2022: MSNBC (303)

JANUARY

Americans are pretty mad at the CDC. I don’t blame them.

Why the GOP should be worried about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter ban

Someone needs to say it: Some of Biden’s Covid policies are straight up eugenics

In fiery speech, Biden places Jan. 6 blame squarely on Trump’s ‘web of lies’

Pence and McConnell are really not going to like this chart

New polling proves Trump’s fans are as delusional as they are unoriginal

Why America may not see its 300th birthday

Imagine another American Civil War, but this time in every state

Bernie Sanders has a controversial plan for fighting Republicans

How Mitch McConnell could break the Senate entirely

Democrats just one one step closer to saving voting rights, thanks to a Senate loophole

The Oath Keepers weren’t expecting QAnon to get in the way of their insurrections

Joe Biden shouldn’t repeat Lincoln’s biggest political mistake (sorry, Liz Cheney)

‘Manchinema’ doesn’t exist beyond the filibuster

People laughing at unvaccinated deaths actually have me siding with conservatives

Oath Keepers indictment suggests DOJ is sitting on searing Jan. 6 evidence

New York AG presents new evidence of Trump Org. fraud

FBI’s handling of the Texas synagogue attack is insulting

The Trump family is in hot water again. And Tish James does her homework.

Biden could make life miserable for Manchin and Sinema. And he should.

It’s not by accident SCOTUS is letting an unconstitutional law stand. It’s by design.

Aaron Rodgers lost way more than a chance at the Super Bowl this season

Why a newly unearthed draft Executive Order could be a game changer

Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from Supreme Court

Thanks, Mitch, for clearing the way for Breyer’s replacement

Nancy Pelosi’s greatest gift to Democrats in 2023 could be a new title

Conservatives freaking out over Biden’s SCOTUS pledge are telling on themselves

Biden’s election comments veer uncomfortably close to the ontology of Trumpism

Why the lack of even whispers of a DOJ investigation into Trump spells 2024 trouble

FEBRUARY

Trump isn’t being subtle about his schemes for 2024

Trump’s latest plan could be the beginning of a new protest movement

Kyrsten Sinema’s Senate outburst makes a very good point

Anti-vaxxers are all about personal choice – but now it is the vaccinated who get to choose

Judge says Trump, adult children must testify in New York AG probe

APRIL

Why this federal judge has had enough of Florida’s racist election laws

Ted Cruz’s Jan. 6 ties are worse than we thought

Why Cawthorn is poised to be one of the youngest ex-congressmen in history

Sarah Palin has made some weird decisions. This is the weirdest.

This Hunter Biden deal in a foreign country really does look bad

Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court in historic vote

The GOP has found a Putin-lite to fawn over. That’s bad news for democracy.

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls the cops on Jimmy Kimmel for doing his job

Ivanka spent 8 hours testifying about Jan. 6. Let’s unpack that.

Why Russia isn’t hiding its atrocities in Ukraine

America has undermined the world’s best shot at shutting down Putin – until now

Jared Kushner might be behind one of the Trump admin’s most egregious misuses of power

Herschel Walker is a serial liar. In today’s GOP, that might be an asset.

Mike Lee pushed Sidney Powell on Trump – and immediately regretted it

Sen. Mike Lee made a huge mistake in 2020 – and he knew it.

The latest evidence the Republican Party is sliding into authoritarianism

Pointing to critical race theory, Florida rejects … math textbooks?

GOP’s all-out assault on history continues with McCarthy’s absurd Ukraine claim

A left-wing activist went on Tucker Carlson’s show and beat him at his own game

The biggest problem with how the CDC mask mandate was scrapped

The leaked audio that proves these GOP leaders picked their own skins over democracy

This Jan. 6 defense isn’t helping rioters. And it’s definitely not helping Trump.

