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Jesse Tyler Ferguson wearing a bowtie for marriage equality
The Drift spring 2013 book tour map
Christie and CPAC: Being snubbed isn’t a problem–it’s a plus
Romney donates to Christie’s reelection campaign, despite CPAC snub
Check out Joe and Mika’s Friday live chat
159 years later, where did the ‘party of Lincoln’ go wrong?
To make a second ‘Giant Leap,’ America needs science
Do conservatives feel ‘entitled’ to scorn ‘entitlements’?
Home is where the work is? Yahoo work-from-home policy ignites debate
House passes Senate version of VAWA
In post-Sandy Hook America, gun control gets its first test with voters
Sequestration will be hazardous to our health
Why Republicans should ‘call the president’s bluff’
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thursday, Feb. 28
Marissa Mayer’s decree at Yahoo!
Is our biological clock ticking?
Say What? When the budget debate hits the ‘baloney’ phase…
Cardinals should not cave to the most conservative when picking a new pope
In which is discovered a perfect 21st century blues (Love, Kilmichael, Mississippi)
Woodward/White House dust-up hits DC
About those closed tax loopholes…
Gov. Christie ‘not sweating’ the CPAC snub
Senate GOP blocks sequester compromise plan, seals fate
‘Racist’ Businessweek cover triggers uproar
New gun laws in Kentucky surprise just about everyone
Very Last Word: Voting Rights Act and the Medicaid expansion
GOP congresswoman: ‘I will not erode Second Amendment Rights’
Senate Republicans likely to block ATF nominee
Woodward vs. White House gets increasingly strange
VAWA passes House, with full protections for LGBT, Native Americans
Elizabeth Colbert Busch wedged in crowded special election race
First Word: Sequester spiral, VAWA passes
Violence Against Women Act clears House, headed to Obama’s desk
A Robin Kelly win for Michael Bloomberg, but a $2 million loss for campaign finance reform
Bachmann gets facts wrong, but still packs ‘chootz-pah’
#TDRGoodMorning Challenge Winner
Pope Benedict leaves Vatican for final time as pontiff
So much for ‘economic uncertainty’
The sequester clock is nearly out of time
Becoming aware of diversity of thought
The Company Memo: Thursday, February 28, 2013
Must read of the day: The Oscar Pistorius case
Chris’ List: Top 5 states for well-being
Want to join the GOP civil war? It’s easy with ‘Primary My Congressman!’
Economic growth improves — ever so slightly
Jobless claims improve unexpectedly, near five-year low
What we’re reading: Thursday, February 28, 2013
In the Senate, 70 is the new 90
Key speeches in the passage of the Voting Rights Act
Priorities? With the budget on the brink, Speaker Boehner frets about the dress code
As support grows for tougher gun laws, father of Newtown victim keeps ‘reliving my loss’
Gov. Christie’s response to CPAC snub: ‘I wish them the best’
Washington will supply Syrian rebels with direct aid
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wednesday, Feb. 27
John Lewis to Justice Scalia: The right to vote is ‘what people died for, bled for’
Very Last Word: How to make healthcare a buyers’ market
Military spending cuts may force us to reappraise our priorities
The assault weapons ban: if you are not for it, you’re against it
No, Justice Scalia, the right to vote is not an ‘entitlement’
‘How are things going to change if people aren’t there to help make them change?’
N.H. GOP lawmaker: Some people may ‘like being in abusive relationships’
Senate witness on weapons ban funded by gun lobby
Remembering C. Everett Koop, a man of faith–and science
Claire McCaskill: House GOP ‘in a moment of sanity’ on VAWA
National Urban League CEO: Demise of Voting Rights Act ‘would be tragic’
Poll: Americans worry more about gun violence than job loss, terrorist attacks
On opposite sides of First Street
Why Steve King — and Iowa Dems — are smiling today
Who really gets hurt by the sequester?
First Word: A shaky future for the Voting Rights Act
Supreme Court looks set to strike down heart of Voting Rights Act
Study: Black/white wealth inequality has exploded since ’80s
Arguing in the defense of the Voting Rights Act
‘Jesse was the love of my life’
If men were angels, the Voting Rights Act would not be necessary
Christie vs. Rubio: Inside the Numbers
Senate hearing on assault weapons ban becomes testy and emotional
A look back in history with Steve Kornacki
#Obamaquester? They were for it before they were against it
Conservative justices wary of Voting Rights Act
Senate GOP devise new plan to shift sequester blame on Obama
Gun buyback initiative offers mentorship and tickets to see Beyoncé
Rosa Parks statue unveiled at U.S. Capitol
Scalia: Renewing Voting Rights Act a ‘perpetuation of racial entitlement’
#TDRGoodMorning Challenge Winner
A new sequester scheme surfaces
Re-examining the Voting Rights Act
Meteor blast a wake up call on NASA funding
Glimmers of hope for immigration reform
Yes, tax increases can be part of ‘real austerity’
House GOP scrambles on Violence Against Women Act
Top Links: Polls Shmolls, GOP sticks to its guns on sequester cuts and, well, guns
Voting Rights Act in danger as Supreme Court hears challenge
Woodward: it’s ‘madness’ for Obama to follow federal law
Chris’ List: Companies with highest intern pay
Must read of the day: What will the royal baby look like?
Is Bloomberg the answer to the NRA?
