Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow

"While Trump may want to be a king, it is still up to us, as Americans, whether we treat him like one..." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...

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Rachel Maddow

“on Tuesday, for the second time this year, a Democrat appeared to flip a conservative-leaning district in the Iowa Senate…” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

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Rachel Maddow

all federal law enforcement of all kinds — from fbi to dea to hsi to irs to ice to diplomatic security to everything else — deprofessionalized and combined into a single amorphous and untrained federal “police” force for use in the streets. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

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Rachel Maddow

“refiling her case as a misdemeanor after they were unable to persuade three grand juries over a month to indict her…” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...

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"That's an 11-point increase in respondents who strongly disapprove of the president from the beginning of his term to recent weeks... A 9-point drop in respondents who say they strongly approve..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...?

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Rachel Maddow

"Twice as many Americans say they strongly disapprove of President Donald Trump's second term than those who strongly approve..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...?

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Rachel Maddow

"If Trump wants people to stop marveling at his degrading weakness when it comes to the Russian president, he’ll have to start avoiding embarrassing displays like these..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Rachel Maddow

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Rachel Maddow

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Rachel Maddow

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Rachel Maddow

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Rachel Maddow

"Music blasted from the White House as Trump tested out a new speaker system for the patio [which used to be the Rose Garden]. Trump can play DJ from his iPad, just like he does at Mar-a-Lago..." www.npr.org/2025/08/23/n...

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Rachel Maddow

"Those who bought into his $Trump memecoin after its launch day lost a lot of money—it is down about 90% from its high on the day he was sworn in. One consolation, of sorts: They would have lost even more in $Melania..." www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

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Rachel Maddow

"The House Freedom Caucus isn’t just losing, it’s evaporating..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Rachel Maddow

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Rachel Maddow

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Rachel Maddow

“He was a good soldier in the MAGA war, but he wasn’t much of a leader. He just did whatever the flavor of the day was in the MAGA world...” www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...

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Rachel Maddow

"The Alaska summit had been a public relations jackpot for the Kremlin... "Trump’s diplomacy in the last two weeks -- including the summits in Alaska and DC -- has yet to extract any concessions from Moscow, which has not backed down from its maximalist demands..." www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...

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Rachel Maddow

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Rachel Maddow

Yes. Collapsing all fed law enforcement into one undifferentiated, untrained, masked force. "Agents said they worried the changes would transform the FBI from an investigative agency focused on national security into something more akin to a federal police force..." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...

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Rachel Maddow

"If that means acting like a 'dictator,' so be it..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Rachel Maddow

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Rachel Maddow

tell me more about conservatives and big government www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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Rachel Maddow

"a large portion of those comments suggested that the marshals direct their crime-fighting efforts toward Congress or the White House..." www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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Rachel Maddow

"The actions add up to an unprecedented attempt by a sitting president to interfere in a critical election before it’s even held, moves that have raised alarms among those concerned about the future of U.S. democracy..." apnews.com/article/trum...

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Rachel Maddow

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Rachel Maddow

"Crime is lower in D.C. than it is in the Republican-led states these National Guard troops are leaving..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Rachel Maddow

"We sign this declaration in our own personal capacities, on our personal time, and without the use of government equipment, as protected by our First Amendment rights..." www.savehhs.org

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Rachel Maddow

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Rachel Maddow

"People rallied with the doctors, calling for medical professionals to be allowed inside..." www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

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Rachel Maddow

"Before a photographer could snap pictures, he pulled a copy of 'Mein Kampf' from a bookshelf and turned it around to hide its spine..." “They see right now as a very opportune time. They see a friend in the White House at the highest level...” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/r...

