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    *** Friday's "The Daily Rundown" line-up: live coverage of the Ways and Means Committee's IRS hearing... Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)... TIME's Michael Scherer, former DCCC spokesman Doug Thornell and Mattie Duppler of Americans for Tax Reform join the Gaggle.

    *** Friday's "Jansing & Co." line-up: Chris Jansing interviews Rep. Joseph Crowley, Economic Analysts Jared Bernstein and Doug Holtz-Eakin, The Washington Post's Jackie Kucinich, Politico's Patrick Gavin, Medal of Honor recipient Jack Jacobs, MSNBC's Karen Finney, and Republican strategist Chip Saltsman.

    *** Friday's “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-Up: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts interviews Fmr.  IRS Commissioner Mark Everson,  Democratic Strategist Chris Lehane, and Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) on the controversies plaguing the white house.  Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards will discuss new web ads going up against VA gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli.  Today’s Agenda Panel includes:  New Yorker Senior Editor Amy Davidson, The Huffington Post’s Amanda Terkel and Mother Jones’ David Corn.

    *** Friday's Now with Alex Wagner’s line-up: Sam Stein, Political Editor and White House Correspondent, The Huffington Post/msnbc contributor (@samsteinhp), Elizabeth Dwoskin, Staff Writer, Bloomberg Businessweek (@lizzadwoskin), Melissa Harris Perry, msnbc Host, “Melissa Harris Perry” (@mharrisperry), Ben Smith, Editor-in-Chief, BuzzFeed (@buzzfeedben), Scott Nova, Executive Director, Worker Rights Consortium, Nicholas Confessore, Political Reporter, The New York Times (@nickconfessore).

    *** Friday's Andrea Mitchell Reports line-up: The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza and Kelly O'Donnell for the Daily Fix, Mark Landler from the New York Times, former special assistant to the Defense Secretary Monica Klain on sexual assault in the military, David Rohde on Syria, Karen Tumulty and Susan Page, Sloan Kettering's Dr. Larry Norton.

    *** Friday's News Nation line-up: Joining Craig Melvin who is in for Tamron today: Rep. Bill Flores, USA Today columnist Raul Reyes, Politico’s Lois Romano, Sirius XM’s Michael Smerconish, and Las Vegas attorney Michael Cristalli.

    *** This weekend’s Office Politics with Alex Witt: NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel.  

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    Then can you honestly say what's wrong with being 'liberal

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    *** Thursday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: MSNBC’s Chris Jansing interviews Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA), Attorney Jami Floyd, USA Today's Susan Page, Time's Michael Crowley, Huffington Post's Dave Jamieson, Republican strategist and MSNBC contributor Robert Traynham, and Democratic Strategist Angela Rye.

    *** Thursday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts talks with Democratic Strategist James Carville on the swirling White House scandals.  Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and military sex assault survivor BriGette McCoy on the growing crisis rocking the Pentagon.  Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) joins to discuss how the President is handling the IRS and AP Phone Records scandal.  And Today’s Agenda Panel includes:  The Washington Post’s Health Care Reporter Sarah Kliff, Mother Jones Reporter Kate Sheppard, and Managing Editor of TheGrio.com Joy-Ann Reid.

    *** Thursday’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” line-up: Alex Wagner’s guest include Buzzfeed’s John Stanton, the Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart, Politico’s Maggie Haberman, Bloomberg’s Josh Tyrangiel, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

    *** Thursday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviews “Meet the Press” Moderator David Gregory, NBC’s Pete Williams, Kelly O’Donnell and Peter Alexander, former. Defense Secretary William Cohen, Rep. Nikki Tsongas (D-MA), Reuters’ David Rohde, the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza and Sloane Kettering’s Dr. Larry Norton. 

    *** Thursday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: MSNBC’s Tamron Hall interviews Daily Beast columnist Michael Tomasky, the Chicago Sun-Time’s Lynn Sweet, SIRIUS XM’s Michael Smerconish, Military Sex Assault Survivor Jennifer Norris, Tte Dallas Morning News’ Randy Lee Loftis on the upcoming report on the Texas plant explosion, and US Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones.