Young voters on the GOP: Not buying what they’re selling
Fudging health care numbers: a case study
Coburn shoots down bipartisan gun control
The party ‘in need of a major makeover’
The Company Memo: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Let Me Start: Hagel is confirmed…finally
The Pope’s final public goodbye
GOP challenges Chuck Hagel one last time
Why Robin Kelly’s big win in Chicago matters
What we’re reading: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Slide Show: Chuck Hagel’s road to the Department of Defense
New poll: Two-thirds say GOP puts party before country
Family of teacher killed at Sandy Hook: ‘We’re honoring her by fighting for change’
In Chicago, Bloomberg’s gun-control PAC wins its first test
Trayvon’s parents continue to fight for justice
Opposing federal gun control laws, Alaska tries nullification
Is there such a thing as Too Much Michelle?
WATCH: Putting a face on food insecurity in America
‘ED Show’ playbook: Tuesday, Feb. 26
The X Files: Women’s Fight for Rights in Ireland
Did the bruising battle cost Hagel his political clout?
How can Obama, Boehner strike a deal in a place like Washington?
Hagel confirmed by Senate after contentious battle
Vicco, Kentucky: Fame, backlash begin
Teddy Turner: ‘Break up with career politicians’
Conservatives should woo the millennial generation
The John Kerry school of foreign policy
Chris Christie joins the GOP’s new Medicaid fan club
Very Last Word: Who loses the least if the sequester happens?
Game over, Eric: Cantor’s video game fail
Weight Watchers and ’emotional labor’
Speaker Boehner to Senate: Get off your ‘ass’
A look at Kerry’s debut on the world stage: Andrea Mitchell Reports
‘Modern Family’ star creates bowties for a cause
Very Last Word: Why Rick Scott took the Medicaid Expansion
Elizabeth Warren: Sequester cuts are ‘just plain dumb’
Conservative conference invites Romney, Palin, snubs Christie
Gun makers seem a little twitchy just now
Too Young to Die: Paul Sampleton Jr.
Gov. McDonnell doesn’t see a 3rd party candidate in VA race
Dems dream of turning Texas blue
Senate clears Hagel for confirmation
S.E.’s Tweet Bag with Willie Geist
GOP tide turning on gay marriage?
Sotomayor rips Texas prosecutor for ‘racially charged’ remarks
First Word: Sequestration stalemate
Alabama, birthplace of the Voting Rights Act, may be its final resting place, too
Pennsylvania takes lead on Republican plan to rework Electoral College
The consequences of misguided assumptions
GOP Rep. backs voting restrictions and Voting Rights Act
#TDRGoodMorning Challenge Winner
Today on The Cycle: The sequester
‘I know he died but it still doesn’t feel that way.’
‘Brogurt’: The latest in nonsensical product gendering
Boehner starts to lose his cool
GOP’s election-rigging scheme not yet dead
Must read of the day: Eric Cantor, up close
When the judicial confirmation process gets ‘stupid’
Trayvon Martin: One year later, where the case stands
Virginia’s Cuccinelli draws fire from business leaders
Introducing the NRA kingmakers
The Company Memo: Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Chris’ List: new additions to the Oxford Dictionary
What contempt for the public looks like
Let Me Start: Chuck Hagel’s Moment
NOW Today: Sequester Staredown
What we’re reading: Tuesday, February 26, 2013
CPAC sends message, snubs Christie
The furlough effect: Why automatic cuts might not reduce the deficit at all
DOMA and the Supreme Court: The White House files to overturn anti-gay law
C. Everett Koop, a conservative who told the truth
ICYMI: ‘Fresh Guacamole’ shortest short ever nominated at the Oscars
Wayne LaPierre: Dianne Feinstein cares about her agenda, not about kids
Will other Dems step up to challenge Hillary 2016?
Kerry praises ‘Argo,’ and Affleck returns the favor
Gimme a G! Gimme an E! Gimme an O! Florida school sells stadium naming rights to prison company
‘ED Show’ playbook: Monday, Feb. 25
A cover-up by the Iranian press! Michelle Obama has no right to bare arms
Romney campaign done in by bad ‘Kabuki’
The Oscars shows America is hungry for a winner
Find out how the sequester impacts your state
Ike and Dick, the odd couple–even for politics
Medicaid Flip Flop: Is the opposition to Obamacare over?
Music and pictures: Highlights from the Oscars
Voting rights bill will honor Desiline Victor, 102-year-old Florida voter
Will the Supreme Court protect voting rights?
The three-headed elephant: The GOP is split on what it wants from the sequester
Huckabee willing to look ‘outside the tent’
Non-union Target janitors in Minneapolis to go on strike
Rightwing backlash to Michelle Obama’s Oscar night appearance
Cardinal: ‘You’re trying to figure out what you think God would want’ in conclave
Obama campaign advisor hired to help win Silver Linings Playbook an Oscar?
Even in Texas, ‘never’ is a long time
Feinstein responds to LaPierre: ‘Grievance killers look for these weapons’
Why the sequester would be terrible for California and New York
GOP can’t help itself on Planned Parenthood
Ex-HUD heads: Fannie & Freddie have to go
Push to overturn Voting Rights Act tied to GOP voter suppression efforts
As sequester looms, how is the UK’s austerity experiment going?
