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That you saw on screen, thats from this article at salon.com today. look at the very satisfying headline. "stop treating war-crazy buffoons as experts! they got it wrong, remember?" i think it matters for our national discourse that there are a lot of headlines out there like this right now. right? on iran, lets ignore those who got it all wrong. iraq war boosters get second chance in media spotlight. media should stop boosting people who got iraq wrong. human times do the neocons get to be wron...

Reason, psychological, emotional, political, ideological, whatever it means, could possibly enter that school property with an automatic weapon and murder innocent children, students, teachers. im well aware that this is a hot political subject and again i will speak out no matter what role i find myself in. but i believe we need a more thoughtful conversation, we cannot let a minority of people and thats what it is, it is a minority of people hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of peo...

Its kind of -- i hate to say bare bones, but it is. they kind of turn into ghost towns fairly quickly. >> we met the republican insurance commission here is fighting her own partys refusal to expand medicaid. >> for me, its not about the political party. for me, its about doing whats best for the people of kansas. listen to what can sans have to say and are they really representing your interest as a voter? are they really looking out for whats in your best interest as a citizen of the state? >>...

America, that value is chipped away. communities lose not only their center but everything that comes with it. >> weve had a tremendous blow but marquette has always been a survivor, and were going to survive this not because we want to but because we have to. >> joining me now thomas frank for salon.com, author of "whats the matter with kansas." we are awaiting mitch mccomes possible victory speech this evening. tom, what is it with about -- and mitch mcconnell is a good example of someone who ...

Nomination there offered a choice of a colt assault rifle or a handgun. raffles like these have drawn thousands of entries, scooping up voter information like e-mails and phone numbers along the way. the question is can bloombergs millions help energize supporters on gun control in the same way? can an infusion of $50 million rival the nearly 150-year-old nra? here to discuss whether a billionaire can change the course of gun control politics in america, we have basos michael jr., msnbc contribu...

Hearing testimony in the case. and it appears the u.s. attorney is making progress. joining me now is criminal defense attorney brian weiss who has experience with political corruption cases and salon.coms joan walsh. thank you both for being here tonight. brian, let me go to you. david wildstein, camped out for days. what does that tell you. did he get immunity? >> well, i think it means he won the race to the courthouse. in a situation like this, immunity grants are like life preservers on a s...

What it didnt win was the election. you can expect to see more and more of these clever political ads as they rely on the varl nature of the internet, exposure that is free and more likely to be seen as more and more americans fast forward through commercials on their dvrs. dvr users skip 50% of commercials. in this world viewers are more and more numb to television commercials where theyve seen so many generic political ads over the years they probably blur together as white noise at this point...

News conference. >> i expect its going to be another long pity party, about how wronged he feels about this and how let down hes been and how hes losing sleep, like he was telling diane sawyer, i expect him to do exactly what he did last time. i dont know if it will go on for two hours, i dont know if he has that stamina, but i expect it to be self serving and he wont give an inch. >> be sure to check out joans article on the christie scandal at salon.com. were also linked to the report. steve a...

Whether or not a large public company like exxon can exercise religious beliefs. >> and amy, is there a precedent for ruling narrowly that a closely held corporation could have exemptions that a larger corporation than exxon or a walmart wouldnt be allowed to have? >> well, certainly they could, because this is the question before the court. the parties in these cases are, yeah, theres two families that own three companies between them. and the immediate families control the entire corporation. ...

Enough. the gate agent has to take control. have everybody sit down. be patient. take some valium. >> you know which people i hate? the first class snobs that keep bowling me over, trying to get in. >> youre trying to get back there, is that right? okay. moving on. >> speaking of travel, you went yesterday to the leadership institute in colorado. i want to show this picture because greg met up with my dad and my sister. greg, and their friend nicole, angies friend nicole was there, huge friends ...