Big congrats to the man behind the blog, @SteveBenen, for 10 years with the @maddow team.
He's covered 3 presidents, 2 recessions, 2 impeachments and 1 pandemic — publishing over 10,000 blog posts along the way. (1/4) on.msnbc.com/35rAVt7
Maddowblog was the first national outlet to connect the dots on then-Gov. Chris Christie's "Bridgegate" scandal in New Jersey with this December 2013 post. (2/4) on.msnbc.com/3g87LkU
@MaddowBlog@stevebenen@maddow Steve first described the Republican Party as a “post-policy party” in this March 2013 post. Six years later, he turned his thesis into the bestselling book “The Impostors.” (3/4) on.msnbc.com/3ua1r4H
Steve's 2020 post calling out then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's awkward attempt to take a swipe at Nancy Pelosi with a botched Lisa Simpson reference. (4/4) on.msnbc.com/3u9JZNC
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@thereidout@_Jahan This week, the U.S. recorded its first case of the Covid-19 omicron variant. It's another reminder that the coronavirus crisis isn’t over. "LF95" from @LupeFiasco and @KaelinEllis is a song for our pandemic time. on.msnbc.com/3IjBbcO
@thereidout@_Jahan@LupeFiasco@kaelinellis Dr. Oz — notorious for pushing unproven medical cures — jumped into the GOP primary for Senate in Pennsylvania this week. The longtime New Jersey resident has never been an elected official but he's still a "Legend In His Mind," as Gil Scott-Heron sang. on.msnbc.com/3lA7zhq
President Biden delivers remarks on the passage of the infrastructure bill. msnbc.com/live
Reporter: Have you gotten assurances from moderate Democrats in the House and Senate that they are going to vote for the Build Back Better plan?
President Biden: I'm not going to answer that question...I don't negotiate in public. But I feel confident.
President Biden: "I truly believe, 50 years from now, folks are going to look back and say, 'this was the moment...when America decided to win the competition of the 21st Century.'"
BREAKING: CDC advisory group votes to recommend Pfizer’s Covid vaccine booster for at-risk populations. on.msnbc.com/39xtmQz
The advisers voted that all people ages 65 and up and those in long-term care facilities who were initially vaccinated with Pfizer should receive a booster dose.
People ages 50 to 64 with underlying medical conditions should also get a booster dose.
The advisers stopped short of a full endorsement for other groups of at-risk individuals, instead recommending that they may choose to get the booster shot if they feel they need it, in consultation with their physician.
Idaho hospitals are so overwhelmed with the surge in coronavirus cases that doctors and nurses have to contact dozens of regional hospitals across the West in hopes of finding places to transfer individual critical patients.
The need for ICU bed space is affecting a range of patients: those suffering from Covid, as well as people who have had heart attacks or strokes or were involved in accidents, for instance.