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The culture wars have been as heated as ever over the past few weeks, and participants at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C. on Thursday did not shy away from any of it. (more)

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is the president’s favorite media hack, judging from official White House visitors log records. (more)

Yes, that’s what I said. Fair’s fair, and when the guy makes a good point, it should be acknowledged. (more)

To truly understand the depthless awfulness of the just-posted “interview” that Slate’s Jacob Weisberg conducted with Rachel Maddow, one needs to turn to religion. Simply saying that Weisberg interviewing Maddow is like Tiger Beat interviewing Justin Bieber is just not enough anymore. It misses the bigger picture. (more)

Whenever I have nightmares about the documentary I am attempting to make about Whittaker Chambers, one thought keeps me going. (more)

1.) Holder’s been smoldering about the Daily Caller — Speaking Truth to Power is good, as long as the power is in the hands of a Republican. Otherwise, knock it off. That’s what TheDC’s Neil Munro and Matthew Boyle learned yesterday: (more)

Recently released White House visitor logs reveal that President Obama hosted MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and six friends for a visit in August 2011. (more)

Sometimes when Hollywood celebrities attempt to pontificate on politics, especially on live television, it doesn’t end well. So one has to wonder what the bookers for MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” were thinking booking comedienne Sarah Silverman, particularly on a Friday night. (more)

On Tuesday’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” Maddow, speaking with HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher, likened the Occupy Wall Street protests to the tea party but added that despite activists’ statements that the protests are peaceful, the threat that they could become an angry mob might give them a sense of “dangerousness.” (more)

Perhaps inspired by the popularity of the hit show “Mad Men” or maybe just by a resurgence of all things dapper, the thick, horn-rimmed nerd glasses once worn by TV anchors of the ’50s seem to be making a comeback. (more)

Live television has its drawbacks. A big one is that you never know when an accident might happen. (more)

Keith Olbermann’s been pretty quiet lately. The former MSNBC host has been spending the last several months prepping for his new show on Current TV, premiering June 20. That means next Monday, Olbermann will officially move to the channel with the second-lowest ratings on television, just ahead of ESPN Classic. (more)

Move over Keith Olbermann, you may have been replaced as Ann Coulter’s favorite MSNBC host. Rachel Maddow currently holds this title. (more)

While it’s no secret where HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher’s political loyalties lie, his idea of government’s role in society is a bit odd, at least when it comes to how public money should be spent. (more)

There has been a hubbub after it was disclosed that Rutgers University paid “Jersey Shore” celebrity Nicole Polizzi, aka Snooki, $32,000 to speak at an event last week, which was $2,000 more than it offered Nobel-winning novelist Toni Morrison last May to speak at the university’s commencement ceremony. (more)

Imagine a Republican debate moderated by a network whose marquee commentators include Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell and Ed Schultz. Seems like there could be an ideological clash? Not according to Politico’s John F. Harris. (more)

“Finding all the disparate facts and then finding their coherence” with “rigor and a devotion to facts that borders on obsessive” will soon be a thing of the past, as MSNBC host Rachel Maddow new “Lean Forward” ad will attempt to rekindle the magic of the 1930s Americana. (more)

Presidential campaigns are often fraught with speculation, but Meghan McCain has stretched the limits of credulity with a fictional debate transcript pitting Charlie Sheen against former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in the 2012 presidential election. (more)

Daniel Snyder, the despised owner of the Washington Redskins, has decided to take more control over the use of his team’s name. He recently told the Washington Post to stop using the team’s name in anything other than a fair-use way. That way, Snyder can create his own TV shows, magazines, and radio broadcasts using the Redskins’ name. So the Post now calls its “Redskins Insider” blog “Football Insider.” After all, the name “Redskins” attracts eyeballs, and why shouldn’t Snyder cash in? (more)

The American labor movement has always had a violent undertow. Union violence has taken hundreds of lives in the past century, and even a pro-union 1969 report on preventing violence in America acknowledged that “the United States has had the bloodiest and most violent labor history of any industrial nation in the world.” (more)