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Video: Laura Ling and Euna Lee reunited with family

Former US President Bill Clinton and US journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling returned Wednesday from North Korea, one day after North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Il pardoned the two women. Their chartered aircraft landed at 1250 GMT, and was taxiing into a hangar where the party was to address the…

Stewart: Media gave Obama a pass on 48th birthday hoax

Jon Stewart chides the mainstream media for giving President Barack Obama ‘a pass’ on his alleged 48th birthday. This video is from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, broadcast Aug. 4, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Coal industry ‘outraged’ by fake mail from lobbying firm

Congressmen Tom Perriello, D-VA, received letters from a local Hispanic group and a local chapter of the NAACP opposing climate change legislation. The letters were actually sent by right-wing lobbying firm Bonner and Associates. Rachel Maddow is joined by Perriello to talk about the fake letters he received. This video…

Maddow: Similarities between ‘Brooks Brothers riot’ and health care ‘teabaggers’

Rachel Maddow is joined by Chris Hayes, Washington editor of The Nation to look back on past orchestrated, fake-grassroots protests by the right like the “Brooks Brothers riot” during the 2000 election recount. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast Aug. 4, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Scahill: Blackwater Christian crusade ‘a plus’ for Bush administration

The Nation’s Jeremy Scahill comments on allegations made about Blackwater Worldwide from two former employees who claim the company was used to murder, smuggle weapons, destroy evidence and for wholesale corruption. This video is from MSNBC’s Countdown, broadcast Aug. 4, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Obama wishes Helen Thomas a happy birthay

President Obama and the White House Press Corps sing “Happy Birthday” to Helen Thomas. This video is from MSNBC’s Hardball, broadcast Aug. 4, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Maddow: GOP ‘thugishness’ disrupts town halls

During many town hall meetings, Democrats got ambushed about health care. Apparently the new conservative talking point is to push a “town hall gone wild” strategy. Rachel Maddow is joined by MSNBC political analyst Eugene Robinson. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast Aug. 3, 2009. Download…

Jon Stewart salutes South Carolina

Jon Stewart counts the ways that South Carolina makes his job as a comedian eaiser. This video is from Fox News’ Glenn Beck, broadcast Aug. 3, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Beck begs viewers not to become violent

Glenn Beck tells viewers to “let Congress know that you are watching them like a hawk… you let them feel your burning gaze on them.” But “just one lunatic like Timothy McVeigh could ruin anything,” Beck warned. Beck may have been responding to the arrest of an armed Long Island…

Stewart: Fox News instigating town hall disruptions

Jon Stewart traces disruptions at town hall meetings to hosts at Fox News. This video is from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, broadcast Aug. 3, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…