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Morning Headlines: Monday, August 1ESPN'S GAMEDAY STARTS AT 9AMLet Me Start...Morning MaddowTop Talker: Senate, House expected to vote on new debt deal todayChart: One small win for AmericaThis lesson brought to you by the American Egg BoardMorning EDition: August 1, 2011To Save Yourself from Going Over a Cliff, Shoot Yourself in the FootProbably not the angry leftNo new taxes. Ever. Period. Also never. Period.Coming up on Hardball...First Word: August 1, 2011A hero story for our timesRomney out of hiding on debt dealNew details on bin Laden raidAhead on the 8/1 Maddow ShowGuest List, Monday 8/1Matthews looks for optionsI think it's measuring the hug...Giffords returns to vote on debt dealYour last word on the debt dealWinners and losers of debt dealMorning Headlines: Tuesday, August 2Morning Maddow: August 2Let Me Start...Top Talker: Almost a Done Deal...'Not a hair from the head of a millionaire or billionaire'Today in voter suppression (#Wisconsin edition)Must Read Op-Eds for August 2, 2011Deal!Morning EDition: August 2, 2011Ezra Klein on why this is a 'frustrating' deficit dealIn one image, #debtceilingmadnessMapping the cost of birth controlChart: Debt deal subtracts 1.8 million jobsActor Dominic Cooper on playing Saddam's sonArianna Huffington on how she spends her morningsComing up on Hardball...First Word: August 2, 2011Same-sex marriage unanimously approved!Signed, sealed and deliveredHelping famine victims in SomaliaAhead on the 8/2 Maddow ShowCongress gets a slow clap on debt dealJason Bourne loves teachersMatthews: The GOP continues to 'mug' ObamaGuest List, Tuesday 8/2Shark WeekThe Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/02/11Rewriting the attack on teachersD.B. Cooper: dead or alive?Morning Headlines: Wednesday, August 3rdMorning Maddow: August 3Let Me Start...Top Talker: Debt Deal is Done, President Obama moves on to jobs'Who is going to drive the economy?'Must Read Op-Eds for August 3, 2011After the cuts, more cutting (#Wisconsin edition)Morning EDition: August 3, 2011Step by stepBest noon thingShould President Obama show he can play hardball?Democrat re-floats balanced budget billComing up on Hardball...Elements of style, minus a fewFirst Word: August 3, 2011Challenge: find Rick Scott a jobSixth-graders explain debt deal sagaAhead on the 8/3 Maddow showRomney's b-day gift to ObamaHuckabee's 9/11 kids video (yes, really)Helping SomaliaGuest List Wednesday, 8/3The Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/03/11Who is more likely to contribute to the common good?Simpson talks debt deal, NorquistMorning Headlines: Thursday, August 4thMorning Maddow: August 4Let Me Start...Must Read Op-Eds for August 4, 2011If Democrats ever try economic populismTop Talker: Happy 50th Birthday, Mr. PresidentMorning EDition: August 4, 2011Fill in the blankRachel Weisz talks extraordinary circumstances of 'The Whistleblower'Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on the FAA shutdown'I'm tired of dealing with the crazies'Best noon thingNow playing, for real: 'The Lamentable Tragedie of Scott Walker'Vicarious nice long walk for the cube-bound of the dayWashington City Paper immortalizes legendary park and music venueReport: Congress makes deal on FAAFirst Word: August 4, 2011Charts: Stocks fall, fears riseDeal reached to end FAA shutdownComing up on Hardball…This ad needs a change upHappy Birther Day, Mr. President!Ahead on the 8/4 Maddow showDow Jones gives America buzzkillWitness to Lincoln assassinationHappy (redacted) to you, Mr. President!Glazed and ConfusedMatthews on Wall Street's reality checkFree Clinic Needs Your Help!The Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/04/11Chris Christie, we applaud youGuest List Thursday 8/4Morning Headlines: Friday, August 5thMorning Maddow: August 5Let Me Start...Between here and recovery, the politiciansChallenge: build a better hamster trapSoccer Blog: Community Shield PreviewZero-waste livingJupiter, get ready for your close-up (again)Ezra Klein: We need at least 120,000 jobs createdMap: The Tea Party ConfederacyFirst Word: August 5, 2011The GOP job-loss plan in actionAwesome