Jan. 6 committee’s concerns about Insurrection Act should concern us

How Marjorie Taylor Greene’s disgraceful testimony showed her true colors

Already in a hole, Kevin McCarthy gets a shovel and keeps digging

Marjorie Taylor Greene trial exposes an even bigger problem

Why Ron DeSantis is a threat to Donald Trump and to America

Madison Cawthorn thinks he’s above the law – and for good reason

Why Dr. Fauci’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner actions speak louder than his words

MAY

Republicans will risk it all to save the one ‘public health’ rule they love

Russia’s war exposed a huge pro-war problem in U.S. media

3 reasons a conservative justice’s clerk may have been the one to leak the Roe v. Wade opinion

McConnell’s weird press conference on leaked Roe opinion was very telling

Right-wingers’ latest suspect in Supreme Court leak makes absolutely no sense

Why the Alito draft opinion leaker must be found – and soon

Why men are set to suffer from the GOP’s latest act of barbarism

How the U.S. is camouflaging an alarming pivot in the Ukraine war

Clarence Thomas speaks, shows profound lack of self-awareness

Peaceful protests outside Supreme Court justices’ homes is good

The GOPs latest culture war is coming for sex ed

Pelosi was right about the cult-ish, Trump-loving GOP. She forgot to mention the upside.

Putin’s war continues to backfire worse than he could have imagined

Even the Supreme Court isn’t immune to dirty political plays. The leak proves it.

Why a grand jury looking into secret White House docs at Mar-a-Lago is so serious

Elise Stefanik’s tweets after the Buffalo shooting are deeply dangerous

The one incident largely responsible for derailing Madison Cawthorn’s career

Pennsylvania GOP just got their nightmare gubernatorial candidate

A damning new report proves the deadly cost of Trump’s working class betrayal

Why ‘My Body, My Choice’ is not the best slogan for reproductive justice

This Georgia law is crossing dangerous territory for free speech and Black expression

Why about a million people who don’t exist will have representation in Congress

This cowardly GOP extremism flip-flop should have political consequences

Officials in Uvalde, Texas speak on elementary schools shooting

Why Republicans are choosing the NRA over murdered children

The police frame themselves as heroes in Uvalde. That’s questionable now.

Why this horrible Supreme Court gun decision should be the left’s new cause celebre

Democrats ‘learned helplessness’ is hobbling gun control measures

Hell is watching our politicians fail us over and over again

Looks like Liz Cheney is really getting to Trump

JUNE

Uvalde police weren’t legally obligated to protect shooting victims. That’s a problem.

Jan. 6 committee tells Jim Jordan what he didn’t want to hear

Team Trump’s Peter Navarro indicted for contempt of Congress

There’s something weird going down at the Supreme Court this term

The GOP’s terrifyingly clever scheme to win the midterms

The real takeaway from shocking poll on ‘great replacement’ theory

Surprise: Gwyneth Paltrow and Kim Kardashian are backing the really rich guy for L.A. mayor

Why the DOJ’s ‘investigative sloth’ could actually be a smart Jan. 6 play

The Jan. 6 hearings will expose corrupt Republicans – and they’re terrified

Why the first Jan. 6 committee hearing doesn’t bode well for Trump

The hidden financiers behind Jan. 6 should be sweating right now

Trump may (literally) have to pay for his election lies

Republicans try – and fail – to drown out the truths unearthed in Jan. 6 hearings

The Jan. 3 battle Trump lost that set the stage for Jan. 6

Jan. 6 hearing focuses on Trump effort to pressure Pence

Why Trump’s followers should feel betrayed by what Day 3 revealed

Why these white nationalists are obsessed with LGBTQ Americans

Proof America’s Trump problem is far from over

Black people build America’s wealth. We deserve more than a day off.

Jan. 6 committee makes case Trump ‘pressured public servants to betray their oath’

Why Raffensperger’s Jan. 6 testimony is particularly noteworthy

‘Just say the election was corrupt’: Ex-DOJ officials detail Trump effort to subvert Justice Department

Supreme Court Overturns Roe V. Wade

The incredible hypocrisy of Christian ‘religious freedom’ rhetoric after Roe

Why you should delete your period-tracking app right now

Clarence Thomas aims at multiple precedents, but not the one that protects his marriage

Jan. 6 committee holds surprise hearing with information they say public should hear ‘immediately’

Why Cassidy Hutchinson’s Jan. 6 testimony blew the roof off Trump’s defense

The smear campaign against Cassidy Hutchinson has begun. And it’s already falling apart.

