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In the back row . Is this John Boehners version of feedings the zoo . Is this final payment to insanity . The last ves taj of what calm republicanism is ready to cough up. How else can you let this frankenstein monster, this doomsday machine, this sequestration go ber circumto damage and mor real to the people. Gentlemen, i wrant to start with you, michael, because i know youll disagree with me. I read a lot of reporting today that says great. Lets have sequestration. Lets cut 85 billion out of ...

Petraeus as a fourstar u. S. Army veteran petraeus, with so much over the combat strategy over the past ten days. A fourstar veteran, when rumors surfaced he may be stepping down as head of the cia, some speculated he was running for president. Instead, he announced he would step down because of an extramarital affair. At a time when the cia was under fire for all it didnt know about the attack on benghazi, it is a huge step for the newly reelected president , and a profound personal failing for...

Hearts club. Its thursday, february 14th, valentines day, and this is now. Joining me today author and radio host of the nationally syndicated studio 360, curt anderson, msnbc contributor and queen bee of the grio. Com joy reid, politico senior political reporter, the intrepid maggie haberman, nicknames galore, and host of msnbcs the cycle steve cornacke. These days for republicans all roads lead to benghazi. Senator Lindsey Graham and fellow Senate Republicans are blocking a confirmation vote o...

Giving the crazies what they want so they will sit in their seats and behave . Is this final payment to insanity the last vestige of what calm republicanism is ready to cough up . But how else can you explain the readiness of the gop leadership to let this fraken steins monster, it doomsday machine, this sequestration go all out berserk . How else can we understand the party of lincoln doing such economic damage to the republic, such damage and moral to the people. Democrat ed rendell and republ...

For all others. You can contact us on twitter or facebook or email us. Heres our Facebook Page this morning with a poll on your favorite president. You can put in your 2 cents on our Facebook Page. On Facebook Post your comments. Give us who you like and why, on our Facebook Page. Also, send us a tweet. Heres a gallup poll that was taken in 2011. That was the gallup poll taken in 2011. In 2012, also were getting your take this morning on this president s day. Who is your favorite and why . The p...

Through Political Parties and civic groups because at least in theory parties are more accountable and tend to use their money to help challenges and are less inclined to support extremist, which is no small matter in todays polarized environment. Here we go. Thank you. Here are some trends i see and how citizen as united plays into them. It did not cause them but it greases the wheels, especially since 2000 to when Congress Passed the Bipartisan Campaign reform act. There is a redistribution of...

This taen being beaten by police in a video. He was beaten by police and now under arrest. But his family are calling for the officers who allegedly beat him to be disciplined. I dont think there is anything at all that can justify Police Officers in uniform retraining the hands of a child and repeatedly kicking him over six times, over a dozen times. Bunching it to the head t gut while he is oh unconscious frank frankly. We those enforce brought to justice. And israel to adjust its policies so ...

Helicopter, they greet him, shake hands quickly with the afghans. See the patdown . A lot of people noted that Bowe Bergdahl was actually patted down by u. S. Special forces right there. Watch again. Grab him quickly. Youre right, youre right. Gives you a sense how little trust there is, even as this exchange is going on. You can see members of the special forces never fully turn their backs on the taliban fighters there and the taliban, 18 of them are up in the hills with guns watching this all...

Targets in and around raqqa, an isis stronghold. Command and control headquarters. The encampments were hit. Timing of this tying with the president s trip to the un. He spoke to the white house late this morning before boarding marine one to new york. Earlier this month i outlined for the American People our strategy to confront the threat posed by the terrorist group known as isil. I made clear that as part of the campaign the United States would take action against targets in iraq and syria s...

Right wing. All in starts right you will 2340. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. After five years of work and a long battle over declassification, the Senate Select committee on intelligence today finally released its extensive report on the c. I. A. s tension and Interrogation Program and it is damning, indeed. The heavily redacted 500 page summary on the committees findings represents this countrys First Official reckoning with the torture regime operating by the u. S. From 2001 to 2...