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Tell Uncle So-and-So that taxes are low and corporate profits up
Hardly working: Congress in session 126 days next year
Pic: Mississippi does not stop
What Reagan said about taxes. (It’s what Democrats are saying now.)
The GOP’s loss: Blame the message or the messenger?
The latest conspiracy theory? Obama gets advice from Muslim Brotherhood
‘ED Show’ playbook: Friday, Nov. 30
Will the Republicans get the message?
Ahead on the 11/30 Maddow show
Jindal’s private tuition voucher program ruled unconstitutional
Internal Romney polls show he missed the mark–by far
After the strike, fast food workers expect support to grow
In fiscal negotiations, Obama channels ‘The Godfather’
McConnell’s vision of a ‘compromise’
The U.N.vote: Palestinians rejoice, Israel retaliates
All I want for Christmas is Bo
Court strikes down Jindal voucher scheme
Remembering Marvin Miller, sports visionary
Very Last Word: Did John Boehner authorize Tom Cole?
Saturday’s guests (Dec. 1): Filibuster reform, the future of social insurance, Bradley Manning
Boehner finally appoints a chairwoman to run a House committee
House passes immigration bill, Dem slams as ‘racist’
Harry Reid on John Boehner: ‘I don’t understand his brain’
Attorney for Jordan Davis’ family says it’s about hate, not race
House Republicans find a woman in their ranks
First Word: What tax reform looks like
Update: Gay marriage could still be weighed at Supreme Court
Nate Silver: Politico covers politics like sports ‘but not in an intelligent way’
Autism Speaks co-founder: Congress needs to act
Gay rights groups rip ‘Dr. Oz Show’ over episode on reparative therapy
STEM legislation includes a deceptive ploy
Elections have consequences: Ohio GOP reconsiders ‘heartbeat’ bill
Temporary reprieve for ‘Dreamers’ includes mixed emotions
Boehner: Obama debt proposal ‘not serious’
Rep. Welch: Dems have upper hand on fiscal cliff
Today on The Cycle: filibuster reform
Obama playing hardball on taxes, fiscal cliff
The spending Obama already cut
Really?! Latest attack on Rice: She wants Americans to learn black history
GOP seeks offsets for post-Sandy relief
Is going over the cliff better after all?
Understanding Facebook privacy
Boehner jumps into Senate’s filibuster-reform fight
What we’re reading: Friday, November 30, 2012
Budget Office warns, extend unemployment benefits or kill the recovery
Collins’ new Rice offensive crumbles
Corporate profits reach all-time high
Romney didn’t win the middle class
An excerpt from Frank Savage’s “The Savage Way”
NOW Today: GOP tells White House to get ‘serious’ on fiscal cliff
Obama offers GOP an ambitious, progressive debt-reduction plan
Voter ID crusade continues into 2013: Four to watch
O’Donnell rewrites Jordan Davis’ death
Senate votes to accelerate troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Exclusive: Actress Sally Field joins The Last Word
Minister: Latest teen murder shows Stand Your Ground ‘reeks of racism’
The General Assembly upgrades Palestinians’ status
Pat Robertson embraces evolution: ‘If you fight science, you’re going to lose your children’
UN bolsters Palestinian status to observer state
WATCH: A former U.N. ambassador defends Susan Rice
GOP gloom on the fiscal fight: ‘We’re screwed either way’
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thursday, Nov. 29
Obama took out Qaddafi so al-Qaida ‘could take over,’ says GOP rep
Sen. Conrad: Rice critics are ’embittered’ by Obama’s win
Ahead on the 11/29 Maddow show
Hillary Clinton on the importance of LGBT civil servants
Politics should have its limits
New York’s fast food workers strike. Why now?
VP Biden takes to Costco for pies, books, free samples
President Obama and Romney’s lunch date
Would Obama settle for Kerry as secretary of state?
Chris Gibson gets creative on Norquist pledge
Very Last Word: Ties, Christmas trees, and Mitt Romney’s White House lunch
5 potential fiscal cliff deals
Romney senior strategist: We waged the right fight
Tom Cole: ‘I can read an election’
Lunch buddy Biden hits Costco as Obama welcomes Romney
Lieberman: Benghazi was becoming ‘outlawed territory’
Susan Collins’ 2009 praise for Susan Rice: ‘Remarkable woman’
Election tally update: Romney gets his 47%
Poll: How would SCOTUS rule on gay marriage?
Boehner invites global economic ruin, on purpose
Romney made it to the White House! But just for lunch
Morsi defends power grab in Egypt; appears heartened by protests
First Word: Romney and Obama do lunch
The Medicare cuts the GOP refuses to identify
The battle over Susan Rice continues
CBO: extended jobless benefits would boost economy
Ex-president George HW Bush hospitalized
Cracks appear in GOP’s resolve on tax rates
The ‘uncertainty index’ and the fiscal cliff: What could happen?
Top Republican provides political cover for Boehner in tax talks
Deloitte CEO: White House chat was ‘reassuring’ and ‘constructive’
What we’re reading: Thursday, November 29, 2012
Making the ‘Do-Nothing Congress’ look great by comparison
Economic growth improves significantly
Jobless claims improve steadily after Sandy spike
Today on The Cycle: Fiscal Follies
Mike Lee: GOP shielding rich to protect the poor
Scarborough to GOP: Let’s raise the capital gains tax
NOW Today: Rice’s meetings on the Hill raise questions about her future
SCOTUS deals blow to bad cops in Illinois
Where are those binders of women when you need them?
