginia Democrat backs down from GOP job amid bribery allegations

Truck-driving safeguards come into sharper focus

President Obama takes executive action on student debt

Indiana’s Mourdock sees U.S., Nazi parallels

Obama, Warren turn attention to student debt

Automakers expected to give $26M to save art

GOP hatches dramatic scheme in Virginia

Bergdahl says he was tortured during captivity

Gut Check: Should the Triple Crown rules change?

McCain just can’t seem to help himself

Rev’s Early Reads: June 9

‘Science is science,’ says frustrated Obama on climate change

Bergdahl’s condition and other headlines

Supreme Court clears way for First Amendment challenge

Supreme Court rules cell phones cannot be searched without a warrant

Supreme Court strikes blow to public sector unions

Supreme Court deals blow to Obama on recess appointments

Supreme Court rules for Hobby Lobby in contraception case

Supreme Court strikes down abortion clinic buffer zone law

Karen DeCrow, former NOW president, dies at 76

Members of Congress assail Bergdahl deal

Tea party challengers take aim at Graham

2014 Tony Award Nominee Carole King welcomes Bergdahl home

MH370 families seek $5 million for reward and investigation

The June 8 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Our msnbc2 hosts responded to your comments about “Hard Choices”

Six cities vie to host the 2016 Democratic National Convention

Kicking off #msnbcpride with a couple 51-years strong

Hillary Clinton comes clean about her health in Diane Sawyer interview

Obama defends Taliban swap for Bowe Bergdahl

This Week in God, 6.7.14

Citations for the June 6, 2014 TRMS

Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey honor Maya Angelou

Eisenhower’s remarks on the 10th anniversary of D-Day

The Week in Reads: msnbc’s top stories

Ahead on the 6/6/14 TRMS

Friday’s Mini-Report, 6.6.14

Federal court strikes down Wisconsin’s gay-marriage ban

Eisenhower’s letter and the mark of a leader

Judge strikes down Wisconsin’s gay marriage ban

What makes the Texas Republican Party special

Wal-Mart stages upbeat shareholders meeting despite protests

North Dakota gay marriage ban challenged in federal court

New developments show ‘Obamacare’ right on track

The CIA may soon be following you on Twitter

The CIA officially joins Twitter

Ohio GOP pushing bill to ban abortion and birth control coverage

Ted Cruz calls to repeal ‘every blessed word of Obamacare’

Republicans take photo ID laws beyond voting

New tool aims for gender parity at conferences

GOP skepticism of Obama’s executive power is all too convenient

Hillary Clinton PAC launches nationwide bus tour

Obama climate chief John Podesta issues 2016 warning to GOP

Sanders, McCain reach bipartisan deal on bill to fix VA

Oprah pal could be Virginia district’s first black woman in Congress

As Obama moves on immigration, GOP threats continue

Politicians honor Veterans on D-Day

‘Who is this guy and what’s he got against women?’

Bundy owes the government more than all other ranchers combined

Highway Trust Fund at risk due to congressional gridlock

Business Latest: Good week for Dems

Eighty percent of political life is just showing up

Right complains Obama isn’t cynical enough

Two more states abandon Common Core

Putin, Obama come face-to-face at D-Day commemoration

Senators left classified Bergdahl briefing early

Between Congress and the White House, trust runs both ways

McCain rejects evidence, accuses critics of ‘lying’

Joy Reid

Second largest mobile carrier issues blockbuster privacy report

Half of America thinks gay marriage is a constitutional right

Should the school district change their policy to allow kids to bring sunscreen to school?

Job creation remains steady, 217k jobs added in May

Texas GOP: Climate change? What climate change?

Tom Coburn pulls a Bill Frist, makes a diagnosis via video

Jobs report: US adds 217,000 jobs in May

Rev’s Early Reads: June 6

Steve Kornacki

Campus shooting and other headlines

Chris Hayes

Andrea Mitchell

Alex Witt

Chris Matthews

Chuck Todd

Joe Scarborough

Citations for the June 5, 2014 TRMS

Alex Witt hosts MSNBC’s live D-Day coverage from New York City

One dead, three wounded in shooting at Seattle Pacific University

Hillary calls secret meeting with Obama ‘awkward’ in new book

Ahead on the 6/5/14 TRMS

Mike Barnicle: Heroes remembered in Normandy

Mike Barnicle: Amid the graves, gratitude lives on

How closely did you pay attention to this week’s stories?

