The Rachel Maddow Show
Rachel Maddow, MS NOW
300 episodes
The Rachel Maddow Show airs Mondays at 9pm ET on MS NOW and drops shortly thereafter in this feed.
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Trump makes a gross miscalculation about the popularity of his cruelty to immigrants
Rachel Maddow looks at fresh examples of communities across the United States rallying in defense of local immigrants being hunted by ICE agents, and notes that while Trump was open during the campaign about his policy…
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'Our superpower': Trump confronted by diverse, robust pushback on 'a million' different fronts
Rachel Maddow considers how the history of the Trump era will be written and how the defense of democracy and resistance to Trump authoritarianism will be seen as having a wide range of motivations, reflecting the…
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Why Donald Trump's medical records say more than he realizes
Dr. David Kessler had previously described for Rachel Maddow how Donald Trump benefitted from the federal medical establishment in surviving a sever case of Covid, only to make drastic cuts to that institution,…
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Massive 'No Kings' protest expected to rain on Donald Trump's (military) parade
Donald Trump is eager to fill out his autocratic profile with a display of military might in the form of a military parade. Anti-Trump activists are planning mass protests across the United States to make sure Trump…
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'Historic debacle': Trump sets new standard for poor presidential performance; Americans displeased
Rachel Maddow reviews the many ways in which Donald Trump has made history with the first 100 days of his second term, though none of these achievements are anything to be proud of, and Americans are growing…
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Victims of Trump's irresponsible anti-immigrant crusade include American citizens
Rachel Maddow reports on examples of American citizens caught up in Donald Trump's attacks on immigrants in the U.S., some by accident, some by malicious negligence, and some apparently targeted on purpose. Want more…
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Trump 100 day faceplant: more devastating polling for Trump show Americans reject his policies
Rachel Maddow shares another collection of polls of Americans about the first 100 days of Donald Trump's second term, with results showing a shocking gap between people who approve versus disapprove. By wide margins,…
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Trump gets reckless as his agenda tanks with the American public
Rachel Maddow reports on the ongoing parade of terrible polling numbers for Donald Trump, and talks with Rep. Jamie Raskin about the Trump administration arresting a judge. Rep. Robert Garcia also joins to discuss…
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Wheels falling off the Trump train before his first 100 days, polls show
Donald Trump's second term is not even 100 days old and already his standing with Americans has soured, with polls showing opposition on major themes as well as specific issues, and the numbers only get worse as time…
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Oops!: Trump's first 100 days marked by incompetent screw-ups and frantic walk backs
Rachel Maddow reviews the main lesson of the first 100 Days of the second Trump administration and highlights how the administration's overall incompetence has made screw-ups and reversals the hallmark of their…
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Musk tries to blame paid protesters for his wild unpopularity, collapse of Tesla
After Tesla showed a steep drop in profits and a sliding stock price, Elon Musk was quick to blame fake protesters for manipulating public opinion against him. Rachel Maddow takes a look at the very real protesters and…
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Anti-Trump protests sweep the nation, crossing the threshold of mainstream media attention
Rachel Maddow surveys some of the many "No Kings" protests that took place in cities large and small across the United States against Donald Trump's push toward autocracy, and notes that unlike previous remarkable…
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Lost in the sauce: Stories Trump probably hoped you wouldn't notice while he 'flooded the zone'
Did you know Donald Trump plans to eliminate Head Start the preschool program? Did you know he gutted Americorps? Have you heard what he did to the National Weather Service? Rachel Maddow rounds up stories that would…
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'This should be shocking': Judge torches Trump admin. for neglecting due process for deportees
Rachel Maddow reads from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against the Trump administration as it tries to avoid accountability for mistakenly deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia without the due process that is…
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'Criminal contempt' looms over Trump's showdown with courts over deportation fiat
The judge hearing the case against Donald Trump's deportation flights is losing patience with the administration's excuses and stall tactics, and today raised the specter of holding members of the administration in…
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'They can't hide the ball': Judge cracks the whip on Trump lawyers in deportation case
Trump administration lawyers are running out of excuses to avoid being accountable for the rights and whereabouts of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland immigrant father who was improperly deported and sentenced without…
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Making a mockery of Musk: Backlash against dismantling U.S. government focuses on hatchet man
Rachel Maddow looks at creative new ways activists are mocking and protesting Donald Trump's top campaign donor, Elon Musk, for his central role in butchering the staff and services of the U.S. government. Want more…
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'How is it possible that you have this job?': RFK Jr.'s incompetence becomes too glaring to overlook
From his cluelessness about critical cuts made to his agency, to his celebration of dangerous quackery, Robert. F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump's HHS secretary, is distinguishing himself as not only incompetent but…
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'The time is now to stand up!': Eric Holder sounds alarm on Trump's war on the rule of law