Sen. Collins: Rice misled public because she had a ‘personal stake’
First Word: Murray on going off the curb
With GOP House chairmen, the lack of diversity is only one of the issues
Black teen’s shooting revives ‘Stand Your Ground’ debate
Mississippi’s lone abortion clinic fights to stay open
Rep. Defazio: There is no fiscal cliff; Dems should wait to negotiate
Ahead on the 11/28 Maddow show
The great lesson from ‘Lincoln’
GOP Rep. Tom Cole urges his party to accept Obama’s tax offer
Democrats to GOP: Hands off Social Security!
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wednesday, Nov. 28
Steve Speak: Reforming the filibuster won’t help
Very Last Word: John Boehner’s fiscal cliff wish
State employees could be caught in austerity bomb’s blast radius
A walk down memory lane with John Boehner
GOP cooks up new excuse to oppose Susan Rice
Right-wing reinvents historic 2012 gay marriage wins
Sen. Murray: Going off the cliff might spark a deal
The Senate’s thin history of blocking nominations
Ayotte not backing down from criticism of Rice
Gap promotes equality in new holiday campaign
Simpson: Bowles wouldn’t take Treasury Secretary in this ‘dysfunctional government’
Scarborough: GOP can go after Susan Rice, but not like this
Top Romney adviser: No regrets!
Smear campaign against Rice broadens, intensifies
An excerpt from Jake Tapper’s “The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor”
Rewriting the Republican problem with Hispanics
Obama backs filibuster reform — but what impact would it have?
Let’s do lunch! Romney, Obama to meet at White House
Susan Rice fails to persuade Republican senators
Another GOP Senator ‘troubled’ after meeting with Susan Rice
Obama seizes on GOP’s waning leverage in appeal for middle class
Obama’s second-term Cabinet shuffle
Obama sides with Reid on filibuster reform
GOP ready to shoot itself in the foot with Chambliss, Graham, Capito challengers
Norquist like a ”70s rock star who didn’t cut their hair’ in tax battle
Chris Matthews: CIA is at fault for giving Rice bad info
Today on The Cycle: Balancing Act
Watch live: Pres. Obama speaks about fiscal cliff impact on middle class
Santorum, conservatives target UN treaty on disabilities
GOP’s magical thinking leads to continued losses
What we’re reading: Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Some conservatives remain fed up with the GOP
House Republican: Obama tax deal is ‘the right thing to do’
GOP infighting after Congressman defects to Obama’s side on taxes
No, there’s no ‘last chance’ to elect Romney
Dems slam GOP immigration bill as two-faced
GOP fiscal plans sharply at odds with public opinion
Let Me Start: Rallying Around Rice
Today on The Cycle: A look into the life of Joseph Patrick Kennedy
McCain descends further into incoherence
House Republicans choose all-white, all-male committee chairs
With sky-high approval ratings, Gov. Christie looks ahead
Very Last Word: Public breakups hurt!
If Mulan can fight, why can’t my daughter?
‘Don’t pack up your bags,’ Obama tells Congress
Bashir: GOP senators are using Benghazi to taint Obama
Diplomat says GOP attacks on Rice are ‘a shame’
Hey, GOP: Check out Christie’s approval ratings!
Sen. McCaskill to GOP: ‘Get reasonable’
Examining the failure of the war on drugs
‘ED Show’ playbook: Tuesday, Nov. 27
Duped by The Onion, Chinese news site says Kim Jong-Un is the ‘sexiest man alive’
Alan Simpson on fiscal cliff: ‘Go big or go home’
Five signs the Senate may finally reform the filibuster
Ahead on the 11/27 Maddow show
We stand at a crossroads as America looks to move forward
Bob Dole ‘doing very well’ at Walter Reed
Teen charged in beating of gay woman
Is Grover Norquist having the best or worst weeks of his life?
Congo in Crisis: the media matters
This time, Obama goes to the public
Another example of how ‘big government’ saves lives
Hidden in fight over fiscal cliff? The debt ceiling
The education of Bruce Bartlett
Labor ‘optimistic’ about protecting entitlements, despite Plouffe comments
Log Cabin Republican: GOP support for gay marriage is inevitable
Florida Democrats call for federal probe into voting law
Christie’s approval rating surges after Sandy
Dems to avoid 2010 misstep on debt ceiling
Nude activists storm John Boehner’s office
Why Susan Rice is handling this perfectly
What we’re reading: Tuesday, November 27, 2012
To run or not to run, Booker faces the question
McCain: Leave abortion issue alone
Examining the ‘new normal’ of American families
Virginia coal survives Obama re-election, somehow
Sheriff Arpaio: Never mind Latino voters (although ‘I can get along great’ with them)
Scarborough: Grover is over when Americans think they aren’t taxed enough
‘There is a price for everything’
Sen. Shaheen: ‘Social Security off the table’ in debt talks
‘Happy atheist’ Ricky Gervais rewrites Pat Robertson
‘I’m more disturbed now than I was before’
Why raising tax rates on the rich is the only fix for the fiscal cliff
Republicans persist in attacks on Susan Rice
New report brings domestic work conditions out of the shadows
GOP rejects Norquist, but it still isn’t compromising on taxes
Mexico’s new president seeks fresh start on drug war with Obama
Must-Read Op-Eds for Nov. 27, 2012
Top Links: Rice meets her accusers, Arafat’s remains exhumed and the Washington Post is pro-pot
Why the right’s reaction to Shelley Moore Capito matters
Obama focuses on fiscal cliff impact on middle class
Warren Buffett: Congress is a bad investment
Today on The Cycle: Friendkeeping
Reid, McConnell face off on Senate reforms
Susan Rice and McCain set to meet face-to-face
Let Me Start: Back on the Trail
Susan Rice to meet with GOP accusers
NOW Today: Why does the math have to be so fuzzy?
