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WashPost’s Robinson: Trump Is ‘Driving a Truck Bomb into the Middle of the Republican Party’

By Curtis Houck | December 30, 2015, 2:51 PM EST

While the left constantly goes after conservatives for any and all rhetoric they view as inciting violence, they almost never follow their own prescriptions and that was certainly the case on Tuesday night as MSNBC’s The Last Word featured liberal Washing ...

Year-End Awards: The Biggest Obamagasms of 2015

By Rich Noyes | December 28, 2015, 1:11 AM EST

Last week, the Media Research Center announced our “ Best Notable Quotables of 2015,” with MSNBC weekend host Melissa Harris-Perry “winning” Quote of the Year for objecting to the phrase “hard worker,” as somehow a violation of the rules of political corr ...

MSNBC: Pro-Life ‘Terrorists’ Make Planned Parenthood ‘Dangerous’

By Scott Whitlock | December 1, 2015, 4:47 PM EST

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell and guests on Monday worried that working at Planned Parenthood is becoming “dangerous” due to pro-life “terrorism.” Talking to fellow liberal Joy Reid, the Last Word anchor announced, “...We've come to the point where work ...

O'Donnell Rips Cruz for Response to Obama Criticism on Refugees; ‘Predictable, Childish Bluster’

By Curtis Houck | November 19, 2015, 7:05 AM EST

Roughly 30 minutes after (perhaps appropriately) ripping into the media for their labeling of ISIS terrorist Abdelhamid Abaaoud the “mastermind” of Friday’s Islamic terrorist attacks in Paris, MSNBC’s Last Word host Lawrence O’Donnell struck out against R ...

O’Donnell Unloads on ‘Oblivious and Uninhibited’ Benghazi Committee; Hillary’s ‘the Best Debater’

By Curtis Houck | October 22, 2015, 3:14 AM EDT

Using clips from the 1973 Watergate hearings, MSNBC’s Last Word host Lawrence O’Donnell went off on Wednesday at the House Select Committee on Benghazi for failing to exhibit the Watergate committee’s professionalism and instead being “oblivious and uninh ...

MSNBC’s O’Donnell Oozes: Hillary’s Debate Went ‘So Perfectly’ She Could Have ‘Planned It All’

By Curtis Houck | October 15, 2015, 3:08 AM EDT

Leading off the Wednesday edition of MSNBC’s The Last Word, host Lawrence O’Donnell gave his best Chris Matthews “thrill up my leg” impression as he went overboard smiling and giggling over how the debate “went so well” for Hillary Clinton and “so perfect ...

Lawrence O'Donnell Wins 2015 Puppy Love Award; Judge Napolitano Takes Bite Out of Liberal Media In Acceptance

By NB Staff | October 9, 2015, 5:38 PM EDT

He had stiff competition at Thursday night's MRC DisHonors Awards in Rachel Maddow and Charlie Rose, but MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell richly deserved his Puppy Love Award for gushing over President Obama as having written "the most hones ...

Charles Pierce: ‘I’m Politicizing the Hell Out of’ the Oregon Shooting ‘and I Don’t Care’

By Curtis Houck | October 2, 2015, 9:18 AM EDT

The always shameless uber-lefty blogger Charles Pierce of Esquire was a guest on the Thursday edition of MSNBC’s The Last Word and in the course of discussing the deadly community college shooting in Oregon earlier in the day, admitted that he’s “politici ...

MSNBC Panels Have Massive Meltdowns Over Pope Francis Meeting Kim Davis

By Curtis Houck | October 1, 2015, 9:03 AM EDT

It was quite the scene on Wednesday night as the viewers of MSNBC’s All In and The Last Word saw extensive meltdowns by two different panels over the revelation that Pope Francis took time during his visit to the United States to secretly meet with Kentuc ...

MSNBC’s Reid: Clinton E-Mail Scandal Just A ‘Process Story’

By Jeffrey Meyer | September 23, 2015, 9:18 AM EDT

On Tuesday’s Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, MSNBC’s Joy Reid continued her vigorous defense of Hillary Clinton despite her ongoing problems surrounding her use of a private e-mail server.  The former MSNBC host dismissed a new report that revealed Cli ...

Jeff Greenfield: It ‘Might Be Healthy’ for Dems to Form ‘Socialist Wing...that Europeans Might Recognize’

By Curtis Houck | September 14, 2015, 3:19 PM EDT

Veteran journalist Jeff Greenfield joined host Lawrence O’Donnell on Thursday’s edition of MSNBC’s The Last Word for some old-fashioned liberal punditry and expressed hope that the growing support for socialist presidential candidate Bernie Sanders could ...

MSNBC Guests Compare Iran Deal to Opening of China, Lament the ‘Political Climate’ Caused by GOP

By Curtis Houck | September 11, 2015, 11:17 PM EDT

During a segment on MSNBC’s The Last Word late Thursday, all three liberal panelists spouted off on the ability of the Soviet Union to follow treaties (in context of the Iran deal), comparing the Iran nuclear agreement to Richard Nixon’s China visit, and ...

NYT’s Kristof Admits Gun Control Probably Wouldn’t Have Stopped WDBJ Shooter

By Curtis Houck | September 11, 2015, 11:24 PM EDT

During a discussion on the Thursday edition of MSNBC’s The Last Word, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof briefly admitted that gun control would not have stopped the shooter who shot dead two local news reporters in Roanoke, Virginia on Wednesday, ...

Lawrence O'Donnell and BLM Activists Blast Ben Carson Op-Ed: Failed to Notice 'Systemic Racism and Oppression'

By Spencer Raley | August 26, 2015, 3:42 PM EDT

Lawrence O’Donnell and MSNBC proved again Tuesday night that Republican presidential candidates will never receive a break on their network, even when they appear to be in agreement an issue. On his show The Last Word, the liberal host held a segment on B ...

Joy Reid Laments Voters Rejected ‘Carter’s Decency and Goodness’ for ‘Bluster’ of ‘Cowboy’ Reagan

By Curtis Houck | September 11, 2015, 11:16 PM EDT

During a segment on Thursday’s The Last Word about Jimmy Carter’s cancer diagnosis, MSNBC national correspondent Joy Reid complained that voters rejected “Carter’s decency and goodness” in the 1980 presidential election in favor of the “bluster” possessed ...