Minimum wage meta-analysis: evidence over theory
Yahoo slashes work-from-home option for all employees
First Word: Still playing the blame game
Congress is back but sequester agreement seems a long way off
The prerequisites to ‘bipartisan compromise’
#TDRGoodMorning Challenge Winner
Top Links: Speaker Boehner to meet the press on sequester cuts
A muddled message gets messier and more mendacious
Michigan GOP: Heck, yeah, vote rigging
Chris’ list: Best dressed at the Oscars
Must read of the day: Italian elections
The public’s striking opposition to spending cuts
The Company Memo: Monday, February 25, 2013
Michigan GOP backs electoral college rigging scheme
Michelle Obama presents Best Picture Oscar to ‘Argo’
Let Me Start: Sequester Week is Here
What we’re reading: Monday, February 25, 2013
Jindal wants GOP change, but not on culture war
Poll: Americans back postponing sequester
Rep. Yarmuth: Sequester cuts are ‘really stupid’
Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden speaks out
Freshman congressman: ‘We need to be in Washington now’
Actress Daryl Hannah says ‘absolutely no benefits from Keystone Pipeline XL’
Hollywood preps for Oscar night
Fmr. Mayor Dinkins: Anti-Obama sentiment stems in part from race
Mayor who scored hosting US Open in New York talks tennis
Fmr. NYC Mayor David Dinkins reflects on city politics
The naked truth about body image
Week in Geek: Birds, bees, and bubbles
Ted Cruz sticks with McCarthyism claims
Robert Gibbs: I was told ‘not even to acknowledge the drone program’
Sequester blame game picks up speed with deadline days away
House GOP’s VAWA proposal nixes LGBT, American Indian protections
Urbanites combat climate change with rooftop farms
Facing cancer together, on the third Monday of each month
Feb. 24: The press, the sequester, cyber-war
Violence Against Women Act isn’t just a good bill in name only
Inside The Cycle: What we have bookmarked
A day at the zoo: How threat of sequestration hits home
Get ready for the Oscars! James Lipton dishes on his picks
WATCH: Michelle Obama mom-dances with Jimmy Fallon for ‘Let’s Move’
Mississippi story takes a turn
My answer to the Conservative Political Action Conference
Surprise! Republicans and Democrats can agree on immigration reform
Is America prepared for a ‘cyber Pearl Harbor’?
It’s going, going, Gohmert! The latest news from GOP paranoia land
Obama and the press: A relationship in the rough
The purple rose of Texas: How Hillary could turn Texas blue
‘ED Show’ playbook: Friday, Feb. 22
Flipper vs Flopper in Florida! Crist, Scott, Obamacare and the next election
Blue dot, red state, and more of the story
Feb. 23: Voting rights, Medicaid, GOP decline
The many faces of Oscar Pistorius
House GOP eyes watered-down Violence Against Women Act
In Iran, the ‘Harlem Shake’ could be revolutionary
‘But I’ve read Robert Rubin’s tax plan…’
Oscar picks from James Lipton of ‘Inside the Actors Studio’
Retail rebellion: The next big strike could begin next week
WATCH: How lax gun laws enable gun traffickers
GOP ignores 2012 lessons, pushes harsh anti-abortion bills
Very Last Word: Keep young staffers away from the letterhead
First Word: Slight change of plans
Jimmy Carter’s grandson earns a ‘half-embrace’ from Obama for finding Mitt’s 47% video
#TDRGoodMorning Challenge Winner
Study: Capital gains, dividends biggest drivers of income inequality
Grassley’s accidental pro-choice principles
Straight talk: The McCain record on guns
Virginia Lt. Gov. Bolling rips his own party
Oscar Pistorius has been granted bail
Rep. Cole accuses Obama of political theatrics as sequestration countdown looms
Too Young to Die: Steven Curtis
The limits of Rand Paul’s libertarian ideals
Flashback Friday: ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ takes home the Oscar for Best Picture
The wrong way to argue about wasteful spending
Must read of the day: Alternate actors in iconic roles
A muddled message gets messier
Tweets fired: Press secretaries throw barbs
The Company Memo: Friday, February 22, 2013
Welcome changes of heart on marriage
Let Me Start: Lunacy on the right
When false claims drive the debate
‘Pack journalism’ targets Ed Markey for no reason
Wyoming’s ironic, unconstitutional defense of assault weapons
What we’re reading: Friday, February 22, 2013
Crucial protection for minority voters in peril
Better bring a book: Sequester could mean more air-travel delays
Mitch McConnell gets punk’d by fake national security blog
Rick Scott’s negotiated surrender on Medicaid: The story behind the story
Idealizing Millennials is no more accurate than condemning them
Oops! McConnell duped by parody news report on Gitmo
An NFL champion advocates for gay rights in pro sports
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thursday, Feb. 21
‘The Dream is Now’: A new documentary lets DREAMers tell their stories
Speeches about ‘respectability’ don’t stop bullets, Mr. President
What happened to the Republican Party of the 1960s?
Obama: ‘Both the best of times and worst of times’ for the black community
Big Bird returns to political spotlight to promote good eating, exercise
House eyes Violence Against Women Act
15 Republican senators: Drop Hagel
First Word: Open season on Karl Rove
Key House Republican rejects pathway to citizenship
Houston restaurateur will protect his Barack Obama mural
Nugent: President Obama is a ‘clear and present danger’ to black America
Defense furloughs to hit 800K civilians, halt military training
Climate change preparedness could leave the poor out in the rain
TELL US: With his approval rating at a 3-year high, how should Obama spend his political capital?