WATCH: Will ‘second-term curse’ hit Obama?
Vote! The Last Word’s Person of the Year
NYPD’s Ray Kelly: Obama too quiet on gun control
Sen. Coburn calls entitlements ‘out of whack’
Don’t kill Christmas! A tree for Michelle and the girls–and a warning for Congress
‘ED Show’ playbook: Monday, Nov. 26
Buffett says ‘tax me.’ Norquist says ‘that’s just silly’
The latest conspiracy theory: Obama will seek a third term
Ahead on the 11/26 Maddow show
McCain to GOP: Stop talking about abortion
Will investment fall off the fiscal cliff?
Does the GOP believe they have ‘the right to rule’?
Does Barak’s retirement signal Israel’s intentions on Iran?
First Word: Cracks forming in the sacred pledge
Even if top rate goes up, millionaires still get a tax cut
Resolving the ‘compromise’ mystery
McCain sinks to irrelevance over Rice attacks
Mitt Romney’s presidential run is over, but his tax plan makes a comeback
Surprise! Clyburn and Corker find common ground
Morgan Freeman narrates gay marriage ad
2014 candidates are off and running
Thomas Ricks zings Fox News: You’re ‘a wing of the Republican Party’
Moving like Jagger against the fiscal cliff
Cantor’s unique definition of ‘serious’
At least Norquist has Jack Abramoff in his corner
“All they have to do is surrender to their nature…”
Which post-election path will Romney follow?
Another peek behind the voter-suppression curtain
Senate Democrats win big in red states by playing offense
‘Fiscal cliff’ negotiations just got more complicated
Renewed talk of a culture war ‘truce’
Walmart claims ‘best ever Black Friday events,’ downplays strikes
Private-sector ‘job creators’ warn GOP on debt ceiling
Institutional reforms could ‘shut down the Senate’
GOP leader backs off Grover’s tax pledge
Lindsey Graham’s reasonableness comes with fine print
Fewer moderates make deals harder for incoming Congress
Putting the permanent campaign to good use
NOW Today: Changing their tune on taxes
Let Me Start: The next showdown
Today on The Cycle: Doubting Thomas Jefferson
McCain’s smear campaign takes a detour
McCain backs down attack on Susan Rice’s Benghazi comments
U.S. policy in the Middle East validates terrorism as a tactic
Another one bites the dust: GOP rep rejects Norquist pledge
Video: Obama in 2004: ‘terrorism is a tactic’
Can Walmart keep its ‘always low prices’ and pay workers fairly?
President Obama shops local with daughters for Christmas
With #Swabbin4Robin, ‘Foot Soldier’ plays bone-marrow matchmaker
Top Republican rebels against Norquist tax pledge
JFK on war: Those in charge should make sure the fight is ‘headed for some definite goal’
Where does the GOP go from here?
Watch: Hardball’s parade of primary season highlights
Thanks for the memories! A look back at 2012’s wildest conspiracy theories
Week in Geek: Fall Holiday Edition
Obama team found success in data-driven, corporate tactics
Black voters look for post-election gains
Suicide attempts rise in Greece
Insights on balloon parade logistics
Happy Thanksgiving from The Cycle
Morning Joe PSA: Fry safe this Thanksgiving
Shredding Bill O’Reilly with his own argument
American students deserve better than Arne Duncan
Another reason to be thankful today: Being part of the American fabric
Happy Thanksgiving from Martin Bashir
Thanksgiving reminds us of sacrifices made by others
Never forget from where you came
Truth, Justice, and the American way
Boehner wants Obamacare ‘on the table’ in fiscal cliff talks
Your helpful Thanksgiving charts about the deficit
Obama’s Mideast policy is a ‘stain on his legacy’
How Obama’s campaign coalition will make him a stronger leader
Thanksgiving with the Obama family
Rice calls McCain’s criticism ‘unfounded’
Zing! MSNBC’s top 10 comebacks to use against the family conservative
What happens if we go over the fiscal cliff?
Ahead on the 11/21 Maddow show
Steele on secession obsession: ‘Lets enjoy our Thanksgiving turkey and move on’
Sen. John Kerry would be the best pick for Secretary of State
First Word: The irony of Romney’s 47%
Republicans confront their Rush Limbaugh problem
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wednesday, Nov. 21
Very Last Word: Leave Chris Christie alone!
Political Turkeys: Roasting the year in politics
GOP filibuster threats against Rice: The numbers don’t add up
Happy Thanksgiving from The Cycle
This just in: Arizona has finished counting votes
Nate Silver called it! Obama spares Cobbler and Gobbler
Jobless claims improve, but Sandy still distorts
As Black Friday looms, Fox News rushes to Walmart’s defense
Steve: Chris Christie’s presidential prospects
Mitt Romney with messy hair! A glimpse of the presidential loser
Cupp: ‘I’m thankful we lost the election’
The fastest deficit reduction in generations
Jesse Jackson Jr resigns amid personal woes
Jesse Jackson Jr. resigns from Congress
Here are some of the Cyclists favorite charities
Adviser slams GOP for ‘eviscerating’ Romney after vying for cabinet spots
Israel, Hamas reach Gaza cease-fire agreement
Political metaphor waits to happen: Devil’s Hole Pupfish edition
Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire in Gaza
GOP left behind in historic election for women
President Obama pardons Thanksgiving turkey
Fed Chair pleads for fiscal cliff fix
Comedians Key and Peele on creating Obama’s ‘anger translator’
London students join global wave of tuition protests
Team of (former) rivals – Clinton and Obama – makes final push
Free bird: Presidential turkey edition
The enduring GOP threat of primary challengers
Top Links: Israel, Gaza, ‘fiscal cliff’, 2016, and TSA’s grenade travel tips
GOP 2016 primary begins with a Bush rumor
McCain’s suspicions gets sillier
NOW Today: No sign of peace deal as day 8 of Gaza conflict unfolds
Those who celebrate science (and those who don’t)
Sen. Graham defends Rice attacks: I’m not racist
Today on The Cycle: Turkey Trot
Court rules Hobby Lobby must follow birth control mandate
A big step forward on ‘Obamacare’ implementation
When diversity triumphs, we should all be thankful
San Francisco to give nudists the boot
Every Thanksgiving I give thanks for Tommy
If you perceive reality as the enemy, you’re doing it wrong
How Obamacare affects bad business practices
‘Common-sense bipartisanship’: Remembering former Sen. Warren Rudman
Cantor is playing nicely with Boehner. Here’s why
Is the Gaza crisis an opportunity for a permanent peace deal?
