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Did Ben Smith Accidently BenSmith Ben Smith?

Someone needs to Gif the stages BuzzFeed Politics went through as they published the first thing they’ve ever published harmful to Obama’s agenda: 1. Those “wingers” are gonna lose the Hagel vote today. Let’s high-five Obama’s infallible awesomeness. 2. Oh,

Rep. Luis Gutierrez: Let's Ban Handguns

Friday night, on The Rachel Maddow Show, guest host Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez from the fourth congressional district told guest host Melissa Harris-Perry that he believed handguns should be banned. Harris-Perry asked, “What needs to be done if you’ve already

Rep. Luis Gutierrez: Let's Ban Handguns

How Obama's Death Star Saved America

Thank you, Mr. President! With one heroic decision, you have saved us eight trillion times more than you ever cost us! By resisting public pressure to build the Death Star you have saved us $850 quadrillion, according to your science adviser.

How Obama's Death Star Saved America

Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton Vie for Grammy Glory

This February’s Grammy Awards presentation will have a decidedly left-leaning component. First lady Michelle Obama and former President Clinton will be competing for music’s top prize next year — both have been nominated for a Grammy in the spoken-word-album category.

Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton Vie for Grammy Glory

Letterman Sore Over Obama's GM Bankruptcy Lies

David Letterman is one of television’s most outspoken Obama apologists. The late night talker avoids jokes targeting the president while nursing a running gag about Mitt Romney’s failure to appear on his show. Even Letterman couldn’t stomach the lies Obama

Letterman Sore Over Obama's GM Bankruptcy Lies

Loving Breitbart, Our Happy Warrior

Why go see a movie with a title like “Hating Breitbart?” In this shill-a-minute, 24-7 multimedia news cycle, what’s the point of looking back, to analyze in depth the ephemeral headlines of 2010, the squabbles between the NAACP and the

Loving Breitbart, Our Happy Warrior

Maddow, Hayes Desperately Debate Taxes With Giuliani

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and her counterpart Chris Hayes work very, very hard to put words in Rudy Giuliani’s mouth in their post-debate interview Wednesday night. They work extra hard to re-frame extending the current tax rates as a tax cut

Maddow, Hayes Desperately Debate Taxes With Giuliani

Pelosi: 'Republicans Poison the Debate'

In an appearance on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D, CA) claimed that Democrats were conducting a “positive” campaign but Republicans were trying to “poison the debate.” Pelosi also told Maddow that Republicans

Pelosi: 'Republicans Poison the Debate'

Obama's Convention Bounce Will Deflate Quickly

Yesterday, Gallup reported the first real discernible signs of a convention “bounce” in Obama polling. Over the course of the week, Obama’s job approval rating moved up 7 points. In Gallup’s daily tracking Friday, 52% of adults approved of the

Obama's Convention Bounce Will Deflate Quickly

Jennifer Granholm: God Shut Down Republican Convention

Poor Jennifer Granholm. The one-time rising Democrat star and failed Michigan governor who now haunts channel 455 of your cable box playing Rachel Maddow-lite (complete with smart-girl glasses), is now relegated to Roseanne Barr-style shock-tweets laced with mean stupidity in

Jennifer Granholm: God Shut Down Republican Convention

Politico Lets Anti-Obamacare Lowry Column Slip Through

In a shocking turn of events, Politico, which usually spends most of its time BenSmithing for the President, somehow allowed National Review editor Rich Lowry to take to its opinion pages today, where Lowry laid out a particularly strong case

Politico Lets Anti-Obamacare Lowry Column Slip Through

Flip-Flopper Sherrod Brown: I Never Flip-Flop

Sherrod Brown likes to paint himself as an honest man, true and steadfast in his principles.  In 2011, appearing on the Rachel Maddow Show, he uttered this deathless statement of his unwavering principles: “Those of us in politics like you and me that

Flip-Flopper Sherrod Brown: I Never Flip-Flop

MSNBC's Maddow Divines 'Racism' in Romney Ad

Rachel Maddow of MSNBC is sure that Mitt Romney’s recent campaign ad is “racist.” How does she know? Well, she can’t point to anything substantive that proves it, so she has to feel that it’s racist and since she feels

MSNBC's Maddow Divines 'Racism' in Romney Ad

Hanks, Streep Honor Ephron at Memorial

NEW YORK, July 9 (UPI) — Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson and Martin Short paid tribute to the late writer-director Nora Ephron at a memorial in New York’s Alice Tulley Hall Monday. Ephron died June 26 of complications from

The Obama Vulnerability Cycle

Trend lines in the past few weeks have conservatives feeling upbeat about the fall election.  Romney has been disciplined and steadfast, and has amalgamated his base already.  Obama meanwhile has been beleaguered with a slowing economy, critiques from his own

The Obama Vulnerability Cycle

2012: The Twitter Election

(AP) Twitter plays outsize role in 2012 campaignBy BETH FOUHYAssociated PressNEW YORK(at)BarackObama is on Twitter. So is (at)MittRomney. And so are all the voters following the 2012 presidential contest, whether they know it or not. Candidates, strategists, journalists and political

2012: The Twitter Election

Will MSNBC's Maddow Excuse Occupy Bomb Plot?

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow repeatedly tried to smear the Tea Party movement with the allegation that it caused violence. See this NewsBusters report—or this Mediaite item for two of the many, many times she pushed the theme. In the latter case,

Will MSNBC's Maddow Excuse Occupy Bomb Plot?

Cable Loses Three Million Subscribers to Streaming

The rise of streaming television is something I’ve been covering rather obsessively on my Daily Call Sheet for going on a year now. Not because I have any kind of inside information or data, but because if you connect the

Cable Loses Three Million Subscribers to Streaming

Letterman: Maddow 'The Smartest Person'

Renowned genius David Letterman thinks MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is the smartest person in all of broadcasting and journalism. Really. Introducing her on his Late Show on Monday,  he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, our first guest is an Emmy Award-winning broadcaster,

Letterman: Maddow 'The Smartest Person'

O'Donnell Smacks Down Maddow On Bogus Contraception Claim

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow claimed on her prime time show that multiple states have laws requiring churches to provide contraception to employees that are far stricter than President Obama’s recent mandate. Less than one hour later, Maddow’s colleague Lawrence O’Donnell blew

Big Labor Plans Super Bowl Chaos

On Wednesday, after Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed into the Right To Work law, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow squirmed in her chair with excitement as she showed the Super Bowl Village being invaded by Big Labor activists. [see update at

MSNBC Wears Out Its Race Card During Primary Coverage

Rachel Maddow, Ed Schultz and Al Sharpton filled their Florida primary coverage with endless attacks on Newt Gingrich for his “racist” concession speech, attacking him for mentioning President Obama’s singing. “Newt Gingrich brought back the ‘food stamps President’ thing —

Who Is Rachel Maddow?

Participants on the game show Jeopardy were shown a picture of MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and asked to identify her. All three contestants sat in silence until the buzzer.

Sununu Carpet Bombs MSNBC Election Team

Gov. Mitt Romney’s man in New Hampshire, John Sununu, seemed to have a great time ripping apart the entire team (except Rachel Maddow) on MSNBC while the Romney victory party went on in the background.