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    Andrea Mitchell interviews “Meet the Press” Moderator David Gregory, What for?

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    *** Wednesday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: Guests include Rep. Karen Bass/(D) House Judiciary Committee on hearing with Eric Holder Today, Dana Milbank/The Washington Post and Matt Welch/Reason Magazine on DOJ and IRS controversies, Debbie Hersman/NTSB Chair and Matt Wald/The New York Times on NTSB recommendation to lower drunk driving limit from .08 to .05, Chris Kofinis and Danny Vargas on White House management style and Rep. Niki Tsongas/(D) Massachusetts on a new military sex assault arrest

    *** Wednesday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts interviews Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and RNC Communications Director Sean Spicer on the scandals rocking the White House.  Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) joins to discuss what needs to be done about sex assaults in the military .   And today’s Agenda Panel includes: Salon.com’s Irin Carmon, PoliticalWire Creator Taegan Goddard, and ThinkProgress Editor-in-Chief Judd Legum.

    *** Wednesday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: Chris Cillizza, filling in for Andrea Mitchell, interviews Ambassador Dennis Ross, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tea Party Patriots Co-founder and CEO Jenny Beth Martin, the Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus, National Journal’s Chris Frates, NBC’s Pete Williams and Kelly O’Donnell and Andrea interviews Dr. Larry Norton from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

    *** Wednesday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: MSNBC’s Tamron Hall interviewsformer Gov. Ed Rendell, Politico’s Anna Palmer, and Las Vegas Attorney Michael Cristalli on OJ.

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    *** Tuesday’s “The Daily Rundown” line-up: Congressional Black Caucus Chair Marcia Fudge (D-OH) on class concerns and the kidnapping that happened in her Cleveland district... NBC's Pete Williams with more on the DOJ and AP... NBC's Ali Arouzi with a Deep Dive on Iran's upcoming election... Plus former Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R-MD), former Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) and the Grio's Perry Bacon Jr. join the Gaggle.

    *** Tuesday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: Guests include Rep. Todd Young/(R) Indiana – House Ways and Means Committee on IRS Scandal, Ron Fournier/National Journal and Lynn Sweet/Chicago Sun-Times on IRS, DOJ wiretaps of AP Reporters and Benghazi,  Kerry Kennedy on Immigration Bill and Workers Rights and Rep. Frank Pallone/(D) New Jersey and Asbury Park business owner Marilyn Schlossbach on Prince Harry’s visit to the Jersey Shore and how the rebuilding effort is going.

    *** Tuesday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts interviews Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee & NAACP Chairman Emeritus Julian Bond on the IRS under siege.  Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), joins to discuss the AP phone records scandal and the politics of Benghazi.  Today’s panel includes:  NBC Latino Contributor Victoria De Francesco Soto, ThinkProgress Managing Editor Igor Volsky and The Nation’s Lee Fang.  MSNBC host Martin Bashir joins to discuss Prince Harry’s trip to the Jersey Shore and why Britain matters so much to the U.S.

    *** Tuesday’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” line-up: Alex Wagner’s guests include Huffington Post’s Howard Fineman, MSNBC’s Karen Finney, the New Republic’s Franklin Foer, and New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait.

    *** Tuesday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviews NBC’s Pete Williams, Kelly O’Donnell, the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza, Robert Gibbs, and the New York Times’ Peter Baker.

    *** Tuesday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: MSNBC’s Tamron Hall interviews the Washington Post’s Anne Kornblut and Bloomberg View Columnist Jonathan Alter, New York Times correspondent Frances Robles (on the Brooklyn District Attorney reviewing dozens of  murder convictions after a veteran officer’s tactics were called into question), Las Vegas lawyer Michael Cristalli (about the O.J. Simpson hearing for a new trial), and  XM Radio’s Michael Smerconish (about the conviction for the Philadelphia abortion doctor). 