WATCH: A liberal author says guns are here to stay. Here’s how to live with them safely
Is Grover over? Less fear of Norquist’s anti-tax pledge
Expert advice on preparing Thanksgiving
Pardon me! The turkeys who won a presidential reprieve (PHOTOS)
The real question is, ‘Do you believe in science?’
Romney’s campaign ‘autopsy’: Cause of death? Gov. Christie
‘ED Show’ playbook: Tuesday, Nov. 20
Ahead on the 11/20 Maddow show
It’s (almost) official: Romney represents the 47%
Controlling the narrative: The Gaza battle through social media
For Obama’s second term, he must think big in order to be great
First Word: Cracks in the anti-tax pledge
Cocktail Moment: The Emergency Manager, by Chris Savage of Eclectablog
Very Last Word: Chris Christie, Ted Cruz and the fiscal curb
Clinton meets with Israeli, Palestinian, and Egyptian leadership
States with highest number of uninsured refusing Medicaid
‘Everything we could ever hope for’
S.E. to GOP: Put on your big-boy pants and get back to work
Mideast cease-fire may be near — what comes next?
Army Wives: The true cost of war
John Roberts finds out how long conservatives hold a grudge
Are race, gender behind attacks on Susan Rice?
Denny’s, Papa John’s, walk back criticism of Obamacare
GOP senators run from McCain’s anti-Rice campaign
Obama’s Myanmar trip reveals renewed focus on Asia
Will Twinkies live to see another day?
Peace Corps for doctors aims to improve worldwide health
By the way, they’re going to fix those long voting lines
Blue dot dreams of marriage equality
Phoenix Rising: How one union is changing Arizona’s politics
Why Denny’s is in damage-control mode
Today on The Cycle: A Liberal for Guns
Stormy relations: Conservatives slam Chris Christie
Middle East conflict: Cease-fire on the horizon?
Egyptian president becomes unlikely peace broker
Chris Christie’s other clean-up effort
Clinton heads to Mideast looking to broker temporary ceasefire
Scarborough: McCain’s anti-Rice effort ‘terrible’ for GOP
Today on The Cycle: Hillary to the Rescue?
They’re called marginal tax rates for a reason
Nate Silver on how some polls showed a ‘B-/C+ candidate’ with a lead
Must Reads Op-Eds for Nov. 20th 2012
Bye-bye Allen West: Remembering his 10 most impressive moments
Secession is not ‘a deeply American principle’
NOW Today: High stakes for Secretary Clinton
Can Tea Partier Cruz succeed at GOP outreach?
Ready for 2016? We aren’t either. Unlike Palin, and Christie, and Rubio…
Speaker Boehner taps Paul Ryan as budget-talks power broker
Jump! Why Obama should go off the fiscal cliff
The Gaza assault: Is Israel practicing for a war against Iran?
‘ED Show’ playbook: Monday, Nov. 19
Moderates vs the left: Who will control the Democrats?
Ahead on the 11/19 Maddow show
Celebrating Philly and the country with the Philadelphia Marathon
First Word: Running away from Romney
Memo to Congress from the private sector: Step it up!
Strippers in hard hats? Defying union stereotype, exotic dancers win workplace rights
Very Last Word: Sex scandals and the gift that keeps on giving
Hamas flexes its muscles in the Middle East
Toure: The waning power of Lee Atwater’s racial code
Obama won 39% of the white vote–what it really means
Israel and Hamas look to Egypt to broker cease-fire
POLL: Is Israel’s aerial assault on Gaza justified?
Rubio has political pandering down to a science
Knocking our heroes off their pedestals
Myanmar graffiti artist welcomes Obama
Why Israel matters to American politics
Rubio puzzled by Earth’s age: ‘I’m not a scientist, man’
Leaked document shows what Walmart really pays its workers
National Security Council spokesman weighs in on Mideast violence
Nate Silver on Morning Joe tomorrow
Four-star generals’ lifestyles of the rich and famous
Mike Bloomberg joins Atlantic magazine’s ‘brave thinkers’ list
Mad as hell: McCain flip flops from Bush to Obama
Geithner: Time to scrap the debt ceiling
Obama praises steps toward democracy in historic Myanmar visit
Rubio on Earth’s age: ‘I’m not a scientist, man’
Report: Hike in retail wages a ‘win-win-win’
Today on The Cycle: Middle East Unrest
Blue-dot Democrats part red sea
Obama asks for ‘prayer’ on budget success
Top Links: Obama in Asia, Ryan on the ‘fiscal cliff’ and the Taliban replies all
Rattner: Entitlements unlikely to be part of 2012 fiscal deal
Postcards from the edge: Chuck Todd’s Myanmar photos
The story behind the Twinkies’ maker’s demise
We should stop obsessing over the federal budget deficit
Let Me Start: Exit Stage Right
McCain wants vacant Secretary of State’s office
Must Read Op-Eds for Monday, Nov. 19th 2012
Today on The Cycle: What Obama could learn from Thomas Jefferson
GOP subjects Romney to Lord of the Flies treatment
Obama: ‘Fully supportive of Israel’s right to defend itself’
House intelligence chair claims Obama knew about Petraeus
The real scandal of the Petraeus affair
Black voters ‘deeply offended’ by Maine GOP chair
Matthews to Leno: Bloomberg should be treasury secretary
Florida recount begins in Allen West district
Jindal should worry less about ‘stupid’ GOP, more about Louisiana
Middle Class: The squeeze is on, here’s why
Meet Xi Jinping, China’s new, possibly friendlier, leader
Guess who’s not impressed with meeting Barack Obama?
