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Schultz blasts columnist that called for U.S. car boycott

MSNBC’s Ed Schultz expresses his outrage over conservative pundit Hugh Hewitt’s call for a boycott of GM and Chrysler cars. Lansing, Michigan Mayor Virg Bernero joins the show to discuss. This video is from MSNBC’s The Ed Show, broadcast June 9, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Maddow volunteers to take 2 Gitmo detainees

Seventeen Chinese muslims, known as the Uighurs, have been held at Guantanamo Bay for years now, even though the U.S. acknowledges that they were there for no reason. The U.S. has decided to send them to the small island nation of Palau. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow…

Former Bush advisor: GOP opposing Sotomayor to appease base

Senate Republicans are up in arms over the date for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings. They say July 13th is too soon. Rachel Maddow talks about their complaints with Daily Beast contributor Mark McKinnon. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast June 9, 2009. Download…

Tiller friend: Anti-abortion protesters becoming more ‘hostile’ [VIDEO.DE]

Susan Hill, president of the National Women’s Health Organization, and a close friend of slain abortion doctor George Tiller, joins Rachel Maddow to talk about the decision made by the Tiller family to close his Kansas clinic immediately. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast June 9,…

Bob Herbert: Don’t let fear of terror undermine country

The trial for Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani started today in Manhattan court. He is the first Guantanamo prisoner facing trial in the U.S., and Republicans aren’t happy about it. Rachel Maddow is joined by New York Times columnist Bob Herbert. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast June…

Letterman: Palin has ‘slutty flight attendant’ look

Gov. Sarah Palin’s recent trip to New York City became the subject of Letterman’s Top Ten List Monday. This video is from CBS’ The Late Show, broadcast June 8, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Schaeffer challenges anti-abortion activists to turn in extremists

“In an appearance on The Rachel Maddow Show, author Frank Schaeffer, former anti-abortion activist, challenges members of the anti-abortion movement to salvage their reputation for caring about life by turning in to the FBI and Justice Department the violent extremists within their ranks. ” This video is from MSNBC’s The…

Union members to Specter: Your job is on the line

Speaking before an audience of union members at a Pittsburgh rally, Sen. Arlen Specter told union members that they would be “satisfied” with his vote on the Employee Free Choice Act. This video is from MSNBC’s Hardball, broadcast June 8, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Cops defend use of taser on 72-year-old great grandmother

According to Salem-News.com: Police in Texas are standing behind a deputy’s repeated taser attacks on an elderly great grandmother who was reportedly driving fifteen miles an hour over the speed limit in a construction zone. Kathryn Windfein says she was driving to Austin for a twice weekly shopping trip when…

Palin: Obama driving US towards socialism

The media just can’t stop interviewing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Monday night it was Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity. In her interview, Palin alternately “sounds befuddled” when she talks about economic issues (according to Salon’s Joan Walsh) or thinks she’s a “modern-day Cassandra” (according to Mary Ann Akers of The…