Government employment by president (charts)
Who’s who of Republicans at CPAC
College degrees are becoming the new high school diploma
Hagel’s dead-enders start to look silly
Florida governor makes stunning switch on health care
Those who are ‘capable of leisure’
Cornyn leads Cruz, Graham, and Rubio in call for Obama to drop Hagel nomination
Rivlin optimistic on debt deal because ‘I can’t believe [we’d] be stupid enough not to’
All these years later, we still need the Voting Rights Act for equal access
Ted Cruz has it all figured out
Top Links: Looks like the Republican strategy versus Obama on the sequester cuts is failing
Whatever happened to the idea of just giving poor people money?
#TDRGoodMorning Challenge Winner
The risk for Gov. Snyder in taking over Detroit
Even when they criticize Obama, media still too liberal for Limbaugh
Public sides with Obama on minimum wage
Appreciating empiricism would be a good start
Ladypeople, Indiana Republicans would like a look at your insides
Chris’ list: Twitter happiness
Must read of the day: The secrets behind the Oscars
Florida’s Rick Scott grudgingly makes the right call on Medicaid
The Company Memo: Thursday, February 21, 2013
Jobless claims rise, but remain below threshold
Americans aren’t buying what GOP is selling
What we’re reading: Thursday, February 21, 2013
‘I cannot, in good conscience, deny the uninsured access to care’
A Last Word exclusive with Elizabeth Colbert Busch
What you’ve been waiting for since November! Romney will speak at CPAC
‘You hear that?’ Obama’s ‘startling experience’ with gunfire
The conservative conference, seeking a fresh new start, invites…Mitt Romney
‘Dumb and dumber’: DC plays the blame game
TRMS writing challenge: The missing CPAC panels RESULTS
A sequester is like ‘leeching’–leaving the economy to bleed
It’s the ‘Obama Sequester’–according to Boehner
Very Last Word: No one tells Lawrence about birthdays
Trying to parse a Massachusetts Senate candidate’s view on abortion
Democratic dreams: If only it weren’t for gerrymandering…
11-year-old girl football player tackles the Philadelphia Archdiocese
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wednesday, Feb. 20
‘Distorting political reality’: How Rush hurts the Republicans
Blocking birth control coverage: ‘How is that Christian?’
Now is the time for marriage equality
‘Tell everybody back home I’m sorry’: Jackson Jr. pleads guilty to fraud
Ohio woman claims in lawsuit she was fired for voting for Obama
Leave the 17th Amendment alone
‘Neurodiversity’: the next frontier for civil rights?
OMG, have you heard Hagel is ‘Friends with Hamas?!’
Seeing the sequester forest for the sequester trees
Conan O’Brien to host White House Correspondents Dinner
Ugly scene at McCain town hall underscores immigration reform pitfalls
Wisconsin, again: Work-sharing bill would diminish union power
Chris Christie approval at 74 percent, still trails behind Hillary in 2016 match-up
Rising number of women packing heat
First Word: Taking the sequester fight to the people
GOP rep implies Gabby Giffords is a ‘prop’ in gun debate
Following Rick Scott’s not-so-fine example
Far Right to McCain: ‘You said build the dang fence, where’s the fence?’
UPDATE: Laura Bush asks to be removed from same-sex marriage ad featuring Cheney, Obama
Today on The Cycle: The Secrets of Happy Families
#TDRGoodMorning Challenge Winner
The sequester slideshow that may haunt the Speaker
Newt: Rove group is ‘opposite of the Republican tradition’
To lower the deficit, don’t cut taxes
Top Links: GOP may have picked the wrong fight with Obama over sequester cuts
An excerpt from Michael Hainey’s “After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story”
Missouri Republican wants to turn gun control supporters into felons
Friends of Hamas — The Origin Story
Obama eases tensions with Rubio, GOP reform advocates
Must read of the day: U.S. exec tells France to keep your ‘so-called workers’
Chris’ List: Most likely to find love at work
The Company Memo: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
What we’re reading: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Let Me Start: Build Baby Build!
Guantanamo detainees aren’t getting GI Bill benefits
Virginia will not have its own currency
An excerpt from Emily Bazelon’s “Sticks and Stones”
Rattner’s charts: Share of income changes going to top 1%
Countdown to 2014: Obamacare and the states
Wisconsin budget cuts close four Planned Parenthood clinics
Targeting Ashley Judd, McConnell’s campaign gets an early start
Happy trails? Former Gov. Mark Sanford says he never let down South Carolina taxpayers
Maya Angelou on respect: Women are not the ‘b’ word, and blacks are not the ‘n’ word
Obama wants to secure his legacy–but his agenda makes it harder for Dems to win the seats they need
Rev. Sharpton talked to the mother of a slain Chicago teen: yet another mother, yet another teen
Are Chinese cyberhackers targeting the U.S. economy?
‘ED Show’ playbook: Tuesday, Feb. 19
Poll: 8 of 10 Americans disapprove of Congress (and we’d like to meet the other two)…
Feminism: the goal shouldn’t be to ‘have it all’–but to ‘share it all’
Obama, not the GOP, wants to keep government working
Helping the poor can help Republicans
TRMS writing challenge: The missing CPAC panels
Very Last Word: Mississippi 148 years late on 13th Amendment
On 4th birthday, tea party won’t back down
If the phone doesn’t ring, it’s me
Too Young to Die: Alfreddie Gipson
Too Young to Die: Aaliyah Boyer
Too Young to Die: James Parker
Targeted killings: Does it matter if we trust Obama?
Yo! Brooklynites demand apology from NRA big mouth (huh? fuhgetaboutit!)
