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Former GOP governor tells MSNBC that Republicans face a women-led wipeout after bungling Kavanaugh allegations

Former New Jersey governor Christie Todd Whitman, a lifelong Republican, offered nothing but scorn and disdain for her party in a Monday appearance on MSNBC, where she told host Stephanie Ruhle, "I laugh at Republicans," and predicted their defeat in the 2018 midterm elections, largely due to their treatment of women over the past two years. In 2016, the party stood by then-nominee Trump, who got caught on tape boasting about grabbing women by the genitals, and went on to back Alabama's Roy Moore, accused of pedophilia, for Senate in 2017. The GOP is currently locked in a tight battle over their Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, accused by three women of sexual assault and misconduct.

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Morning Joe laughs out loud at Fox News reactions to Rod Rosenstein reports

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough laughed out loud at Fox News hosts reacting to reports that deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein suggested secretly recording President Donald Trump.

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‘Too scuzzy for TV’: Reporter repulsed by latest Brett Kavanaugh allegations she revealed in the New Yorker

A New Yorker reporter who revealed new sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh discussed her work on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," but she had trouble discussing some of her findings because they were "too scuzzy for television."

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Ex-assistant FBI director calls out Trump for treating Sessions like a 'consigliere' who must remain loyal to the mob

Frank Figliuzzi, the former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Sunday warned that Donald Trump’s behavior in the White House—and particularly his treatment of Attorney General Jeff Sessions—is an “extension of the mob family mentality,” insisting “we’re in a danger zone” if the president moves to fire either his attorney general or Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein.

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MSNBC panel trashes 'phony' Lindsey Graham for attacking Kavanaugh accuser while expressing sympathy for her

An MSNBC panel jumped all over Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday morning after his passive-aggressive performance on Fox News where he both expressed sympathy for Dr. Christine Ford -- the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her -- while still dismissing her.

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Former Republican strategist explains why Brett Kavanaugh needs to withdraw: 'I don't see how this works out for the GOP'

A former Republican strategist, Sophia Nelson, told MSNBC on Saturday that she thinks Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh needs to withdraw his name from consideration.

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Ex-prosecutor shames GOP for trying to use female staffers to question Kavanaugh accuser: Have 'some guts and do it yourself’

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Mimi Rocah slammed Republicans for not having the "guts" to ask questions of Christine Blasey Ford during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court.

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WATCH: Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign spokesperson admits Beto O’Rourke may win Texas Senate race

The spokesperson for the unsuccessful presidential campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) admitted on MSNBC on Saturday that his former boss could lose reelection in Texas.

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MSNBC's Joy Reid stumps Kavanaugh apologist over sex assault accusations: ‘Doesn’t this bother you as a woman?’

MSNBC anchor Joy Reid befuddled a conservative commentator on her support for the Republican Party in the wake of the latest scandals over the party's treatment of women.

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MSNBC legal analyst: GOP is counting on the white women who voted for Trump believing Kavanaugh accuser is a liar

During a panel discussion on why the White House and the Republican party are going forward with the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh despite sex assault allegations, an MSNBC legal analyst said they are counting on the base to reject accuser Christine Ford's claims.

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Special counsel investigation could gain ‘more power’ due to power vacuum in Trump’s chaos: MSNBC legal analyst

Despite widespread conventional wisdom that Friday's bombshell report on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein could be used by President Donald Trump to thwart special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian collusion and obstruction of justice, former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Daniel Goldman explained on MSNBC Saturday how the investigation could actually become "more" powerful.

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MSNBC's Rachel Maddow reveals the most hilarious part about Trump's failed 'declassification gambit'

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow pointed out Friday evening that there's a hilarious reason why President Donald Trump "blinked" on his demand that the Justice Department declassify documents related to the Russia investigation so they could be publicized.

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GOP subpoena of ex-FBI Director Andrew McCabe draws fierce rebuke from top House Judiciary Dem

The ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee blasted his own chairman following an announcement that the panel will subpoena former FBI Director Andrew McCabe for memos and documents relating to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

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