MS NOW January 2014 Articles

Links for the 1/31 TRMS

Only half-way there on mercy

Ahead on the 1/31 Maddow show

Wildstein: Christie knew about lane closures

New video of epic 23-mile space jump will blow your mind

Read: Letter alleging Christie knew of bridge lane closings

Friday’s Mini-Report

The February 1 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Wildstein lawyer: there’s evidence Christie knew

Syrian crisis needs political solution, says USAID

Obama’s subtle immigration warning

‘Approximately 50 total employees’

Keystone XL clears crucial hurdle

Ex-ally alleges Christie knew of lane closure

Sochi Latest: Russian LGBT advocates

Map: How states are implementing Obamacare

Seeking edge on voting rules, parties target sec. of state races

A Super Bowl bounce for Chris Christie? Don’t count on it

Super Bowl ad honors America’s fallen soldiers

Political Super Bowl cameos

New hope on jobless aid?

Gut Check: Should the marijuana debate be part of the super bowl?

A past client is used against an Obama nominee

New program to help long-term unemployed

Friday’s campaign round-up

Let Me Start: On the Jersey front

‘Rebranding’ Common Core

Issa praises Waxman for ideas Issa opposed

Panel: Keep military commanders in charge of sexual assault cases

Mayors place Super Bowl bets

Can a GOP immigration leader sell his colleagues on reform

Rubio connects immigration, Benghazi

Trivia Time! Friday’s trivia answer

Obama fact-checks ‘imperial president’ critics

Live Video: Obama, CEOs announcement on hiring jobless

Public grows less divided on wars’ merit

Court upholds constitutionality of Conn. gun-control law

Belafonte, MHP discuss progressive activism and black America

Rev’s Early Reads: January 31

THE BUD BOWL

‘Bette in Spokane’

House GOP outlines immigration principles

The state where Clinton beats everyone

“I am Hello Kitty” and other morning reads

Morning Headlines: Friday, January 31

Links for the 1/30 TRMS

Obamacare is making medicine more efficient

Ahead on the 1/30 Maddow show

Statement from the National Guard

House GOP unveils immigration reform plan

Thursday’s Mini-Report

All In Agenda: Follow the money

‘It’s 50-50’

The liberal legacy Henry Waxman will leave behind

Tea party favorite Sharron Angle pushes voter ID

Perkins’ defenders speak up

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand answers your questions on military sexual assault

Billboards battle over the marijuana message

De Blasio flexes progressive muscle in stop-and-frisk case

President Obama has issued fewer executive orders than most presidents in the last 50 years

Michelle Obama dishes on Valentine’s Day at the White House

Tea Partiers on a losing streak

Effort launched to commute more drug sentence

Ahead: More trouble for Christie

Thursday’s campaign round-up

Business Latest: Obamacare premiums

Too Young to Die: Zainee Hailey

Live Video: Obama speaks at GE Plant in Wisconsin

Gut check: Should states enact laws that restrict elderly drivers?

Let Me Start: Christie chooses sides…in Super Bowl

Henry Waxman retiring from House after 40 years

Support for Iran-sanctions bill fades

House GOP goes ‘alternative’

Paul targets ‘Post Office Gun Ban’

Obama should praise lobbyists more, lobbyists say

Boehner eyes end to ENDA push

Don’t know much about history

GOP shutdown steps on economic growth

Most Americans don’t want Obamacare repealed

Jobless claims jump unexpectedly

GOP reaches out to Obama: Let’s talk

Hillary leads Dems in polls for 2016

The GOP case against pay equity

Rev’s Early Reads: January 30

Morning Maddow: January 30

Childhood obesity rooted in early years, new study finds

Top Super Bowl Snacks

Morning Headlines: Thursday, January 30

Links for the 1/29 TRMS

Chart Imitates Life: Executive orders

Ahead on the 1/29 Maddow show

Cheerios brings back biracial family for Super Bowl ad

By popular demand: the ‘cheerleader’ ringtone

After death, new scrutiny for lethal injection

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

Why Costco got praised in the State of the Union

‘I’m not sure I’m saying that’

For vets, rehab rather than prison

PoliticsNation Preview: GOP Ugly Response to SOTU, Bully Politics

Finally, some hope for jobless aid

Karen Finney answered your questions about SOTU

GOP preps debt-ceiling surrender

Chris Christie’s list of troubles grows

Oprah at 60: Six news-making moments

Clapper calls on Snowden, ‘accomplices’ to return documents

Winter Storm Hits Atlanta, Cripples City

All In Agenda: How Christie does business

How’d he do? msnbc reporters rate Obama’s SOTU promises

There is no abortion ‘surcharge’

Live Video: Obama delivers remarks on retirement in US

Too Young to Die: Brandon McCall

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

Gut Check: Do you think college football players should unionize?

Let Me Start: The real GOP response? Freak out.

Defining ‘tyranny’ down

Holder blames Congress for blocking Gitmo closure

Business Latest: Fed cuts bond purchases

On policy towards women, a study in contrasts

Trivia Time! Wednesday’s trivia answer

Live Video: Obama on the economy, minimum wage

Live Video: Obama on the economy, minimum wage

Dictators, nukes and walk outs: The outrageous SOTU reactions

‘The world is literally about to blow up’

Biden on 2016: Maybe, maybe not?

Grimm to reporter: ‘I’ll break you in half’

Clearing a low bar

Obama’s energetic pitch for an ‘opportunity agenda’

GOP rep to reporter: ‘I’ll break you in half. Like a boy.’