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    Is it true that the Obama propaganda networks of MSNBC have hired noted defensive guru Bill Belichick to run their zone defensive spins regarding the Obama scandals? David Axelrod is helping morale by cheerleading: "Dee-fense, dee-fense!"

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    *** Monday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Washington Post’s Ruth, Politico’s Alex Burns,  the Washington Post’ s Manuel Roig-Franzia, Aisha Moodie-Mills and Noelle Nikpour on Justice Ruth Bader’s Ginsburg’s comments on Roe v. Wade.

    *** Monday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: Hardball Host Chris Matthews anchors special live coverage of President Obama’s joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron.  Special guests include:  MSNBC Political analyst Richard Wolffe, Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn, Time Magazine’s Bobby Ghosh, Fmr. State Dept. Officer Joel Rubin and former  U.S. Amb. Marc Ginsberg. 

    *** Monday’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” line-up: Alex Wagner’s guests include former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, The Nation’s Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Time magazine’s Rana Foroohar, Demos’ Bob Herbert, and MSNBC’s Martin Bashir.

    *** Monday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: Chuck Todd, filling in for Andrea Mitchell, interviews the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza, Rep. Elijah Cummings, NBC’s Ron Allen, Michael Gerson and Vali Nasr, and Sherrilynn Ifill.

    *** Monday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: Guests include American Urban Radio’s April Ryan, Dem strategist Chris Kofinis, Sirius XM’s Michael Smerconish, and Attorney Michael Cristalli on OJ trying to get a new trial.

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    These three things are not scandals. The real scandal is how these three phony nothing stories are fed to us as serious news in accordance with the. Reich wings schedule and game plan. That's the scandal.

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    2013
    9:13am, EDT

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    *** Friday’s “The Daily Rundown” line-up: Much more on this week’s 2016 developments… CNBC’s Steve Liesman on the Dow at 15,000 and his interview with Treasury Secy. Jack Lew… A Deep Dive with The Verge’s Paul Miller on life without the Internet for a year… Plus Demos’ Bob Herbert, Politico’s Maggie Haberman and TIME’s Radhika Jones join the Gaggle.

    *** Friday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: Guests include Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), the Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty, The Grio’s Perry Bacon, Criminologist Casey Jordan, former Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA), Republican strategist Chris Wilson, NBC Terrorism Analyst Roger Cressey, Essence Magazine’s Vanessa Bush and The Orlando Sentinel’s Beth Kassab

    *** Friday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts interviews Frank Caraballo (the former brother-in-law of Cleveland kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro), Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) on the Boston bombing investigation, Real Housewives of New York’s Aviva Derscher (to discuss her efforts to help victims of the Boston bombing),  Ben Fogle (to talk about Prince Harry’s visit to the U.S),  and today’s Agenda Panelists include:  Faria Chideya of TheRoot.com, Monika Bauerlein of Mother Jones and Jamelle Bouie of The American Prospect.

    *** Friday’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” line-up: Luke Russert, filling in for Alex Wagner, interviews Huffington Post’s Sam Stein, the Washington Post’s Nia-Malika Henderson, the Daily Beast’s Michael Tomasky, Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith, CNBC’s John Harwood, and NBC’s Tom Brokaw.

    *** Friday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviews the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza and Ruth Marcus, actor and activist Robin Wright and JD Spier of the Enough Project, USA Today immigration reporter Alan Gomez, and Andrea’s Google Hangout with Secretary of State John Kerry.

    *** Friday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: Mara Schiavocampo, filling in for Tamron Hall, interviews PJ Crowley, Politico’s Lois Romano, USA Today columnist Raul Reyes, and Rep. Raul Grijalva.

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    Amy, we need to hold our Government accountable for lying to the American people. Of course, as a good Government--worshipping leftist, you accept as gospel everything your God of liberal Government spoon feeds you. Especially your heroes Obama and Hillary. They obviously can do no wrong in your st …

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    2013
    9:04am, EDT

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    *** Thursday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: MSNBC’s Chris Jansing interviews Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), the Washington Post’s Anne Kornblut, Time’s Michael Scherer, Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons, Republican strategist John Feehery, Dr. Sudeepta Varma, criminologist Brian Levin, and fmr. MADD president Karolyn Nunnallee.