WATCH: A video guide to the Petraeus scandal
O’Donnell: Petraeus’s real failing was ‘reckless judgements’
Time to test political will for early withdrawal from Afghanistan
The plight of returning veterans and our responsibility to them
Gov. Christie to Romney: Time to move on!
Chris Matthews: Petraeus is ‘only now giving us the straight skinny’
The attack on Jerusalem is a ‘game-changer’
Week in Geek: Gravity, still cool. Plus: The fern named after Lady Gaga.
Ahead on the 11/16 Maddow show
WATCH: Rove says Romney had a ‘butt-ugly primary’
Hurricane Sandy: How you can help
‘ED Show’ playbook: Friday, Nov. 16
Walmart: Are the workers’ demonstrations illegal?
Why Israel and Hamas want to go to war
Will President Obama dare to be great?
President Abraham Lincoln (R-Ill.)
A new look at ‘Living with Guns’
Very Last Word: Little girl talks politics, Frum talks socialism
Gaza: ‘All options are on the table’–including an Israeli ground offensive
Virginia GOP official expects Obama to rot in hell
President Obama wishes Speaker Boehner happy birthday
GOP senators: Petraeus knew Benghazi attack was a terrorist act from the start
Fiscal cliff negotiations? They were…’constructive’
Petraeus takes the wind from conspiracy theorists’ sails
Maine GOP Chair apologizes after claiming blacks committed voter fraud
Will the fiscal cliff negotiations lead to a solution?
David Petraeus’ Benghazi testimony: 6 leaked details
The Violence Against Women Act’s uncertain fate
Evangelicals get religion on immigration reform
First Word: ‘Constructive’ fiscal meeting
A tale of two Rices: For McCain, it’s personal
Politicians on the end of a (delicious) Twinkies’ era
What if we dive off the fiscal cliff?
Bradley Cooper: The ‘silver lining’ to losing it
There’s more than one kind of filibuster reform
Congress gets extreme diversity makeover
Chambliss: Amb. Rice didn’t lie, but put ‘softer touch’ on Benghazi facts
GOP governors invite more federal control over health care
What’s behind the GOP’s war on Susan Rice?
Scarborough: Romney has the ‘insulated view of a guy who grew up rich’
GOP pig piles onto Romney’s ‘gifts’
The desperate search for a legitimate Obama scandal
Must-Read Op-Eds for Nov. 16, 2012
GOP governors open to higher taxes on rich
Christie, teachers unions agree on merit pay for Newark teachers
Denny’s raises prices. Obamacare? No, class warfare
Lights out: The ‘Tea’ party is over
Romney VP short-list pick bashes ‘gift’ remark
Maine GOP leader falls, keeps digging
David Axelrod bets ‘stache again in fundraiser push
Romney’s inadvertent, insincere good idea
Bring them home early: Pelosi wants troops to leave Afghanistan before 2014
O’Donnell rewrites ‘Fox News conspiracy’ on Sandy and jobs report
GOP chair alleges voter fraud by ‘dozens’ of people he had never seen before
Will climate change be a political priority? The outlook is cloudy
Historic: A traffic jam in Senate ladies’ room
Sexy! Joe Biden on NBC’s ‘Parks and Recreation’
‘Bitter’ Romney needs to let it go
Hurricane Sandy is New York’s ‘Katrina,’ says Schumer
The Cycle hosts to Romney: Don’t blame the electorate
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thursday, Nov. 15
Watch: Haley Barbour says GOP needs a ‘proctology exam’
Ahead on the 11/15 Maddow show
‘Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero’ now in paperback
First Word: Romney and his ‘gifts’ that keep on giving
Very Last Word: Romney, Susan Rice, and amateur news anchors
Gov. Bobby Jindal to Romney: I couldn’t disagree more!
Krystal Clear: My friendly advice for the GOP
Five over-the-top reactions to ‘Rice-gate’
Gen. Petraeus to testify before House, Senate
Walmart workers to walk off the job on Black Friday
Ohio GOP moves to cut Planned Parenthood funds
Obama pledges long-term support for Sandy victims
Today on The Cycle: The Benghazi hearings
CEOs strike gracious tone after Obama meeting
The conspiracy theories never end
Must-Read Op-Eds for Nov. 15, 2012
Michigan governor wants new emergency manager law, this time with more democracy
Obama defends Amb. Rice but will he nominate her?
Top Links: Romney’s ‘gift’ for gab, McCain’s Rice hypocrisy, and Bono on the ‘fiscal cliff’
Romney blames Obama’s ‘gifts’ to minorities for loss
Maine GOP chair frets over mysterious ‘black people’
Insta-Translator: Did Romney economic adviser Glenn Hubbard say we should raise taxes?
