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Week of February 8, 2010
- Senator Ron Wyden
- Ezra Klein, blogger, The Washington Post
- Congressman Ron Paul
From the Web
- Carl Levin: Filibuster Could Fall 'After Massive Conflict On The Floor'
- South Carolina Republicans unite with tea party
- Even GOP conservative Ron Paul draws Tea Party opposition
- St. Augustine Airport Receives Federal Grant
- Updated: GOP Blasts Kaine on Transportation Spending
- DELAWARE DELEGATION: FUNDS FOR EMERGENCY FOOD & SHELTER
- Boehner Statement on Federal Officials Ordering Ohio to Shut Down Its Transportation Slush Fund
- Stimulus foes see value in seeking cash
- GOP's cash-and-trash strategy
- Blocking The Recovery While Reaping Its Benefits
- Congressional Republican support for the Recovery Act at home (pdf)
- Charles Ogletree, law professor, Harvard University
- David Weigel, politics reporter for The Washington Independent. He attended this weekend's Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Steve Benen, reporter, Washington Monthly
- Congressman Anthony Weiner
From the Web
- 1965 Alabama Literacy Test (pdf)
- 1958 Georgia Literacy Test
- NEGROES MUST BE BARRED; White Supremacy Demanded by the South Carolina Convention. THE MISSISSIPPI PLAN IS ADVOCATED An Educational Qualification Under Consideration -- A Property Requirement -- Five Negroes in the Convention. (September 11, 1895)
- Sarah Palin endorses (Rand Paul)
- Even GOP conservative Ron Paul draws Tea Party opposition
- David Weigel: Tea Party Convention Marks Coming Out for a Movement
- GOP terror attack machine: Criticism of Obama is irrational, irresponsible and painfully partisan
- Soaring cost of healthcare sets a record
- Dr. Norman Francis, the president of Xavier University of Louisiana, chairman of the Louisiana Recovery Authority and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient - the highest civilian award in the United States.
- Melissa Harris-Lacewell, MSNBC contributor
- John Barry, author, in 2007 was asked by Louisiana's congressional delegation to chair a bipartisan working group on flood control in southeast Louisiana.
- Ti Martin, one of the proprietors of Commander's Palace in New Orleans and the co-author of "In the Land of Cocktails: Recipes and Adventures from the Cocktail Chicks."
- Terence Blanchard, New Orleans native and four-time Grammy Award-winner (and David Pulphus on the bass)
From the Web
- Hastert Tries Damage Control After Remarks Hit a Nerve
- Senate leader: Richard Shelby blocking action on executive branch nominations
- White House Blasts Shelby Hold on Nominees
- Eugene Robinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and an associate editor for The Washington Post. He`s also an MSNBC political analyst.
- Bishop Gene Robinson, the only openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church and he helped organize the American Prayer Hour--the alternative to the National Prayer Breakfast.
- Dave Zirin, correspondent for The Nation, host of Sirius XM's Edge of Sports Radio and author of, "Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports"
From the Web
- Financial executives spent big on Brown
- RYAN INTRODUCES ‘A ROADMAP FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE 2.0’
- CBO review of roadmap (pdf)
- Republicans revive a debate they lost, badly
- 'We Might As Well Be Able To Vote For Disney': Tea Partiers Slam Citizens United Ruling
- The Making of CBS's Pro-Life Ad
- Planned Parenthood response to the Tebow Super Bowl ad
- The Invisible Dead - The grisly truth about the Super Bowl abortion ad
- Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio
- Chris Hayes, Washington editor of the Nation
- Pennsylvania Congressman Patrick Murphy, an Iraq war veteran who has taken the lead in the House in the effort to repeal the "Don`t ask, don`t tell" policy.
