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Lawrence O'Donnell
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Author of 2 books: Deadly Force & Playing With Fire
Former Executive Producer & Writer of NBC’s drama series The West Wing
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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I never expected to write about my time rigging card games. Then I watched him get elected in 2016. I hinted at it with a post. When Kavanaugh was sworn in, I’d had enough. The book is set in the world of crooked poker, but that’s not what it’s about. It’s about what’s happening to all of us now.
October 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions.
Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."
October 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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A judge issued a protective order against a Republican congressman from Florida on Tuesday, forbidding him to contact a former girlfriend who in court proceedings said he had threatened her with revenge porn after she broke up with him.
Woman Is Granted a Protective Order Against Representative Cory Mills
Representative Cory Mills’s former girlfriend, Lindsey Langston, the reigning Miss United States, told a judge that he had threatened to release sexually explicit videos of her.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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The evidence-based conclusion is that impeachment cannot work because of a design failure. This might be a fatal flaw.
Is This What ‘Late-Stage Democracy’ Looks Like?
What if the Constitution *is* a suicide pact?
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October 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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October 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Lindsey Halligan at Comey's arraignment:

"The only two words that she spoke today were her name — and she got that wrong."

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com , with a sharper eye on court transcripts than anyone in the business. Worth revisiting with today's news. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJMz...
Lawrence: The only humiliation in court during Comey’s arraignment was on the Trump side
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how during James Comey’s arraignment, the judge knew he was “watching a legal Trump clown show” while the “humiliated inexperienced lawyer” Lindsey Halligan sat by…
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October 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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TONIGHT: @khanna.house.gov joins @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.
October 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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October 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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TONIGHT: @pocan.house.gov joins @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.
October 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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October 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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October 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Trump posts that Sen. Blumenthal “should be allowed to speak no longer”
October 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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How can you tell Democrats have the upper hand in the week-old shutdown fight? Marjorie Taylor Greene just endorsed their key demand.
From the great @citizencohn.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Are Winning the Shutdown Fight
Turns out Republicans still haven’t figured out the politics of health care.
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October 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Trump reveals he’s considering pardoning convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell youtu.be/B6DTRVn4Gg0?...
October 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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TONIGHT: @schiff.senate.gov joins @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.
October 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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October 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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October 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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October 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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October 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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October 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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October 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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TONIGHT: @khanna.house.gov joins @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.
October 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM