Dark New Climate Change Report Shows 'Devastating' Effects - http://huff.to/1gjVoMx

Person of the year Time magazine chose Pope Francis as their person of the year in 2013. Lawrence O’Donnell, Joy Reid, Richard Wolffe, Nia-Malika Henderson and Josh Barro make their own picks for that prestigious award in The Last Word year-ender special.

Michele Bachmann links Muslim Brotherhood to 9/11, backs Egypt's bloody crackdown

The first annual "Dumb, Dumb and Dumber Award" for 2013 goes to Michelle Bachmann for her statements in Cairo.

Michele Bachmann links Muslim Brotherhood to 9/11, backs Egypt's bloody crackdown

Didn’t see that coming! 2013’s biggest surprises Joy Reid, Richard Wolffe, Nia-Malika Henderson and Josh Barro join Lawrence O’Donnell to round up the biggest political surprises of 2013 in The Last Word year-ender special MSNBC

Best and worst political moves of 2013 | MSNBC

Federal Judge Upholds Majority of New York Gun Law - NYTimes.com

"New York was the first state to pass new gun laws after the Newtown shooting. The judge’s ruling offered a victory to gun control advocates at the end of a year when relatively few new restrictions were passed in state capitals, and efforts to pass new legislation on the federal level were driven back in Congress."

The Slow Demise of Capital Punishment - NYTimes.com

More states are coming to recognize that the death penalty is arbitrary, racially biased and prone to catastrophic error. Even those that have not abolished capital punishment are no longer carrying it out in practice.

The Slow Demise of Capital Punishment - NYTimes.com

Surge in health insurance enrollments? A record number of people visited healthcare.gov on the last day to buy coverage effective January 1st. Lawrence O’Donnell discusses with Howard Dean, Ezra Klein, and Carl Gibson.

The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell on msnbc

The Last Taboo - Jennifer Michael Hecht - POLITICO Magazine

"On Real Time with Bill Maher last August, Maher asked his guest, newly retired Rep. Barney Frank, if he felt liberated now that he was a private citizen. Frank said he did, since he no longer gets phone calls saying someone screwed something up and he has to “unscrew it.” Maher pressed on, saying, “You were in a fairly safe district. You were not one of those congresspeople who have to worry about every little thing. You could come on this show and sit next to a pot-smoking atheist, and it wouldn’t bother you.” Frank shot back: “Which pot-smoking atheist were you talking about?” Then he pointed back and forth to Maher and himself."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/12/the-last-taboo-atheists-politicians-100901.html#ixzz2ovxOetO7
The Last Taboo - Jennifer Michael Hecht - POLITICO Magazine

Where Poor and Uninsured Americans Live - Interactive Map - NYTimes.com

"The 26 Republican-dominated states not participating in an expansion of Medicaid are home to a disproportionate share of the nation’s poorest uninsured residents. Eight million will be stranded without insurance"