Internets: Friday editionComing up on Hardball...Following in Jerry's footstepsMSNBC Presents "A Stronger America: Making the Grade" on August 14, from 12-2pm ETApres photo, le deluge?They should never give us new toysBacklash against Perry's prayer rallyAhead on the 8/5 TRMSWhy Romney can't win in 2012The Chris Matthews Jobs ProgramThe Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/05/11Belzer's Jerry Lewis tat revealed!U.S. loses top credit rating'We have changed our view of the difficulties in bridging the gulf between the political parties over fiscal policy, which makes us pessimistic about the capacity of Congress and the Administration...'Morning Headlines: Monday, August 8thMorning Maddow: August 8Rachel on Meet the PressLet Me Start...Must Read Op-Eds for August 8, 2011Can the US get back its AAA rating?Best noon thingI'll never eat another vegetable...Knee deep...First Word: August 8, 2011'...Police would consider arresting people using Twitter in relation to incitement to violence...'State of education in AmericaJob fairs addressing unemployment (and without a bus!)Ahead on the 8/8 Maddow showInside the secret Jackie O tapesEd's in Wisconsin!Guest List, Monday 8/8Still AAA in Obama's eyesNation remembers the fallenMatthews remembers former New York Governor Hugh CareyHometowns mourn Americans killed in AfghanistanThe Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/08/11S&P downgrade, first draftDiminish What You StartedAnarchy in the U.K.POLL: WILL WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS WIN ENOUGH SEATS TO TAKE BACK THE STATE SENATE?Analysis on S&P downgradeThe Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/09/11, Midnight ShowMorning Headlines: Tuesday, August 9thMorning Maddow: August 9Let Me Start...The UK's spreading rageMust Read Op-Eds for August 9, 2011A bowl of liberty with freedom on top'This was not a both sides kind of thing'House Page Program website didn't get the memoNYT columnist: Mistake to put debt ahead of jobs, economy(We can still eat vegetables)Michele Bachmann Newsweek cover gets the folks talkin'A day to recall in WisconsinFirst Word: August 9, 2011Coming up on Hardball...Pawlenty releases another epic adUnrest and resilience in LondonSantorum on marriage and napkinsA jobs project with lasting impactWhat the...?Defining the US mission in AfghanistanAhead on the 8/9 Maddow ShowGuest List, Tuesday 8/9World's most valuable company?Newark introduces its first female chief of policeThe Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/09/11Obama campaign on the offenseOnly in LondonMorning Headlines: Wednesday, August 10thMorning Maddow: August 10Let Me Start...Must Read Op-Eds for August 10, 2011Tina Brown defends Bachmann cover, says pic wasn't from lighting testRun Rick, Run!Unions and the middle class go hand-in-handWhat now, Wisconsin?Best noon thingFirst Word: August 10, 2011Happy birthday Defense Department!Hey we have a new Poet LaureateDebt super committee takes shapeWhat happens if Rush got his wayDraft dodgersAhead on the 8/10 Maddow showMatthews not impressed by GOP candidatesGuest List, Wednesday 8/10STRIKE!The Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/10/11An abbreviated "They're Not Embarrassed" Hall of FamePalin to eat fried butter in IowaColbert rewrites Rick 'Parry'Morning Headlines: Thursday, August 11thMorning Maddow: August 11Let Me Start...Top Talker: Debt Super- Committee Picks UnveiledMust Read Op-Eds For August 11, 2011Pausing for a minute to understand that Nate Silver chart on Democratic momentum against Scott Walker in WisconsinTales from the Way Too Early Emails"When you got a hundred voices singin, who can hear a lousy whistle blow?"When you're with a sweep you're in glad companyTavis Smiley: Why we don't talk about the poorFirst Word: August 11, 2011Earth, through the eyes of credit agencies9/11 in black and whiteComing up on Hardball...Rick Perry running for presidentAhead on the 8/11 Maddow showCorporations are people, my friendsDaily Show on WisconsinGuest List, Thursday 8/11Romney faces off with Iowa hecklersPeter King's latest target? HollywoodGOP winners, by the corn kernelsWhat's at stake in