Politics

On her show Monday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained how conservative figures were turning "impotent political rage and ignorance into personal financial gain."

President Barack Obama traveled to Michigan on Monday where he said a controversial anti-union "right to work" law passed by the Republican-controlled state Legislature last week really meant that workers had a "right to work for less money."

A Michigan state representative called the "right to work" legislation being trumpteted by state Republicans as a "freedom to freeload" bill Monday while slamming Gov. Rick Snyder (R) for supporting it.

Conservative Christian radio host Matt Barber says that an atheist group should be punched "in the mouth" after they filed a complaint that sought to stop a Michigan man from erecting a nativity scene on public land.

Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham says President Barack Obama is a "small ball guy" but it's time for him to start "manning up" on cuts to earned benefits like Medicare and Social Security.

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough is calling on Republicans to push back against talk radio "bullies" like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh by punching them "in the face."

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) says that some tea party candidates lost in 2012 because leaders of the Republican Party did not stop them from saying "dumb things."

Melissa Harris-Perry on her MSNBC show Sunday discussed the future of state health insurance exchanges, and some panelists argued that ceding control of the exchanges to the federal government -- which many states with governors or legislatures which oppose the Affordable Care Act are likely to do -- could result in a better deal for people in the market.

On this morning's "Meet the Press" on NBC, former House speaker Newt Gingrich claimed that Republicans would have a steep, if not impossible, 2016 race if Hillary Clinton decides to run for president.

Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Sunday found himself in the awkward position of being confronted by MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell, who demanded an apology because the former House Speaker had been "completely wrong" when he said that tax hikes in 1993 would lead to a downturn in the economy.

Conservative columnist George Will suspects that the Supreme Court could support equal rights for LGBT people because "quite literally the opposition to gay marriage is dying... it's old people."

Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says that Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) is taking "the think out of the think tank" and turning the Heritage Foundation into a "purely political institution" by accepting a job as its president.