After talking about how "far left loons" want to use the Colorado tragedy to talk about the need for new gun laws, Bill O'Reilly proposed a new gun law. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell explains in the Rewrite.
Kids go through phases. For Jonathan Krohn, it turned out to be a conservative one.
You might remember him as the 14-year-old Republican wunderkind who gave speech at CPAC three-and-a-half years ago. He even wrote a book called Defining Conservatism: The Principles That will Bring Our Country Back before he was old enough to get his driver’s license.
That was then. Now, at age 17, he's picked up more left-leaning views along the way as he's matured.
"I don't think I had all the answers then. I don't think I have all the answers now," he explained to MSNBC's Lawrence O’Donnell on why he ditched his social conservative ideas. "I just feel that it was really naive of me to think I knew everything then and not open my mind to the possibilities of other things being correct."
He counts himself as a fan of The Daily Show, reads The New Yorker and will be a freshman at NYU this year — traditionally not the a conservative school of choice — to study philosophy and film.
"I rather just have my building to have my opinion on any issue I want. And so, I laugh and started having more socially liberal positions after that."
Lawrence O'Donnell. Ann Coulter. Debating. Live. Happening, for real. Sunday!
Lawrence broke the news about his upcoming debate at George Washington University with the conservative pundit in Thursday's Rewrite segment. This event is co-sponsored by GW’s College Republicans, College Democrats, Student Association, Program Board and the Young America’s Foundation.
We've been getting many questions about this event. Will be streamed online? How can I get tickets? Here's more info from GW. It's only open to students and its campus community.
The inevitable clashes on stage are all for a charitable cause. Part of the proceeds from the debate will go to the KIND fund, Kids in Need of Desks. The joint program between MSNBC and Unicef builds desks in Africa and delivers them to African schools. Find out how you can get involved by visiting LastWordDesks.msnbc.com or by calling 1-800-FOR-KIDS to donate.
In the latest Rewrite, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell gives the story behind a quote making the rounds on Facebook and comments on politicians who feel the need to deny they are liberals. Check out the video.
Did you guys see this graphic in your Facebook feed? We've noticed more and more people have been passing it around. That's not just based upon my highly scientific "random-friends-from-high-school-have-been-posting-it-on-their-wall" calculation. We've legitimately been getting lots of questions about it.
Tonight, Lawrence will explain its origin and what it means to be a liberal.
The vent session is on in Minneapolis, as progressive bloggers and activists convene for the annual Netroots Nation conference.
Swayed by messages of hope and real political change in the 2008 campaign, many liberals in attendance expressed their deep disappointment with the Obama administration. A main topic of discussion being how they feel the president abandoned their liberal causes like gay marriage, the public option in health care form and extending Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, to name a few.
One panel discussion title says it all: "What to Do When Your President Is Just Not That Into You."
Will the liberal base break up with Obama before 2012? The White House is doing everything they can to smooth things over.
White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer got grilled today while taking part in a Q&A at the conference. His defense: yes, change has been slow and it hasn’t always been dramatic enough. But, it’s still better than a Republican in charge.
Tonight, we’ll be talking about the conference in depth with Lt. Dan Choi and Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.
Today, President Obama urged lawmakers to back his new tax deal and “get this done.” He said economists predict higher job growth in 2011 and 2012 if Congress passes tax deal he negotiated with Republicans.
During a press conference yesterday, Obama fiercely defended his plan with the GOP, while also sliding in a few jabs. He compared Republicans to “hostage-takers” and his critics on the Left to "sanctimonious" purists who just want to prove how tough they can be. Not exactly a way to win ‘em over.
As we learned last night on the show, many liberal Democrats aren’t budging. In case you missed it, Jane Hamsher, founder of FireDogLake.com, Adam Green, founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Ezra Klein of the Washington Post and Roger Hodge, author of The Mendacity of Hope, joined us to discuss the controversial move. They had so much to say, we had to split it up into two blocks.
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell airs at 10pm ET, Monday through Thursday on MSNBC. The show channels O'Donnell's extensive background in politics and entertainment.