the GOP decision8/11Colbert Super PAC's 'Parry' adsThe Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/11/11Morning Headlines: Friday, August 12thMorning Maddow: August 12Let Me Start...Must Read Op-Eds for August 12, 2011Top Talkers: Republican Presidential Debate in IowaEconomic crisis, thy name is jobsEPL Preview and Predictions: The Drogter Is InYour day's dose of dissonance: Summer SantaRubber ducky, you're the oneScarborough: Bachmann is a jokeGov. Walker: nothing to see here, move along!10-to-1? Not enough for the GOPFirst Word: Friday, August 12The Friday AwesomeRepublican debate recapObama Meets Wisconsin Union RepWhat we're watching...Ahead on the 8/12 Maddow showGOP hopefuls diss super committeeTurn your eyes to the northeast skiesCourt rules against healthcare mandateConquering KilimanjaroPersistently job-searching, persistently joblessThe Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/12/11Submissive question: sexist or legit?Herb your enthusiasmSay, what's Rick Perry up to this weekend?Morning Headlines: Monday, August 15thMorning Maddow: August 15Let Me Start...Must Read Op-Eds for August 15, 2011Romney welcomes Obama's 'Magical Misery' tourTop Talker: Race for the 2012 GOP nomination...Perry is in, Pawlenty is out, Bachmann wins straw pollBest noon thingShould Congress stop coddling the super-rich?First Word: August 15, 2011Seen in #California: 'Is there any right to the liberal "left"?'Coming up on Hardball...Warren Buffett: Raise my taxes, pleaseWhat we're watching...A world of pure imaginationAhead on the 8/16 Maddow showBill Clinton 'tickled' by Perry's candidacyGuest List, Monday 8/15Game on for the GOP nominationA-maize-ingLawrence on Tim Pawlenty's exitPerry launches first campaign videoThe Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/15/11Subverting hate with 'Trojan t-shirts'POLL: WILL AMERICA GET FOOLED AGAIN?A closer look at Perry's recordMorning Headlines: Tuesday, August 16thMorning Maddow: August 16Must Read Op-Eds for Tuesday August 16, 2011Bachmann wins Iowa bingo (donate today!)Top Talker: On the road again...Honk! A note on the campaign busBest noon thingChart: GOP job-loss plan in action, IIIs Rick Perry all hat and no cattle?Nicolle Wallace: Perry the 'ice cold glass of water' GOP neededWes Moore on being a new fatherYou Might be a Conservative...Letter from Ohio: Bracing for cutsWhat we're watching 8/16First Word: Tuesday, August 16"Quite simply, this law inserts politicians into healthcare"Rick Perry & Ted Nugent - Best Friends Forever!Rick Santorum's new ad: action blurbsComing up on Hardball...Ahead on the 8/16 Maddow showGuest List, Tuesday 8/16Bachmann eyes in new memeA world of pure imagination... revealed!The joy of American democracyAwkward Willard: Tuesday editionThe Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/16/11Perry takes heat over Fed commentsPOLL: WILL RICK PERRY BE THE GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE IN 2012?Anthony accepts the fried butter challengeMorning Headlines: Wednesday, August 17thMorning Maddow: August 17Must Read Op-Eds for August 17, 2011Obama tries the fighting style againTop Talker: President Obama's last day on the bus...Harry Shearer brings out Mr. Burns, Derek SmallsDon't mess with Texas: Your guide to Rick PerrylandiaBest noon thingRick Perry takes aim at Fed Chairman Ben BernankeChart: America is so stuckShould the president take a vacation right about now?'It's great to be back here on Earth''Nationally, the American Society of Civil Engineers has graded the U.S. water infrastructure as a D- and noted that many water mains are beyond their designed life span of 65-95 years.'First Word: August 17, 2011What we're watching 8/17T-Paw, Ron Paul would like his awesome backYou're going to need this laterPerry skeptical of global warmingAhead on the 8/17 Maddow showRon Paul: the movie... or somethingGuest List, Wednesday 8/17Matthews: Obama needs to 'pork-out' the jobs billThe Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/17/11Obama, Romney hitting The VineyardQuestions over patriotism not equalPOLL: SHOULD OHIO WORKERS NEGOTIATE WITH GOVERNOR KASICH?A-PerilMorning Headlines: Thursday, August 18thMorning Maddow: August 18 (where did the summer go?)Let Me Start...Must Read Op-Eds for August 18, 2011Gov. Kasich folds in #OhioTop Talker: Bus Trip Over...Time for VacationPow! Thwack! Justice goes after S&PTales from the Way Too Early EmailsHow can Obama help create jobs for African-Americans?Up from slavery metaphorsComing up on Hardball...What we're watching 8/18First Word: August 18, 2011What goes up comes down in #WisconsinAhead on the 8/18 Maddow showGoodwill game gone wrong in ChinaHuntsman zings Perry over science'Day of Destruction, Decade of War' to air 9/1 at 9 p.m. ETA shift in Republican politics'The winner gets nuclear weapons!'Guest List, Thursday 8/18The Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/18/11You saw it this way too, right?The fight for diversity in schoolsMorning Headlines: Friday, August 19thMorning Maddow: August 19Let Me Start...Must Read Op-Eds for August 19, 2011'We are truly back to the days before Watergate, where special interests and big money have more influence than ever before in American politics.'Top Talker: Governor Perry Talks EvolutionThe Ohio jobs puzzleRick Perry imagines day oneFirst Word: August 19, 2011A really, really good reason we should move the show to FranceTake Your Tomatoes to Work DayRomney: Businesses are also peopleGeithner turns 50, gets this cupcakeComing up on Hardball...The Friday AwesomeAn 'American girl in Italy' looks backAhead on 8/19 Maddow showArchitectGlobal warming debate heats up raceMatthews to Obama: 'Keep it simple'The Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/19/11Awesome wedding photos or awesomest wedding photos?Michelle Obama- the quilted versionBeginning of the end for Gadhafi?Morning Headlines: Monday, August 22ndMorning Maddow: August 22Must Read Op-Eds for August 22, 2011Chart: Rick Perry's Texas MiracleTop Talker: Huntsman says the GOP field has "zero substance"The unrecognizable Scott Walker 2.0Letter: 'Great flabbergasting,' meet 'right flight'Best noon thingWhy this is the end of the beginning for LibyaThe politics of cartographyFirst Word: August 22, 2011Obama: Gadhafi regime endingComing up on Hardball...It's.... alive!Awesome Internets: Monday editionWhat we're watching 8/22You can never be too prepared for an alien invasionAtomic might as well be foreverPaul Ryan not running for presidentFlorida lost 22,000 jobs last month, half of them governmentAhead on the 8/22 Maddow showGuest List, Monday 8/22Jerry Leiber 1933-2011The politics of scienceThe Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/22/11Electability of the far-rightMorning Headlines: Tuesday, August 23rdMorning Maddow: August 23Top Talker: Huntsman says he would run as Bachmann's VPThe politics of LibyaJohn McCain wants you to read thisEn Garde!Duck and coverMust Read Op-Eds for August 23, 2011Huntsman: Dems forgot what I said about ObamaHoward Dean tells us what he really thinks of the GOP fieldRebels seize Gadhafi's compoundIs a megaphone and a note reading 'Say something nice' awesome or annoying?Nick Ashford 1942-2011Map: Our planet shakes a lotFirst Word: August 23, 2011What we're watching 8/23Last Word earthquake evacuationTouché!Ahead on the 8/23 Maddow showElizabeth Warren's uphill battleMost useful earthquake visualization I looked at todayGuest List, Tuesday 8/23The Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/23/11Fixing the lack of civility in politicsChallenge accepted: Gilligan's Island editionPOLL: DO YOU BELIEVE MICHELE BACHMANN HAS A PLAN TO GET GAS BELOW $2?Morning Headlines: Wednesday, August 24thMorning Maddow: August 24Must Read Op-eds for August 24, 2011In Mississippi, a quiet firstUpdate: Virginia nukes get their power backTop Talker: Romney attacks VP Biden on China's one-child policyChart: Bush tax cuts still the problemNature is alive and well and living in suburbiaAnimals reacting to the earthquake: Which one are you?Jeremy Scahill on the future of Libyan stabilityComing up on Hardball...First Word: August 24, 2011What does not flyTea Party saddles fancy bus againWhat we're watching 8/24Perry's boots walk all over GOP fieldHint of George Pataki presidential run1984: Steve Jobs