- Dave Zirin, columnist for Sports Illustrated and author of "Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports"
From the Web
- Republicans find loophole in budget ploy to push through healthcare legislation
- Petition: Stand With Sherrod Brown Against Pay-to-Play Electioneering
- Official Says Terrorism Suspect Is Cooperating
- Eric Holder letter to Mitch McConnell 2-3-2010 (or as a pdf)
- Soldier Deaths Draw Focus to U.S. Presence in Pakistan
- Holbrooke: western Pakistan key to resolving Afghanistan war
- 3 G.I.s Killed in Pakistan. Now Can We Start Treating This Like a Real War? (Updated Once More)
- Sirocco Kakapo on Twitter
- Spokesbird.com
- Clean coal carolers
- ‘Green Coal’ Company LoraxAg Dirties Dr. Seuss Legacy
- The challenge: Four lines of your best Dr. Seuss, from his lawyer to LoraxAg. Ready, steady...
- FCINO: Fiscal Conservative In Name Only
- Demon Sheep on Twitter
- Chris Matthews, host, Hardball
- Lieutenant Colonel Victor Fehrenbach
- Congressman Anthony Weiner
From the Web
- The 2010 Comprehensive Daily Kos/Research 2000 Poll of Self-Identified Republicans
- Swordfish attack Angolan oil pipeline
- Glory Bound Official Music Video
- Mudkids - 'Do It Again' (Go Colts '10) (@mudkids #colts)
- The Mudkids
- Congressman Barney Frank
- Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master for Executive Compensation - and Pay Czar
- New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who has led the effort in the Senate to get a hearing on the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.
- Melanie Sloan, executive director of CREW
From the Web
- Steele Rules Out 2012 White House Run
- Frank Luntz Pens Memo To Kill Financial Regulatory Reform
- Statement by The President on a Statutory Fiscal Commission
- U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 2nd Session (2010)
- Sen. David Vitter to lift 'holds' as Letten named to Justice Department advisory board
- JPMorgan and 9 Other Banks Repay TARP Money
- American Express repays $3.39B in TARP funds
- Capital One repays $3.57B in TARP funds
- Goldman Sachs repays about $10 bln in TARP funds
- Morgan Stanley repays $10 bln TARP
- Don't Ask Don't Tell Story Project
- DADT discharges sourced in wikipedia
- CREW To Obama: Skip The National Prayer Breakfast
- CREW letter to Obama and Congressional leaders (pdf)
- Rachel is joined by Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews for a two-hour replay of President Obama's Q&A with House Republicans.
From the Web
- The full Q&A between President Obama and Hosue Republicans
- FACT CHECK: Obama, GOP Rep. tangle over numbers
- Fact Check: Obama came into office "with a $1.3 trillion deficit before I had passed any law. ... We came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade."
- CBO’s Baseline Projections of Federal Debt
- Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey
- Tracey Ullman, star of "Tracey Ullman's State of the Union"
- Jonathan Turley, professor of Constitutional law at George Washington University
From the Web
- White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett
- Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio
- Chris Matthews, host, Hardball
- Lieutenant Colonel Victor Fehrenbach
- David Shuster, msnbc
From the Web
- Live coverage
- Allen Raymond, author, "How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative" - He spent three months in jail for jamming Democratic phone lines during the 2002 New Hampshire Senate Race.
- James K. Galbraith, economist, professor, University of Texas
- Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico
- Chris Hayes, Washington editor, The Nation
From the Web
- H. RES. 809 - "Honoring the fact-finding reporting done by Hannah Giles and James O’Keefe III in their investigation in the fraudulent and illegal practices and misuse of taxpayer dollars by the Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN)."