    *** Thursday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts will get a live report from MSNBC’s Craig Melvin on the missing Cleveland women reunited with their families and speak with attorney Rikki Klieman on the case against the main suspect .  Fmr. Casey Anthony attorney Jose Baez will discuss the death penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial.  Minnesota Mayor R.T. Ryback and Elvin Daniel whose sister was killed in the Wisconsin Spa shooting will talk about efforts to revive the gun control debate.   Today’s Agenda Panel includes:  Wise Latina Club Founder Viviana Hurtado, Demos.org’s Heather McGhee and MSNBC.com’s Trymaine Lee.

    *** Thursday’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” line-up: Luke Russert, filling in for Alex Wagner, speaks with former RNC Chair Michael Steele, Dem economist Jared Bernstein, Politico’s Maggie Haberman, Mother Jones’ David Corn, Rep. Michael McCaul, and NBC’s Craig Melvin.

    *** Thursday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: MSNBC’s Tamron Hall interviews Today Show "Professional" and NBC Legal Analyst Star Jones on the Arias trial, Rep. Raul Grijalva, Time Magazine’s Bobby Ghosh, and Former FBI profiler Clint Van Zandt.

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    I wonder will any of the TeaPeople/GOP guests speak up and be against the Richwine Study? Probably NOT....but they will try to artfully dance around a direct question!

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    May
    2013
    8:49am, EDT

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    *** Wednesday’s “The Daily Rundown” line-up: More on the Virginia/New Jersey numbers with Marist’s Lee Miringoff, one of us (!!!), UVA’s Larry Sabato and msnbc’s “Up” host Steve Kornacki… NBC’s Ron Allen live from Cleveland with the latest on the kidnapping investigation… Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) on Syria and this morning’s House hearing on Benghazi… Plus the Center for American Progress’ Daniella Gibbs Leger, National Review’s Ramesh Ponnuru, and USA Today’s Susan Page join the Gaggle.

    *** Wednesday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: MSNBC’s Chris Jansing interviews Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY), Sen. Angus King (I-ME), former DOT spokeswoman Jill Zuckman, and Republican strategist Rich Galen.

    *** Wednesday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts will get the latest on the Cleveland missing women found alive with reporters Craig Melvin and Jeff Rossen on the ground…. Joining to discuss today’s House hearing on Benghazi are former WH Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Fmr. State Dept.  Spokesman Jamie Rubin,  Fmr. State Dept. Officer Joel Rubin, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Washington Post Columnist E.J. Dionne…  Today’s Agenda Panel includes:  Cheryl Contee of Jack and Jill Politics blog, Buzzfeed’s Chris Geidner and MSNBC.Com reporter Zachary Roth.

    *** Wednesday’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” line-up: Alex Wagner’s guests include Politico’s Glenn Thrush, Kurt Andersen, Salon’s Joan Walsh, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, and the New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins.

    *** Wednesday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviews NBC’s Ron Allen, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza, NBC’s Kasie Hunt, Rep. Mike McCaul, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Steve Clemons.

    *** Wednesday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: MSNBC’s Tamon Hall interviews former State Department spokesman PJ Crowley, investigative crime reporter Michelle Sigona, Politico’s Anna Palmer, Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis, and Sirius XM’s Michael Smerconish.

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    2013
    9:16am, EDT

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    *** Tuesday’s “The Daily Rundown” line-up: Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) on Syria… NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell live from South Carolina… A Deep Dive with Charlie Cook into why both parties have such a hard time finding top tier Senate candidates… Plus Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson, Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and former CBC Executive Director Angela Rye join the Gaggle.

    *** Tuesday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: MSNBC’s Chris Jansing interviews Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY), Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA), Reid Wilson from The National Journal’s Hotline, Politico’s Lois Romano, SC Democratic Party Chairman Dick Harpootlian, SC Republican Party Chair Chad Connelly, Anu Bhagwati from the Service Women’s Action Network, Amb. Marc Ginsberg.

