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U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee vice chairman Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) talks to the media in November (REUTERS/Yuri Gripas)

Obstructionist Saxby Chambliss calls it quits


7:06 PM on 1/28/2013

After ten years, Saxby Chambliss announces he'll be leaving the Senate. He took the low road to get there, questioning the patriotism of a Vietnam veteran who had lost both legs and an arm in battle. Read More

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‘ED Show’ poll: Will the Democrats stop the Republicans from cheating in elections?


7:40 PM on 1/25/2013

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Reince Priebus and the GOP have figured out a way to win the White House in 2016: Change the rules. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘ED Show’ playbook: Friday, Jan. 25


7:28 PM on 1/25/2013

Republicans have laid out their plans to steal the next election. Tonight, Democrats roll out their plan to stop them. That's tonight on “The Ed Show” at 8pET/11pET on MSNBC! Read More

Alabama Votes

‘ED Show’ poll: Can Republicans win a fair election?


7:41 PM on 1/24/2013

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‘ED Show’ playbook: Thursday, Jan. 24


7:30 PM on 1/24/2013

If you can’t win ‘em, rig ‘em! The GOP moves to steal elections. First stop: Virginia. Could it work? That's tonight at 8p/11pET on “The Ed Show” on MSNBC. Read More

File Photo: Robert Murray, right, chairman of Murray Energy Corp. of Cleveland, a part owner of the Crandall Canyon mine, speaks with the media about the ongoing efforts to save 6 miners trapped in the collapsed mine Monday, Aug. 7, 2007, in Huntington, Utah. Doug Johnson, left, director of corporate services at an affiliated company, UtahAmerican Energy, said rescuers had made "decent progress," but they were not much closer to the men. (Photo by Scott Sommerdorf/AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune)

Mining company which laid off workers after election might be rehiring


5:04 PM on 1/24/2013

Ohio coal magnate Robert Murray garnered national press in November when he laid off 156 workers in response to President Obama's reelection. Now he might be rehiring some of his ex-employees Read More

A U.S. Predator drone flies over the moon above Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)

UN launches investigation into US drone strikes


11:49 AM on 1/24/2013

The United Nations formally launched an investigation into the United States' targeted killing program on Thursday morning. Read More

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the September 11, 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2013. Secy. Clinton warned of the challenges posed by rising militancy after the Arab Spring as she appeared before US lawmakers Wednesday to be grilled about a deadly attack. "Benghazi didn't happen in a vacuum," Clinton said at the start of a Senate hearing into the September 11 assault on a US mission in eastern Libya. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

‘ED Show’ poll: Did Republicans who questioned Hillary Clinton embarrass themselves?


7:48 PM on 1/23/2013

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies on the September attacks on U.S. diplomatic sites in Benghazi, Libya, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington January 23, 2013. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)

‘ED Show’ playbook: Wednesday, Jan. 23


7:28 PM on 1/23/2013

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton takes on her Republican critics as they continue their Benghazi sideshow. Tonight on “The Ed Show” at 8p/11pET on MSNBC, Ed Schultz goes in-depth on today’s Senate and House hearings! Read More

Roe v Wade Abortion Anniversary

Philosophy and the moral issue of abortion


4:08 PM on 1/23/2013

Different thinkers have approached the question of "personhood" from many angles. Read More

Union workers rally outside the Capitol in Lansing, Mich., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 as Senate Republicans introduced right-to-work legislation in the waning days of the legislative session. The outnumbered Democrats pledged to resist the proposal and said rushing it through the legislative system would poison the state's political atmosphere. (Photo by Carlos Osorio/AP Photo)

Union membership continues half-century decline


11:02 AM on 1/23/2013

The percentage of American workers who are union members again dropped in 2012, according to a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Read More

The United States Capitol (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘ED Show’ poll: Is the United States a center-left country?


7:40 PM on 1/22/2013

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President Reagan's official White House photo in 1981. (Photo by White House/AP Photo)

‘ED Show’ playbook: Tuesday, Jan. 22


7:21 PM on 1/22/2013

The election and inauguration are over and the country is awake to the new center-left America. But conservative elites can’t stand it. Tonight on “The Ed Show” at 8p/11pET on MSNBC, the official end of the Reagan era. Read More

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett speaks at a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson)

‘Right-to-work’ legislation proposed in Penn. legislature


4:08 PM on 1/22/2013

Could Pennsylvania be the next Michigan? Read More

President Barack Obama as Beyonce sings the National Anthem at the ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster/AP)

It’s true: Beyonce lip-synched national anthem at inauguration


3:46 PM on 1/22/2013

Yes, the R&B diva only pretended to sing the national anthem to a track recorded Sunday night in a studio at the Marine Barracks Annex in Washington, confirmed Marine Band spokeswoman Master Sgt. Kristin duBois. Read More

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. (Photo by Yuri Gripas/Reuters)

How the GOP governs through perma-crisis


12:43 PM on 1/22/2013

Congress, faced with an impending debt ceiling crisis, is trying to set aside the matter until May. Soon they'll be working to prevent automatic spending cuts as well. Any of this sound familiar? Read More

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk the inaugural parade route walk down Pennsylvania Avenue en route to the White House, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, in Washington. Thousands marched during the 57th Presidential Inauguration parade after the ceremonial swearing-in of President Barack Obama. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP)

‘ED Show’ poll: Will the president’s goals be achieved in his second term in office?


7:28 PM on 1/21/2013

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President Obama addresses the audience after taking the oath of office during the 57th Presidential Inauguration. (Photo by Jewel Samad /AFP/Getty Images)

‘ED Show’ playbook: Monday, Jan. 21


7:10 PM on 1/21/2013

President Barack Obama begins his second term with a progressive barn burner! Tonight on “The Ed Show” live from Washington, complete coverage of the 57th presidential inauguration or as Fox News called it, “the most depressing day of the year.” Read More

File Photo: Tennessee National Guard troopers in jeeps and trucks escort a protest march by striking Memphis sanitation workers through downtown Memphis Saturday afternoon March 30, 1968. (AP Photo, File)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last campaign


12:56 PM on 1/21/2013

Nearly every product of the American education system knows about Selma, Alabama and the Birmingham campaign. But the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike plays, at best, a tertiary role in the popular narrative of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy—this despite the fact that it was his last campaign, the battle which cost him his life. Read More

House Speaker John Boehner is telling Senate Democrats: The fiscal cliff ball is in your court. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘ED Show’ poll: Do Republicans finally realize the consequences of holding the economy hostage?


7:42 PM on 1/18/2013

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