Rev’s Early Reads: January 29

Fractured GOP gives four separate State of the Union rebuttals

The good, the bad, and the weird at Obama’s State of the Union

Obama’s missed opportunity

Mobility has been weak–since the Nixon years

Morning Maddow: January 29

Obama: Time for Congress to get out of the way

State of the Union 2014

Most popular guy at SOTU? Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson

A wide-ranging talk with Eric Holder

State of the Union on social: What’s trending?

State of the Union special coverage tonight

Chart: Obama’s spare use of executive orders

Wendy Davis ‘a remarkable mom,’ say daughters

2014 State of the Union: President Obama’s speech in full

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

House passes abortion insurance restriction

Tonight on PoliticsNation: Prepping for SOTU (Good, Bad & Ugly)

GITMO prisoner gets a hearing

Bipartisan Farm Bill deal to cut over $8 billion in food stamps

Rand Paul not quite done with Bill Clinton

‘Duck Dynasty’ stars are attending the State of the Union

Women 2014: The Twitter Trail

Feinstein: No evidence Snowden is a Russian spy

Officer indicted in shooting of unarmed football player

Remembering Pete Seeger

When one response becomes five

Boehner: Minimum wage raise affects ‘no one’

Two ways Obama can really help workers

The SOTUs that made history

A wage hike isn’t a ‘constitutional violation’

Gut Check: Do you think the SOTU will push Congress to be more productive?

White House releases a behind the scenes video of SOTU prep

FULL VIDEO: President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union address

RNC posts ‘leaked’ SOTU speech

When politicians embrace the power of spam

Giffords asks: What is Congress afraid of?

Palin defends McCain against Arizona GOP censure

Taking a stand by having a seat

Antoinette Tuff will join Michelle Obama at State of the Union

Trivia Time! Tuesday’s trivia answer

Business Latest: Obama, not your year (so far)

Louisiana backs off abortion waiting period

GOP wants to change Missouri constitution for voter ID

Compromise reverses some GOP food-stamp cuts

Obama to act on minimum wage

When an apology isn’t an apology

Fourth grader presses Rand Paul: Are you running for office?

Morning Maddow: January 28

President raises minimum wage for federal contractors

Rev’s Early Reads: January 28

Most Bizarre Super Bowl Bets

Behind the #SOTU Headlines

An excerpt from Cokie Roberts’ “Founding Mothers”

Morning Headlines: Tuesday, January 28

Links for the 1/27 TRMS

All In Agenda: State of the Union edition

Ahead on the 1/27 Maddow show

Will Congress turn its back on students?

State of the Union: What the numbers say

Nearly 10,000 American children are injured or killed by guns every year

On Iran, Obama needs to call out skeptics

What can Obama do on the economy without Congress?

Resilience, unity are the Clinton tickets

The story of ‘The Monuments Men’

Monday’s Mini-Report

Poll: America’s headed downhill

One Christie scandal begets another

All In Agenda: Richard Sherman Edition

The top 50 people with a hand in your food

Is Common Core in trouble?

Sherman: Encounter with Crabtree was ‘good-natured’

Too Young to Die: Kayla Williams

Florida to vote on medical marijuana in November election

Lawmakers to Obama: Fire your intelligence chief for lying

5 things to watch in the GOP immigration plan

Blackburn reflects on a ‘thriving economy’

Creigh Deeds: ‘The system failed my son’

SOTU VIPs: Guess who got a seat next to the first lady

New Jersey legislature wrestles over ‘Bridgegate’ future

Obama prepares for Tuesday’s address amid low approval ratings

Arizona GOP turns on McCain

Hillary Clinton insists on 2016: ‘I don’t know’

Making the banking system marijuana friendly

Let Me Start: ‘Apologize, then blame someone else’

Monday’s campaign round-up

Gut Check: Do you think Beyonce’s performance was too risqué to open the Grammys?

New msnbc dayside schedule announced

Agema doesn’t want to quit RNC

Why aren’t mass shootings called terrorism?

What Rand Paul doesn’t understand about the ‘war on women’

Must-Read Op-Eds for Monday, Jan. 27

Business Latest: Focus on the Fed

GOP’s just-say-no agenda on gun safety laws and more must end

ACA opposition frays a little further

Trivia Time! Monday’s trivia answer

Ted Cruz, the Republicans’ id

There are no gays in Sochi, says mayor

Fear of a ‘Progressive Kristallnacht’

Paul, the Clintons, and the ‘war on women’

Rep. Trey Radel to resign from Congress

McConnell redefines ‘irresponsible’

Rev’s Early Reads: January 27

Four out of five Americans don’t trust GOP

Morning Maddow: January 27

Grammy Awards celebrate ‘Same Love’

2014 Grammy Award Winners

Morning Headlines: Monday, January 27

Brain-dead, pregnant Texas woman taken off life support

Week in Geek: Too much fun with Tesla Coils

Rand Paul: Women have already won

Snowden ally pushes back against spy allegations

The January 26 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Exclusive: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand takes your questions

Gun violence in America continues unabated

A letter to John Cornyn, because Texas still needs the VRA

Watch Mitt Romney ‘slow jam the news’

Iowa GOP posts flowchart to ID racism

This Week in God

Links for the 1/24 TRMS

What Obama should say to Wall Street in his State of the Union

A tale of two water mains

In DC, inequality hits home

Ahead on the 1/24 Maddow show

Afghanistan is not an afterthought

All In Agenda: Planet Huck

The January 25 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Pregnant woman ordered off life-support