introduces the MacintoshSteve Jobs steps down from AppleReagan on SantorumAhead on the 8/24 Maddow ShowGuest List, Wednesday 8/24Supererogation to save 'succedaneum' from succedaneaThe Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/24/11Gadhafi, is that with a Q or a K?Morning Headlines: Thursday, August 25thMorning Maddow: August 25Where is last night's show?Jeb Bush, voice in the GOP wildernessMust Read Op-Eds for August 25, 2011Cheney: "No regrets" on waterboardingTales from the Way Too Early EmailsCheney's years in the White HouseTheKoBrosHateYourDomainNames.comMadoff whistleblower Markopolos on something other than a Ponzi schemeVideo: A brief moment of Hurricane IreneFirst Word: August 25, 2011Rick Perry's big weekendThe most powerful gay man in America?Coming up on Hardball...What we're watching 8/25Remembering Lawrence's motherStep away from the exploding thingsAhead on the 8/25 Maddow showGuest List, Thursday 8/25New York's last big hurricane in '85Romney continues to change his mindThe Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/25/11Land Shark?Gadhafi's creepy crush on CondiMorning Headlines: Friday, August 26thMorning Maddow: August 26Why is Mitt Romney like that?Irene's likelihood of redrawing your coastline for a whileJonathan Capehart on hurricane preparedness, his many fansDon't drink this. Seriously, don't.Must Read Op-Eds for August 26, 2011Video: The cheap sheep of PennsylvaniaFirst Word: August 26, 2011Ron Paul: FEMA's not a good friend in TexasThe Friday AwesomeMother Nature's economic stimulusRon Paul: FEMA not necessaryAhead on the 8/26 Maddow ShowPhotos: Evacuating from IreneChallenge: name those caterpillarsThe Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/26/11Westhampton Beach, NY braces for Hurricane IreneI think I forgot to turn off the oven...Fire Island, go home. Brooklyn, have some sandbagsHurricane Irene in 3-DThe very models of a modern major hurricaneIrene's furious windsIrene in my neighborhood: X marked the spotMamaroneck, New YorkMorning Headlines: Monday, August 29thMorning Maddow: August 29Must Read Op-Eds for August 29, 2011Top Talker: Rick Perry calls Social Security a "Monstrous Lie"Flooding in Metro-North stationsCaterpillar names: the finalistsEmpty space?First Word: August 29, 2011Coming up on Hardball...When Old Glory fadesWhat we're watching 8/29After Irene, remembering KatrinaRain, not wind, biggest culprit in Irene"The Ed Show" is Live from New Orleans Tonight!Ahead on the 8/29 Maddow ShowWe need your help! Please donate to the National Association of Free ClinicsGuest List, Monday 8/29Where 80s Scott Baio, green energy and natural disasters intersectThe Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/29/11Wilson and Plame talk Cheney bookLinks for the 8/29 TRMSMorning Headlines: Tuesday, August 30thMorning Maddow: August 30Vice President Cheney on waterboarding and WMDsTop Talker: Obama nominates Krueger to Head Council of Economic AdvisorsPerry's Ponzi promiseFantastic mindwander premise of the dayA look at the president's economic recordSeven minutes with Cory BookerFirst Word: August 30, 2011Must Read Op-Eds for August 30, 2011Coming up on Hardball...The Rick Perry Venn diagramMore Americans taking employment into their own handsSemantics of iTunes Labor Day picksAhead on the 8/30 Maddow ShowThe Ed Show: Driving Progress (New Orleans)Guest List, Tuesday 8/30Smerconish on Bachmann's blundersTonight's mystery previewThe Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 08/30/11Rewriting the myth of Rudy GiulianiMorning Headlines: Wednesday, August 31stMorning Maddow: August 31Must Read Op-Eds for August 31, 2011Top Talker: President Obama says his jobs plan could create up to a million jobsWill the American Dream end with a yawning income gap?It's that time of year: another foot washes ashoreQuote of the Day: 'Irene taught us how to deal with 'Hurricane Jobs'First Word: August 31, 2011Can fast food be progressive?What we're watching 8/31Coming up on Hardball...Eric Cantor and Distaster ReliefOracle says Obama will win in 2012The best thing about Hurricane IreneAhead on the 8/31 Maddow ShowBig Monarch news!Guest List, Wednesday 8/31