JULY

The Supreme Court’s reign of terror is unsustainable. Congress can do something about it.

Martin’s Famous Potato Rolls are bankrolling a Trump fanatic

One America is thriving: the other is stagnating. How long can this go on?

Police confirm 7th death in Highland Park parade shooting

It sure looks like Ron DeSantis is worried about a backlash over abortion

Rudy Giuliani’s legal eagles could be Trump’s downfall

It took one year for Pat Cipollone to go from Trump’s enabler to Trump’s enemy

Why Trump’s appointee to the IRS needs to be walked out of his office – right now

Lauren Boebert’s church comments would be laughable if not for this Supreme Court

Biden has been very quiet about his plan to nominate a Trumpy, anti-abortion judge

Jan. 6 committee set to examine ties between Trump White House and far-right extremist groups

Cheney points to Trump call, raising new witness tampering fears

Some Republicans are doubling down in shocking ways amidst the Jan. 6 hearings

Biden’s Saudi Arabia ‘pariah’ pledge lasted two minutes

The possible Trump crime that has gone largely undiscussed – until now

Holding Trump accountable won’t solve America’s real problem

Trump cares more about himself than GOP midterm victory

There are (many) reasons Trump thought he could get away with this phone call

Maddow report on Garland memo sparks intense reactions. Here’s what to know.

There are a lot of bad readings of Merrick Garland’s memo. Here’s what it really says.

Marrick Garland is asking America to trust him on Trump. I’m no longer sure we can.

Trump’s evil genius is finally facing some accountability. Here’s why that matters.

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s despicable ‘#weeniechop’ tweets are a new low for the GOP

A new Harvard study helps confirm how guilty Trump is in inciting Jan. 6

These 59 words Trump struck out in Sharpie in his post-Jan. 6 speech say the most

Team Trump’s legal lightweights could hand Merrick Garland his biggest win

The GOP is openly embracing dangerous extremist rhetoric -and the Dems have no plan

Alito’s ‘religious freedom’ looks a lot like women’s suffering

The cruelty of Trump’s latest ‘policy’ puts the rest to shame

AUGUST

Right-wing sheriffs’ groups are setting the stage for another Jan. 6 scenario

Justice Kagan just diagnosed the court’s sickness. Hopefully her peers were listening.

Anti-abortion Republicans tried to dupe voters in Kansas. They failed.

The law can’t force Alex Jones to be human. But we’re seeing exactly what it can do instead.

If the GOP has its way, the 2024 election may be rigged before the first ballot is cast

Why the Alex Jones-Donald Trump connection is so dangerous

What Biden can do right now to avoid a three-front foreign crisis

GOP missteps help Democrats deliver their biggest win to date

Trump took secret materials to a so-called haven for spies. Then the FBI showed up.

After deriding those who plead the Fifth, Trump pleads the Fifth

AG Merrick Garland to make statement

In just four minutes, Garland shredded Trump’s ‘raid’ complaints

The GOP’s blind rush to defend Trump has finally hit a brick wall

White supremacists support the end of Roe – if it prevents white births

Walls close in on Graham, Giuliani in Georgia Trump probe

Yet another person has died in defense of Trump’s lies. When will it end?

Liz Cheney’s loss feels like a Trump win. He should be careful what he wishes for.

Ex-Trump Org. CFO pleads guilty to tax evasion, to testify in criminal trial

Trump and journalists suddenly appear to be on the same side. Weird.

It’s time for liberals’ cute love affair with Liz Cheney to end

Someone please explain to Trump why the FBI search does not mean the DOJ is ‘politicized’

Team Trump’s lashing out at DOJ after Mar-a-Lago search in ever more chaotic ways

Trump must be loving his new polling numbers. Not so fast.