Meet the new Simpson-Bowles plan
Tea Party leader offers $10K for plan to take on Rove
Mark Sanford’s mea culpa tour: Will it work?
Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ may be instrumental in peace process
“Government By Crisis” Needs to End
If Michigan takes over Detroit, does that save the city?
Deficit Duo to Washington: ‘Use your bean’
First Word: Sequester time crunch is on
Clinton, Palin Remain in the Spotlight
Obama challenges congressional GOP: put away the ‘meat-cleaver’
Supreme Court will hear GOP challenge to campaign donation limits
Bloomberg super PAC tackles NRA with $2 million in Chicago race
Gas prices climb to four-month high
Digging in on entitlement reform
Today on The Cycle: The Feminine Mystique
Top Links: President Obama brings sequester cuts home
Obama to receive Israeli honor next month
Must-Read Op-Eds for February 19, 2013
Behold new Simpson-Bowles fiscal plan–now with more cuts!
S.E.’s Tweet Bag with Andy Cohen
Michelle Obama’s “midlife crisis” bangs
How not to accommodate radicalism
The problem with Boehner’s newest ‘rule’
Don’t blame ‘ineptitude’ on ‘Washington’
The Company Memo: Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Chris’ list: Top off-peak destinations for spring
Must read of the day: Lingering Pope questions
Let Me Start – Progress on Gun Safety
Brown keeping options open for gubernatorial run
The details Paul Ryan doesn’t want you to know
Political gamesmanship on immigration reform gets messy
What we’re reading: Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Film ‘Lincoln’ inspires Mississippi to officially ban slavery
What will define Obama’s legacy?
Roadblocks in path to immigration reform
Cuomo to expand abortion rights in NY
50 years later, a reinterpretation of JFK’s famous words
‘ED Show’ playbook: Monday, Feb. 18
Keeping an eye on the Clinton-Obama scorecard
A Harvard Class about Quentin Tarantino?
Leaked White House immigration plan threatens to derail bipartisan efforts
Wisconsin GOP forces 2,000 low-income women to travel miles for reproductive health care
Chicago teen fatally shot hours after sister attended Obama’s speech on gun violence
Rove praises Hillary, bashes Obama, says GOP needs more Rand Paul’s
A protest tactic you can take to the bank
Nebraska GOP Sen. Mike Johanns won’t seek another term
Hubris: Selling the Iraq War – The Rumsfeld memos
Not gone for long: Palin to speak at CPAC
First ladies, first lobbyists?
Mark Sanford emerges with first TV ad of campaign
Hagel delay a ‘function of the Tea Party’
5 signs Republicans will cave on Hagel
Mississippi finally ratifies amendment banning slavery
First Word: Obama’s backup immigration plan
Top Links: Obama wants to map the human brain. So are Republicans now against brains?
Ron Johnson’s odd take on his political rivals
Watching standards fall to new lows
GOP senator sees merit in Obama’s ‘great’ pre-K idea
The Company Memo: Monday, February 18, 2013
Chris’ List: America’s richest presidents
Must read of the day: ‘And the award goes to…’
Lindsey Graham struggles with fiscal basics
McCain lost in a fog of partisan rage
What we’re reading: Monday, February 18, 2013
Bush’s ‘Texas Miracle’ debunked, Lone Star State sparks anti-testing revolution
Dem forced from congressional race over NRA support
Women of Value: Michelle Obama’s right arm
Week in Geek: Space rocks edition
Climate policy comes out of exile
Is fighting poverty ‘clearly a second-agenda item’ for Obama?
The 113th Congress casualty list
Feb. 17: The pope, the no-fly list, climate change
GOP senator calls universal pre-K a ‘great idea,’ but questions funding
Rachel Maddow talks ‘Hubris’ with Ed Schultz and David Corn
Why we need an inclusive Pope for a modern world
‘Building momentum for regime change’: Rumsfeld’s secret memos
Is a new progressive era upon us?
Afghan women worry: Who will protect our rights after the U.S. is gone?
You said it! MSNBC viewers told us what the State of our Union is
In Chicago, Obama talks about ‘the work that remains unfinished’
Pressure on Boehner to ensure the Violence Against Women Act becomes law
Is this the new McCarthyism? Ted Cruz’s innuendo war against Hagel
The gaffes-that-last club: Is Marco Rubio the newest member?
‘ED Show’ playbook: Friday, Feb. 15
Feb. 16: The minimum wage, Universal Pre-K
Changing expectations: First ladies are windows into history
Wet’s Happening: Could you be the next Wendy the Waterdrop?
Families marred by gun violence add unified voice for tighter gun laws
Gay marriage hurts no one; a gun in the wrong hands does
Pics: Welcome home, Desiline Victor
Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul team up on hemp legalization
Reopening Dr. Tiller’s former abortion clinic
Warren to regulators: When was the last time you took a Wall Street bank to trial?
Report: The ‘47%’ pay more of their income in taxes
A lesson on the value of inflation
Watch out Wall Street: Warren comes out blazing in first hearing
Chart imitates life, prison edition
Very Last Word: How to reform the filibuster
With Lautenberg out, is Booker in?
Tackling pre-K in ‘a realistic and ambitious way’
New wave of voter suppression: The show me your ID state
First Word: Obama talks gun violence in Chicago
Virginia’s new voter ID bill likely illegal
The Russian meteorite blast as it happened
The perilous future of infrastructure investments
House GOP attempts to block federal employee pay raise
Backlash from both parties to Obama’s proposed voting commission
Hagel’s holdup comes down to GOP ‘vendetta’
Raul Labrador debuts as immigration contrarian
Cuccinelli gets promotional help — from Democrats
Top Links: Hagel went down via filibuster. So now what?