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.5.14

McDaniel supporters in courthouse lock-in avoid charges

Mike Barnicle: Buddies once, buddies forever

Progressive group calls out GOP climate change deniers in video

The ‘proxy war’ that ended with a whimper

Senate takes up controversial surveillance reform bill

Would Ronald Reagan have survived a tea party challenge?

Bipartisan VA bill emerges in the Senate

What to know as the ‘Bridgegate’ investigation heats up

Kentucky blogger beats McConnell, gets back his YouTube clip

How fast food keeps wages down, and what’s being done about it

Gallup: Uninsured rate holding steady at new low point

All In Agenda: Obama won’t back down

Sanders, McCain announce legislation to reform the VA

‘Absolutely no apologies’

Bergdahl swap kept secret due to threats: Report

Are Putin and Obama set for a frenemy face-off?

In Mississippi, ‘the paradox of all paradoxes’

Business Latest: Businesses bet on climate change

Ben Carson reportedly claims Obamacare worse than 9/11

Sheriff investigates Chris McDaniel aide after election-night incident

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.5.14

Majority supports proposed EPA regulations in swing state poll

Charity care drops in states expanding Medicaid, study finds

Lego to welcome girl scientists into its world

Contraception opponents aren’t backing down

The conspiracy-theory reflex is uncontrollable

Seattle named the most gay-friendly city in America

Women in Politics: College Edition — Michigan State University

Hillary Clinton’s back cover book photos revealed

Adventures in Fox News polling, Part VII

The Reiding List

Chris Christie to visit New Hampshire

“No one expects to need an abortion …” A Q&A with Dr. Chastine

Virginia’s McAuliffe to get creative on Medicaid expansion

Scott Brown resigns from Florida firearm manufacturer

Do you think Hailey, Idaho did the right thing cancelling the homecoming rally for Sgt. Bergdahl?

McDonald’s CEO on minimum wage hike: I’m lovin it

Jobless claims inch higher, though average remains low

Obama filmed working out at a gym in Poland

DC principal comes out as gay during Pride Day event

GOP congressman draws parallel between Bergdahl, John Kerry

Putin gripes on Hillary: ‘It’s better not to argue with women’

Rev’s Early Reads: June 5

Bergdahl politics and other headlines

Citations for the June 4, 2014 TRMS

Democrats unveil new data program to boost voter registration

Ahead on the 6/4/2014 Maddow show

L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling agrees to sell team

Chester Nez, last of the original WWII Navajo Code Talkers, dies

Supreme Court won’t stop gay marriage in Oregon

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 6.4.14

Marijuana scare stories don’t say much about legalization

You catch more flies with sanity

‘What purpose did turning her away from the polls serve?’

Supporters of voter ID motivated by racial bias, study suggests

Bergdahl swap could spell the end of Guantanamo

deBlasio’s challenge to Obama

Forget the filet mignon, Christie opts for a salad

An excerpt from Kate Kelly’s ‘The Secret Club That Runs the World’

Chris Christie receives ‘Father of the Year’ award

GOP leadership demands more from POTUS on VA in open letter

Indiana’s Pence likes stimulus money after all

1 in 10 still support discrimination against African-Americans on religious grounds

Mississippi’s largest city embraces LGBT equality

Iowa revamps harsh HIV criminalization law

Iraq, Iran top world’s unhappiest countries list

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.4.14

‘Repeal and replace’ has ‘outlived its usefulness’

Hillary Clinton: ‘I know I have a decision to make’

When GOP obstructionism becomes self-defeating

Can the GOP establishment save Thad Cochran?

