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Monday's Mini-Report
Today's edition of quick hits: Conditions in Iraq continue to worsen, more than 60 people were killed "in a series of car bomb explosions targeting Shi'ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, part of the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops pulled out i …
April 2013, not April 2012
It appears this is the political story generating the most attention this afternoon, though I think there's less here than meets the eye.
Karl Rove's area of expertise
The controversy surrounding Justice Department leak investigations, and surveillance of journalists and phone logs, is clearly a serious matter. But is Karl Rove is the best person to be discussing this?
Flake hopes dissembling will solve his gun problem
A month after Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) joined his GOP colleagues in killing a bipartisan background-check bill, the rookie senator is still struggling with the political fallout. This ad from Mayors Against Illegal Guns is the latest to put Flake on the defensive.
Star Trek's intergalactic war on terror
Certain corners of the right wing are apoplectic about director J.J. Abrams' just released blockbuster, Star Trek Into Darkness, claiming it condones an appeasing, liberal spin on the Bush Administration's War on Terror. Here's the set-up: (some spoilers ahead) After a terrorist …
A different leak, a different probe, a familiar problem
It wasn't just the Associated Press.
'[S]elf-defense with a measure of wisdom would be a lot better than self-defense that screams fear and a lack of confidence in your ability to keep yourself safe.'
-- Karen J. Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham law, on the 89 percent conviction rate in 509 terrorism cases in federal courts since 9-11, versus seven convictions for cases handled by military commissions. ["Bearing Witness at Terrorism Trials …
Supreme Court agrees to hear major church-state case
In many parts of the country, it's not at all unusual for locals to attend a meeting of their city council or county commission, and see local officials begin the meeting with an official prayer. What if the invocation doesn't reflect your religious beliefs? That's a shame, but …
Obama's support steady during firestorm
I mentioned last week that President Obama's poll numbers would almost certainly drop in the face of intense criticism. Even if there are no meaningful allegations of wrongdoing involving the White House, when the public hears the words "president" and "scandal" over and over aga …
Getting to know E.W. Jackson
When it comes to culture-war politics and candidates for statewide office, it's tempting to think Virginia's state attorney general and Republican gubernatorial hopeful, Ken Cuccinelli, represents an extreme wing of his party. But over the weekend, the Virginia GOP officially no …
The secret memo that only Rand Paul understands
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) seems to have an unusual fondness for conspiracy theories. Paul believes, for example, that the administration is conspiring with the United Nations "confiscate and destroy all 'unauthorized' civilian firearms." He believes there was a secret gun-running s …
The who-knew-what-when game and the IRS controversy
Over the past few days, one of the areas of interest in the IRS controversy is which officials knew about the Inspector General's investigation and when. The idea, apparently, is to identify who was aware of the potential problems at the agency before the controversy rose to the …
ABC's Karl expresses 'regret' over false Benghazi report
We've been keeping a close eye on the controversy surrounding ABC News' Jonathan Karl and his misleading reporting on Benghazi, which played a critical role in moving the controversy out of Republican media and into the mainstream. Yesterday, for the first time, Karl expressed " …
Morning Maddow: May 20
Report: a White House lawyer was told about the IRS inspector general report in late April. What was going on in that IRS office in Cincinnati? Pres. Obama will lay out his administration's justification for use of drone against terrorists this week. Mitt Romney says the Benghaz …
Week in Geek: Black holes and revelations
This amazing video (click image to play) shows the motions of the stars at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. As you can see, there is no visual object at the center that they appear to be orbiting around. In fact, they are orbiting around a supermassive black hole. We can dedu …
This Week in God
First up from the God Machine this week is a story out of South Florida, in which a mayoral candidate claimed an unusual political endorsement, which did not turn out especially well. I've reported on developments at the intersection of religion and politics for a good chunk of …
Decryptomaddowlogical #56
Among the revelations this week was that Republicans managed to dupe the mainstream media into hyping their Benghazi scandal narrative by feeding them doctored information. The construction of an alternate reality of invented facts, combined with an irrational desire to smear Pre …
Ahead on the 5/17 Maddow show
Tonight's guests:
Student voting rights seem 'peculiar' to Ohio GOP
Ohio Republicans' push to make it harder for college students to vote is back in the headlines, with the news that Ohio Republicans appear to be sticking with it. As first reported by Plunderbund last month, the idea is to attach a price tag when colleges vouch for students regis …