Rubio takes a stand against a minimum wage
LaPierre re-hashes Chicken Little act in SOTU response
Flashback Friday: 2005 Election of Pope Benedict XVI
Chris’ List: Meteorites gone astray
Next from space, an asteroid flying by
The Company Memo: Friday, February 15, 2013
Must read of the day: Why didn’t Carnival evacuate cruise passengers?
O’Donnell: ‘The enablers of Republican tax policy are Democrats’
What we’re reading: Friday, February 15, 2013
When partisan politics turns petty
From Space with Love: meteor over Russia
Chris Noth talks climate change on NOW
This shouldn’t be a Democrat versus Republican conflict
Obstructing Hagel is ‘damaging to our national security’
A Kennedy pleads, ‘Save American lives’
TRMS Writing Challenge: Infoxication RESULTS
Hubris: The Selling of the Iraq War – Monday 2/18 at 9 p.m. ET
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thursday, Feb. 14
Kill the Lincoln penny, and other ‘awesome’ news from Obama’s Google Hangout
Can the NRA quash the growing public demand for gun limits?
The case for raising the minimum wage
Why Obama is choosing now to push a minimum wage hike
To anyone voting against the Violence Against Women Act
The neocons’ problem is with Obama, not Hagel
Opening the door on ‘the last closet in America’ — the NFL
The Cycle’s Valentine’s Day spin list
Sports reporter Carillo ‘heartsick’ over Pistorius murder charge
Very Last Word: Rosario Dawson, and the minimum wage
‘Extraordinary stunts like today’s filibuster can’t happen’
Obama pushes universal preschool in GA, GOP expresses doubts
First Word: Boehner says budget cuts aren’t his problem
Failure of filibuster reform puts Hagel confirmation at risk
Pro-gun policies, NRA, may undercut GOP Latino outreach
Obama pushes for expanded early childhood education
Growing GOP opposition to minimum wage increase
Report: Tea Party group made fake-Hillary with fake-panda sex video
New York moves forward on a ‘rape is rape’ law
The NRA’s plan of attack: Pro-gun groups kick into high gear after Obama’s SOTU
Opponents to minimum wage hike propose raising EITC instead
37 senators call for executive order on gay rights in the workplace
GOP strategist calls Obama a ‘coward’ over gun control measures
The Chuck Hagel confirmation process
A lot of cooks in the GOP’s kitchen
House Democrat sure GOP taking U.S. to next fiscal cliff
LaPierre one-ups Graham scare tactic in op-ed screed
Send a GOP Valentine to that special person in your life
A lesson in fearmongering from Wayne LaPierre
Why can’t Latinos get elected to Latino congressional districts?
Reid sets stage for Hagel showdown
The Family and Medical Leave Act 20 years later: Time for an expansion
Walker’s Medicaid rejection comes with a twist
After state takeover, Michigan school district not getting what it pays for
Chris’ List: Top Romantic Cities
Obama ‘expects’ to see Pelosi as Speaker again
The Company Memo: Thursday, February 14, 2013
Scarborough: Wayne LaPierre op-ed is ‘so laced with racial overtones’
Let Me Start: Roadblocks for Hagel
Jobless claims show sharp improvement, near five-year low
NRA’s Wayne LaPierre: Be afraid, be very afraid
Scott Walker finds an alternative to Medicaid: Obamacare
What we’re reading: Thursday, February 14, 2013
Opposing a minimum wage hike could be costly for the GOP
Rep. Langevin survived a bullet. He doesn’t fear Ted Nugent
O’Donnell rewrites long list of groups on NRA’s enemies list
Watergate 2.0 the least of Rubio’s worries
A swig and a miss! The scorecard on Rubio
NRA rolls out new anti-gun control campaign
TRMS Writing Challenge: Infoxication
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wednesday, Feb. 13
The Republican response: ‘Small, squeaky, and spiteful’
Using books to break out of poverty
Just how ‘unapologetically liberal’ was Obama’s State of the Union, really?
Rubio claims ‘working class’ credentials as he tries to sell home for $675,000
Roadblocks to a Hagel confirmation could backfire on GOP
Republicans question Obama’s claim that new proposals won’t raise deficit
Jordan on edge amid civil war in Syria
Scott Brown joins Fox News as contributor
Fall from grace? Jindal slipping in Louisiana polls
State of the Union hints at long-term targeted killing program
Mike Tyson will eat your bullets
Scarborough: Marco Rubio the GOP answer to Obama, not ready to be POTUS
The test of intestinal fortitude
Obama administration releases interactive College Scorecard
President Obama brings State of the Union message to voters
The immigration debate in a post-truth world
Today on The Cycle: Global Education
First Word: Obama’s laundry list of proposals
Pope will move from Vatican to summer villa after retirement
Obama pitches universal preschool–but at what cost?
Democrats fuel momentum on minimum wage increase
Ted Nugent’s bizarre response to the SOTU
Must-Read Op-Eds for Feb. 13, 2013
Fmr. Sen. Lugar bashes GOP for ‘unfortunate and unfair’ attacks against Hagel
The ‘suicidal’ Republican resistance to compromise
A filibuster by any other name…
Chris’ List: Most popular pope names
The Company Memo: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Putting election reform on the front burner
Top Links: The reviews are in for President Obama’s State of the Union speech
NOW Today: State of the Union reaction
Let Me Start: ‘The state of our union is stronger’
Rand Paul goes through the motions
Sen. Coburn: Sequestration will happen
An excerpt from Amity Shlaes “Coolidge”
Chuck Hagel one step closer to Secretary of Defense
What we’re reading: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
O’Donnell: Obama should’ve put Boehner on the spot over gun control vote
Watch: Awkward Rubio drink on an endless loop!
Obama pushes deficit reduction: ‘We need to finish the job’
Obama calls for $9 federal minimum wage pegged to cost of living
By end of next year, Afghan war ‘will be over’
GOP rebuttal: One small sip for Rubio…
‘The families of Newtown deserve a vote’
Read and watch: President Obama’s speech
‘Let’s get it done’: Confident and combative, President Obama takes charge
If we don’t fix voting problems, ‘we are betraying our ideals’
What helps you move into the middle class? Better schools
Obama’s plan: Background checks, paying back taxes, English classes–and ultimately, citizenship
North Korean nuclear test: ‘Where is China’s red line?’
Watch: President Obama’s State of the Union speech
Hagel nomination moves through committee
Rubio’s economic remedy: More austerity!
State of the Union Open Thread
Meet Desiline Victor, the 102-year-old voter
Very Last Word: Why give a SOTU rebuttal?
‘Why I’m Rising’: Rosario Dawson and the15th annual V-day
Today in lady business: Five bills, one amendment and a court ruling
Could we all be a little bit ‘birther’?
Happy birthday, Charles Darwin!
Bo Knows Westminster: Obama’s dog breed competes
Watch a hodgepodge of hyperbole: past State of the Union rebuttals
‘I’m here today because my daughter never came home’
The GOP response: Why not say what we actually believe?
The flash seen ’round the world: A papal premonition?
Senate approves VAWA re-authorization, on to House
The first lady’s guests at the State of the Union
Violence Against Women Act passes Senate
Senate approves Violence Against Women Act despite GOP opposition
Why Marco Rubio’s SOTU rebuttal may backfire
Indiana students, left and right, oppose bill to block them from voting
Obama planning major nuclear weapons cuts
Vatican spokesman: Timing of conclave should be decided this week
First Word: Obama to focus on job creation
Today on The Cycle: Mind Games
Why the GOP opposes ideas it supports
Ted Nugent: I will ‘demilitarize’ before going to SOTU
Boehner on Obama: He doesn’t have the guts
Second term SOTU’s present challenge
Two gang members charged in murder of Hadiya Pendleton
With the Voting Rights Act hanging in the balance
NOW Today: The State of the Union is…
Top Links: Add North Korea, Ted Nugent to the list of topics in tonight’s State of the Union speech
Previewing the State of the Union
In sequester politics, it’s something vs. nothing
Obama to announce withdrawal of 34,000 troops from Afghanistan in SOTU
Taking Medicare’s eligibility age off the table
The Company Memo: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
How lower-income Americans are shut out of journalism
Obama to address N. Korea nuke test in SOTU
Let Me Start: State of the Union
So much for shedding the ‘stupid party’ label
Message to Congress: It’s been two months since Sandy Hook. Act!
North Korea detonates third nuclear bomb test
North Korean nuclear test draws international condemnations
What we’re reading: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
‘Silver Linings Playbook’ director on the stigma of mental illness
NRA scrubs ‘anti-gun’ enemy list from website, but a version still exists
Mississippi will get health care–despite Tea Party governor’s best efforts
State of the Union guest: ‘I honor my son’s memory every day’
Beyond the fringe: John Brennan is a secret Muslim
‘ED Show’ playbook: Monday, Feb. 11
Assessing President Obama’s foreign policy legacy
What happens to your life after you kill bin Laden?
When has Dick Cheney been right?
A speechwriter on what President Obama will say
Very Last Word: Bernanke and the sequester
I’m not pro drone, I am in favor of destroying al Qaeda
Young people like medical coverage, too
State of the Union coverage begins at 8pm ET, Tuesday
Ted Nugent invited to State of the Union address by lawmaker who threatened to impeach Obama
Gimmicks aside, austerity’s impact is real
Silence Against Women: House GOP silent as Senate poised to pass VAWA
Will the next Pope come from Africa?
#Pontifexit: The news in tweets
Panetta extends same-sex benefits throughout the military
Chicago violence: Rahm Emanuel calls for tough laws and tougher conversations to stop the bleeding
Pope Benedict retires: What will his legacy be?
Watch: Fmr. Rep. Gabby Giffords stars in her first gun control ad
‘I’ll be blunt. If you don’t like the political atmosphere of Wyoming, then by all means, leave.’
Latest voter suppression target: college students
Gabby Giffords stars in a new gun control ad
Military extends benefits to same-sex domestic partners
Relax! When working less is more
First Word: What to expect in Obama’s State of the Union address
First Lady and former president walk away empty-handed from Grammys
Sen. Barrasso: I plan to vote against Chuck Hagel
Presidential road trip annoys GOP
Fashion Week’s Inspiration: Power Women of D.C.
