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MSNBC News for Democrats
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Video: You Should Know: Why what happens in Europe matters Up host Chris Hayes wraps up what you should know for the week to come, including economic concerns in Europe that may have global repercussions. (Up with Chris Hayes)
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Video: Eurozone in fragile balance The state of the Eurozone is at the forefront of concerns after world leaders convened at Camp David for the G8 Summit. The Up w/ Chris Hayes panelists – including Bill Black, former litigation director for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board; Betsey Stevenson, former chief economist for the Obama Labor Department, Karl Smith, blogger at modeledbehavior.com ; and MSNBC policy analyst Ezra Klein - discuss concerns of the possible unraveling of the Eurozone. (Up with Chris Hayes)
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Video: Can America do better? Melissa Harris-Perry continues her conversation with former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley as they discuss the institutional dysfunction in politics and what needs to be done to solve America's issues. (Melissa Harris-Perry)
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Video: Fmr. Sen. Bradley: Money in politics is ‘cancer eating at the core of the system’ Former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley, shares the thesis of his new book “We Can All Do Better,” and his prescriptions on how to build America. (Melissa Harris-Perry)
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Video: Prominent voices unite in embracing marriage equality Footnote: From rapper Jay-Z, to the NAACP, to the senior pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ, Melissa Harris-Perry highlights the many voices that have weighed in supporting equal rights for all. (Melissa Harris-Perry)
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Video: Man facing triple life sentence seeks presidential pardon Dafna Linzer, a reporter at Pro-Publica, shares the story of Clarence Aaron, a former star linebacker at the Southern University in Louisiana who is serving three life-sentences without parole for drug crimes. Aaron is now seeking presidential commutation, but what are his chances? (Melissa Harris-Perry)
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Video: Sexual assault in the military Melissa Harris-Perry continues the conversation on female soldiers in combat and their changing roles in the military. But with the increase in job opportunities made available to women, will that also increase the cases of sexual assault in the military? (Melissa Harris-Perry)
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Video: Women at war The Army is breaking down barriers of traditionally all-male combat units by now allowing women to serve closer to the front lines. But is the policy change enough? Kayla Williams, Iraq War veteran and fellow at the Truman National Security Post, Genevieve Chase, purple heart recipient who runs American Women Veterans, University of Pennsylvania professor Salamishah Tillet, and AP reporter Kimberly Dozier discuss the changing role of women in the military. (Melissa Harris-Perry)
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Video: Female soldiers move closer to the front lines Go Figure: Melissa Harris-Perry lays out the statistics on female soldiers who until recently were unable to serve within combat battalions. (Melissa Harris-Perry)
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Video: Is 2012 the year of the young woman? Melissa Harris-Perry and her panel of young women are joined by University of Pennsylvania professor Salamishah Tillet, as they continue their conversation on how feminism is taking different forms in 2012. (Melissa Harris-Perry)
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Video: Beyond burning bras: The myths of feminism Melissa Harris-Perry outlines the evolution of feminism - that does not include burning bras - and as it turns to the modern-day so-called “war on women,” Harris-Perry invites Emily Carpenter from Girls for Gender Equality, Leslie Cardona of Young Women Creating Change, and Barnard College undergraduate Julie Zeilinger to her show to discuss the next generation of women’s issues. (Melissa Harris-Perry)
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Video: NAACP endorses marriage equality in historic decision The NAACP board of directors on Saturday voted to endorse the group’s support of marriage equality, and to discuss the historic event, Aisha Moodie-Mills, advisor for LGBT Policy and Racial Justice at the Center for American Progress, joins Melissa Harris-Perry from Washington, D.C (Melissa Harris-Perry)
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Video: A question of character Melissa Harris-Perry and her panelists continue the conversation on Mitt Romney’s comments that the Obama campaign was committing “character assassination” against him as they analyze Romney’s public and private character while on the campaign trail. (Melissa Harris-Perry)
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Video: Romney's privilege and political liability Presidential candidate Mitt Romney played victim this week, and challenged the “character assassination” he perceived from President Obama’s re-election campaign. To explain how this adds to Romney’s inability to connect with voters, Melissa Harris-Perry is joined by Boston.com editor Glen Johnson, University of Pennsylvania professor Salamishah Tillet, and Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf, as they discuss Romney’s privileged upbringing. (Melissa Harris-Perry)
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Video: The debt debate: What’s real and what’s disingenuous House Speaker John Boehner raised the specter of another debt ceiling fight; insisting that Congress would not raise the debt limit this time around, unless he gets cuts and reforms greater than the debt limit increase. Then the GOP controlled House goes ahead and passes the Defense Authorization Bill -- adding $8 billion more than the spending caps in last year's budget and almost $4 billion more than what President Obama requested. Up host Chris Hayes, along with panelists Betsey Stevenson, former Chief Economist for the Obama Labor Department, Karl Smith, assistant professor of Economics and Government at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and MSNBC policy analyst Ezra Klein, discuss whether the debt limit should be a crisis at all. (Up with Chris Hayes)
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Fox News for Republicans
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Arizona sheriff Paul Babeu reportedly ignoring Pentagon rules in plan to sell military equipment An Arizona sheriff has allegedly ignored a Pentagon rule, collecting millions of dollars’ worth of surplus military equipment that is intended for law-enforcement use and distributing some of the gear to non-police agencies.


