Maddow Responds to Bush Sr. – And 9 of 10 Republicans Fear Her Maddow Responds to Bush Sr. – And 9 of 10 Republicans Fear Her
Rachel Maddow invites Republican officials to appear on her show "every day," the popular MSNBC anchor said Saturday, but only about one out of ten take up her offer. Th...
Oct 17, 2009 / Ari Melber
British Censorship Chills US Reporting British Censorship Chills US Reporting
They say that when Wall Street sneezes, London catches a cold. But it seems that when London puts a freeze on facts, the chill can spread just as well the other way. What...
Oct 17, 2009 / Maria Margaronis
Franken’s Anti-Rape Amendment Franken’s Anti-Rape Amendment
In April of 2008, KBR employee Dawn Leamon went public. A few months earlier, she had been raped and sexually assaulted by co-workers while deployed at Camp Harper, in Ira...
Oct 16, 2009 / Emily Douglas
AP Asks If Obama Is ‘Obnoxiously Articulate’ AP Asks If Obama Is ‘Obnoxiously Articulate’
Political reporters have now toggled from worrying that Obama gets "too much" media coverage to asking whether he is "too" good at communicating through the med...
Oct 15, 2009 / Ari Melber
Limbaugh’s Many Hats and Excuses Limbaugh’s Many Hats and Excuses
If there's one thing the last two weeks have proved it's that it doesn't matter whether you're a politician, journalist, or a media pundit, when it comes to personal indiscretions ...
Oct 14, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Progressives, Bloggers Make GQ’s New Washington Power List Progressives, Bloggers Make GQ’s New Washington Power List
GQ released its much anticipated "Power 50" list on Tuesday, the first compendium of Washington's most influential players in the Obama era, with a PR blitz and a glitzy ...
Oct 13, 2009 / Ari Melber
Geithner’s All Ears for the Debt Cartel Geithner’s All Ears for the Debt Cartel
Months ago, a former chief economist at the IMF called it mind control. Talking to Simon Johnson of the Atlantic Monthly, he explained that one of the most alarming truths laid b...
Oct 13, 2009 / Laura Flanders
New White House Line Against Fox: It’s War New White House Line Against Fox: It’s War
The White House's battle with Fox News reached a new high on Sunday, when Communications Director Anita Dunn went on national television to blast Fox as a partisan organization tha...
Oct 12, 2009 / Ari Melber
Did Obama Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? Did Obama Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
My reaction to Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize elicited some decidedly "un-peaceful" responses from my friends and followers on social networking and blog sites. As r...
Oct 10, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Joe Tells Rush Who Wears the Rants in This Party Joe Tells Rush Who Wears the Rants in This Party
The good folks on the set of Morning Joe spent Friday morning dodging prairie oysters flung by the host at rival Rush Limbaugh, who had called Joe Scarborough a "neutered, chi...
Oct 9, 2009 / Leslie Savan