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- Listen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do listen to Drake.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rick Ross has good beats, if some more questionable content.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't look at ratings when they come out in the afternoon before the show because I'm focused on that day's show, but I do see the overall numbers.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like any good lawyer, I'm going to maintain a confidentiality of advice offered in confidence.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think politics is always about dialogue. I think journalism ranges from dialogue to monologue, and there are times when different poles are necessary.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good lawyering is usually cerebral and impersonally. You can convince a judge with a mastery of facts, detail, and precedent - not a story from the gut about how you feel a certain way.
- Serious
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I get serious criticism - if I get serious criticism - it's about how I'm thinking and engaging in a topic. I can't think of an example of someone saying, 'You're too nice.'
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the challenge for anyone in a visible industry, whether it's media, government, or political organizing, is to take serious criticism seriously and not to live in the shadows of the noise and the concern trolls.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
My hope is to be a trusted utensil for viewers. Like, literally, 'That thing works. I can rely on that thing.'
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like I'm totally me, and I feel like the show reflects my intensity, my vibe, and my search for evidence and answers.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only a few bloggers have the audience and credibility to effectively break stories, pressure the traditional media, incubate new ideas, or raise real money. These influential bloggers are usually sharp, opinionated, and focused on the world 'offline.' They refuse to view events through the solipsistic blinders of their own websites.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy functions better when donors push politicians to win campaigns based on their defining issues instead of using financial pressure for policy changes, favors, or special access.
- Discussion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Progressive bloggers should not only write on behalf of the members of America's underclass but also empower them to join the discussion.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here is one iron law of the Internet: a social network's emphasis on monetizing its product is directly proportional to its users' loss of privacy.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
As every newspaper reader, liberal activist, or parliamentary junkie knows, the overarching barrier to most of Obama's agenda is the abuse of the filibuster in the Senate. In fact, several of Obama's second term priorities are not ideas in search of a majority - they are majorities in search of an up-or-down vote.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Dream Act and the DISCLOSE Act, to name two, had majorities in both chambers during Obama's first term, but they were filibustered to death. They probably await a similar fate unless the filibuster is reformed.
- Finance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Barack Obama was first elected after a period of profound failure by elite and government institutions, from finance to foreign policy to Hurricane Katrina, and his first term immediately and unapologetically enacted a flurry of government solutions.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics has certainly changed a lot in an era of micro-targeting, Super PACs, and Twitter.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Navigating a battle between partisan, progressive organizing and decentralized petition drives is, at bottom, like trying to choose between the Democratic Party and democracy. The ideas are on different planes.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you believe in democracy, you accept, by definition, the existence and triumph of opposing ideas. The people who believe deeply in the Internet's force as a commons operate on that kind of premise.
- Broadcasting
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- Nov 07, 2020
TV ads are great for broadcasting, but voter turnout is about narrow-casting. And not all messengers are created equal.
- Nov 07, 2020
The Obama campaign has adeptly used YouTube and social networks as a relatively thrifty way to do targeted messaging.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
In American politics, there's a recurring fantasy, nurtured by the press, about 'courageous' politicians who do the right thing against their political interest. But really, isn't it even more encouraging when the right thing has just become good politics?
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
The president's powers are always open to being questioned by the co-equal branches of government.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first rule of hip-hop is probably keep it real. And that can mean a lot of different things, but that's certainly important in reporting and storytelling.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a great deal of enthusiasm about quality, serious journalism. And some of it relates to personalities because it's people who do the news. But I think it reflects a real desire for facts, real news and reporting.
- Organizing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Iowa is especially critical for underdog and cash-strapped campaigns, because the caucus system relies on grassroots organizing, enabling candidates with time for retail politicking to beat better-funded rivals. So underdogs usually seize on the state.
- Crucial
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first-in-the-nation Iowa caucus is crucial for every presidential campaign.
- Conservative
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only in Washington can the pursuit of a conservative agenda, with centrist policies, be depicted as liberal reform.
- Depending
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- Nov 07, 2020
TV is still a 'push' medium - we are broadcasting into any home or business with basic cable, and depending on what's happening in the world, we have a wider audience, from news junkies to very sporadic viewers. On TV, you want your reporting to be valuable to that entire audience and be relevant.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the great things about 'The Cycle' is that we have a wide set of topics - news, culture, music, and sports - and every week, we have several authors of new books on, which often injects literature, history, technology, business, and science into our show as well.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started freelancing, writing op-eds and book reviews, one at a time. I then got the opportunity to write recurring freelance pieces for 'The Nation' magazine, focusing on how the Internet was changing politics.
- Clock
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get up with an old-school alarm clock.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thieves don't usually make good therapists.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's never a good sign when extremism becomes the norm.
- Extreme
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the problem with precedents. Even the extreme ones tend to get repeated.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Political operatives don't tend to be existentialists. They do know, however, that if a supporter doesn't vote, then his or her opinion does not make a sound - or a difference.
- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
Republicans believe an obstructionist, do-nothing Congress will deny Obama momentum and keep their base energized.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 'FISA Amendments Act' would gut the oversight system established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which subjected domestic spying to review by a special intelligence court.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the Fourth Amendment to post-Watergate reforms to the national outcry when Bush's warrantless surveillance was revealed in 2005, the United States has a strong tradition of overseeing the government's power to spy on its citizens.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like any extraordinary power, surveillance provides temptations for abuse, such as tracking political opponents and journalists.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone with a cursory knowledge of American history knows that unchecked spying undermines democracy and public trust.
