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Rachel Maddow: That’s enough of Paul Wolfowitz

Why is Paul Wolfowitz being treated by the media as if he still any credibility on U.S. foreign policy? On Friday night, Rachel Maddow launched into an epic rant about his latest piece in Foreign Policy Magazine. “If you were an architect of the Iraq war, you don’t ever get…

Maddow explains how Wall Street firms defrauded investors

On her show Thursday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained how dishonesty and fraud in Wall Street tanked the U.S. economy. Internal emails show that Wall Street firms told their investors to purchase stocks in certain companies, but not because those stocks had good potential. The stocks were owned by…

Maddow: Herman Cain’s campaign basically is the Koch brothers

On her show Monday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow noted that Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is an avid numerologist who is obsessed with the number 45. She also pointed out numerous links between Cain and the conservative billionaire Koch brothers. For instance, before running for president, he worked for…

Maher: GOP debates are ‘the roach motel’ of the Republican primaries

On Friday night’s episode of Real Time, panelists Rachel Maddow, Touré, Thomas Friedman and Joshua Green joined host Bill Maher in trying to figure out Herman Cain’s recent surge in the polls. “I mean he’s intellectually ridiculous,” said writer and TV host Touré. “The real problem is that he’s hijacking…

George H.W. Bush considered Clint Eastwood as running mate

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Monday night reported the revelation that former President George H.W. Bush’s campaign team considered picking actor Clint Eastwood as his running mate in 1988. At the time, Eastwood was a Republican mayor. Instead, Bush chose little-known U.S. Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana. Watch video, courtesy of…

Maddow: Republicans too busy with abortion to create jobs

After Senate Republicans blocked Barack Obama’s jobs bill Tuesday, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow accused GOP lawmakers Wednesday night of prioritizing their campaign to limit abortion access over job creation. Despite the fact that the majority of Americans are concerned about employment, she said Republicans were “laser focused” on abortion. Watch…

Columnist offers to fund drug tests for Florida lawmakers

Miami Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Wednesday that he would be willing to pay for drug tests for the Florida lawmakers who voted to drug test welfare recipients. “Interestingly, the governor’s pee-in-the-cup mandate doesn’t apply to the one bunch that whizzes away more tax dollars than anyone…

MSNBC extends Rachel Maddow’s contract to 2014

MSNBC has signed Rachel Maddow to a new contract in a deal that extends her spot at the network at least into 2014, according to TVNewser. “I’m really, really happy in this job and to have the chance to extend it for a few more years, especially with the year…

Anti-gay heavy metal preacher files lawsuit against Rachel Maddow

Attorney Larry Klayman, the founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, has filed a lawsuit against NBC, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow and The Minnesota Independent on behalf of Bradlee Dean, head of the religious ministry You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International. “This case is filed as a matter of…

Everything is culture war, default edition

Increasing numbers of Republicans are making it clear that they think that concerns about the U.S. going into default on August 2nd are just a hoax being played on the public in order to convince Congress to borrow more money to pay for abortion parties and caviar for welfare recipients.…