Naomi Klein told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow that the bank bailouts have turned a private sector crisis into a public sector crisis where the poor and most vulnerable people are paying. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast May 6, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

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Heavyweights in the Republican Party disagree about whether theirs is a listening tour or a talking tour. Rachel Maddow is joined by Ana Marie Cox, national correspondent for Air America and contributor to the Daily Beast. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast May 6, 2009. Download…

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An old Pentagon report, previously used to defend a questionable Bush administration PR practice, has been rescinded. Rachel Maddow is joined by Frank Rich, New York Times columnist and author of the book “The Greatest Story Ever Sold.” This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast May 6,…

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney admitted that he will continue to attack the Obama administration on the torture investigations because during the Iran-Contra hearings he watched the “little guys” get hung out to dry. Newsweek’s Howard Fineman discusses. This video is from MSNBC’s Countdown, broadcast May 6, 2009. Download video…

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Annette Lundeby says that her son, Ashton, has been denied his Constitutional rights because of the USA Patriot Act. Ashton Lundeby was arrested and detained at his North Carolina home on Mar. 5. Federal officals charge that he made a bomb threat on the night of Feb. 15. Lundeby’s mother…

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Many Republican say that torture prosecutions would be a “witch hunt” but Stephen Colbert thinks that a trial is the only way to clear the names of “patriots” like Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, John Yoo and Stephen Bradbury. Bill Kristol seemed to agree. “I think now that the door is…

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Bristol Palin, daughter of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, went on “Good Morning America” to launch her new career as an ambassador for abstinence. Huffington Post has the full story here. This video is from ABC’s Good Morning America, broadcast May 6, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

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After a four-year probe, the Department of Justice has finally come out with its report on the torture memos–and it seems like they won’t be recommending prosecuting the lawyers who helped write them. Rachel Maddow is joined by Michael Isikoff, MSNBC contributor and investigative correspondent for Newsweek Magazine. This video…

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Congressman Ron Paul, R-TX, joins MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow to evaluate the state and direction of the Republican Party. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast May 5, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

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Princeton University’s Prof. Melissa Harris-Lacewell discusses values and hypocrisy within the political world, including “Joe the Plumber’s” bigoted views against gays and Carrie Prejean’s hypocrisy. This video is from MSNBC’s Countdown, broadcast May 5, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

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