- Affidavit Detailing Charges Against James O'Keefe, Filmmaker Who Broke ACORN Story
- Four Men Arrested for Entering Government Property Under False Pretenses for the Purpose of Committing a Felony
- VA: Most GI Bill calls did not connect
- GM vows to repay $6.7 billion in bailout money by June
- From Ford's record losses to remarkable profit
- Exclusive: Obama stimulus reduced our pain, experts say
- The Federal Reserve Made $52 Billion In 2009
- Obama Liquidates Himself
- Obama to propose freeze on government spending
- President Obama concedes defeat
- James K. Galbraith: Why Progressives Shouldn't Fall For the Deficit Reduction Trap
- VP: Constitution 'on its head'
- Article 1, Section 5 of the U.S. Constitution
- New poll finds voter anger drove results of Mass. election
- Washington Post-Kaiser-Harvard Massachusetts special election poll (pdf)
- Jared Bernstein, White House economic advisor
- Mark McKinnon, Republican strategist who has advised the campaigns of John McCain and George W. Bush. He`s vice chairman of the public relations group Public Strategies and also a contributor to "The Daily Beast."
- Maj. Jason Amerine, U.S. Army, Led Green Berets into Afghanistan
- Eric Blehm, author, “The Only Thing Worth Dying For”
From the Web
- That 1937 Feeling
- Mark McKinnon: Bringing Back David Plouffe Will Totally Work
- Mark McKinnon: A Shocking Win for Fat Cats
- November doesn't need to be a nightmare for Democrats
- VA: Most GI Bill calls did not connect
- Haggis could return to America after 20 years
- Tracey Ullman's Rachel Maddow Impression (VIDEO)
- Ezra Klein, blogger, The Washington Post
- Tim Noah, senior writer, Slate.com
- Devin Friedman, GQ Magazine
From the Web
- Poll: Massachusetts does not think Scott Brown should obstruct health-care reform
- Dodd: Time to 'take a breather' on healthcare
- Pascrell circulates skinny bill ideas
- Sen. Harkin proposes weakening the filibuster
- Timothy Noah: The Filibuster Backlash
- Scott Brown carries the weight of great GOP expectations to D.C.
- Scott Brown swearing-in would be stalled to pass health-care reform
- Devin Friedman: Savior vs. Savior
- Congressman Barney Frank
- Elizabeth Warren, chair, TARP Congressional Oversight Panel
- Erroll Southers, former Obama TSA nominee
From the Web
- CITIZENS UNITED v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION (pdf)
- SCOTUS WIKI (easier to navigate): Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
- Statement from the President on Today's Supreme Court Decision
- No security for TSA nominee
- IMF Clarifies Terms of Haiti's Loan
- IMF Chief Calls for ‘Marshall Plan’ for Shattered Haiti
- Rich Nations Call for Haiti Debt Relief
- Military divers find Haiti's port in bad shape because of earthquake damage
- Military Religious Freedom Foundation
- Senator Debbie Stabenow
- Howard Fineman, Newsweek, MSNBC political analyst
- Governor Ed Rendell, Pennsylvania
- Jeremy Scahill, author, "Blackwater, the Rise of the World's most powerful mercenary army"
From the Web
- "Look at that chart." -Rachel Maddow
- Statement of Senator Webb on the Election Results in Massachusetts
- A Week After Earthquake, 15-Day-Old Baby Found Alive
- CIA Contractor Now Flying Spy Drone Over Haiti (Updated Again)
- Haiti-security.com
- Jeremy Scahill: US Mercenaries Set Sights on Haiti
- Basketball league for white Americans targets Augusta
- National Day of Strike
- Norah O'Donnell, chief Washington correspondent, NBC News (at Brown headquarters)
- Jonathan Hall, reporter, WHDH (at Coakley headquarters)
- Howard Dean, former Vermont Governor, former Chairman of the Democratic Party
- Peter Canellos, Washington bureau chief, columnist, The Boston Globe
- Dr. Nancy Snyderman, chief medical editor, NBC News
- Chris Matthews, host, Hardball
From the Web
- Live election coverage
- Dr. Nancy Snyderman, chief medical editor, NBC News
- Commander Mike Glander, Commanding Officer, USCGC Oak
- Joan Vennochi, columnist, Boston Globe
- Neil Watkins, executive director, Jubilee USA Network
From the Web
- Dr. Nancy Snyderman: Deadly injuries force agonizing choices
- Scott Brown Denies Asserting That Obama Was Born Out Of Wedlock, Refuses To Apologize
- I’VE BEEN CALLED A LOT OF THINGS… By Curt Schilling
- Joan Vennochi: Brown’s glossy veneer conceals misleading campaign
- Joan Vennochi: Brown comes across as just an excitable boy
- Attack on Kabul Shows Resilience of Afghan Militants
- U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret 'Jesus' Bible Codes
- State Department, FBI Release Digitally Enhanced Photos Of Most Wanted Terrorist Suspects
- Spanish lawmaker used in updated bin Laden photo
- France asks Haiti's creditors: cancel debt quickly
- Jubilee USA - Take action on Haiti
- Brigadier General David H Berger, Director of Operations at U.S. Marine Corps Headquarters. He served in Haiti in 2004 during a period of civil unrest in that country and he's overseeing the 2200-member Marine Corps unit that's headed to Haiti.
- Edwige Danticat, award-winning author, most recently of "Brother, I'm Dying"
- Olivia Wilde, actress, "House" and activist, ArtistsForPeaceAndJustice.com
From the Web
- Haiti earthquake: How to help - Including a list of donate-via-text options.
- UNICEF -1-800-4UNICEF
- Red Cross - 1-800-RedCross or text "Haiti" to 90999 and $10 will be added to your phone bill for Haitian relief
- Relief Groups Seek Alternative Routes to Get Aid Moving
- Family News Network of the International Committee of the Red Cross
- The missing in Haiti
- Haitians Illegally in U.S. Given Protected Status
- USAID
- This is the segment Jon Stewart criticized. (Includes link to The Daily Show clip.)
- Olivia Wilde on Twitter
- Artists for Peace and Justice
- Tao Ruspoli film & photography
- Tracy Kidder, Partners In Health
- Michele Wucker, author, "Why the cocks fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola"
- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
- Tony Aiello, chief executive of mGive
From the Web
- Haiti earthquake: How to help - Including a list of donate-via-text options.
- UNICEF -1-800-4UNICEF
- Red Cross - 1-800-RedCross or text "Haiti" to 90999 and $10 will be added to your phone bill for Haitian relief
- Partners In Health
- Stand With Haiti
- Doctors Without Borders donation page
- Inflatable, mobile hospital goes where disaster strikes (contains graphic shown on the show)
- Tracy Kidder: Country without a net
- Michele Wucker
- Mobile charitable fundraising to reach $2M in 2009, says expert
- Mobile giving to help Haiti exceeds $5 million
- Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News
- Kerry Sanders, NBC News correspondent
- Ann Curry, NBC's Today show
- Al Roker, Weather Channel and NBC's Today show
- Raymond Joseph, Haitian ambassador to the United States
- Nan Buzard, senior director of international response and programs with the American Red Cross
- Steve Clemons, The Washington Note
-------------------------------11 p.m.
