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Hillary's Cure for Inept VA Bureaucracy: Hire More Bureaucrats

By Jack Coleman | October 25, 2015, 9:56 PM EDT

During Rachel Maddow's live but actually not interview with Hillary Clinton on Friday night, Maddow asked Clinton if she had any "new ideas" on improving health care for veterans provided by the notoriously schlerotic Veterans Affairs depar ...

Billionaire Climate Activist Steyer's Ridiculous Rewrite of History

By Alatheia Larsen | September 29, 2015, 3:48 PM EDT

Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer has taken to doctoring his own biographical history to make himself seem more genuine. In a Sept. 28, interview on MSNBC’s All in with Chris Hayes, Steyer told Hayes that his climate “conversion” happened a full ten ...

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 ...

In Replay of Dolezal Case, Joy Reid Says Right-Wing Media Are 'Stoking Racial Resentment'

By Spencer Raley | August 21, 2015, 8:57 AM EDT

MSNBC attempted to discredit conservative media on Thursday when Richard Lui brought on Joy Reid, a national correspondent for the network, to eviscerate right-wing news outlets for allegedly  exposing Black Lives Matter organizer Shaun King as white.  Th ...

Activist On MSNBC Compares EPA Disaster To Defusing 'A Bomb In A Crowded Market', Blames Local Mines

By Spencer Raley | August 14, 2015, 12:08 AM EDT

While filling in for Thomas Roberts on  MSNBC Live, Frances Rivera brought on Dan Olson from the San Juan Citizens Alliance to defend the EPA and cast all the blame on local mines in the region. The Environmental Protection Agency broke a dam holding back ...

Lawrence O'Donnell Touts Bernie Sanders, Calls Scott Walker's Stadium Subsidy 'Bad Socialism'

By Spencer Raley | August 13, 2015, 11:50 PM EDT

In his MSNBC show The Last Word Tuesday evening, Lawrence O’Donnell dedicated a segment to describing his opinion of what “good and bad socialism” looks like. Naturally his example of “good” socialism included the man and policies Bernie Sanders. It also ...

MSNBC's Morning Joe Reports On Tweet...from a Parody 'North Korean' Account

By Spencer Raley | August 12, 2015, 8:16 AM EDT

MSNBC’s Morning Joe  made a humorous blunder on Monday during their latest coverage of the Donald Trump saga. While discussing the effect Trump’s latest controversial comments might have on his campaign, senior MSNBC political analyst Mark Halperin, of Bl ...

Media Hype Hansen’s Latest ‘Alarming’ Prediction: Sea Levels to Rise 10 Feet

By Joseph Rossell | August 12, 2015, 9:05 AM EDT

Climate alarmist James Hansen recently dropped a “bombshell” study about rising seas, at least according to the media hyping his claims. The former NASA lead climate scientist claimed sea levels could rise 10 feet in 50 years, which is far more than even ...

Halperin on Morning Joe: Planned Parenthood ‘Pretty Popular’ Among 2016 Voters

By Connor Williams | July 24, 2015, 1:59 PM EDT

In a discussion on Planned Parenthood today on Morning Joe, regular MSNBC contributor Mark Halperin championed the popularity of the ‘family planning’ organization. Halperin asserted that “Planned Parenthood in general and what they do – as we saw with Mi ...

Sam Seder On MSNBC's All In: Republican Candidates Are All 'Buffoons'

By Spencer Raley | July 21, 2015, 5:19 PM EDT

As if anyone needed to be reminded, Chris Hayes really doesn’t like conservatives. The far left MSNBC host led off his show last night with an extended anti-Republican rant. He followed this by having fellow liberal Sam Seder come on the show to reinforce ...

MSNBC's Lawrence O’Donnell: Neocons ‘Wrong About Every Single Thing’ This Century

By Connor Williams | July 16, 2015, 9:10 AM EDT

On Wednesday afternoon, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell slammed neoconservatives who voiced their opposition to President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. Appearing on MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts, O'Donnell lashed out at opponents of the deal: “Well, ...

MSNBC Guest: Confederate Flag Removal Is the ‘Beginning of the End of the Civil War’

By Connor Williams | July 10, 2015, 4:26 PM EDT

On July 10, following the removal of the Confederate battle flag from Capitol grounds in South Carolina, a panel discussed the historic event on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports. Guest host Craig Melvin brought Pulitzer Prize winning author Isabel Wil ...

MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Calls Out Obama For Shutting Down Heckler: "The Wrong Target"

By Spencer Raley | June 29, 2015, 3:54 PM EDT

For a very brief moment yesterday, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry stopped her normal Obama administration cheerleading to criticize him for the way he handled a heckler last week during his speech at a gay pride reception. When the protestor wouldn’t quiet ...

Al Sharpton Demands Military Remove 'All Remnants of the Confederacy'

By Randy Hall | August 10, 2015, 4:19 PM EDT

Whenever news breaks that contains even the slightest hint of racism, Al Sharpton – host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation weekday program as well as a civil rights activist-- jumps at the chance to obtain free publicity and makes outrageous demands. That� ...

MSNBC Live Brings On 'Adios Mofo' Author to Slam Rick Perry

By Spencer Raley | June 5, 2015, 3:33 PM EDT

Shortly after former Texas Governor Rick Perry announced his bid for the Republican nomination yesterday, less-than-objective MSNBC sought out the author of an anti-Perry, anti-Texas book to discuss the highlights of the Texas hopeful’s speech. MSNBC Live ...