Friday’s Mini-Report

Supreme Court splits the difference on birth control case

RNC eyes major calendar changes

The Love/Hate of Obamacare

The Republican rebuild, one year in

Don’t call it a comeback

Progressives fear Hillary-super PAC juggernaut

Republicans discover their NSA fears

Michelle Obama to join Fallon during first week on Tonight Show

Gay-rights movement in uncharted territory

Hucked up: Sarah Silverman reacts to Huckabee’s Libido Comments

Karen Finney answers your questions on the State of the Union 2014

The inevitable D’Souza conspiracy theories

Sides in Syrian civil war agree to meet face-to-face

RNC condemns NSA spying in huge turnaround

Last night on Letterman

Obamacare enrollment hits 3 million sign-ups

Former Alexander aide found dead

Trivia Time! Friday’s trivia answer

The House GOP’s go-to woman

Friday’s campaign round-up

The double standard over Bieber, Sherman

Voting reforms off to a slow start

Live Video: Kerry makes remarks in Switzerland

Live Video: Kerry makes remarks in Switzerland

Live Video: Kerry makes remarks in Switzerland

Gut Check: Should the police officers be able to get their jobs back?

Fox News’ unique approach to polling

US still lags on human rights, says report

The elusive Steve Stockman

Business Latest: US stocks slammed

The speech about women you should have heard

Migrant workers at Sochi faced unpaid wages, deportations

An evolving conversation on drug policy

Romney: Christie’s a strong leader, Hillary is beatable

Huckabee vs. Huckabee

Menendez draws federal scrutiny in N.J.

Rev’s Early Reads: January 24

Morning Maddow: January 24

The State of our Union: Immigration

Boehner on ‘Tonight Show’: I don’t want to be president

The Web’s New Domains

Morning Headlines: Friday, January 24

Why John Boehner doesn’t want to be president

Links for the 1/23 TRMS

Holder speaks out on Voter ID, Wall St, NSA in MSNBC exclusive

McDonnell’s medicine show

Ahead on the 1/23 Maddow show

msnbc Community responds to ACA

Conservative author Dinesh D’Souza hit with federal charges

All In Agenda: Ding Dong, it’s the FBI

Rick Perry in favor of marijuana decriminalization

The state of voter ID laws

Thursday’s Mini-Report

Christie’s bridge scandal generates new federal subpoenas

Christie’s other traffic jam

Tonight on PoliticsNation: A rough day for Christie… and Bieber

Snowden: ‘No way I can come home’

Tea Party wages war on John Boehner

DOJ would be open to Snowden plea deal

FLOTUS wishes good luck to Team USA

Huckabee reflects on women, libidos, and ‘Uncle Sugar’

GOP looks to avoid destructive primary fights

Class warfare sure is popular

Huck: Dems say women can’t control libido

Gut Check: Do you think the sperm donor should be forced to pay child support?

White House shares a peek at SOTU prep on social media

GOP pushes back on Obama voting report

Thursday’s campaign round-up

Hillary 2016 gets massive backing

Second chemical found in West Virginia spill

Fetus ‘distinctly abnormal’ for Texas woman on life-support

Trivia Time! Thursday’s trivia answer

Elections have consequences in Virginia

Chris Christie’s no good, very bad month

GOP threatens new debt-ceiling crisis

Business Latest: Inequality isn’t the problem

Anti-gay measure advances in Indiana

‘The wife is to voluntarily submit’

The left’s latest problem with Obama admin

Privacy report finds NSA spying illegal

Jobless claims level off

Most Republicans think poverty caused by laziness, new poll finds

Christie favorability, approval plummets

Christie admin scandal draws FBI scrutiny

Obama a nice guy, OK prez

Morning Maddow: January 23

Rev’s Early Reads: January 23

Virginia’s top lawyer turns on state’s gay marriage ban

Most Regretted Jobs

Links for the 1/22 TRMS

All that glitters is doable

Let’s focus on the legal bribery system

FBI questions Hoboken mayor’s aides, sources say

Ahead on the 1/22 Maddow show

All In Agenda: The Virginia way

Federal ruling on jury exclusion carries big implications for gay rights

Pro-lifers think they can save the GOP

Big Coal’s science experiment on West Virginians

Michigan gov announces $350 million aid deal for DIA, pensions

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

Freedom Industries: other chemical is ‘proprietary’

Nearly 100 percent of Mass. voters know of Martha Coakley

Irin Carmon answered your questions on reproductive rights

How to get out of Gitmo — now

Are you #truedisrupters?

Tonight on PoliticsNation: Another Fla. Stand Your Ground Case?

Scandals take a toll on Christie’s support

Mitt the movie asks again: Why is he running?

March for Life: The political reaction on social media

Texas GOPer: If Wendy Davis were male, ‘none of this would ever come up’

Wednesday starts off with a BANG!

