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DonViejo

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Wed May 17, 2017, 11:22 AM May 2017

'If It's Not MSNBC': Lawrence O'Donnell Hints at Career's Future on Twitter

by Lindsey Ellefson | 10:44 am, May 17th, 2017

For a few days, rumors have swirled that Lawrence O’Donnell and MSNBC may be parting ways when his contract expires at the beginning of June.

After the rumors picked up speed, he pulled a Donald Trump and used Twitter to broadcast his side of that story.

First, he retweeted this last night, which describes an interaction between him and Rachel Maddow, who hosts in the time slot before his show comes on at 10:00:




Then, today, he responded to this…




…with this:




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'If It's Not MSNBC': Lawrence O'Donnell Hints at Career's Future on Twitter (Original Post) DonViejo May 2017 OP
Toward the end of Rachel last night she had a former FBI agent asiliveandbreathe May 2017 #1
If you want Lawrence to stay, email MSNBC. Action gets results. kysrsoze May 2017 #2
Thread from yesterday has contact info iamateacher May 2017 #3

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
1. Toward the end of Rachel last night she had a former FBI agent
Wed May 17, 2017, 11:29 AM
May 2017

who told her to "keep up the good work" - fervently and emphatically encouraging Rachel - which leads me to believe Comey's MEMCONs are many.....part of their training...

I don't hear Comey coming out and refuting the NYT story....

kysrsoze

(6,019 posts)
2. If you want Lawrence to stay, email MSNBC. Action gets results.
Wed May 17, 2017, 11:45 AM
May 2017

I emailed last night. This negotiation between Lawrence and the network is not over.

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