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PCSO Response to the Arizona Republic’s Misleading Story Regarding the use of the Military’s 1033 Program The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office has asked the Arizona Republic several times to complete a story regarding our tremendous success with the program as we wanted to inform the public. Each time the information was provided to the Arizona Republic they declined to write a story until today when this misleading story was posted. Here's is the Office's response:


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US, NATO leaders stress Afghanistan commitment -- despite French plan for early pullout The United States and NATO leaders insist the Afghanistan fighting coalition will remain whole despite France's plans to yank combat troops out early, but leaders wary of plummeting public support for the war are using an alliance summit Sunday to show they want to move quickly away from the front lines.


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Boehner describes House Republicans as '218 frogs in a wheelbarrow' House Speaker John Boehner likened his restless Republican caucus to "frogs in a wheelbarrow," saying in an interview broadcast Sunday it's tough to keep them all in line on any given vote.


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Boehner rejects supposed Rev. Wright ad, despite Dem efforts to play it up House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday downplayed the supposed plan to resurrect Rev. Jeremiah Wright in an anti-Obama ad campaign, becoming the latest prominent Republican to knock down the proposal despite Democratic efforts to play it up.


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Top Romney surrogate answers Bain attacks with Solyndra Rep. Paul Ryan, the House budget committee chairman who has emerged as a top Mitt Romney surrogate and is talked about as a possible running mate, countered the Obama campaign's fresh attack on Romney's record at Bain Capital by citing the government's failed gamble on solar panel firm Solyndra.


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Rep. Charlie Rangel campaign strong-armed ally for endorsement Following a Rangel endorsement rally Saturday in East Harlem, the embattled congressman's campaign team made an unlikely confession to the New York Post -- they had strong-armed state Senator Bill Perkins for an endorsement.


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Police arrest 2 more in alleged NATO summit plots, as protesters plan march in Chicago A fourth individual has been arrested and accused of planning to use a Molotov cocktail to attack the NATO conference in Chicago, in the latest escalation of tension between police and protesters on the sidelines of the Afghanistan war summit.


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Twenty-two states join court fight to preserve campaign finance laws after Citizens United Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending.


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G-8 warns North Korea they will face sanctions if provocations continue The Group of Eight world leaders has warned North Korea that it faces more sanctions if it continues to threaten the stability of the region with provocative acts such as its failed long-range rocket launch in April.


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NAACP announces support of same-sex marriage, shoring up Obama's base The NAACP announced Saturday the 103-year-old black civil rights group is supporting same-sex marriage.


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Gay marriage could be big voting issue in Colorado Minutes after President Barack Obama endorsed gay marriage on May 9, Colorado's Democratic governor choked back tears as he ordered state lawmakers to reconsider a civil-unions measure defeated the day before by Republicans.


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GOP House leaders increase pressure on Holder to comply with subpoena The GOP House leadership has sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding he comply with a subpoena ordering him to provide more documents about the failed Obama administration gun-tracking program known as Fast and Furious.


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Michelle Obama hosts G-8 spouses at White House While President Barack Obama hosts world leaders at Camp David, Michelle Obama is entertaining their spouses at the White House.


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Obama takes women's issues from campaign trail to international stage President Obama brought women's issues – a major topic in the 2012 presidential campaign -- into world politics Saturday, when he said world leaders at the G-8 summit assembled to discuss Afghanistan, the European debt crisis and other international issues, but also talked about "female empowerment."


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