    *** Tuesday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts interviews LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on gun control… Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) joins to discuss the Air Force Sex Assault Czar arrested for sexual assault and the Every Child Deserves a Family Act that she is co-sponsoring…  MSNBC Contributor Jimmy Williams joins from South Carolina to discuss the special election…  And today’s Agenda Panel includes:  Voto Latino’s Maria Teresa Kumar, Talking Points Memo Sahil Kapur and Mother Jones’ David Corn

    *** Tuesday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviews NBC’s Kristen Dahlgren, Kelly O’Donnell, and Kasie Hunt; Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT); Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY); and the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza.

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    IMHO we should also probably investigate the lies of the Bush administration that have caused the death of more than 4000 US troops in Irag and Afghanistan.....of course...the GNOP doesn't give a rat's ass about living beings once they have been born....but sure as hell want to protect those fetuses …

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    2013
    9:11am, EDT

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    *** Monday’s “The Daily Rundown” line-up: NBC’s Richard Engel on the escalating crisis in Syria... Why demographics aren’t always destiny… Former Reps. Tom Davis & Tom Perriello on Virginia’s gubernatorial race… Plus, the Washington Post's Dan Balz, AP's Liz Sidoti & Politico's Manu Raju join the Gaggle.

    *** Monday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: MSNBC’s Chris Jansing interviews Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA), National Journal’s Elahe Izadi, the Huffington Post’s Amada Terkel, NBC Terrorism Analyst Roger Cressey, Democratic consultant Jason Stanford, Republican strategist John Brabender and MSNBC military analyst & Medal of Honor Recipient Col. Jack Jacobs.

    *** Monday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: MSNBC’s Thomas  interviews former U.N. Ambassador Bill Richardson and NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin on Syria and the U.S. “red line”…  Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joins to discuss the NRA clinging to its guns and rhetoric…  LGBT Activist and New Yorker Columnist Richard Socarides will talk about the one-year anniversary of Biden coming out in support of same-sex marriage… Today’s Agenda Panel includes: Salon.Com’s Joan Walsh, Political Wire’s Taegan Goddard and Think Progress Editor-in-Chief Judd Legum. 

    *** Monday’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” line-up: Alex Wagner interviews the Huffington Post’s Ryan Grim, theGrio’s Joy Reid, the New Yorker’s John Cassidy, former Clinton State Department spokesman Jamie Rubin, and the New York Times’ Annie Lowrey.

    *** Monday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviews NBC’s Richard Engel, NBC’s Chuck Todd, NBC’s Pete Williams, Aaron David Miller, Gillian Tett, and the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza.

    *** Monday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: MSNBC’s Tamron Hall interviews Gen. (ret.) Barry McCaffrey and Time International Senior Editor Bryan Walsh joins us to discuss the Israeli airstrikes on Iranian weapons. She’ll also talk to American Urban Radio’s April Ryan and MSNBC Political Analyst Jonathan Alter about the politics of Syria and the “lame duck” questions regarding President Obama.

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    So, bob, don't let the door hit you on the ass when you leave. You won't be missed.

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    2013
    9:06am, EDT

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    *** Friday’s “The Daily Rundown” line-up: Moody’s Mark Zandi and Alan Krueger, Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisors the April Jobs … NBC’s Kristen Welker traveling with the President in Mexico City, Mark Murray with First Read… Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter on the security challenges in big cities in the wake of the Boston bombing… Plus, Chuck Todd joins us from Education Nation in Phoenix and National Journal’s Beth Reinhard, Rodell Mollineau of American Bridge and Michelle Bernard join the Gaggle.

