Top Stories Daily Listen Now
RawStory

MSNBC

MSNBC's Mika torches Mitch McConnell over 'female assistant' remark: 'Incapable of being respectful to women'

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski torched Senate Republicans as "incapable" of treating women with respect, after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell insulted the woman chosen to question Brett Kavanaugh's sex assault accuser.

Keep reading... Show less

Lawrence O'Donnell: Brett Kavanaugh lied again -- it was illegal to drink in Maryland when he was 18

There are a lot of stories of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh being a drinker, a falling-down drunk, blacking out, throwing up in a taxi and more. But when Kavanaugh passed it off as something legal and not that big of a deal, he was lying.

Keep reading... Show less

Kavanaugh accuser's lawyer tells Rachel Maddow Republicans refused to speak with them

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's second accuser Deborah Ramirez and her attorney attempted to speak to the members of the Judiciary committee but the GOP refused to do so.

Keep reading... Show less

Ken Starr allowed Kavanaugh to ask Bill Clinton 'prurient' questions — but thinks the SCOTUS nominee shouldn't have to

When he was the special counsel investigating Bill Clinton's relationship with then-White House intern Monica Lewinsky, Ken Starr allowed Brett Kavanaugh to ask the president a series of "prurient" sexual questions.

Keep reading... Show less

Ex-GOP congressman buries Republicans on MSNBC: Kavanaugh would ‘taint’ the court for decades

David Jolly, retired Florida Republican congressman, slammed the GOP's strategy to ram through the embattled confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, saying the process was "tainted" and the nominee should be withdrawn. Kavanaugh has come under fire for multiple allegations of sexual assault, as the Republican party has circled the wagons around the nominee and the president himself has launched personal attacks at Christine Blasey Ford, the first of multiple women who've come forward with misconduct allegations.

Keep reading... Show less

Watch MSNBC’s Morning Joe torch Trump attorney Jay Sekulow for requesting a Mueller ‘timeout’

Responding to comments made by one of Donald Trump's attorneys that investigating statements made by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and possibly firing him will lead to a much needed legal "timeout" for the president, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough went on a rant disabusing the attorney of the notion.

Keep reading... Show less

Trump Tower meeting publicist drops bombshell on MSNBC's Morning Joe -- and contradicts Jared Kushner

Rob Goldstone, who helped set up the infamous Trump Tower meeting, contradicted Jared Kushner's account of the gathering with a Russian attorney who had promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton.

Keep reading... Show less

Lawrence O'Donnell nails 'mechanical' Kavanaugh for repeating the same talking points while dodging questions

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's robotic interview with Fox News didn't go unnoticed by MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell.

Keep reading... Show less

Michael Avenatti explains to MSNBC's Maddow why Kavanaugh friend Mark Judge needs to go before Senate amid gang-rape allegation

In an interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, attorney Michael Avenatti revealed the graphic sexual assault accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge.

Keep reading... Show less

WATCH: Veteran journalist Dan Rather explains why today's Trumpworld news is 'even crazier' than Watergate

Veteran journalist Dan Rather has reported on every president since Dwight D. Eisenhower — but the latest news encircling Donald Trump, he said during an MSNBC appearance Monday, is some of the "craziest" he's seen.

Keep reading... Show less

Conservative columnist: Trump reminds women of their 'abusive ex-husband' with his lies and bullying

Conservative Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin observed that Donald Trump's defense of his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in the face of mounting sexual assault allegations is part of a larger pattern of abuse on the part of the president.

Keep reading... Show less

Democrat Jim Himes mocks GOP for failure to stand up to 'unpredictable, random angry president'

Connecticut Democrat Jim Himes, ranking member of the NSA and Cybersecurity Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, had harsh words for President Trump in an MSNBC appearance Monday, in which he strongly criticized any efforts by the president to fire deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein was the subject of a Friday New York Times article, which revealed the deputy attorney general joked about wearing a wire to record the president, and discussed removing him from office via the 25h Amendment.

Keep reading... Show less

Even Kavanaugh allies think Deborah Ramirez spells trouble for the Trump nominee: New Yorker's Jane Mayer

Reporter Jane Mayer, who together with Ronan Farrow broke the story of Deborah Ramirez, the second woman to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Monday that even Kavanaugh's allies say that Ramirez has a reputation as "a very truthful person", potentially spelling trouble for the nominee. Ramirez claims that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her during a college drinking game, pushing his penis in her face while other classmates told her to "kiss it."

Keep reading... Show less