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Optimism tempered by realism in Afghanistan |
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July 16: Rachel Maddow interviews Afghan police and military members about their hopes and expectations for Afghanistan and the pressures of the Taliban in some parts of the country. NBC News' Richard Engel reviews the history of the Taliban in Afghanistan. (msnbc.com)
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Close quarters of power in Afghanistan |
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July 16: Rachel Maddow notes the awkward tension in reporting from between the governor's compound in Kandahar City and a famous mosque while in the midst of the U.S. military presence trying to shift power from religious to secular rule. (msnbc.com)
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Counterinsurgency and its alternatives |
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July 16: Rachel Maddow talks with Brigadier General Ben Hodges about counterinsurgency strategy, how it is undermined by slow civil progress, government corruption and the Taliban, and what happens if Afghans aren't ready when it's time for the U.S. to leave? (msnbc.com)
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Checking up on Afghan checkpoints |
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July 16: Captain John Thomas of Task Force Fury talks with Rachel Maddow about maintaining checkpoints outside Kandahar City in Afghanistan and how the checkpoints affect relations with local Afghans. (msnbc.com)
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A stroll through Kabul's markets |
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July 16: Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent, takes Rachel Maddow on a tour of Kabul's Chicken Street shopping district and discusses the efforts to stir economic development in Afghanistan. (msnbc.com)
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Afghanistan reporting a group effort |
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July 16: Rachel Maddow thanks the hardworking producers who made her trip to Afghanistan possible. (msnbc.com)
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Gun carpets, only in Afghanistan |
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July 16: While touring a Kabul marketplace, Rachel Maddow purchases a souvenir carpet decorated with tanks and guns, an Afghan tradition since the end of the Soviet occupation. (msnbc.com)
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U.S. money leads to modern 'castles' amid Afghan poverty |
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July 16: Rachel Maddow, with NBC's Richard Engel, tours the Wazir Akbar Khan district in Kabul where garish, expensive houses stand in stark contrast to the surrounding poverty - a consequence of the corrupting influence of U.S. money and the reason why some elites don't want the war to end. (msnbc.com)
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The DADT comic opportunity bears fruit |
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Given the responses to the DADT comic opportunity, I think we may have hit upon a new favorite creative medium. :) (previously)
-by Michael Athorn
Many more after the jump
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Rachel wins Planned Parenthood award |
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Planned Parenthood has given Rachel Maddow a 2010 Maggie Award for ongoing reporting about health reform, the murder of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas and the anti-choice movement. We're awfully proud.
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Fresh Air responds to Mississippi flap |
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The folks at Fresh Air write that no one at Mississippi Public Broadcasting has talked to them about why their show got pulled this week. We've learned that it was because of an interview July 7th with comedian Louis C.K. about having sex with his shirt on.
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'Gaiety Ensues' -- DADT comic challenge |
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Richard Stabone sends the best response so far to our challenge of rewriting a page from the Army's 2001 instructional comic on Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
And it's not just the best so far -- it's excellent. Gauntlet thrown, people. Send your best.
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Morning Maddow: July 16 |
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I spend my mornings reading the internet looking for news to cover on the show. Check back here throughout the morning to see what I find. Got a story you want us to see? Put a link to it in the comments.
Earthquake hits DC.
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In case you were a little distracted by Wednesday's chart malfunction, this is what it looks like when the tape sticks.
To review:
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Maddow: The hard choice in Afghanistan |
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U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke: We're in Afghanistan because it really matters. We're in Afghanistan because if we fail in Afghanistan, it will have a direct, immediate danger to us. It will increase al-Qaeda's worldwide reach.
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What next for the Gulf? |
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July 15: Anne Thompson, chief environmental affairs correspondent for NBC News talks with Rachel Maddow about the implications for the Gulf now that the flow of oil from the broken well has been stopped and what's next to ensure that the well is plugged permanently. (msnbc.com)
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Another Obama milestone, GOP gets groovy |
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July 15: As President Obama scores another major victory with the passage of Wall Street reform, Republicans are claiming to have their "groove back" in establishing positions against finance reform, health care reform, unemployed Americans and in favor of tax cuts for the rich. (msnbc.com)
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Reminder: Worry about nukes |
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July 15: Rachel Maddow talks with Lawrence Bender, producer of "Countdown to Zero," about the global nuclear threat from proliferation and rogue states after the cold war. (msnbc.com)
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GOP finally gives Lobbyist-Americans a voice |
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July 15: Kent Jones takes a closer look at the "American People" invited to a special Republican event to "speak out" about the issues that matter to them, and finds that the invitees are members of the oppressed ethnic group, Lobbyist-Americans. (msnbc.com)
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Links for the 4/16 TRMS |
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Links cited on the show and links about stuff cited on the show
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Goldman exemplifies need for GOP-opposed reform |
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April 16: Rachel Maddow talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Eugene Robinson about the SEC's lawsuit against Goldman Sachs and the seemingly ill-advised Republican opposition to financial reform. (msnbc.com)
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Senator McCaskill on contracting oversight |
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April 16: Rachel Maddow talks with Senator Clair McCaskill about efforts under way to increase oversight of military contractors to avoid some of the outrageous waste seen in Iraq and Afghanistan. (msnbc.com)
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After McVeigh, 15 years of hurt, healing |
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April 16: Rachel Maddow talks with Bill Welch, whose 23-year-old daughter, Julie, was killed in the Oklahoma City bombing about how he has come to terms with the tragedy of that day. (msnbc.com)
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Norwegian leader operates under a cloud |
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April 16: Rachel Maddow describes the plight of Norway Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who managed to circumvent the cloud produced by the volcano in Iceland with some technology and a very complicated travel itinerary. (msnbc.com)
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Cleese, grounded, hails cab |
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April 16: In an effort to reach Brussels from Oslo despite the grounding of European airplanes because of the volcanic cloud from Iceland, John Cleese took a cab, resulting in over $5000 on the meter. (msnbc.com)
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Looking ahead to SCOTUS fight |
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April 16: George Washington University Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley talks with Rachel Maddow about the confirmation hearings for Goodwin Liu to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and what indications he sees for how President Obama's Supreme Court pick will be received. (msnbc.com)
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Wisconsin celebrates cheese-making microbe |
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April 16: Rachel Maddow reports on a bill before the Wisconsin state legislature to declare Lactococcus lactis the official state microbe. (msnbc.com)
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Friday is pizza night and Goldman Sachs night |
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April 16: Bill Wolff, executive producer for The Rachel Maddow Show, previews the topics on Friday night's show including why Goldman Sachs is in big trouble. (Other)
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Why Iceland's volcano is so mega |
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Really Big Volcanoes 101 from The Rachel Maddow Show on Vimeo.
Tonight on the show, a little more volcano news. For now, Summer Ash, our in-house astrophysicist and science goddess.
[Thursday: Iceland volcano wreaks havoc.]
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Maddow's Rules for Living |
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We asked, you delivered. Favorites, after the jump.
1) Tweet others as you would wish to be tweeted.
2) Never use glasses you found in the lost and found box.
3) Never turn down anything someone offers you -- it's a sure way not to get it.
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Preshow homework: Goldman Sachs |
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"From Sen. Mitch McConnell's office, All 41 Republican Senators Call for 'Bipartisan and Inclusive Approach' to Regulatory Reform:"
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Tea Party benches Cuccinelli |
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"Thousands attend Tea Party rally; Cuccinelli not allowed to speak", in which:
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