- Corporation
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- Nov 07, 2020
A healthy corporation acts on the interests of its stakeholders and customers.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shareholders, of course, have every right to weigh in on whether (or how) they want a company to exercise political influence.
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
When controversy calls, corporations can be far more responsive than politicians. The market votes every day, after all.
- Overcoming
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, no one doubts McCain's personal tenacity, from braving torture to overcoming cancer. Yet plenty of nonpartisan observers doubt his credibility.
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid likes to reminisce about being an amateur boxer. But his Senate tenure has often looked like an endless rope-a-dope.
- Nov 07, 2020
Obstruction takes time.
- Democratic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Confronting Republicans can definitely mobilize a disaffected Democratic base.
- Lady
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- Nov 07, 2020
Historically, the most favorably viewed figure in any administration is the first lady, regardless of her husband's popularity. That is largely because first ladies avoid the political fray and are ritualistically presented as a warm, human presence in the White House.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama won the presidency by running the first integrated three-screen campaign - reaching people directly via Internet, cell phones, and TV - with an authentic, complex style that resonated for voters sick of dark, deceitful, and divisive politics.
- Gauge
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- Nov 07, 2020
In campaigns, promises are usually treated skeptically. Past positions are viewed as the one reliable way to gauge a candidate's instincts.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Tea Party movement's economic agenda is a matter of emphasis, not exclusion. This is not a single-issue group.
- Conservative
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tea Party sympathizers are more conservative on abortion policy than typical Republicans.
- Nov 07, 2020
Why do Tea Party backers oppose abortion at higher rates than their traditional GOP cohort? Religion.
- Party
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tea Party adherents are actually more religion-driven and more anti-abortion than the party they are supposedly upending.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama must scrutinize and disassemble the post-Sept. 11 imperial presidency, even if he reduces his own power in the process.
- Bush Administration
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Bush administration opened several lines of attack against the rule of law and the integrity of an independent Justice Department. The scandals are so famous that they've been reduced to shorthand: Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, NSA, Attorneygate.
- Equality
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama can show that America's promise of equality not only means that anyone can reach the highest office in the land - it also means that everyone is equally subject to the law.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If anything, the genuine human struggles in 'Sicko' raise questions about our society that run much deeper than what passes for political discourse today. Why does such a rich nation let people suffer and die without health care?
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama's openness is a welcome change from his predecessor, who went all the way to the Supreme Court to hide the RSVP list for a single policy meeting. And transparency is intrinsically good, since in a democracy, very little government activity is legitimately secret.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
A louder government with less journalism does not enrich our democratic process.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a government forcibly holds enough people indefinitely without trial, it evokes the kinds of raids, detention, and abuses of power associated with authoritarian states - or darker periods in American history.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even George W. Bush, who as president pushed the boundaries of executive power, never proposed a statutory scheme to hold people indefinitely.
- Authority
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- Nov 07, 2020
A precedent provides legal authority for an action precisely because it occurred before.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got some experience appearing as a guest on several news channels, and I thought over the years I would be able to mix practicing law and writing with providing analysis on TV. I didn't know that would lead to a full-time opportunity that would take me away from my law practice. When MSNBC made me an offer to join, I jumped at it.
- Clear
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- Nov 07, 2020
My job is to be accurate and clear.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Law and politics are often overly complicated because there are people that don't want the rest of us to know what's going on.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
It always rankled me - in law school and the legal profession - when lawyers would speak to each other in their own exclusive language.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of things that people learn and live through culture first, and politics comes afterward.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The press is always more comfortable with factual determinations than moral ones, although in day-to-day life, a lot of people care a heck of a lot more about morality than every precise actual fact.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being an independent reporter with legal knowledge fits me better than being an attorney who is representing one side or one goal.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would love to get Chief Justice John Roberts for an interview. I think that would be fascinating, I think that Supreme Court nominees should do more interviews.
- Cards
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- Nov 07, 2020
'House of Cards' is aiming for truth, not accuracy.
- Politicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
Washington is deeply frustrating because so many of the positions that politicians hold are a product of ephemeral self-interest. They reverse themselves, for themselves, all the time.
- Knows
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hypocrites are more enraging than extremists, as every campaign operative knows.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
'House of Cards' is full of hypocrites, some ashamed, many proud. There is no silver lining here, no appeal to a just system that is temporarily thwarted by corrupting forces.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
While 'Django Unchained' presents a morally stark universe, where people do and say evil things with no remorse, it also luxuriates in the license that such evil provides.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Iowa has long been heralded as a bulwark against the money and media that dominate the modern presidential race. Its caucus requires voters in every precinct to actually gather in a room, at one time, and listen to neighbors pitch their chosen candidates, before they are allowed to vote.
- Criticism
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Trump administration has struggled with ethics vetting for Cabinet nominees and faced criticism for the president's decision to remain invested in his business empire.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honestly, anchoring the news on a nightly basis is the hardest job I've ever taken on.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've worked in government. I've worked in competitive New York litigation, I've worked as a writer and reporte..
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
TV can keep you honest because the viewers really do listen. People who have succeeded in this have shown the audience how hard they work and that their reporting is really worthwhile.
- Freshman Year
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember buying The Fugees' 'The Score' my freshman year and feeling like this whole new world and this whole new conversation was opening up to me.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot of hip-hop that's oriented toward a progressive view of America because it's oriented toward a civil rights progress and a critique of the power structure.
- Nov 07, 2020
Younger viewers have a very strong detector for what's real and legit and what's phony or pandering.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020