- Sophie Delaunay, executive director, Doctors Without Borders
- Gordon Duguid, deputy spokesman, U.S. Department of State
From the Web
- Haiti earthquake: How to help
- UNICEF -1-800-4UNICEF
- Red Cross - 1-800-RedCross or text "Haiti" to 90999 and $10 will be added to your phone bill for Haitian relief
- Doctors Without Borders donation page
- Devastation, Seen From a Ship
- Andrea Mitchell: Worldwide relief effort under way for Haiti
- U.S. organizing ‘aggressive’ aid effort in Haiti (Dr. Rajiv Shah, USAID)
- HaitiFeed.com
- Facebook: Earthquake Haiti
- Haiti humanitarian efforts linked by mobile connections
- Digicel donates US$5 million to Haiti earthquake relief
- YouTube footage of earthquake
- The lost Haitian revival
- WORLD CLASS RESPONDERS: CALIFORNIA TASK FORCE 2
- Virginia Task Force 1
- David Applegate, the senior science advisor for earthquake and geologic hazards at the U.S. Geological Survey
- Michael Beschloss, presidential historian, NBC News
- David Boies and Ted Olson, the attorneys challenging Prop 8
-------------------------------11 p.m. special coverage of Haiti earthquake
- UNICEF President and CEO Caryl Stern
- Marie Michel, a nurse from New York, was in Montagne Noir, a mountain suburb south of Port-au-Prince, for a funeral, on the phone with us from Haiti
- Gordon Duguid, the U.S. Dept. of State, Deputy Spokesman
- Luke Renner, Humanitarian worker, on the phone from Cap-Haitien
- Amb. Raymond Joseph, of Haiti
- David Applegate, the senior science advisor for earthquake and geologic hazards at the U.S. Geological Survey
From the Web
- Haiti earthquake: How to help
- UNICEF -1-800-4UNICEF
- Red Cross - 1-800-RedCross or text "Haiti" to 90999 and $10 will be added to your phone bill for Haitian relief
- Fed Posts Record Earnings From Fighting Financial Crisis
- Federal Reserve makes record $52.1bn profit
- The source of the bikini graph
- Obama's Brilliant First Year
- CQ: Obama's Winning Streak On Hill Unprecedented
- The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage
- Gay Marriage: The Case from the Left
- Text of Ted Olson’s Opening Statement in Prop. 8 Trial – As Prepared
- Afghans more optimistic about future, poll suggests
- Afghanistan Public Opinion Poll (pdf)
- Tricia Rose, Professor and Chair, African American Cultural Politics and Gender Studies, Brown University
- Chris Hayes, Washington editor, The Nation
- Zach Roth, reporter, Talking Points Memo
- John Dean, former White House legal counsel to President Nixon during the Watergate scandal
From the Web
- Small Town To Liz Cheney: We Want Gitmo Detainees, Not Your Fearmongering
- Atavistic
- 'The Tea Party Movement Is About To Be Hijacked': Activists Slam Plan For Convention
- Few Show Up for Protest at Detroit Auto Show
- Palin's tea party raises eyebrows
- Nixon Presidential Library and Museum: Nixon Presidential Library Opens 280,000 Pages of New Nixon-Era Materials
- Afghanistan Public Opinion Poll (pdf)
- John Stanton, reporter, Roll Call
- Melissa Harris-Lacewell, associate professor of politics and African American studies at Princeton University
- Mark Leibovich, reporter, New York Times
From the Web
- Solving The Steele Mystery: Why Did He Cancel On ABC?
- GOP Furious At Steele; RNC Admits Little Control
- Steele's book caught GOP leaders by surprise
- Embattled Steele Abruptly Cancels Interview
- Steele comments have GOP aides pleading, 'Get him to stop'
- Steele's side pursuits drive away big donors
- Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology
- Animated Steele
- EXPLOSION AT THE TWIN TOWERS; 4 ARE CONVICTED IN BOMBING AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER THAT KILLED 6, STUNNED U.S.
- MASTERMIND GETS LIFE FOR BOMBING OF TRADE CENTER
- Rudy Giuliani on Hardball May 3, 2006
- http://twitter.com/HarrisLacewell
- Fruit of the Boom
- Is Nigeria's president still alive?
- Nigerian House to take up president's absence
- Mark Leibovich: The First Senator From the Tea Party?
- Evan Kohlmann, NBC terrorism analyst
- David Corn, Washington Bureau Chief of Mother Jones magazine and columnist for PoliticsDaily.com
- Jeremy Scahill, author, "Blackwater, the Rise of the World's most powerful mercenary army"
- Jeff Sharlet, contributing editor to Harper's Magazine and author of "The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power"
From the Web
- Summary of the White House Review of December 25, 2009 Attempted Terrorist Attack (pdf)
- The new directives for intel and security heads from the POTUS. (pdf)
- Blackwater Loses a Job for the C.I.A.
