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...And one man, Donald Trump, literally came in and just took that, you know, took that took that all away." "You know, so, you know, so, you know, but when I see this, you know, when I look at this, you know, you know, more globally regarding regarding, you know, regarding democracy, I also say to myself, when was this great time that everybody got along so well and, you know, things were going so so great?" "I mean, I think, you know, you know, the, I think that we really have to be careful here in, you know, in...

More young men in California rise in pitch at the end of their sentences when talking, new research shows. This process is known as "uptalk" or "valleygirl speak" and has in the past been associated with young females, typically from California or Australia. But now a team says that this way of speaking is becoming more frequent among men.

Meghan McCain, MSNBC's newly hired contributor, conducted her first interview for the cable news network on Wednesday with Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann. McCain--who in January called Bachmann "a poor man's Sarah Palin" on MSNBC--said that the interview will air "soon" on "Now With Alex Wagner," the network's lunch hour show. On Lawrence O'Donnell's "Last Word" in January, McCain took vigorous issue with Bachmann's tea-party rebuttal to President Obama's State of the Union. "I think it's important to note that Michele Bachmann is not a leader, and she's not the leader of the Repbulican Party," McCain said. "Michele Bachmann is no...