Jobless claims surge in wake of superstorm Sandy
Today on The Cycle: The Onion Book of Known Knowledge
BP to pay $4.5 billion for disastrous Deepwater oil spill
Sandy pushes jobless claims to 18-month high
NOW Today: Foreign policy, now front and center
LOOK: Glimpses of hope, two weeks after the storm
Obama presents the GOP with a tax challenge
This is what democracy looks like
McCain and Graham attack Susan Rice. Hypocrisy?
A sampler of anti-Obama insanity
Romney tells donors Obama rewarded ‘those groups’
Romney: Obama’s ‘gifts’ cost me election
Whole Foods? Cracker Barrel? What you eat tells how you vote
Romney: I lost because of Obama’s ‘gifts’ to Latinos and blacks
Talking in code: Why Romney blamed Obama’s ‘gifts’
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wednesday, Nov. 14
Ahead on the 11/14 Maddow show
Conservative advises GOP to ignore Latinos, says they’re all moochers
Reformer eyes top elections job in Ohio
First Word: Romney reflects on loss
Spotlight on Sandy relief efforts: Saint Francis de Sales
Washington sex scandals as American as apple pie
Very Last Word: Will Republicans shift to the center?
For Steny Hoyer, it’s always Nancy, Nancy, Nancy
Boehner trumps Ryan in GOP conference fight
It’s not a fiscal cliff…it’s an austerity bomb. Will unions get hit?
Bitter CEOs fire employees over Obama victory
Ohio’s voter suppression effort: ‘Unfair and impermissible’
Petraeus joins Clinton, Spitzer, and Edwards. Why do powerful men cheat?
Campaign co-chair: Voter ID would have won Wisconsin for Romney
Heckuva job on those Olympics, Mitt
Obama holds firm on raising taxes for the wealthy
Obama pushes back on smear campaign against Susan Rice
Obama: Don’t go after Amb. Rice, ‘go after me’
Europe fights back against austerity measures
Furious Obama says critics of UN Ambassador Susan Rice ‘should go after me’
What is ‘traditional America’ anyway?
How swing states backed GOP positions, but voted for Obama
The GOP plan to chip away at Obamacare
If Texas secedes, Austin wants out of Lone Star State
LISTEN: Jill Kelley claims ‘diplomatic protection’
Faux-bama makes grand tour of Thailand
Adding prison reform to the national to-do list
Nancy Pelosi to keep gig as House minority leader
Obamacare repeal falls out of favor
Democrats snag another with Maine’s Angus King
Latinos force GOP to negotiate on immigration
NOW Today: The shakeup to come
Howard Dean’s vindication, six years later
Let Me Start: Obama Meets the Press
Today on the Cycle: Dissecting the President’s news conference
Obama ‘not going to budge’ on tax hike for the rich
Rand Paul to GOP: Rewrite stances on immigration, pot
Awkward! Watch Mitch McConnell’s botched photo-op
‘Must understand science’ isn’t part of the job description for House Science Committee
Tough luck, Texas! Progressives shouldn’t let you secede
Marriage equality: the geographic divide
First Word: Paul Ryan resurfaces
Ahead on the 11/13 Maddow show
‘ED Show’ playbook: Tuesday, Nov. 13
Cheat sheet: Who’s who in the Petraeus scandal
The stampede to secede: What does Gov. Perry think now?
Very Last Word: The Petraeus scandal and diversifying the GOP
What’s next for Hillary Clinton? First, let’s give her a break
Voters in Washington State rewrite marijuana laws
Hillary Clinton endorsed for 2016. Way. Too. Early.
It’s 1988 for Republicans and they can learn from Dukakis
Per S.E.: Forget Lincoln–let’s imitate Garfield
Petraeus saga reads like a spy novel meets a three-ring circus
‘Beautiful Day’ at the White House
Democrats leading in uncalled House races
What ‘designed to succeed’ means
Republican Senator-elect: Why the GOP could ‘cease to exist’
Arizona governor wants GOP to end electoral college system
Seeking an anything-but-ordinary presidential legacy
Is 2012 the year of the religious left?
They’re probably fooling themselves (again)
Jindal to GOP: ‘Stop being the stupid party’
NYC LGBT center for homeless kids destroyed by Sandy
President Obama ‘has faith’ in General Allen
Filibuster reform could actually happen
Most Americans would blame GOP for dive off ‘fiscal cliff’
Wasserman-Schultz: I can’t see Pelosi leaving House leadership
Must-Read Op-Eds for Nov. 13, 2012
Rout Rage (special 1860 edition)
Religious right comes to grips with rejection
Heroes of Hurricane Sandy: Staten Island’s Doctor Theodore Atlas Foundation
House Republican insists now is not a good time to raise taxes
The uncertain fate of Senate filibuster reform
Top links: Petraeus, a shirtless FBI agent and secession, American-style
Kerry, Rice eyed for cabinet posts
Ryan whines: President needs to show leadership
NOW Today: Not what we thought the week would look like
Gingrich blames GOP consultants for 2012 losses
Today on The Cycle: Congress is Back in town
An excerpt from Kevin Powers’ “The Yellow Birds”
An excerpt from Newt Gingrich’s “Victory at Yorktown”
Fiscal ‘cliff’? No, fiscal ‘curb.’ Send us your ‘Off The Curb’ campaign designs
Yes, Grover Norquist really did say ‘Poopy-head’
Watch this: The killer ad that crushed Romney’s campaign
Watch: Obama tells groom to put a ring on it!
Why Romney lost: Pushed by the party’s extremists
John Kerry, Secretary of Defense?