Hadiya Pendleton’s mother to attend SOTU as guest of first lady
Top Links: What to expect from President Obama’s State of the Union
Cheney’s ‘second-rate’ personnel assessments
The Company Memo: Monday, February 11, 2013
Abdicating the papacy, electing the next pope, and smoke signals: explained
The fiscal fight in Cantor’s alternate universe
Rubio, Paul to deliver competing SOTU responses
Short-term memory loss grips Washington
Obama better trusted on economy than GOP
Graham: ‘No confirmation without information’
What we’re reading: Monday, February 11, 2013
Let Me Start: State of the GOP’s Union
Vatican says Pope abdicating, citing health reasons
Obama’s biggest speeches weren’t about the state of the union
Ex-Pentagon chief backs oversight on drone strikes
Week in Geek: Animal House Edition
Chinese Year of the Snake: Business, births, and burnings
S.T.E.M. education inspiring girls nationwide
In an ever-changing battlefield, America’s perpetual war
Obama’s State of the Union: A look back at past speeches
Tea Party taps Rand Paul for State of the Union response
First lady joins hundreds to mourn Hadiya Pendleton at funeral
Feb. 10: The drone program, Paul Krugman on the recovery
NRA’s LaPierre: Wonk with million-dollar megaphone
Alabama pardon for ‘Scottsboro Boys’ now 82 years overdue
Photos: Winter Storm Nemo blasts through East Coast
Rightwingers to Karl Rove: Can you hear us now?
‘ED Show’ playbook: Friday, Feb. 8
Drone strikes: Who should make the call?
New Jersey’s weighty issue: Booker says, ‘Shape up!’ Christie says, ‘Shut up!’
Bipartisan group of senators looks to expand background checks
‘Kick the can down the road,’ says Krugman
Hope, persistence in ‘Silver Linings’ is inspiring
The House Democratic Issues Conference is no joke–except to Colbert
Mississippi lets freak flag fly (briefly)
A step forward: Malala leaves the hospital
State of the Union: Dems use the guest list to keep gun violence in the spotlight
Collateral damage: Brennan’s claims about civilian casualties
Will immigration reform cover LGBTQ couples?
The confused column Boehner’s office likes so much
The 2011 ransom note and the GOP’s sequester
Very Last Word: Drones, deficits and the new Ronald Reagan
First Word: Sounding the sequester alarm
GOP’s anti-Hagel games nearing an end
Pressure for gun reform works in Illinois race
Bush family e-mails, photos apparently hacked
Australian government scrutinizes internships, other unpaid labor
State of the Union: Elkhart, Indiana four years later
GOP civil war heats up, Trump tells Rove he’s a ‘total loser’
Germany isn’t sunnier than the U.S.
New push to legalize pot gains traction
Afghan youth orchestra lights up Kennedy Center
Join in: ‘The state of our union is…’ YOU finish the sentence here
A contradictory RNC message on race and diversity
Flashback Friday: 2006 Winter Olympics, Torino, Italy
Top Links: Brennan, ‘Whiteout’ and Karl Rove
The nuts and bolts of travel insurance
The Company Memo: Friday, February 8, 2013
Must read of the day: Top 100 movies available on DVD
Poll: Clinton top of her field in popularity
O’Reilly’s version of a correction
The doctor is in! ‘Doc McStuffins’ reveals changing face of medicine
NOW Today: Counterterrorism Questions
What we’re reading: Friday, February 8, 2013
Justice for Oscar Wilde: UK’s House of Commons votes for marriage equality
Rove’s new enemy? Fellow Republicans
The best bet to beat Hillary? ‘Our guys–not Rove guys,’ says Tea Party
Brennan rejects torture, defends drones, promises transparency
In order to form a more perfect petition
Weight, weight, don’t tell me…
Guns: NY has effective background checks; now it’s Washington’s turn
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thursday, Feb. 7
Morality of drone strikes is hardball on the world stage
Sen. Risch: Brennan hearing ‘tip of the iceberg’ on drone discussion
Scaredy-cat conservatives can’t handle Beyonce’s power
Very Last Word: The fight for gay rights and immigration
Feb. 9: Gloria Steinem, Marlo Thomas, Melissa Harris-Perry
For USPS, ending Saturday delivery is just the beginning
How many angels can dance on the head of an electoral vote?
Gov. Christie to White House doc about his weight: ‘shut up’
First Word: Obama wants a big budget deal
House Dem: Assault weapons ban unlikely without Senate action
WATCH: Demonstrators interrupt Brennan confirmation hearings
A political test emerges in Georgia
Michelle Obama to attend Hadiya Pendleton’s funeral
Obama pushes for humility and fairness in speech to House Dems
Lesson not learned? GOPers in MI push transvaginal ultrasound bill
AFL-CIO begins national immigration reform push
Maryland moves closer to abolishing death penalty
Sen. Udall: Release of drone documents ‘about fundamental values’
Tweets gone wild: Twitter trouble for politicians
John Brennan heads to the Hill
President reflects on Lincoln’s faith at prayer breakfast
Enemies line up against Conservative Victory Project
Phoenix Mayor: Tide is turning on immigration reform
Republican rift over sequester
Photo Finish: Blizzard of 1978
O’Reilly needs a better research team
After falling in sequester ditch, GOPers look for way out
GOP taps Rubio to counter Obama’s SOTU
Chris’ list: Most expensive cities worldwide
Must read of the day: 9 year old gives birth
What motivates opponents of the Violence Against Women Act
The Company Memo: Thursday, February 7, 2013
For Brennan, tough questions on torture, rendition, and drone strikes
Let Me Start: Attack of the Drones
What we’re reading: Thursday, February 7, 2013