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Ahead on the 5/22 Maddow show

Tonight's guests include: Wesley Lowery, reporter for the Boston Globe, live from Orlando Jeh Johnson, former Pentagon general counsel Rep. Carolyn Maloney, (D) New York, member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which held today’s IRS hearings While we …

Florida’s GOP attorney general would rather prosecute funny shot glasses than banks

Obama Admits 4 US Citizens Killed by Drones, Deaths of Those Not Targeted Left Unexplained

Ahead of a major speech on counterterrorism policies tomorrow, the administration of President Barack Obama has officially declassified information related to drone strikes against four American citizens and also acknowledged for the first time that they were killed by the United States.

US Acknowledges Killing 4 US Citizens in Drone Strikes

In a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder to Congress today, for the first time, the U.S. has admitted killing 4 American citizens in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan. The letter is here. It says only Anwar al-Awlaki was targeted for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Virginia Is For Wingnuts Who Want To Track Your Miscarriages

Thomas Jefferson must be rolling in his grave: If a woman in Virginia has a miscarriage without a doctor present, they must report it within 24 hours to the police or risk going to jail for a full year. At least, that’s what would have happened if a bill introduced by Virginia state Sen. Show More Summary

Boy Scouts: Gays Okay. Treehuggers Not So Much.

The board that governs the Boy Scouts of America plans to vote on Thursday on a proposal to lift the ban on gay members. But while the organization may soon welcome gay scouts, they are apparently not so welcoming of treehuggers. The...Show More Summary

Driver Pulled Over, Fires AR-15 at Cop

After his car was pulled over early Wednesday morning for driving without headlights, a Longmont, Colo., man allegedly got out and fired an AR-15 at a Longmont police officer. The officer returned fire and shot 28-year-old Jonathan Shank at least three times and he has been hospitalized in critical condition. Show More Summary

Srinivasan confirmation vote Thursday could hold key for filibuster reform in July

Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell had a heated exchange on the floor Wednesday over the nomination of Sri Srinivasan to the the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. This is a key nomination as this court, second in stature only to the Supreme Court, has four vacancies. Show More Summary

P.M. Headlines

(TPM): "She has to go" (New York Times): "U.S. admits for first time drones killed 4 Americans" (USA Today): "One dead after machete attack near London barracks" (New York Times): "Moore, Oklahoma, tornado havoc overwhelms, when seen...Show More Summary

At Least He Wasn't In Charge of Anti-Harassment Efforts?

Army Sargent charged with secretly videotaping and photographing nude female cadets in the bathrooms at West Point....

This is Getting Really Weird

Earlier we heard that very weird story of a friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev who had allegedly confessed to some involvement with that 2011 triple murder before being shot by an FBI agent during questioning. The latest report says "it wa...

U.S. Admits Drones Have Killed 4 Americans

One day before President Barack Obama delivers a major speech on national security, his administration on Wednesday formally acknowledged that the United States had killed four American citizens in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan. Show More Summary

Mystery Solved

So why did Anthony Weiner announce his mayoral campaign at midnight? Here's the answer....

Still Work to Do on Over 80 Demo

Don Rumsfeld suggests gay marriage may lead to polygamy. Late Update: You learn something new every day. While I was checking some information about Rumsfeld I stumbled across the fact that Rumsfeld was one of the lead sponsors of the...

Well. If you need it, THIS should restore your faith in New Jersey.

Via Upworthy, those geniuses of rewarding stuff you want your friends to see, via What Would You Do? on ABC News. Let me set this up for you. Carmen, who used to be Christopher. She agreed to participate in a hidden camera exercise at the Colonial Diner on Orient Way in Lyndhurst, NJ - props to them for participating. Show More Summary

Getting More Interesting

Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) is now saying that he believes Lois Lerner has waived her right to take the fifth by giving a general statement asserting her innocence....

No-Water-Gate: Scandalous NY Times Piece On Dust-Bowlification Never Mentions Climate Change

On Sunday, I wrote about the real scandal of the century that the media is ignoring or misreporting — unchecked global warming (see “Worse Than Watergate“). Now I have a name for this growing scandal — No-Water-Gate. It is increasingly clear that the gravest climate threat to the most people in the coming decades will [...]

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'If we are going to mandate that our kids must be in school, then we need to mandate that they have somewhere safe to go when there's a tornado'

A bunch of you who grew up sitting in hallways during tornado warnings wrote in yesterday about Moore, Oklahoma. Neither of the two schools hit by a tornado this week had special "safe rooms" for protection from storms. The students and teachers took shelter the same way they ha …

Which DC Lobbying Firms Are the Unemployed Hiring to Represent Them?

I’m really sick of how “the economy” is the stock market. It. Is. NOT. I also know that the constituents of unemployed and underemployed aren’t out there putting pressure on congress or the President.