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Chris Hayes explains why Citizens United is the real scandal behind the IRS scandal
MSNBC host Chris Hayes on Monday night explained how the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United ruling lead to the current IRS scandal. The IRS on Friday admitted that it had targeted tea party groups applying to be social welfare nonprofits with extra scrutiny. Hayes said the Citizens United ruling obscured…
Hayes: Fast food worker strike is akin to civil rights struggle
On Thursday night’s edition of the new MSNBC show, “All In,” host Chris Hayes saluted the striking fast food workers in New York City. More than 400 employees from 60 restaurants walked off the job in New York City Thursday, demanding better wages and the right to organize. The action…
Chris Hayes to take over Ed Schultz’s time slot on MSNBC
Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC’s “Up with Chris Hayes,” will be taking the 8:00 p.m. weeknight on that network, taking the slot being vacated by Ed Schultz, who is moving to weekends. According to the New York Times‘ Media Decoder blog, MSNBC will be making the announcement Thursday morning, mere…
Chris Hayes on Paul filibuster: Conservatives won gold, silver and bronze in ‘Olympics of disingenuousness’
MSNBC host Chris Hayes seemed to get a little more agitated than usual on Saturday in debating the effects of Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) 13-hour filibuster against John Brennan’s appointment to lead the Central Intelligence Agency and the White House’s policy regarding use of unmanned drones. “In the Olympics of…
Chris Hayes: American public wants to increase or maintain government spending despite rhetoric
Chris Hayes began his Sunday show by discussing a recent Pew Research poll that asked Americans whether they wanted to increase, decrease, or maintain funding levels for various government programs. While in the abstract Americans often advocate for cuts, when asked about specifics in a poll conducted between Feb. 13…
GOProud leader: Hayes’ appeal to include them in CPAC ‘the right thing’
The executive director of conservative LGBT group GOProud told The Raw Story on Saturday that MSNBC host Chris Hayes had contacted the group before calling for their inclusion in a leading conservative conference, but that the situation had not changed. “We don’t have a lot in common with him politically,…
Chris Hayes and panel discuss pope and role of Catholic Church in people’s lives
On UP with Chris Hayes on Sunday, the host used the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI as jumping off point to discuss religion in contemporary society. Hayes mentioned that Bill Donahue, president of the Catholic League, claims that “we are likely to witness an explosion in voyeurism, as well as…
Chris Hayes on drone strikes: ‘How much should we care that it’s citizens?’
On UP with Chris Hayes on Sunday night, the panel discussed the recent white paper on drone strikes obtained by NBC News and how concerned we should be regarding distinctions between citizens and non-citizens. Hina Shamsi, Director of the ACLU’s National Security Project, said that with regard to U.S. citizens,…
Krugman on Obama’s State of the Union: ‘The less he says about the deficit the better’
Chris Hayes noted on UP with Chris Hayes on Sunday that the Congressional Budget Office recently found, as others had argued before, that the sequester will not be good for the GDP. “GDP will grow slowly in 2013 because of fiscal tightening by the federal government that is scheduled to…
Harris-Perry guest: Obama ‘has embraced the framework of the war on terror’
In light of Monday’s inauguration ceremony, Melissa Harris-Perry spent Sunday discussing the past and future of Obama’s presidency. She and fellow MSNBC host Chris Hayes spent one segment debating President Obama’s legacy on the war on terror. Harris-Perry kicked off by citing what she viewed as a positive number: that…
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