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Live-Blogging the Health Care Summit: Waxman to Obama "Republicans Won't Help You"
Watch the summit live below.
Cheney Admits to War Crimes, Media Yawns, Obama Turns the Other Cheek
Dick Cheney is a sadist.
On Sunday, in an exclusive interview with Jonathan Karl of ABC News' "This Week," Cheney proclaimed his love of torture, derided the Obama administration for outlawing the practice, and admitted that the Bush White House ordered Justice Department attorneys to fix the law around the administration's policy interests.
"I was a big supporter of waterboarding," Cheney told Karl, as if he were issuing a challenge to officials in the current administration,
Goldman Plays, We Pay
The story of the financial debacle will end the way it began, with the super-hustlers from Goldman Sachs at the center of the action and profiting wildly. Never in U.S. history has one company wielded such destructive power over our political economy, irrespective of whether a Republican or a Democrat happened to be president.
HAITI EARTHQUAKE LIVE BLOG: Who to Follow and What to Read for Breaking Developments
9:15pm PDT: Truthout is wrapping up its coverage for the evening of the earthquake in Haiti. We hope you found this live blog helpful and informative.
You can continue to follow our streaming twitter feed on the right hand side, which includes handpicked tweets from several residents of Haiti reporting what they are witnessing on the ground. Just move your mouse over the tweet to read it and keep it from scrolling.
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Chinese, Japanese Boats Collide, Tensions Mount
Financial Sheriffs to Monitor Banks, Markets in European Union
Author Joni Eareckson Tada on Why God Allows Suffering
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Video: Obama realizes futility reaching out to Republicans
Rachel Maddow talks with The Washington Post's Ezra Klein about Republican willingness to oppose any Obama proposal even if it mirrors their own ideas, and President Obama's apparent realization of the futility of trying to work with his political opposition. (msnbc.com)
Video: GOP candidates: poor sports or political disarray?
Rachel Maddow notes the unwillingness of Republican candidates who lose in primary elections to endorse their opponents to unite toward a common political cause. (msnbc.com)
Video: Shake hands with candidate Christine O'Donnell
Christina Bellantoni, senior reporter for Talking Points Memo, introduces Rachel Maddow to the unusual positions of tea party-backed Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell. (msnbc.com)
Video: Anti-Muslim bigotry becomes national problem
Reverend Doctor Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance, talks with Rachel Maddow about a meeting Attorney General Eric Holder held with U.S. religious leaders on the rise in anti-Muslim sentiment in America. (msnbc.com)
Video: Steele goes the distance
Rachel Maddow notes that as the midterm election season officially begins, Republican National Committee chairman, Michael Steele, is touring Guam and other Pacific islands that don't even have a vote in the election. (msnbc.com)