Bradlee Dean

Controversial Anti-Gay Preacher Writes Letter To Obama, For Some Reason

David Taintor | September 12, 2011, 9:38AM

Bradlee Dean

Bradlee Dean isn't just Minnesota's favorite anti-gay preacher -- he's also a concerned citizen. He's worried about the future of America, and so, he's decided to write President Obama a letter. And he apparently thinks the president might be interested in what he has to say.

In the rambling, three-page letter, Dean writes about his troubled past, his insecurities and the eventual path to his current faith. He writes about a "radical homosexual agenda" backed by the government. And while Dean didn't vote for Obama, he writes that he "rejoiced in heart" at Obama's election. But Dean's not impressed by the president's first term.

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Bradlee Dean

Anti-Gay Preacher's Lawyer: 'Rachel Maddow's Career Is Over' (AUDIO)

David Taintor | July 29, 2011, 5:55AM

Rachel Maddow's career is over. At least that's what Larry Klayman -- the lawyer for controversial preacher Bradlee Dean, and founder of Freedom Watch -- said will come of a lawsuit filed against Maddow and MSNBC.

Bradlee Dean, a conservative preacher who is known for his incendiary, anti-homosexual rehetoric, and his ministry are seeking damages in excess of $50 million from Maddow and MSNBC for slander and false light.

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Andy Schlafly

Rachel Maddow: 'The War On Brains Is Still Being Waged Every Day' (VIDEO)

Megan Carpentier | August 11, 2010, 9:39AM

Last night, Rachel Maddow picked up on TPMmuckraker's reporting that Conservapedia founder Andy Schlafly considers Einstein's Theory of Relativity -- which encompasses the famous equation E=mc² -- part of a liberal conspiracy. As she noted, Schlafly is in good company.

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Rand Paul

Paul Slams MSNBC 'Bias' (VIDEO)

Zachary Roth | May 24, 2010, 9:51AM

KY-SEN candidate Rand Paul (R)

On the advice of Karl Rove, Rand Paul has been staying away from national interviews since his disastrous appearance on MSNBC last Wednesday, in which he suggested he opposed a key provision of the Civil Rights Act. But he hasn't shut out local media. And in an interview with a Kentucky TV station Friday, the GOP Senate candidate continued his damage control campaign.

Paul downplayed his comments to Rachel Maddow, saying they were part of "a philosophic debate about a moot point." But he also blasted MSNBC for "bias," charging that in the days after his appearance, commentators on the network had inaccurately accused him of wanting to repeal the Civil Rights Act. (On Thursday, MSNBC's Chris Matthews corrected that error.) "I need to be very careful about going on certain networks that seem to have a bias," Paul told WHS's Joe Arnold. "Because it really wasn't the interview so much that was unfair. The interview I think was very fair. But then they went on a whole day repeating something over and over again. It makes me less inclined to go on a network."

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Stop Too Big To Fail

Maddow Tackles Anti-Financial Reform Group 'Stop Too Big To Fail' (VIDEO)

Justin Elliott | April 22, 2010, 8:53AM

Rachel Maddow

Last night Rachel Maddow took on the anti-financial reform group with a liberal-sounding message, Stop Too Big To Fail, with a special focus on DCI Group, the Washington astroturf specialists who have links to Stop Too Big To Fail.

Maddow notes that DCI used to work for the anti-health reform Coalition to Protect Patients' Rights, and DCI execs' were previously at R.J. Reynolds setting up so-called Smokers' Rights Groups.

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Koch Industries

Maddow On Koch 'Caught Red Handed' Backing Tea Partiers (VIDEO)

Justin Elliott | April 16, 2010, 5:48PM

Rachel Maddow

TPMmuckraker's story yesterday about Koch Industries preemptively alerting the press that the mega-company does not fund tea parties -- despite the fact that it backs one of the major tea party groups -- got the Rachel Maddow treatment last night.

"So David Koch, founder of Americans for Prosperity, wants you to know that he's not at all funding the tea party movement -- except for that part where he totally funds the tea party movement," Maddow said in the segment. "But other than that, just wants to get the facts clear."

Watch:

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Meet The Press

Maddow Calls Out GOP Rep For Flubbing Facts Of Abdulmutallab Case (VIDEO)

Justin Elliott | February 15, 2010, 8:59AM

Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL).

On Meet The Press yesterday, Rachel Maddow challenged Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) on the issue of the Miranda warning read to the attempted Christmas bombing suspect, correcting Schock's assertion that Abdulmutallab stopped talking after he was read his rights.

"What's the basis of the assertion that reading someone their Miranda rights in unsafe? We did that with every single person who's been arrested on terrorism charges since 9/11," Maddow said.

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Tea Party Express

Maddow Cites TPMmuckraker On Tea Party Express Finances

Zachary Roth | December 30, 2009, 9:21AM

Tea Party Express strategist Sal Russo

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow last night picked up our report on how most of the Tea Party Express's recent spending went to the GOP consulting firm that created it.

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Bush Administration

Maddow On 'The Incredible Magic Al Jazeera Scam' (VIDEO)

Justin Elliott | December 22, 2009, 10:50AM

Rachel Maddow last night interviewed journalist Aram Roston about the finer points of the revelation, published in Playboy, that a December 2003 Orange terror alert was prompted by supposed decoding technology that revealed terrorist communications in Al Jazeera broadcasts.

Maddow plays some remarkable media reports from 2003, complete with scare quotes from Tom Ridge about catastrophic attacks "against the homeland."

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Chamber of Commerce

Maddow Picks Up Chamber Story, Defends Hooters' Honor (VIDEO)

Justin Elliott | December 18, 2009, 9:20AM

Last night Rachel Maddow picked up TPMmuckraker's reporting on the Chamber of Commerce anti-health reform effort involving what Maddow calls an "American family dining chain that's famous for its wings."

That would be Hooters.

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