Maddow Exposes Another BP Lie

Rachel Maddow continues to be on the job and on the mark about British Petroleum and their penchant to lie to the American people about what they are and aren't doing down in the Gulf. One thing for sure, they are not looking into new and more dynamic ways of cleaning their monumental mess.

AZ Racial Profiling Law's Beginnings Exposed

Proponents of the controversial Arizona law SB1070 (PDF file) mention that lawmakers are trying to battle crime and that there's nothing really that bad in what they passed. However, as the public outcry increases in both private and public venues, the ugly, but not surprising truth is coming out about where this monstrosity came from. Rachel has the details:



Crooks and Liars has more on the connection between State Senator Russell Pearce and his neo-nazi friends. And Greg Palast wonders if this might just be a good old-fashioned GOP voter suppression technique. It's kinda like AZ's Prop 200 2.0.

Rachel Covers More Michael Steele Madness

Why on Earth Michael Steele is the way he is, I have no idea. Of course, that doesn't stop him from acting so ridiculously and consequently, doesn't stop the rest of us from covering the fool who happens to head the Republican National Committee.

Maddow Highlights Roeder's Call For More Abortion Violence

In a carefully worded statement to the press, Scott Roeder claimed he had knowledge of future abortion clinic attacks but refuses to tell police about them. Whether he does know specifics or not, this is a call to other radical reactionaries such as himself to use more violence to um, advance the pro-life agenda.

Rachel Maddow has Frank Schaeffer (a former reactionary) join her to talk about the issue of abortion and the violence some on the right uses.

Maddow Reminds Everyone Specter's Switch Isn't The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread

Like Rachel says, the last thing the Democratic party needs is another Joe Liebermanesque conservadem. The media has been repeating verbatim that with 60 seats in the Senate, Dems can be filibuster-proof, yet that isn't how the Senate works. All you have to do is listen to Arlen's words after having switched.

Rachel Maddow On The Lies Of Republicans

I don't know how Rachel does it. With so many falsehoods, mistruths and outright lies told by Republicans on a daily basis, how does she choose the few to fit into an eight and half minute segment?

Hagel Calls Cheney's Fearmongering Against Obama Ridiculous

Rachel Maddow had Chuck Hagel on last night to talk about Cheney's interview this past weekend. Hagel soundly rejects Cheney's assertions that Obama is making us less safe and calls it "folly" and is sorry the ex-V.P. even opened his mouth.

Rachel Maddow Breaks Down The Employee Free Choice Act In Three Minutes

The case for EFCA could be made even quicker than three minutes but Rachel's style fleshes out all the details of the legislation. She also critiques the Republican falsehoods made about the bill, making John McCain, John Boehner and the rest of the GOP look like the anti-worker politicians that they are.

Rachel Maddow Asks Don Siegelman About His Thougts on Rove's Upcoming Testimony

Former Democratic Governor of Alabama Don Siegelman went on Rachel's show this week to talk about what Rove might say. He wants Congress to take their time to ensure that Karl Rove and the entire appartus behind him is held fully accountable.

Rachel Maddow Shows Us What Real Journalism Looks Like

No, it isn't just letting politicians say whatever they want while you nod your head diligently. Allow Rachel to take it from here:

Bernie Sanders Wants A Real Investigation Of The Economy

Fixing the fiscal crisis we are in is extremely important and we have to stimulate the economy so that it actually moves again. That is not good enough though, because if we do not take a good look at what is going wrong with the system, then it will eventually fail us again. Senator Sanders (I-VT) wants to see that happens and tells Rachel all about it last night.

Rachel Maddow And Sen. McCaskill Take Bank Of America To Task

Rachel Maddow knows how to expose ridiculous corporate behavior. Senator Claire McCaskill knows how to as well. And when the two got together on Maddow's show yesterday they went all out on Bank of America's egregious actions.

Feingold On Rachel Maddow To Talk Up 28th Amendment

Rachel went from having one of the least respected men in politics on her show to one of the most. After hearing a lot of spin (and possibly some admission of guilt mixed in) with Blagojevich, her interview with Senator Russ Feingold shows that even he has something in common with the impeached Governor.

Rachel Maddow Does A WTF On The Stimulus Bill

Elections matter, and Democrats from the White House to the Congress should understand that...and capitalize on it. Rachel Maddow helps remind all of us about that reality. Hopefully legislators that are bowing to Republican demands are listening to this. Even better, perhaps they'll stand up and do something about it.

Rachel Maddow Goes Over Obama's Second Day

Just like the first day....oh, what a day it was:

The World Knows They're War Criminals, Now We Must Do Something About It

And Barack Obama must lead the charge in affirming the rule of law and protecting our Constitution. The ever-amazing Rachel Maddow along with Jonathan Turley get into it:

Rachel Maddow Sheds Light On OSHA Abuses

Rachel Maddow, doing what she does best, this time with the Bush Administration's failed (and deliberative) attempt to effectively manage OSHA:



It hasn't even been four months since she started her show and has already made quite an impact on cable news.

Maddow Asks Why Obama Won't Go After Bush

Many of us on the left, Maddow included, do not want one hundred percent comity with the Republicans. At least not until we hold Bush and his cronies accountable for the war crimes committed. So why is Obama trying to distance himself from getting Bush the justice he deserves?

Rachel Maddow Lays Out The Risks Of Keeping Lieberman Where He Is

Oh there are so many bad reasons to keep Lieberman as Chair of that Committee. So, so, many. Take notes here Lieberman apologists, I'm looking at you Senator Bayh!

Evan Bayh Argues For Lieberman...And An Apology

Senator Bayh is one of Joe Lieberman's biggest fans in the Senate and he defended his chairmanship well on Rachel Maddow's show yesterday. He acknowledged that what Joe did on the campaign trail was wrong but that a disgruntled Lieberman would be worse for us than if he were stripped of his committee.



Unfortunately there are many problems with this. For starters, it would be incredibly hard to strip Lieberman of his Chairmanship mid-term than it would be right now when everything is being doled out. Secondly, his record as Chair of the Committee for Homeland Security and Government Affairs is abysmal. He was basically helping Bush by not conducting any oversight whatsover. Endorsing and campaigning for Lieberman was just the icing on the cake. He can support whomever he wants for President (though that was disgusting on many levels) but if you cannot do your job as a Senator, then a Democratic majority has the right and duty to give Lieberman absolutely nothing. Let him be disgruntled. The man already votes against his party and the whole sixty Senator plateau has already been discredited because Senators can cross party lines for various legislation.

Nice try to save your friend Senator Bayh, but Lieberman still needs to be stripped of the Chairmanship. He's proven himself unworthy too many times. If he wants to redeem himself, an apology is a good start, but words mean nothing without action, so let's watch and see how he votes in the 111th session before giving him anything of importance.