The GOP: We’re ready to compromise
First Word: GOP civil war brewing
Watch: One more laugh at the GOP’s ‘loons and wackos’
Believing in the search for Sasquatch
‘ED Show’ playbook: Monday, Nov. 12
Murphy on his race against Rep. West: ‘No question about it. We won’
Back to the Civil War? Obama’s opponents seek to secede
The U.N. declares ‘Malala Day.’ Next, a Nobel Peace Prize?
To those still baffled by the election, take heart in Fitzgerald’s words
Ahead on the 11/12 Maddow show
Papa John’s and workers: What’s Obamacare got to do with it?
‘Lincoln’ and Obama: A star’s view of an ‘unbelievably timely’ film
In Arizona, a bisexual congresswoman
Votin protection kitteh prowls Arizona
David Petraeus resigns: The four wildest conspiracy theories
Lots of questions, few answers as fiscal cliff nears
Challenges continue for veterans returning home
One woman took the presidency beyond white men
Lawmakers searching for common ground to avoid fiscal cliff
Are Republicans breaking ranks with Grover Norquist?
Sen. Feinstein on Petraeus: ‘We need to get to the bottom of it’
The ‘Guy’ who saved the Senate for the Dems
Florida’s changing demographics swinging Democrat
Top Links: The latest on Petraeus, the fiscal cliff and GOP 2012 grumblings
Huntsman: GOP winning in 2016 will be even harder with a healthy economy
Romney’s friends fade on Facebook
LGBT groups take cautious approach post-election wins
Must Reads for Monday, Nov. 12, 2012
Kristol urges GOP to give in on taxes
In debt talks, failure is an option
Let Me Start: The Petraeus affair
Today on The Cycle: Battling the Fiscal Cliff
An excerpt from Jon Meacham’s ‘Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power’
Who are the newly-elected ‘Ones to Watch?’ Ask #nerdland
Tea Party idol Allen West refuses to concede race
Obama lays wreath on Tomb of Unknown Soldier
Finally the GOP is ready to talk taxes
Super PACs see few victories in 2012, but are here to stay
Veterans help in Sandy recovery
What took so long in Florida vote count
Florida called for President Obama after election already decided
Michelle Obama invites brother’s OSU basketball team to Thanksgiving
Jon Husted’s voter suppression will haunt him
Macy’s birther Trump ad prompts petition
Twilight of the Elites events with Chris Hayes in Miami, Boston next week
White identity politics doomed 2012 Republican effort
Romney cheerleaders: Living in an alternate reality?
Mitt Romney: You’ve Got Mail (from guess who)
Cocktail Moment: Improved Whiskey Cocktail
Hurricane Sandy relief resources for veterans and Veterans Day events
‘ED Show’ playbook: Friday, Nov. 9
Reports: Petraeus had affair — and the FBI is investigating his biographer
This is an even better country than I thought it was
The Week in Geek returneth (Carl Sagan birthday edition)
Obama: ‘Let’s get to work’ to avert ‘fiscal cliff’
GOP grapples with growing support for gay marriage
Very Last Word: Citizens United, early voting and a Dick Morris goof
Young voters were the key to Obama’s swing state wins
Looking ahead to new cabinet appointments in Obama’s second-term
Affair forces Petraeus to resign from CIA
CIA director resigns over extra-marital affair
POLL: Do you support raising taxes on the rich to avoid the ‘fiscal cliff’?
Obama to Congress: no balance, no deal
Why Obama must reframe the economic debate
Campaign Calculus: Nate Silver’s predictions from the conventions to the election
Obama: It’s time for the wealthy to ‘pay a little more’
18 and up: President Obama’s coalition
CBO: higher taxes on rich won’t harm economy
Inside the GOP, says Steele, ‘There’s a lot of grasping at straws’
‘Fiscal cliff’ hike would hit Sandy-stricken New Jersey hard
The first step is admitting you have a problem
Senate filibuster reform appears more likely
Willie Geist on hosting final episode of ‘Way Too Early’
How the ground game trumped super PAC millions
Krauthammer calls for GOP ‘delicacy’ on women’s issues
Two counties still counting in Sunshine State
Top Links: Romney in denial, his campaign’s epic fail, and the Chutzpah of the Week Award
The people have spoken: They want health care
Frum: Conservatives fleeced and ‘lied to by conservative entertainment complex’
CBO: Tax hike for wealthy won’t kill growth
Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson laments ignorance
‘Obamacare is the law of the land’
NOW Today: The next four years begin today
Lawrence O’Donnell’s advice to freshmen senators: No limelight
Catholic priest defends marriage equality
See it: Late night comics take on Rove’s election denial
‘The United States chose socialism’
Watch: Thanking his campaign staff, Obama cries
After favoring Romney, Netanyahu hurries to make nice with Obama
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thursday, Nov. 8
Washington must work together because ‘nothing succeeds like success’
Boehner: Obamacare is the ‘law of the land’
The ‘shadow side’ of the Police
California’s approach: Vote everywhere
Karl Rove’s very expensive fail
First Word: Super PAC campaign cash fail
The Myth of the ‘Fiscal Cliff’
Gay marriage earns first victories at ballot box
President Obama’s persuasion campaign
An opportunity to break free of epistemic closure
Who will replace Hillary Clinton at the State Department?
After the election, is there a chance both parties could work together?
Rove accuses Dems of ‘suppressing the vote’
Supreme Court could prove Obama’s most important legacy yet
Scarborough: ‘Thank you, Todd Akin’ for helping GOP lose Senate
Latino congressman-elect hoping to work with a more moderate GOP
Very Last Word: Election hangover
Super PAC Men: Worth the billion?
