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Political celebutante Meghan McCain is still around, serving as the Official Poster Child for Young Republicans and trying to paint herself as a cool conservative who isn't into all that icky hateful stuff young people find abhorrent. But as hard as she tries to sit at the cool kids' table, her act still comes across less like a fresh take on issues of the day and more like a substanceless ad campaign; at best, an attempt to establish a brand rather than offer any valuable commentary or insight, at worst, deliberately misleading Republican party marketing. Whatever you're selling, McCain, I ain't buying. More »
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In her new role as MSNBC's junior nepotism correspondent (reporting to senior nepotism correspondent Luke Russert) Meghan McCain interviewed Michele Bachmann. Among Meghan's hard-hitting questions: What were you like high school? More »
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does it take to be a repeatedly steamrolled female cohost to a loudmouth morning television personality? Mothering, exercise, and sexy female assistants, that's what! More »
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When he started working for Michael Jackson — and even when the pop icon died — Dr. Conrad Murray was in debt. He was behind on child support payments, owed money to credit card companies and medical equipment suppliers, and was described as being "cash-strapped." Yet at his trial — during which he did not take the stand — Dr. Murray was represented by an "expansive" legal team. Where did the money come from? And did you know that NBC is airing an exclusive interview with the doctor tomorrow, in conjunction with a documentary by a British production company? A documentary the network paid for? More »
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What do you get after watching Morning Joe every day for three months? Why, thirty goddamn examples of host Joe Scarborough talking over co-host Mika Brzezinski while she tries to complete a goddamn sentence. Honestly, how does she do it? More »
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This morning on MSNBC, things got awkward when Mika Brzezinski attempted to report the story of IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest and sexual assault charges. Joe Scarborough seemed intent on making light of the situation, and Brzezinski had to scold: "I'm trying to keep you from making jokes about a serious rape charge." Also, apparently none of these people are mature enough to respond appropriately when the word "sodomized" is used. They should be ashamed and embarrassed. Lean forward, indeed. More »
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Erin Burnett is hot. She is also a financial reporter. Unfortunately, many of the men around her seem incapable of separating the two. More »
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This is so obvious it's hard to believe it isn't already in the works at MSNBC. More »
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Just now on MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell subjected RNC Chairman Michael Steele to some aggressive questioning about his record on expenses. She seemed even more annoyed by how he spoke to her. More »
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Remember how some adorable doggies ate a cute widdle cop car? Chattanooga Sergeant Jerri Weary — who certainly sounds weary — reports that one pup, who "destroyed two of the tires," was arrested. And put on trial. Sentence: Therapy. More »
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Tucker Carlson's Daily Caller website has made a habit lately of calling Rachel Maddow "a man." The site also maintains that this is not at all offensive. We're not buying it. More »
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Michele Bachmann says she has "stalkers" at MSNBC. Keith Olbermann responds, "Having had an actual stalker myself, I think the Congresswoman needs to apologize to women (and men) whose lives are blighted and ruined by such terror and threat." [Mediabistro] More »
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"Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) sought Wednesday to tighten language in the bill prohibiting federal funds from being used on abortions, but the amendment failed 10-13." What else is flying under the radar in this bill? More »
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"When $800 strollers hit the market a few years ago, it looked as if baby status symbols had reached a new odd, capitalist apex. Now[...] primo credentials trade in a different kind of capital: nannies." Specifically, the brown-skinned kind. More »
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The latest in anti-health care reform scare tactics comes from the Independent Women's Forum, which wants Americans to know that "women will die" if "Obama inflicts his nationalized health care" on America. Rachel Maddow, for one, is not amused. More »
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Burgeoning journalist Damon Weaver doesn't mince words: in a no-holds-barred MSNBC interview earlier this afternoon, the 11-year-old gives his...unvarnished take on role models. More »
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Alexis Stewart's show, Whatever Martha, kind of makes us uncomfortable, feeling as it does like an extended case of public adolescent rebellion. To wit: they talk about "sexless marriage!" Which Martha would never talk about! More »
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Today MSNBC interviewed Huffington Post fashion blogger Gioia Diliberto on the real issues plaguing our troubled nation. Specifically, what Michelle Obama is wearing while she's abroad. More »
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Great news for Rachel Maddow: her new show on MSNBC is a ratings juggernaut. Her show has beaten both Keith Olbermann's and Larry King's and it's only been around for a few weeks. • Robert Downey Jr.'s friends think his sexuality is "fluid." Downey tells the London Sunday Times, "A lot of my peer group think I'm an eccentric bisexual…That's okay. Being relaxed about sexuality is something you're born with." • David Eigenberg, otherwise known as Steve from Sex and the City, is going to be a dad. David, a former marine met his wife, ex-Army specialist Chrysti, at a military party six years ago. [Newsbusters, A Socialite's Life, Daily Star] More »
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John McCain has told us all that he didn't want to go negative, it's just that no one was paying attention to him when he wasn't acting like an asshole, what with the long Democratic primary season and the historic nature of the Democrats' options and whatnot. So, he had to go negative. Don't you see? Jason Linkins and I don't really see, but we're happy to blame NBC News President Steve Capus — who ran with the lipstick-on-a-pig story and removed Keith Olbermann from anchoring MSNBC's election coverage for having the audacity to suggest that the RNC's porny, eyeball raping homage to the courage of Republicans on 9/11 at the convention was a disgusting display. That, plus the End of the World (financially speaking), how drilling babies will solve all that and Sarah Palin (yes, more Sarah Palin) begin after the jump. More »