Conservative media fail as talent scouts

SCOTUS refused to halt execution of Mexican citizen in Texas

Election panel eyes reforms

Christie and McDonnell: From stardom to scandal

Ted Nugent calls Obama ‘subhuman mongrel’

Obama panel: Voters shouldn’t wait longer than half an hour

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

Let Me Start: Falls from grace

Pope tweets support for pro-life rally

Live Video: Obama hosts event for Council on Women, Girls

Appeals court: gays can’t be excluded from juries

Trivia Time! Wednesday’s trivia answer

About that four-minute ACA ‘hack’…

Business Latest: Big tobacco redux

Democrat woman wins big in VA Senate special election

An ugly experiment in North Carolina

GOP hopeful wants Obama hanged. Instead he got a surprise visit

McConnell hints at key vulnerability

Cuccinelli’s shot across Christie’s bow

Obama admin: Freedom from sexual assault a basic human right

Rev’s Early Reads: January 22

Snowden: Don’t be ‘absurd,’ I’m no Russian spy

Morning Headlines: Wednesday, January 22

Links for the 1/21 TRMS

Republicans had high hopes for former Gov. Bob McDonnell

Morning Maddow: January 22

Quiz: What do you know about reproductive rights?

Ahead on the 1/21 Maddow show

Seeking justice for a 14-year-old boy executed in 1944

All In Agenda: Christie’s political machine

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

Meet the Class of 2009

Pussy Riot members to headline Brooklyn concert

Virginia’s McDonnell indicted on corruption charges

Christie trails Clinton in hypothetical match-up

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell indicted on corruption charges

Is an anti-immigration think tank moving left?

The State of the Union: You Tell Us!

‘I have no control over your life’

Utah gay couples not giving up marriages without a fight

W. Va. gov proposes new regulation legislation

Scandal-plagued Vitter throws hat into governor’s race

When GOP priorities collide

Tonight on PoliticsNation: Antoinette Tuff

Let Me Start: Controversy, continued

Conservatives: Voting Rights Act fix discriminates against whites

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Gut Check: Do you think the NFL should eliminate the extra point?

Christie inaugurated for second term amid swirling scandals

Christie’s standing suffers during scandals

Trivia Time! Tuesday’s trivia answer

Gates: Don’t buy into progress-blocking myths

GOP candidate for Florida House wants Obama hanged… on MLK Day

Vitter launches gubernatorial campaign in Louisiana

Watch: Michelle Obama dunks on LeBron in Let’s Move video

Nullification campaign continues in Missouri

Live Video: Christie sworn in for second term

Business Latest: Why women entrepreneurs are happy

Critic sees ACA as ‘a godsend’

Olympian Carl Lewis alleges Christie bullied him out of running

When conservative isn’t conservative enough

Christie ally dismisses ‘lady mayor’

Victory lap? Christie sworn in

Rev’s Early Reads: January 21

Morning Maddow: January 21

Worst Online Passwords

2 out of 3 Americans dissatisfied with wealth inequality

Morning Headlines: Tuesday, January 22

Links for the 1/20 TRMS

Senate hopeful wants teachers to carry machine guns in schools

Ahead on the 1/20 Maddow show

Monday’s Mini-Report

Study: Nearly half of black men arrested by age 23

5 latest developments in new Chris Christie scandal

‘An important first step’ in Iran

Fact-checking a key Zimmer claim

Approval sinks for NSA spying

Can anonymous tips justify a police stop?

All In Agenda: A Hoboken plot?

How the Obamacare wars hurt the mentally ill

Palin to Obama: ‘No more playing the race card’

Right pounces on news that Wendy Davis embellished life story

Healthcare website ‘passed with flying colors’

Politicians celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.

Let Me Start: Not about a bridge?

Monday’s campaign round-up

Pipeline being expanded Keystone XL-style hit with oil spill

Judge rejects forced ultrasounds in N.C.

Trivia Time! Monday’s trivia answer

Biden declares voting ‘single most dangerous’ right on King Day

President Obama’s second term limits?

An evolving presidential position on drugs

Do you agree with the Obama’s remarks that marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol?

Gillespie only scrubbing part of his background

Wake Up, Rosetta!

NJ Lt. Gov. denies allegations as ‘illogical’

Federal judge sent hundreds of racist messages

Obama: Some folks ‘don’t like the idea of a black president’

Don’t blame the messenger

N.J. mayor raises new corruption allegations

Romney defends the veep he didn’t choose

Obama: Weed is not worse than drinking alcohol

Morning Headlines: Monday, January 20

Morning Maddow: January 20

US attorney inquiry into Christie widens

A letter to the First Lady, on her birthday

Scandal rains on Christie victory parade

Lawmakers suggest Russians helped Snowden

Putin argues Russia’s anti-gay law does not discriminate

Russian LGBT advocates brace for life in Olympic shadow

The January 19 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Christie statement

Christie hits back hard against mayor’s allegations

This Week in God

Christie camp held Sandy relief money hostage, mayor alleges

Links for the 1/17 TRMS

Ahead on the 1/17 Maddow show

State Department pressed on Nigeria arrests

Honor Dr. King by helping people get work

Time to end the ‘surveillance state’

All In Agenda: Who owns West Virginia’s water?

Friday’s Mini-Report

Week in Geek: Hip Hop Edition

Pope Benedict defrocked 400 priests

Freedom Industries files for bankruptcy protection

‘There are definitely people jumping ship’

Are we losing the war on smoking?

The January 18 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Surveillance reform is up to Congress

Jeb Bush aims snarky tweet at his mom Barbara Bush

A brewmasters guide to beer

‘That’s what gave us Jim Crow’

‘Ed Show’ TPP special TONIGHT

Who’s who on the ‘Bridgegate’ subpoena list

Four ways Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to battle inequality

Obama lays out NSA reforms

Family says execution violated inmate’s 8th amendment rights

Amid Koch ad blitz, progressives sit on sidelines

GOP senators oppose their own judicial nominees

Gut Check: Should this lawsuit be thrown out?