    *** Friday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: MSNBC’s Chris Jansing interviews Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jared Bernstein - Fmr. Chief Economist & Economic Policy Adviser to Vice-Pres. Biden , NBC’s Kasie Hunt,  The National Journal’s Reid Wilson, Fmr. Gov Ed Rendell (D-PA), Sara Fagen - Former George W. Bush Senior Aide & White House Political Director, Tsedeye Gebreselassie from the National Employment Law Project, The National Catholic Reporter’s Kate Childs Graham

    *** Friday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts interviews Dan Gross of the Brady Campaign on the NRA’s annual meeting.  Fmr. Labor Secretary Robert Reich joins to discuss the monthly job numbers and the economic divide.  NOW President Terry O’Neil will talk about the battle over Plan B.  And joining today’s Agenda Panels:   The American Prospect’s Jamelle Bouie, The Huffington Post’s Ryan Grimm, Foreign Policy Magazine’s Josh Rogin, Bill Scher, Senior Writer for Campaign for America’s Future and The Nation’s Lee Fang.

    *** Friday’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” line-up: Alex Wagner’s guests include Bloomberg’s Josh Green, the Washington Post’s Nia-Malika Henderson, Huffington Post’s Sam Stein, and Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith.

    *** Friday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviews NBC’s Pete Williams, NBC’s Richard Engel, Steve Case, and Telemundo’s Jose Diaz Balart.

    *** Friday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: Atlantic Columnist Zachary Karabell on the April jobs report.  The Daily Beast’s Michael Tomasky, Politico’s Carrie Budoff Brown, and XM Radio’s Michael Smerconish on the NRA convention. Ranking democrat on the House Budget Committee Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen will join us on the budget and reaction to the unemployment report. We’ll also talk to investigative crime reporter Michelle Sigona about the abduction of a Michigan gas station clerk and a spokesman from the Ventura County, California Fire Department about the wildfires.

    *** Saturday’s and Sunday’s “Weekends with Alex Witt” line-up: As part of her weekly “Office Politics” series, MSNBC’s Alex Witt interviews former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D). 

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    Every day, in my own way, I am working to get Kelly Ayotte out of Congress. It would be one thing if she could explain her vote against the Manchin-Toomey Compromise in rational terms, but the woman says things like this: "In terms of a universal background check, as it's been framed, I have a lot  …

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    May
    2013
    8:59am, EDT

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    *** Thursday’s “The Daily Rundown” line-up: NBC’s Pete Williams on the latest developments on the Boston investigation… One of us with First Read… An immigration reality check with the National Review’s Bob Costa and Voto Latino’s Maria Teresa Kumar… a Deep Dive into sequester cuts and consequences with Bloomberg Businessweek’s Josh Green… Plus, Salon.com’s Joan Walsh, Washington Post’s Anne Kornblut & MSNBC Analyst Michael Steele join the Gaggle.

    *** Thursday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: MSNBC’s Chris Jansing interviews Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Washington Post columnist EJ Dionne, Politico’s Manu Raju, Telemundo’s Jose Diaz Balart, Fmr. Press Secy for Obama Campaign Ben LaBolt, MSNBC contributor Robert Traynham and Jess McIntosh from Emily’s List.

    *** Thursday's “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” Line-Up: MSNBC’S Thomas Roberts talks with Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) about efforts to revive gun control laws.  Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee will discuss his plans to sign a marriage equality bill into law as early as today.  The parents of Matthew Shepard join to talk about how NBA Star Jason Collins’ coming out has brought their son’s legacy back to the forefront.  Today’s “Agenda” Panels include: Lorella Praeli of United We Dream, Mother Jones Reporter Adam Serwer, Author of “The Great Divergence” Timothy Noah, The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein and The Atlantic’s Steven Clemons.

    *** Thursday’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” line-up: Alex Wagner’s guests include Slate’s Jacob Weisberg, Chairman, Salon’s Irin Carmon, Lehigh University professor James Peterson, and MSNBC’s Richard Wolffe.

    *** Thursday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviews the Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Google Ideas Founder Jared Cohen, Former White House Domestic Policy Advisor Melody Barnes, Ken Feinberg who is managing Boston’s One Fund, and the Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart.

    *** Thursday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: MSNBC’s Tamron Hall interviews the Washington Post’s Nia Malika Henderson, Fmr Joe Manchin chief of staff Chris Kofinis, and Sirius XM’s Michael Smerconish.

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