Democrat win in key special election stuns GOP, jolts political world

Trump’s recent message to AG Garland comes into sharper focus

Why Trump’s Mar-a-Lago defense has stunned so many legal experts

Jared Kushner’s new memoir has a truly ironic epigraph

Republicans claim Trump keeping Mar-a-Lago documents was harmless. Here’s the truth.

Trump’s incoherent defense for Mar-a-Lago documents is getting even more bizarre

Lindsey Graham knew he was doing with his warning on Fox News

DOJ tells court Team Trump likely ‘concealed and removed’ classified docs

SEPTEMBER

DOJ’s filing hints to potential legal trouble for more than just Trump

A ‘frothing rage’ against Trump is accomplishing what Biden can’t

Trump’s actions feel suspiciously like a MAGA paramilitary summoning

Trump’s documents defense is a distraction. But that distraction has consequences.

What’s genuinely weird about Judge Cannon’s special master ruling

This letter from former military officials is a quietly devastating takedown of Trumpism

Royal family rushes to be at Queen Elizabeth II’s side

Meghan Markle proved an uncomfortable truth about the queen’s legacy

Her tweet about the queen was tasteless – her employer’s response was much worse

What the queen’s death means to my Pakistani mother

Trump’s anti-abortion rhetoric is being used against him

DOJ seizes Team Trump phones as part of intensifying Jan. 6 probe

Everyone (yes, everyone) is mad at Lindsey Graham

The GOP left Gen. Mark Milley no choice but to defy it

GOP senators are openly defying McConnell – and he only has himself to blame

DOJ offered Judge Cannon a way out. She didn’t take it.

Ron DeSantis does not understand how immigrations works

Britain bids final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II

Team Trump’s handpicked special master is coming back to haunt them

‘The Art Of The Steal’

How Trump’s fairytale empire could come crashing down

The GOP still wants to consider election theft on a case-by-case basis

Why the U.N. is still stuck in 1945

Trump’s no good, very bad week summed up by one incredible Fox News interview

The Majewski debacle shows how Republicans back liars at their own peril

Kyrsten Sinema has done it again

Hurricane Ian set to make landfall on Florida coast

Here’s why Florida’s recovery from Hurricane Ian will be so hard

DeSantis pipes down as Florida’s hurricane problems ratchet up

OCTOBER

A Jan. 6-sympathizing FBI agent just told on himself – and these Trump-loving senators

Ted Cruz proves the GOP is now the anti-democracy party

GOP faces test as Trump’s contempt for McConnell turns dangerous

The Supreme Court’s hard-right majority has a new target

Ketanji Brown Jackson takes the Supreme Court’s conservative majority to school

Kamala Harris rightly called for an equitable Hurricane Ian response, and the GOP is losing it

Thanks for exposing Bible-thumping Republicans, Herschel Walker

Herschel Walker scandal exposes MAGA evangelicals’ unholy lust for power

The bar to charge Hunter Biden is incredibly high. There’s a reason for that.

It’s time for DOJ to search Bedminster

You’ll never believe this Oath Keeper’s port-a-potty defense

Dems are severely underestimating Tim Ryan

The Jan. 6 committee has a fan service problem

What the Jan. 6 committee’s stunning footage of Nancy Pelosi revealed

The Jan. 6 committee shows Trump was not a madman, but a usurper

The Jan. 6 hearing moment that likely caused Fani Willis’ ears to perk up

Trump lawyer Christina Bobb got her wish. Now she’s dealing with the fallout.

Evan McMullin’s Senate bid might signal a dangerous new trend

Invoking the Fifth won’t help Trump this time

Glenn Younkin had moderate Republicans fooled

Steve Bannon receives four-month sentence in contempt case

This ‘stunning’ ruling against Trump and his lawyer is a win for the Jan. 6 committee

A growing number of Republican candidates are running against the First Amendment

Trump’s Secret Service scam goes even deeper than we thought

This ugly and self-defeating impulse could be ruining Democrats’ midterms chances

The real takeaway from the Oz-Fetterman debate

How lies about welfare brought us to the MAGA movement

Team Trump is loving this ‘shadow docket’ Supreme Court loophole

Samuel Alito cares about the health and safety of Samuel Alito

The uncomfortable truth about DeSantis’ surprising Latino popularity

Chief Justice John Roberts is about to get what he always wanted. That’s a problem.