Website for ‘President-elect Mitt Romney’ goes live
No matter who you voted for, long voting lines are totally unacceptable
Republicans reeling from Tuesday consider next steps
Gabby Giffords faces shooter at sentencing
The biggest winners and losers from election night
Bill Maher: Obama re-election a ‘win’ for America
Must-Read Op-Eds for Nov. 8, 2012
Boehner tells Obama, My offer is this: nothing
Netanyahu in damage-control mode after Obama re-election
Denial is not just a river in Egypt
Let Me Start: Demographics is destiny
Jobless claims continue to improve
Today on The Cycle: Can DC be fixed?
NOW Today: Analysis finds dismal return rate on outside spending
Beltway press: Obama has no mandate
Obama win shows historic 2008 was no aberration
Are Democrats willing to go off the fiscal cliff?
Herman Cain’s solution: If the GOP can’t rebrand itself, just start a third party
Republicans must adapt? ‘Hogwash’
History-making night for women
Catching up with the #batcrapcrazy lawmakers
GOP leader to president: Change yourself
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wednesday, Nov. 7
Women like to sweep–especially the top spots in New Hampshire
Donnelly: Mourdock’s ‘extreme positions’ sunk him
Coalition of minority voters deliver victory for Obama
The Boehner/Reid ‘dance’ over the fiscal cliff
First Word: Fiscal cliff takes center stage after Obama win
Apology: I am determined to do what I can to help
Obama won, and voter suppression lost
Boehner: Election results are ‘a mandate for us to work together’
Maryland voters approve Dream Act
Obama’s deficit reduction agenda: Sustainability or austerity?
Which polls (and pollsters) got it right?
USA survives the end of Western civilization
‘What makes America exceptional’
Scarborough: The GOP should reach out to fiscally conservative gays
States navigate paths to marijuana legalization
5 signs the country is becoming more liberal
Morning Joe — Live from Studio 8H
Florida voters reject abortion amendment
Just another blue dot in Idaho
The anti-gay culture war ends now
Elizabeth Warren: ‘This isn’t about parties; I’ll work with anyone’
Obama: I ask you to sustain the hope
Tammy Baldwin makes history as first openly gay US senator
POLL: How will President Obama govern his second term?
Rove has some explaining to do
An unsustainable demographic trend
A new day on marriage equality
A new, more progressive Senate
NOW Today: A breakdown on how America got four more years
Obama takes Virginia with help from women
Obama swings Iowa for a second time
Obama wins ‘extraordinary’ re-election bid, despite high unemployment
How Twitter drove the conversation
Obama’s ‘fired-up’ voting drive in North Carolina falls short
Without fanfare, Romney concedes
Donald Trump: ‘This election is a total sham’
Coloradans light up for Obama, marijuana legalization
PHOTOS: Supporters celebrate Obama win
With 92% of Florida precincts reporting, Obama holds narrow lead
Obama proves the experts wrong. Again
Chuck Todd explains the telestrator
BREAKING: Obama wins a historic second term
Women’s vote played crucial role in Obama victory
Race polarizes 2012 electorate
Four more years: Obama wins a historic second term
Voters still in line nearly four hours after polls close in Va.
Some Florida absentee ballots will not be counted until Wednesday
Senate Dems roll as Akin and Mourdock get steamrolled
Key Ohio county looking good for Obama, so far
Thousands of mail-in ballots rejected in Colorado
Democrat Donnelly ekes out win over Tea Partier Mourdock
Teddy’s revenge: Elizabeth Warren ousts Scott Brown
Obama limits damage with white working class in Ohio
GOP projected to retain House majority
Projection: Obama wins Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and New Hampshire
Exit polling indicates auto rescue was a big hit in Ohio
Florida ‘too close to call’ as polls close
Chris Murphy crushes Linda McMahon for CT’s Senate seat
North Carolina: A new GOP governor, a presidential vote too close to call
Indie Angus King wins Olympia Snowe’s Maine Senate seat
92nd Street Y Live Stream: Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski
Virginia voters may be in line until 11 p.m.
Machine turns vote for Obama into one for Romney
Obama wins Election Day basketball game featuring Scottie Pippen, Reggie Love
Exits: Hispanics back Obama by more than two to one
Battle for the Senate: 3 expert predictions
Voters mood slowly improving, exit poll data shows
How to talk about the election if your candidate loses (or wins)
A ‘smooth’ day in Iowa, where almost half the electorate voted early
Preliminary exit poll: Less than 40% think economy is improving
Turnout high in Virginia, long lines in Dem strongholds
Report: Ohio poll workers ‘frequently’ using provisional ballots
Wisconsin could be key state in deciding presidential election
Obama mural partially covered at Philly polling place
Casting a vote — between contractions
Morning Joe: live at Studio 8H TOMORROW Nov. 7
Election Day confusion can’t hide economic gains
New Hampshire taking its role seriously
Outside groups push the money race to the limits
Morning Joe live from Democracy Plaza
Matthews: Uncertainty makes Election Day a ‘troubling day’
Robocall mistakenly tells Florida voters they can vote ‘tomorrow’
Rocky mountain high? Coloradans mull marijuana measure
Some battleground voters asked for ID, despite blocked law
NRSC lowers Senate expectations
Will 2010’s Tea Party freshman class survive re-election in the House?
New Hampshire should be easy for Romney, but not a lock
Right seizes on reported New Black Panther sightings at poll locations
Vote for President Obama, not ’47’ candidate Mitt Romney
Bashir interns share their thoughts on their first presidential votes
Memo to Americans: If you don’t vote, you can’t complain
Life Imitates Art – Voting Machine Edition
WATCH THIS: How NBC News makes election calls
Joe and Mika’s advice for the president
North Carolina isn’t Ohio, and that’s why Romney may win it
Facial hair face-offs over presidential election
Biden makes surprise Cleveland visit
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