Rachel Maddow: "In looking at how extremism is functioning electorally this year, today our staff was researching a potential story about the consequences and repercussions for candidates who say bigoted things."
She continued: "As we researched ...
Posted Thursday, October 21st 2010 at 1:50PM
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In the Presidential election of 1964 Republican Barry Goldwater got clobbered. It was total destruction for the Republicans.
Goldwater managed to win only his own state plus five in the Deep South.
But...something important had changed.
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Posted Thursday, October 21st 2010 at 9:09AM
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Stephen Colbert followed Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar's lead Tuesday morning, storming off set of "The View" in dramatic fashion.
Unlike the show's two co-hosts — who walked off the set Thursday in protest of Bill O'Reilly's comments about Musl ...
Posted Thursday, October 21st 2010 at 8:45AM
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The Erie Canal. Hoover Dam. The Interstate Highway System. Visionary public projects are part of the American tradition, and have been a major driver of our economic development.
And right now, by any rational calculation, would be an especially g ...
Posted Sunday, October 17th 2010 at 11:40AM
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A RECENT REPORT STATES THE FACT THAT BLACK VOTERS ARE “STRATEGICALLY SITUATED IN 2010 TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT.” SAID REV. JOSEPH LOWERY: “IN 2008 WE CHANGED THE GUARD. NOW WE MUST GUARD THE CHANGE.”
The president and fellow Democrat ...
Posted Saturday, October 16th 2010 at 11:24AM
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"Obama! A Modern U.S. President."
From Ron Butler comes this seriously funny music video where the President responds to those who say he's not living up to the country's expectations. Not only is it a pretty convincing argument (as well as an en ...
Posted Friday, October 15th 2010 at 1:28PM
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Last night on "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart was paid a surprise visit by Stephen Colbert who convinced him to combine the "Rally To Restore Sanity" with his "March To Keep Fear Alive" into one epic event now dubbed "The Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or ...
Posted Friday, October 15th 2010 at 12:22PM
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Condoleezza Rice stopped by the "Daily Show" with Jon Stewart on Wednesday to discuss her new book, "Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family."
While the pair may not agree about politics, Stewart said he had been "charmed" by Rice when ...
Posted Thursday, October 14th 2010 at 1:04PM
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Stephen Colbert's satirical "March to Keep Fear Alive" is a timely illustration of a larger point: humans evolved to be fearful -- since that helped keep our ancestors alive -- so we are very vulnerable to being frightened and even intimidated by thr ...
Posted Monday, October 11th 2010 at 10:14PM
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Many New Yorkers were suspicious of the newcomers’ plans to build a house of worship in Manhattan. Some feared the project was being underwritten by foreigners. Others said the strangers’ beliefs were incompatible with democratic principles.
C ...
Posted Saturday, October 9th 2010 at 3:15PM
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TALK OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT IS APPEALING—UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS IN PRACTICE: A SOCIETY IN WHICH IT IS EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF. THIS NIGHTMARE MAY BE IN OUR NOT-TO--DISTANT FUTURE.
Thanks to 30 years of right-wing demagoguery about ...
Posted Friday, October 8th 2010 at 11:19AM
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“FOR SOMEONE TO SAY WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BUILD A CHURCH IN A MUSLIM COUNTRY, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT RIGHT,” SAID IMAM OSAMA BAHLOUL, LEADER OF THE ISLAMIC CENTER IN TENNESSEEE. “YOU CAN GOOGLE THIS.”
On ABC's This Week on Oct. 3, ...
Posted Thursday, October 7th 2010 at 11:03AM
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Visitors to the upper floors of the Muslim community center planned for near ground zero would walk through lofty spaces — for art exhibitions, for contemplation and prayer, for programs on interreligious dialogue, for a 9/11 memorial — as sunlig ...
Posted Sunday, October 3rd 2010 at 1:23PM
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She was standing naked on the wharf in Boston harbor, covered only by an old carpet. The frail little girl, just seven, kidnapped from home and family in Africa and forced into the dark hold of a slaveship for the horrific Middle Passage across the ...
Posted Saturday, October 2nd 2010 at 5:00PM
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COOPERATION FROM AMERICAN MUSLIMS IS NO SECRET TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WHO HAVE ESTABLISHED DOWN TO THE LOCAL LEVEL FORMAL AND INFORMAL CONNECTIONS TO AMERICAN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES TO CULTIVATE THE FLOW OF INTELLIGENCE.
With the volume ...
Posted Friday, October 1st 2010 at 11:18AM
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CNN. Sept. 29, 2010—After testifying at a hearing about a proposed mosque in Tennessee, Sharia law self-styled "expert" Frank Gaffney went on Anderson Cooper last night to explain why, exactly, the mosque could be another victory for radical Ameri ...
Posted Thursday, September 30th 2010 at 3:36PM
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“I HOPE THEY COME,” SAID DEVELOPER SHARIF EL-GAMAL. “WE DON’T SEE THIS BEING A SUCCESS UNTIL THERE HAS BEEN A BAR MITZVAH.”
OPPONENTS CALLS TO INVESTIGATE FINANCING WAS MOOT—THERE WAS NO FINANCING. NOW THE PLAN IS TO ATTRACT MUSLIM A ...
Posted Thursday, September 30th 2010 at 9:37AM
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THE U. S. IS ONE OF THE MOST RELIGIOUS COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. BUT FAITH LEADERS AND EDUCATORS HAVE LONG LAMENTED THAT AMERICANS KNOW LITTLE ABOUT RELIGION. ON AVERAGE, PARTICIPANTS IN THE SURVEY CORRECTLY ANSWERED ONLY HALF OF THE SURVEY QUESTIONS. ...
Posted Tuesday, September 28th 2010 at 10:13PM
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On Friday night, Anderson Cooper took on Renee Ellmers, a Republican House candidate in North Carolina who has now based her campaign on opposing the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque," the Muslim community center project all the way up north in New York ...
Posted Monday, September 27th 2010 at 11:09PM
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BEIJING PROVIDES $15 BILLION IN SEED MONEY FOR THE COUNTRY’S AUTO AND BATTERY COMPANIES TO START AN ELECTRIC CAR INDUSTRY. SOON WE WILL BE IMPORTING ELECTRIC CARS FROM CHINA JUST LIKE WE ARE NOW IMPORTING OIL FROM SAUDI ARABIA.
By THOMAS L ...
Posted Sunday, September 26th 2010 at 8:59PM
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GOV. PATERSON: “BEING GOVERNOR IS A LOT LIKE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. THERE ARE A LOT OF CHARACTERS. IT’S FUNNY FOR 10 MINUTES. THEN YOU JUST WANT IT TO BE OVER…AND I SEE YOU STILL HAVE A BEARD. I SHAVED MINE A YEAR AGO. ARE YOU BLIND?
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Posted Sunday, September 26th 2010 at 1:01PM
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“I’LL ADMIT I STARTED MY WORK DAY WITH PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS OF MIGRANT LABORT,” COLBERT SAID. “BUT AFTER WORKING WITH THESE MEN AND WOMEN, SIDE BY SIDE IN THE UNFORGIVING SUN, I HAVE TO SAY—PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME DO THIS AGAIN. IT IS REAL ...
Posted Friday, September 24th 2010 at 12:31PM
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Let me be clear: the idea of an inevitable Republican landslide in November is not a foregone conclusion. It’s a self-perpetuating bit of wishful thinking that’s gaining currency through the force of being recycled ad nauseam by overzealous pundi ...
Posted Saturday, September 18th 2010 at 4:19PM
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