Utahns’ approval of same-sex marriage increased over last decade

Irin answers your questions on the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Happy Birthday, Michelle Obama!

Court rejects Pennsylvania voter-ID law

Trivia Time! Friday’s trivia answer

Business Latest: Superbug fix?

‘Duck Dynasty’ sees ratings drop in season premiere

Pennsylvania voter ID law struck down

Gillibrand’s tireless fight against military sex assault

Live Video: NSA whistleblowers hold news conference

The contradiction behind Cruz’s confusion

Obama proposes major changes to NSA

Live Video: Obama to propose key changes in NSA program

Marriage equality gains favor in Utah

Support for new Iran sanctions wanes

An excerpt from Keith Ellison’s “My Country ‘Tis of Thee’

Morning Maddow: January 17

Worst Cities for Bed Bugs

Morning Headlines: Friday, January 17

K.I.N.D. fund surpasses $7 million mark

Links for the 1/16 TRMS

Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn to retire after current session

Wisniewski will not rule out subpoenaing Christie

The consequences of ‘Citizens United’

Michelle Obama wants to expand access to higher education

Ahead on the 1/16 Maddow show

Wisconsin may eliminate ban on 7-day work weeks

All In Agenda: Fait accompli for Hillary?

RNC tweet asking for feedback backfires

Major hole in new voting rights bill

Here’s what Obama should do about the NSA

Thursday’s Mini-Report

It’s not time to move on

Senate committee again debates existence of climate change

Fix for Voting Rights Act goes easy on voter ID

The return of the Voting Rights Act

As college graduate rank falls, Obama unveils education push

Ohio appeals same-sex marriage victory

New Hampshire GOP takes ‘wait and see’ approach with Christie

Live Video: NJ assembly discusses bridge scandal

Live Video: NJ assembly discusses bridge scandal

LIVE VIDEO: John Kerry makes statement on Syria

2014 shaping up to be a big money year for women candidates

Senators criticize Sunday shows for lack of climate change talk

Gillespsie runs for Senate, bets big on Obamacare

From silly smear to public policy

As Congress stalls, more jobless workers enter free fall

Millions of women at risk of poverty

‘Bridgegate’ investigation ramps up

Gut Check: Do you think the republican base will abandon Chris Christie?

What’s with all the slavery comparisons, GOP?

Thursday’s campaign round-up

Fight over jobless aid ‘just outrageous’

President Obama and Michelle Obama host expanding college event at White House

Business Latest: Taxes for same-sex couples

What the GOP calls a ‘jobs bill’

Batkid: Behind the scenes

Trivia Time! Thursday’s trivia answer

Live Video: Christie attends Sandy event

The slow transition to healthcare normalcy

How not to appeal to women voters

Hillary’s 2016 lead grows after ‘Bridgegate’

Jobless claims off to a good start in 2014

Far-right activist groups, out in the cold

Rev’s Early Reads: January 16

Morning Maddow: January 16

Top-Earning American Idols of 2013

Morning Headlines: Thursday, January 16

Links for the 1/15 TRMS

We’re collecting stories about the health care law–share yours

Clinton crushes Christie in 2016 match-up, according to new poll

The bridgegate question Christie isn’t asking

Obamacare survives another court challenge

Ahead on the 1/15 Maddow show

Senate Democrats stall on Iran sanctions

Louie Gohmert: Judges legalizing same-sex marriage need ‘plumbing lessons’

‘Bridgegate’ hasn’t slowed Christie down

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

All In Agenda: David Samson, linchpin?

Louisiana earns top spot for most pro-life state in 2013

A Chat With Lockup’s First Executive Producer

Leaked documents show how Walmart combats labor protests

Another bad day for Benghazi conspiracy theories

Young and in prison, with no chance of parole

Yet another Obamacare lawsuit fails

Breaking down women of color in U.S. Congress

Marijuana reform branches out

Obama unveils new ‘innovation institute’

Have a question for Amanda Hess?

The new Benghazi report: A thorn for Hillary Clinton?

GOP to Kay Hagan: You can run but you can’t hide

Alabama town signs on to federal oversight of voting laws

Creating the wrong economic incentives

GOP House candidate opposes spousal rape charges

Senator Rand Paul Joins Snapchat

Must-Read Op-Eds for Weds, Jan. 15

Gut Check: Time limit to sit at fast food restaurants?

Gut Check: Time limit to sit at fast food restaurants?

Michelle Obama on hitting 50: ‘The sky is the limit’

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

The winners and losers of the spending bill

Live Video: Obama remarks on the economy at NC State

Live Video: Obama remarks on the economy at NC State

Benghazi report: State Dept. didn’t heed security warnings

A possible Target for congressional scrutiny

Trivia Time! Wednesday’s trivia answer

Christie ‘bully meter’ down

A new anti-ACA talking point emerges

Business Latest: Seaworld vs. Blackfish

How youth can refocus gun-violence conversation

Debate over Iran policy intensifies

Those who see food stamps as ‘slavery’

New App gives women image problems

Renisha McBride shooter pleads not guilty

Wendy Davis out-fundraises Republican opponent

Reflecting on ‘conspiracy theories’

A step towards equality in Oklahoma

Politicians read haters’ tweets

Rev’s Early Reads: January 15

Morning Maddow: January 15

Congressional Moneyball

Links for the 1/14 TRMS

Ahead on the 1/14 Maddow show

I can name that tune in…

NSA spying? ‘We’ve seen this movie before’

Dem senators criticize Golden Globes for e-cig ‘glamorization’

Buffer zones around abortion clinics questioned at Supreme Court

The best and worst states for reproductive rights

This Democrat thinks he can win in 2016 as the anti-Obama

Fallon and Springsteen skewer Christie in ‘Born to Run’ spoof

All In Agenda: Who is Bridget Anne Kelly?