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Rachel Maddow's show premieres tonight! Squee! And, for real, just to be able to watch it, I am sitting tethered to my Blackberrry like its the convention again, watching it on a 13 inch TV in an un-air-conditioned house. That's how committed I am!! It starts after the jump (with her appearance on Olbermann!) It starts, like usual, after the jump. More »
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Rachel Maddow's new MSNBC show premieres tonight at 9:00 pm ET, and I'll be taking a break from my day off (if not from my alcohol consumption) to live blog the hell out of it! Join me back here in fangirldom and alcohol consumption then! More »
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Last night, I grabbed Spencer Ackerman and walked over to MSNBC's public set here in Denver — not to stand around in the background hoisting signs about McCain or, like one lady, to shout about ethanol, but to talk to the one person on which he and I have nearly-identical intellectual crushes — Rachel Maddow. She reads Jezebel, people, for real! So her publicist let us hang out on the set, where we watched Maddow rip Pat Buchanan a new one for the brand of crazy he's obviously bringing in this particular picture and heard the crowd cheer every time she opened her mouth and then I got to talk to her about being herself, being An Issue, and what she actually likes to talk about (unsurprisingly, it's not herself). And Spencer and I both agreed that as pretty as she looks on television, she's actually probably closer to stunning in person — even though she doesn't think so. More »
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• Rachel Maddow has finally been given her own show at MSNBC. She's taking over Dan Abrams' 9:00 ET spot on September 8 (the Monday after the conventions). Congrats! [NY Times]
• Barack Obama told John McCain to stop questioning his patriotism just because they disagree on national security. It won't work, but it was well-said, so go read it. [Politico]
• John McCain might really be prepared to piss off the fundies and pick a pro-choice VP, which should mean that very few pro-choice women will actually vote for him but could mean the fundies will stay home in a snit on Election Day. [CNN]

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• Hey, remember how we were going to, like, tax oil companies more and stuff? Yeah, not gonna happen anytime soon. [Washington Post]
• But, hey, monkeys can fish! So, as long as we don't eat all the fish or kill all the monkeys before we drive ourselves into extinction, they can totes rule the world later. [AP]
• Yes, that was a cheap distraction before I told you that we're totally fucked in Afghanistan and no one has any idea what to do about it. [Washington Independent]
• But that's ok, because Obama might pick Ret. Gen. James Jones, the former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, as VP, because now the Democratic party is all about getting the military dudes on the take so they can look "strong" and shit. Only, the story is actually complete bullshit because he's already a McCain adviser and someone is laughing at MSNBC besides me. [MSNBC, Politico]

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John Edwards brought his own special brand of nice-guy hotness to Morning Joe this morning and, under intense questioning by Mika Brzezinski, admits that he voted for someone in last Tuesday's primary and that he will likely endorse that person eventually. But he insists that he won't reveal who that person is because, "I just voted for 'im on Tuesday." Anyone think he's talking about John McCain? [Time] More »
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"This is not a campaign strategy. THIS IS A SUICIDE PACT." Thus begins this section of Keith Olbermann's grave, serious In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida of cable news segments, delivered last night via MSNBC in a plea for Hillary Clinton to...give up? Leave her husband? Leave the party and become a Republican already? Um, sorta! No, this is not the whole segment up here. This is ONLY A CLIP. Is it the most important clip? The angriest part? Tough to say! But the weird part is, when he's finally done you're left thinking, "You know, he could have gone a lot longer." They're the Clintons! Information That Might Make You Hate Them If You Are Holding On To A Shred Of Youthful Idealism is a vast national resource! And it looks like the Keith Olbermann finally overdosed on that resource. Enjoy! More »
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A new survey from Elle and MSNBC about the monetary state of your unions shows that the vast majority of men don't care if their wives make more money than they do. Only 12% of men say that they would be resentful of a wife who out-earned them, and, according to Stephanie Coontz, director of research for the Council on Contemporary Families, this represents "a real sea change that's going on in gender roles." But the picture is not necessarily as rosy as Coontz paints it. 30% of women who do make more than their husbands claim traditional gender role reversal isn't always easy. MSNBC quotes a 31 year-old woman who makes twice what her husband makes, and she says, "It is hard on my husband and on me that I'm the primary breadwinner in our home... I think it's hard for both of us to accept that we're in non-traditional roles." More »
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So MSNBC.com has a lil' ol' survey up on its site right now on sex and lying. Ooooh!, your Jezzies thought, We love sex! We love lying! So we took the quiz ourselves to see how we compared against the other survey takers. The pressing questions we had to answer: How often do you fake an orgasm?; If you do, why?; Have you ever lied about the number of partners you've had?; If so, why?; Have you ever lied about having an STD?; Have you ever lied about using birth control?; If so, why?; Have you ever lied about being a virgin?; Do you have sexual fantasies you've never shared with your partner?; Have you ever lied to your partner about his or her abilities in the bedroom?; Have you ever lied about the size of your partner's genitals? More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=315691&view=rss&microfeed=true The more consonants in a name, the more willing its owner is to earnestly make a fool of herself in a public forum. But don't take it from us: please do enjoy this clip of Mika Brzezinski, daughter of aging Important Person and renowned neocon-lite-turned-Iraq war opponent Zbigniew Brzezinski, expressing her opposition to another Huge World Event, that being the existence of Paris Hilton. We really can't relate at all to why she wouldn't want to cover this story, but the lighter she keeps handy indicates she's a smoker and thereby okay with us. More »
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