- Blackwater and the Khost Bombing: Is the CIA Deceiving Congress?
- Jeremy Scahill on Twitter
- Man taken off Miami-Detroit plane saying `kill all Jews' had mental problems
- Unruly passenger released after being removed
- List of Security Incidents Grows: Airlines, Airports On Edge
- TSA Agent Arrested at LAX
- Man charged with posing as Secret Service agent
- Naked jogger nabbed near White House
- A goodbye kiss triggered New Jersey airport scare
- Ugandan president urges softening of anti-gay bill
- Video: The Tortured Path to Rid Uganda of Gays
- BTB Videos: Scott Lively Delivers His “Nuclear Bomb” To Uganda
- Congressman Ron Paul
- Bob Barker, the namesake of the anti-whaling ship and legendary game show host
- Elizabeth Warren, TARP Congressional overisight panel chair, Harvard Law School professor
- David Wilson, founder, TheGrio.com
From the Web
- Tea Party head warns GOP of Fla. repeat
- Campaign For Liberty: Talbert Black Jr.
- Collision in the Whale Wars
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
- First Transgender Presidential Appointee Fears Being Labeled 'Token'
- Obama makes first transgender appointment
- U.S. Job Site Bans Bias Over Gender Identity
- GOP, Warning Of A 'New EPA', Oppose Independent CFPA
- The word 'Negro' on 2010 census form offends some blacks
- Jonathan Alter, analyst, MSNBC and columnist, Newsweek
- Bob Hunter. longtime member of The Family. He served as a federal insurance administrator in both the Carter and Ford Administrations. He's now the Director of Insurance for the Consumer Federation of America, though he appears on The Rachel Maddow Show in a personal capacity.
From the Web
- Statement by the Director of National Intelligence Mr. Dennis C. Blair (pdf)
- Global Terrorism Database
- Tom Ridge with Andrea Mitchell today
- Al-Qaeda benefits from a decade of missteps to become a threat in Yemen
- The Pickering Complaint (pdf)
- Jeff Sharlet: Soldiers of Christ (May 2005)
- Jeff Sharlet: Jesus plus nothing (March 2003)
- Americans’ Role Seen in Uganda Anti-Gay Push
- Afghan Base Hit by Attack Has Pivotal Role in Conflict
- Suicide bomber who attacked CIA post in Afghanistan was trusted informant from Jordan
- Glenn Beck on birther issue: 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'
- Operation FLOOD IT- Mass Call Surge To Glenn Beck’s Radio Show On Jan 4th, 2010
- Operation “Flood it” is now, Operation “Special Prosecutor”
- Slovak Air Security Test Goes Very Wrong
- E.J. Dionne, columnist, Washington Post
- Jonathan Cohn, Senior editor, The New Republic
- Jeremy Scahill, reporter, The Nation and author, "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercernary Army"
From the Web
- More Terrorism Fundraising: NRSC Uses Detroit Incident In E-mail
- Inside Obama’s War on Terrorism
- E.J. Dionne: How Democrats can avoid a midterm rout in 2010
- Judd Gregg Lays Out Maximally Obstructive GOP Game Plan On Health Care
- EXCLUSIVE: Dems 'Almost Certain' to Bypass Conference
- Andrea Mitchell: Clinton: Al-Qaida a 'global threat'
- Iranian soccer redfaced by Israel New Year gaffe
- An Open Letter From Sarah Palin’s Lawyer, Thomas Van Flein
- BSMP, LLC (pdf)
- 541820 Public Relations Agencies (definition)
- An early warning: The census matters
- Hmm, Why Has Bachmann Stopped Bashing The Census?
- Ensign says he did not breach ethics rules
- CNN: The Ensign/Sanchez Interview Was No Ambush
- Americans’ Role Seen in Uganda Anti-Gay Push
- Discuss Story On Newsvine
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