Judge strikes down Oklahoma’s same-sex marriage ban

Federal court deals major blow to ‘net neutrality’

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

Pregnant woman’s husband sues Fort Worth hospital

Jobless aid going nowhere fast

‘They have devastated Mayflower’

When Christie met Wildstein

Christie on bridge plot: ‘Mistakes were clearly made’

Join the Growing Hope group

Miami Heat visit the White House to celebrate NBA championship

Can we pass Congress 101?

Not your average ‘Popemobile’ auctioned off for charity

Jonathan Ferrell’s autopsy results spark suit

Wanted: Young invincibles

How are you #GrowingHope?

Meet the couple challenging South Carolina’s marriage ban

Boehner on W. Va.: ‘We have enough regulations on the books’

Live Video: Christie delivers the New Jersey State of the State address

Gut Check: Does Christie need to address the bridge scandal in his State of the State address?

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Business Latest: Marijuana, America’s next great industry?

Michelle Obama’s inaugural gown now on display at Smithsonian

Meet Ron Johnson’s doctor

Lawsuits filed over West Virginia chemical spill

Chuck Todd gives his time to get the homeless get back on track

Christie to try and shift focus away from ‘bridgegate’

Political arsonist condemns partisan fires

Deal reached to fund Detroit pensions, preserve art

Trivia Time! Tuesday’s trivia answer

Completing the DC Circuit

Beyoncé: Women must demand equality

NSA review panel to testify on spying tactics

So long, IRS ‘scandal’

Bipartisan spending bill comes together

Women to Watch in 2014

Budget deal eases cuts, curbs Obamacare

County GOP group celebrating MLK by raffling AR-15

Pot calls the kettle ‘partisan’

Morning Maddow: January 14

After Bridgegate, Christie loses hold with independents

Rev’s Early Reads: January 14

Places People Secretly Use Smartphones

Morning Headlines: Tuesday, January 14

Decryptomaddowlogical #82

Was this the trigger for the Christie administration’s traffic payback?

Links for the 1/13 TRMS

77 cents on the dollar? It’s even lower if you have a Master’s

Ahead on the 1/13 Maddow show

Monday’s Mini-Report

Abortion clinic buffer zones go before the Supreme Court

All In Agenda: Maria Shriver co-hosts All In

‘Bridgegate’: Three theories on the intended target

ACA enrollment reaches 2.2 million

Find volunteer opportunities near you

Study asks: Does the NSA data mining program stop terrorists?

Who’s on Hillary Clinton’s ‘hit list’?

Christie vetoes transgender birth certificate bill

GOP amendment pits unemployed against undocumented immigrant families

The secret to health isn’t health care

Iran deal advances as Congress looms

‘Bridgegate’ draws little public interest

Alex Witt wants to prevent gun violence

Thomas Roberts on how to give to homeless LGBT youth

Business Latest: Al Qaeda and the energy markets

Karen Finney stands with military families

Abby Huntsman gives support to those who fight cancer

It’s official: Ohio signs on to Tea Party voter ‘purge’ scheme

Court scuttles Arizona abortion restrictions

Andrea Mitchell: Our Children and the American Dream

Krystal Ball highlights groups who help girls worldwide

Day of Service: Pursuing connection, growth, and purpose

Rev. Al Sharpton gives his support for equality for all people

Lawrence O’Donnell gives desks to students in Africa

Supreme Court questions Obama’s recess appointment power

Holder to address crime ‘hot-spots’

Taking ‘worship of self to a whole new level’

More trouble ahead for Chris Christie

Gut Check: Would you have signed this contract?

Judge allows never-before-used lethal injection concoction to go forward

Lululemon lowers financial forecast due to declining customers and sales

New Jersey’s endorsement game

Good news for West Virginians: Clean water is on the horizon

Chris Jansing supports women looking for work

JJ Ramberg on funding global projects for women and kids

When federalism meets Cantor’s voucher push

The billion-dollar development at the center of ‘Bridgegate’

Supreme Court declines to take Arizona abortion ban case

Previously sidelined dive set for submergence

Chris Christie’ other lingering controversy

A Q&A with Thomas Roberts on his first day

High court tackles recess appointments

Trivia Time! Monday’s trivia answer

Christie scandal and a ‘feminized atmosphere’

Politics shunned at Golden Globe Awards

Gates: ‘Not really surprised’ at public’s reaction to book

‘State of emergency’ in West Virginia

Feds investigating Christie over Sandy money

Bridge probe set to continue, expand

Israel bids farewell to Ariel Sharon, eulogizes ‘complex man’

Morning Maddow: January 13

Rev’s Early Reads: January 13

Morning Headlines: Monday, January 13

Nearly half of all Americans support job guarantee

Steve Kornacki answered your questions about “bridgegate”

Three years after nearly losing her life, Giffords taking flight

Women and 2014: We answer your questions about the race

Christie faces tough week with State of the State address Tuesday

Pope appoints 19 new cardinals

Iran nuclear deal to take effect Jan. 20

What did West Virginia officials know?

Shriver Report confronts wage gap, poverty rate

Was a Senate candidate caught connecting hip-hop to gun violence?