NOVEMBER

The sick twist of fate underlying the Paul Pelosi attack

The irony of the GOP’s war on ballot drop boxes

This cynical, shrewd move may keep Democrats in power

Team Trump thought Clarence Thomas would do them solid. He didn’t.

What’s really behind this Trump aide’s intriguing DOJ immunity

Why the GOP isn’t trying to deport Paul Pelosi’s alleged attacker

Ron DeSantis’ bonkers new ad has to be seen to be believed

Why a GOP midterms win would be much, much worse than you think

House & Senate Control Still Hang In The Balance

Mike Pence blamed Jan. 6 on the Lincoln Project. Yes, really.

Trump says the quiet part out loud. DeSantis knows better.

Democrats One Seat Away From Senate Control With Mark Kelly’s Re-Election

Democrats Win Senate

The most important agenda item that Democrats are not talking about

It’s time for Democrats to beat McConnell at his own game

The most revealing part of Trump’s 20224 announcement

Pelosi Steps Down From House Leadership

Nancy Pelosi’s biggest failure as speaker will continue to haunt us

How media should not cover Donald Trump

The new Trump special counsel must learn from Mueller’s biggest mistakes. Here’s how.

Republicans could’ve prevented the third Trump crisis so easily

It’s now obvious what Elon Musk is doing

America risks gaslighting itself over this powerful MAGA threat

The presidential turkey pardon could use a do-over

Trump returning to Twitter could forever alter his political career. Here’s how.

How Trump won the war over his tax returns

A sneaky win for voting rights in Georgia

Trump scrambles to defend Mar-a-Lago dinner with notorious bigots

I’m queer, and I cannot support this same-sex marriage bill

DECEMBER

Dems take a keen interest in another alleged Supreme Court breach

The GOP is preparing to learn nothing all over again

Kevin McCarthy’s threats to the Jan. 6 committee are empty ones

The Oath Keepers’ verdicts should have Donald Trump sweating

Kevin McCarthy’s GOP extremism problem is a very bad omen

It sure looks like Elon Musk is purging left-wing Twitter users. That’s alarming.

Georgia GOP might’ve shot itself in the foot with new law. Herschel Walker may feel it most.

Raphael Warnock’s Georgia win is more depressing than meets the eye

Brittney Griner freed from Russia after 294 days in captivity

What’s likely behind Kyrsten Sinema leaving the Democratic Party

The threat that’s holding the GOP hostage to Trump

Elon Musk’s Twitter Files tweets revealed a major problem – but not with Twitter

Bipartisanship won’t always get the job done. Sinema’s bill will be the painful proof.

Elon Musk’s latest controversial tweet had 5 words – and numerous dangerous implications

The damning revelations from a massive Mark Meadows text message leak

Donald Trump never built his wall. He built something even worse.

Trump’s latest grift gives us a glimpse of an alternate timeline

Why this specific Elon Musk tweet was taken as a cue by QAnon

Kevin is in trouble

Jan. 6 committee holds final public meeting

Why Congress’ Jan. 6 plotters are sleeping easy tonight

What Raskin got wrong about preventing Trump from running in 2024

Zelenskyy finally gets the White House respect he sought, earned

The ‘thunderbolt’ at the end of Jan. 6 report could jeopardize Trump’s political future

The Christmas miracle that (maybe) saved democracy

Here’s why Trump’s Jan. 6 charges likely won’t stick

A year ago, many wrote off Joe Biden. They were wrong.

It hardly seems possible, but George Santos keeps making things worse

Why George Santos is the perfect poster boy for House Republicans

The best safeguard against another Trump victory is one we aren’t talking about

The last six years of Trump’s tax returns are finally here

The glaring hole in the Jan. 6 committee’s final report

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