The Reiding List

Moms group aims at Target over ‘open carry’ guns policy

Rand Paul talks up possible drone strikes

In Warsaw, Obama stays ‘committed’ to Ukraine

NRA apologizes for being sensible

Oliver North and ‘maximum absurdity’

In California, Jerry Brown and establishment GOP see wins

As the dust settles in Mississippi…

Gun-wielding Joni Ernst clinches Iowa Senate primary

Rev’s Early Reads: June 4

Mississippi heat and other headlines

Citations for the June 3, 2014 TRMS

Chris McDaniel leads Thad Cochran for Mississippi GOP Senate nod

Joni Ernst wins IA GOP Senate nomination, will face Bruce Braley

Poll: More believe Bible over Darwin on humanity’s origin

How privatizing government hollowed out the middle class

Ahead on the 6/3/14 Maddow show

Krystal Continued: Love & Money

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 6.3.14

Senators stage political theater on campaign finance reform

Dummy wearing Obama mask hung from highway overpass

Democratic Party draws blood early in key Senate races

ID law blocks 93-year-old voter in Alabama

Anti-Keystone movement energized by EPA ruling

Court blocks Arizona abortion restrictions

Marijuana oil approved in Iowa, South Carolina

McCain’s reversals on Bowe Bergdahl

When shootings happen, gender has to be part of the conversation

Is Bowe Bergdahl the GOP’s new Benghazi?

Influx of unaccompanied child migrants exposes strained system

93-year-old black man disenfranchised by Alabama voter ID law

Business Latest: Mississippi Primaries

Happy Birthday Dr. Biden

Cantor trumpets his anti-immigration role

Caption contest: Mitch McConnell, Harry Reid testify before Senate Judiciary Committee

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.3.14

‘An interview … arranged by Republican strategists’

They’re not scientists … or mathematicians

Alabama GOP offers $1,000 for information on voter fraud

The weird, wild world of the House Science Committee

‘A negotiation expert’?

Scott Brown defends GDSI role

Do you think Bowe Bergdahl should face a court martial?

Obama reflects on a ‘sacred rule’

Seattle hikes wages to highest minimum in the country

Obama’s approval rating rose amid scandal, poll finds

An uninterrupted streak of failed predictions

Obama: Freeing POW Bowe Bergdahl was ‘the right thing’

Maximum minimum wage and other headlines

Rev’s Early Reads: June 3

Citations for the June 2, 2014 TRMS

Mississippi’s tea party tossup headlines Tuesday primaries

Ahead on the 6/2/14 Maddow show

Prisoner swaps like Sgt. Bergdahl’s are nothing new

Who is Julia Collins?

Monday’s Mini-Report, 6.2.14

Gay couples finally wed as Illinois embraces marriage equality

Rhode Island inches out of deep, dark recession

Public endorses limits on carbon pollution

Anti-gay Ugandan leader to preside over UN General Assembly

Texas homeowner vents methane from water well, sets it on fire

Business Latest: Compassionate care

Even NRA sees some open-carry tactics as ‘weird’ and ‘scary’

Low retail wages disproportionately hurt women

Was the POW swap for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl legal?

The “Black Klansman” answered your questions

Obama admin unveils ambitious climate rules

GOP group slams Clinton’s ‘spin’ tour

Drew Brees talks fatherhood and football

EPA proposes 30% cut to all power plant emissions by 2030

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.2.14

New campaign for voter ID in Ohio

Kasich’s fracking plan comes into sharper focus

Troubled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will be back, he guarantees it

Supreme Court won’t protect New York Times reporter James Risen

Bowe Bergdahl: ‘Deserter’ or hero?

Lockup producer Susan Carney answers your questions (Part 2)

Bernie Sanders to introduce new VA bill

Standing in the way of the GOP’s minority outreach

THE CALL: NOT ONE MORE

ACA trips up both of Kentucky’s U.S. senators

The Reiding List

Scott Brown’s friends at Global Digital Solutions

Texans support stronger laws to prevent gun violence

Priebus sees Benghazi as a moneymaker … for Clinton

Most Americans support banning guns in restaurants

Do you support Obama’s decision to release 5 Taliban prisoners in exchange for Bergdahl?

Release of American POW sparks partisan dispute

Ted Cruz snags latest GOP straw poll

Rev’s Early Reads: June 2

POW released and other headlines

EPA proposes 30% power plant emissions cut by 2030

Bergdahl family speaks out about POW’s return

White House declares June LGBT Pride Month

The GOP’s obsession with Hillary Clinton grows

Republicans slam White House over POW release

Gov. Cuomo makes pact for Working Families endorsement

With Shinseki gone, VA battle continues