The January 12 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Nearly 800 calls to W. Va. Poison Center after chemical spill

Scathing bridge complaint reached Christie’s staff

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Sharon dies at 85

Stay vigilant for marriage equality in Utah, Eric Holder

Links for the 1/10 TRMS

Obama’s plan to improve workers’ skills

The January 11 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Ahead on the 1/10 Maddow show

All In Agenda: Which state is the most corrupt?

Friday’s Mini-Report

Can Nunn grab a Senate seat in Georgia?

Yes, Jay Carney grew a beard, but so what?

Kendrick Johnson’s parents still seek answers, one year later

How not to respond to scandal

Marijuana market watch

A ‘hasty and ill-advised decision’, says Port Authority chief

Ailes book: Fox chief to blame for Fox’s election night meltdown

GOP preps for its big immigration play

Never-before-used lethal injection concoction on trial in federal court

Politics and sports: a winner-eats-all challenge in the House

N.C. police: Teenager was searched before own suicide

Holder: Feds recognize Utah’s same-sex marriages

Business Latest: Job growth weak

The lesson of a ‘free lunch’

It’s cool to be a liberal again

Conservatives pile on Christie over ‘bridgegate’

West Virginia chemical spill leaves 300,000 without clean water

Gut Check: Do you think Chris Christie’s news conference helped or hurt him?

U.S. will recognize Utah same-sex marriages

Friday’s campaign round-up

House votes to undermine ACA – again

House Republicans eye DOMA sequel

Trivia Time! Friday’s trivia answer

Senate deal on jobless aid crumbles

Marissa Alexander to remain free as she awaits retrial

Putting 2013 job totals in context

Have a question about NJ’s Chris Christie? Ask Steve Kornacki!

December job totals disappoint

‘Bridgegate’ sees its first lawsuit

At the heart of the scandal

Rev’s Early Reads: January 10

Jobs report paints grim picture

Golden Globes Menu

Morning Maddow: January 10

Links for the 1/9 TRMS

Join msnbc national reporters for Q&A over women and the 2014 race

The new ‘millionaires’ club’

Ahead on the 1/9 Maddow show

Christie recall campaign would face major hurdles

Another day with no help for the jobless

What will happen to NSA programs? That’s a secret

Thursday’s Mini-Report

The simple joys of a child’s school desk

2014: A turning point for women in politics?

Harvest of shadows; Immigration & farm labor in California

Christie’s marathon ‘bridgegate’ presser left questions unanswered

Christie and the menace of bipartisanship

NYC proposal to ban horse-drawn carriages under fire

‘Cognitive dissonance and rhetorical flubs’

Obama launches antipoverty push

Roadmap to ‘Bridgegate’

Chris Christie plays the victim card

Christie aide Wildstein pleads the 5th

Family decay, single moms get blame for poverty from GOP

LIVE VIDEO: President Obama delivers anti-poverty address

Why the GOP is still talking about abortion

N.C. wants voting law emails kept secret

Christie apologizes, says ‘mistakes were made’

The key players in the Christie bridge scandal

Business Latest: Rubio’s take on poverty

Gut Check: Do you think the bridge scandal has damaged Chris Christie politically?

Christie’s bridge to 2016 just got rickety

Rocky Road to Cooperstown

‘What could they have been thinking?’

Officials demand answers on traffic as key player pleads the Fifth

Scott Brown continues to churn Senate rumor mill

Christie apologizes: ‘I am embarrassed and humiliated’

War on poverty? Not so much

Trivia Time! Thursday’s trivia answer

Live Video: NJ assembly committee hearing on bridge scandal

Positive start to 2014 for Obama: poll

Live Video: Gov. Christie holds news conference

Congressional GOP renews abortion focus

Alaska group submits petition for ballot measure to legalize pot

RNC chair: Dems secretly oppose jobless aid

Jobless claims show improvement

‘I’m alive’: Gabby Giffords skydives

Fallout continues from Christie bridge scandal

Morning Maddow: January 9

Obama game to cut a deal on jobless benefits—in three months

Rev’s Early Reads: January 9

People’s Choice Awards

Morning Headlines: Thursday, January 9

Links for the 1/8 TRMS

A new report bodes well for Obamacare

Congress could cut another $8.7 billion in food stamp benefits

Ahead on the 1/8 Maddow show

Rodman not the first athlete to visit North Korea

White House approves space station extension until 2024

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

Fort Lee Mayor says Christie-appointed exec ‘deserves an a—kicking’

Christie claims he was ‘misled’ by staff

‘Mr. Christie has gone too far this time’

New tell-all rips Foxs News chief

Paper apologies for story on ACA ‘victims’

Stop charging kids as adults

Cantor picks schoolyard fight with de Blasio

Laffer’s laugher on minimum wage

Gates memoir could cause headache for potential Hillary run 2016

Who won the ‘War on Poverty’? Depends who you ask

Pot prescription for the Empire State

For now, Utah decides its same-sex marriages no longer count

Obama administration has zero patience for zero-tolerance policy

DNC pounces on Christie scandal: ‘Time’s up, governor’

Empathy tips for the GOP

Gut Check: Do you believe Texas should honor Marlise Munoz’s wishes and take her off life support?

Obama’s pick for top voting rights enforcer survives grilling

Business Latest: Private job creation

Emails show top Christie aide involved in bridge lane closings

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

Christie cancels event after scandal revelations

Losing the war on poverty?

