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9/11 Health Bill: Who Deserves More Credit, Jon Stewart or Shep Smith?

By Nathaniel JonesDec 22nd 2010 – 5:00PM

Giving government health benefits to the 9/11 first responders may have seemed like a no-brainer to everyone from Barack Obama to Rudy Giuliani, but it took the efforts of two talking heads to push it through Congress. After months of debate, one compromise that included billions of dollars in benefits cuts and one...

Rand Paul Under Fire for Remarks on Civil Rights Act

By Steve PendleburyMay 20th 2010 – 2:09PM
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Ed Reinke, AP

(May 20) -- Rand Paul, the new face of the tea party movement, is in hot water because of his comments about anti-discrimination laws. The political newcomer knocked off the GOP establishment's candidate, Trey Grayson, in Kentucky's Republican Senate primary on Tuesday and called it a "mandate" for the tea party's drive...

Leading Pundit on Gay Rights Sits In on Hearing

By Andrea StoneFeb 2nd 2010 – 6:12PM
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WASHINGTON (Feb. 2) – It isn't every day that the nation's top military leaders testify to Congress in favor of allowing gays to serve openly in the ranks. And so, like countless other celebrities who have made their way up Capitol Hill for a cause, the eponymous host of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" was on hand...

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Rachel Maddow To Mitt Romney: I Hope 'History Forgives You' For Trump Alliance (VIDEO)

May 30th 2012 - 09:00AM

Maddow, who reported the breaking news that Romney officially secured the Republican nomination for president with his win in the Texas primary, criticized Romney for spending the historic night attending a fundraiser in Las Vegas with Trump.

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What's My Place In These Troubling Times?

May 21st 2012 - 12:16PM

Because of the sudden death of a friend a few months ago, I've spent quite a bit of time thinking about what really matters to me in life, as well as how I spend the hours in every one of my days.

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WATCH: Jane Lynch Fills In For Rachel Maddow

May 17th 2012 - 08:36AM

Rachel Maddow, host of MSNBC's primetime hit, the critically acclaimed "The Rachel Maddow Show," attends a luncheon hosted by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in honor of British Prime Minister David Cameron March 14, 2012 at the State Department in Washington, DC.

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Requiem for Reform?

By Christopher Holshek May 16th 2012 - 05:39PM

The Unmooring of American Military Power , a poignant treatise on the creeping militarization not only of American foreign policy but with implications for our whole system of governance.

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We Still Earn Less

By Nancy Alvarez May 02nd 2012 - 12:35PM

Rachel Maddow appeared on Meet The Press this past Sunday , where she tried to open a discussion about creating a policy nationwide to deal with the discrepancy between the wages women earn and those that men do.

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Background on Rachel Maddow

Rachel Anne Maddow (; born April 1, 1973) is an American television host, political commentator, and author.

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