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Rachel Maddow

"Witnesses — including the Post reporter — asked the officers to identify themselves numerous times. All but one, who was wearing the ICE badge, refused. “Oh, are you guys the cops?” one agent, who was wearing a mask, responded. “Then shut the f--- up.” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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"Noem has also been particular about the service on the Coast Guard planes. In one incident, she and her staff grew irritated when a weighted blanket she often uses on trips was not provided to her, an issue that was “escalated” within the service..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Rachel Maddow

"The whole point of the Jade Helm hysterics was conservatives seeming genuinely afraid of the federal government sending active-duty troops into local American communities — a step that conservatives, at the time, characterized as obvious authoritarianism..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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"The papers included precise times and locations of each meeting, as well as the phone numbers of several administration officials..." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...

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Rachel Maddow

this was a very fun podcast co-hosting experience! that said, i’m not totally sure i will ever recover from all the mayonnaise talk…

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Rachel Maddow

"The demonstrations scheduled for this Saturday, August 16th are branded as 'Fight the Trump Takeover'..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

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"The US government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely... "A coalition of Americans *didn’t let them*" Great @cwnewser.bsky.social story on the movement to free Andry Hernández Romero: www.advocate.com/news/freeing...

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"The danger of escalation is real. Soldiers and Marines are trained for combat, not constabulary duty and riot control. Expecting military personnel to shift seamlessly from destroying an enemy on the battlefield to law enforcement is asking for trouble."(gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...

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"That’s the sort of thing you hear before having to make a difficult decision about grandpa’s future..." www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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Rachel Maddow

"Trump also seeks political control over agencies that have long operated at arm’s length from the White House, like the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Federal Reserve. That, too, has echoes of China where the bureaucracy is fully subordinate to the ruling party..." www.wsj.com/economy/the-...

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Rachel Maddow

"You should do business with such people only if you have to..." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...

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Rachel Maddow

"Mishandling economic statistics or improperly accessing the confidential information used to compile them is a felony..." www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

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Rachel Maddow

"Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who oversees the CDC, did not make a statement the day of the shooting. Late the following morning, more than 30 minutes after posting photos of fishing with his family, Kennedy posted condolences on his official X account..." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...

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"Our camera was rolling when a white, odd-looking Avelo plane without any branding landed at Tweed Airport in East Haven in July. Using a hex code unique to each plane, tracking software showed us it’s one of 3 aircraft operated by Avelo for deportations..." www.nbcconnecticut.com/investigatio...

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Rachel Maddow

"'Please enjoy a 70-minute early exit tomorrow. That way you’ll be rested for my 70th birthday Monday!' Long wrote to IRS staff..." Trump expertly handling US taxes: "It is unclear who will next lead the IRS, which has had 6 different people in charge this year..." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...

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Rachel Maddow

I'm not sure 65-69% of Americans would agree the sun is hot and night is dark, but they apparently agree on this: Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat dishonest" = 69% Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat corrupt" = 65% www.umass.edu/news/article...

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Rachel Maddow

those are 😳 numbers... www.umass.edu/news/article...

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Rachel Maddow

In April, Trump approval among men = 48% Now = 39% April, Trump approval among women = 39% Now = 35% April, Trump approval among independents = 31% Now = 21% "This is really bad news for Trump, and for Republicans who depend on independents in close elections...” www.umass.edu/news/article...

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Rachel Maddow

"We don’t have a king, we have a president. And the president doesn’t get to pick what’s on television, in movie theaters, on stage, on our bookshelves, or in the news..." full letter and list of signees here: www.wgaeast.org/get-involved... www.thewrap.com/wga-members-...

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Rachel Maddow

On our lead story tonight:

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Rachel Maddow

Huh. It's almost like Trump Administration sources maybe aren't providing totally rock-solid information to reporters. Crazy, amirite? www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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Rachel Maddow

dan balz upon retiring his column after 47 years at the washington post: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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heads up -- this is very well done. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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Rachel Maddow

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"She accompanied her mother, Rev. Kim, who is widely recognized as the first woman to be ordained as an Anglican priest in the Seoul Diocese of the Anglican Church of Korea..." www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffai...

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