Fewer Americans call themselves Republicans

‘Explosive documents’ connect Christie, bridge scandal

Trivia Time! Wednesday’s trivia answer

Do members of Congress make ‘a lot of money’?

Civil rights leaders attempt to block Obama judicial nominations

Ready for Hillary rakes in $4 million in 2013

GOP still being coached on how to talk

Rev’s Early Reads: January 8

Gabrielle Giffords to skydive to commemorate Tucson anniversary

State of Florida trying to throw Marissa Alexander back in jail

Boehner eyes jobless as leverage

Morning Maddow: January 8

‘Pot just makes you dumb’

An excerpt from Dick Wolf’s “The Execution”

Least Stressful Jobs of 2014

An excerpt from Mary Matalin and James Carville’s “Love & War”

An excerpt from Dwain Schenck’s “Reset”

Morning Headlines: Wednesday, January 8

Links for the 1/7 TRMS

Robert Gates disses Obama administration in new memoir

US investigating deadly Yemen drone strike

Seeking answers in the blowing wind – What the heck just happened?

The War on Poverty’s surprising success

Ahead on the 1/7 Maddow show

Critics poised to pounced ahead of Michelle Obama’s 50th birthday

All In Agenda: Who is Judge William Thomas?

The wind cries Sandy

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

Marriage equality suit filed in Arizona

Senate debates path forward in Syria

Too Young to Die: Markell Beasley

Sympathy for the Devil in OK City

Judge rules Chicago’s gun ban is unconstitutional

White House won’t ‘dignify’ Rodman’s ‘outburst’ with a response

Tea Party pushing voter ID in California

The drop in healthcare spending matters

No money, no heat, no help

Georgia Republican warns ‘illegal aliens’ will turn state blue

Police tase, shoot and kill 90-pound schizophrenic teen

President Obama: ‘Long-term unemployed are not lazy’

Ted Cruz’s dad backs Katrina Pierson

Gut Check: Do you think a person’s views on climate change are based on facts or politics?

Mayor no more, Bloomberg goes national with big donation

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Jobless aid advances despite GOP obstruction

Live Video: Obama delivers remarks on unemployment insurance

Business Latest: For fighting poverty, does marriage matter?

A new phase in the ‘war on poverty’

Here’s one thing that could end poverty

Activists who uncovered FBI spy program come forward

ACA ‘horror stories’ keep crumbling

Trivia Time! Tuesday’s trivia answer

Unemployment bill advances in Senate

GOP ad targets Dems over ‘if you like your plan’ promise

Riding The Cycle: January 7

A lucrative fight against ‘Big Brother’

Winter, climate, and what’s truly ‘laughable’

Yellen confirmed despite GOP opposition

Rev’s Early Reads: January 7

Legal marijuana support in America soars

Morning Maddow: January 7

Forbes 30 Under 30: Women in Sports

Rep. Trey Radel to return to Congress after cocaine-possession charges

Morning Headlines: Tuesday, January 7

Links for the 1/6 TRMS

Who will take Janet Yellen’s place as vice chairman of the Fed?

Ahead on the 1/6 Maddow show

FBI drops ‘law enforcement’ from its mission statement

Meet SNL’s newest cast member

All In Agenda: Fmr. NFL player Chris Kluwe joins All In

A look at stuck (plight of the Xue Long)

Monday’s Mini-Report

Even GOP balks at ‘frivolous’ Johnson lawsuit

Brrr… It’s cold outside

Senate Leader on debt ceiling: ‘I’m afraid’

Senate confirms Yellen, first woman to chair Fed

Obama prepares to hit reset button

Vladimir Putin will allow protests during the 2014 Sochi Games

How Liz Cheney gave up everything to win nothing

Judges ask: How bad is too bad for Texas women seeking abortions?

LIVE VIDEO: Utah AG holds news conference on same-sex marriage

Johnson sues: Don’t pay for my healthcare

Showdown looms on unemployment benefits

2014 is here. Now what?

Gut Check: Do you think the Wolf of Wall Street condemns or glorifies bad behavior?

Monday’s campaign round-up

High court halts Utah marriages

What’s next for Utah’s gay couples

Salt Lake City joins Phoenix in ending veteran homelessness

National health spending remained low for four consecutive years

The ‘Do-Nothing’ Congress may yet do less

First order of business: A new fed chair

Business Latest: Main St. vs. Wall St.

Watch: Panda Cub makes her first media debut

The politics of paranoia

GOP declares war on ‘war on poverty’

Must-Read Op-Eds for Monday, Jan. 6

Supreme Court halts Utah gay marriage

Trivia Time! Monday’s trivia answer

Obama can’t control events in the Middle East

Steven Seagal considering bid for Arizona governor

Riding The Cycle: January 6

Anomalistic New Year’s Eve starts now

Thou shalt not do paperwork

Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer: White House bid ‘would ruin my life’

NSA keeping tabs on Congress, too?

Liz Cheney exits stage right

Rep. Peter King: Rand Paul creating ‘hysteria’

Morning Maddow: January 6

Rev’s Early Reads: January 6

Cheney bails

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Morning Headlines: Monday, January 6

Court reviews Texas abortion restrictions

Rand Paul: Edward Snowden doesn’t deserve the death penalty

Transgender woman CeCe McDonald to be released early from men’s prison

John Kerry: No troops on the ground in US aid to Iraq

NY set to allow medical marijuana

Unemployment benefits on deck

The January 5 ‘MHP’ Syllabus

Barbara Bush released from hospital

Rand Paul to file class action suit against the NSA

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