Former Attorney General Eric Holder talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump's efforts to intimidate the legal system in the United States and bend it to his will, and emphasizes the importance of the American legal…
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Trump caves on tariffs: One economic indicator made even Trump realize he'd gone too far
Even with new polling showing significant disapproval among Americans of Donald Trump's handling of the economy, Trump's indifference to tanking the stock market did not waver. But when his ill-considered tariff scheme…
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Trump in search of waste need look no further than his own staff
Rachel Maddow looks at the bizarre, frivolous demands of members of Donald Trump's staff even as vital public services are being cut in the name of waste. Want more of Rachel? Check out the "Rachel Maddow Presents"…
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Fierce backlash against Trump's agenda seen in sweeping, nation-wide protests
From small towns to the largest cities, Rachel Maddow reports on the wide diversity of issues being protested in demonstrations across the United States on Saturday, as hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the…
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The ridiculous real story behind the tariff plan that turned Donald Trump into a global disaster
Rachel Maddow looks at ways to understand the scope of the damage Donald Trump has done to the entire world economy, and reminds viewers where the tariff idea came from that has turned Donald Trump into a one-man…
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Needless economic pain from Trump not even worth it if his tariff gambit works: economist
Betsey Stevenson, former chief economist for the U.S. Department of Labor, discusses the likely consequences for average American consumers of Donald Trumps ill-considered tariffs, and explains why, even in Trump's…
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Donald Trump fired the man who likely saved his life; U.S. may never fully recover from Trump's cuts
Dr. David Kessler, former FDA commissioner and chief science officer of the White House Covid-19 Task Force, talks with Rachel Maddow about the devastating effects of Donald Trump's cuts to HHS, not only in dismantling…
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Exclusive: Exclusive: Senator Cory Booker reflects on his historic, record-setting speech
Senator Cory Booker talks with Rachel Maddow about holding the Senate floor for a record-breaking 25 hours and 4 minutes to raise attention to the perils of Donald Trump's agenda and inspire American activism against…
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Fresh from scandal over group chat attack plans, Hegseth's conduct opens him to ridicule
Rachel Maddow looks at a string of bizarre headlines about Donald Trump's secretary of defense, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, whose insistence on surrounding himself with close family while acting in his official…
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'This is shameful': Trump sows animosity and mistrust abroad, degrading Americans in the process
Rufus Gifford, former U.S. ambassador to Denmark, talks with Rachel Maddow about the animosity and mistrust Donald Trump is sowing among even allied nations, and the shock of betrayal people around the world are…
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Allies wary of Trump admin's incompetence after scandal over military plan group chat
Not only has the scandal over Trump officials discussing military plans in a group chat on an insecure commercial platform made the Trump administration look like fools to Americans paying attention, but overseas…
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'Two perfect months?!': Trump's rationalization of insecure group chat scandal backfires
Donald Trump says the scandal over his top officials discussing secret military plans in an unsecured group chat is just a "glitch" in an otherwise perfect first two months in office. Rachel Maddow looks back to help…
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War plans group chat scandal fits pattern of Trump's embarrassing weakness on information security
Rachel Maddow looks at Donald Trump's ridiculously poor track record of mishandling sensitive information, with the scandal of several of his top officials thoughtlessly discussing military plans in an insecure group…
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'Holy crap on steroids!': Top Trump officials exposed in shocking, sloppy military security blunder
Top officials in the Trump administration discussed a military operation in a group chat on a commercially available messaging platform with a random member of the media added to the chat without anyone bothering to…
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Media reports prompt Trump to end plan to brief Musk on secret potential war plans for China
Rachel Maddow follows up on last night's breaking news that the Pentagon planned to brief Donald Trump's top campaign donor, Elon Musk, on top-secret U.S. plans for a potential war with China, with new reports that…
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Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing
Rachel Maddow reports on the ridiculous, bungled spectacle of the Trump administration's release of unredacted documents related to the JFK assassination. Donald Trump appears to have thoughtlessly announced the…
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U.S. under Trump backs off countering Russian sabotage campaign in Europe
Rachel Maddow looks at recent acts of sabotage by Russia in countries that support Ukraine, including what is believed to be the planning stages of detonating a bomb in a cargo plane over the United States. Erin Banco,…
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Trump is a repeat loser as his slash-and-burn rampage collides with U.S. law
Rachel Maddow reports on yet another bad day in the courts for Donald Trump as he was made to restore jobs his top campaign donor, Elon Musk, had slashed, and was similarly made to restore USAID, another victim of…
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Independent Agency CEO: 'DOGE has broken into our building.'
The U.S. Institute for Peace announced Monday that despite being independent of the executive branch and controlling its own building and the land it sits on, their objections to members of Elon Musk's DOGE team…
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Trump reportedly keen on law at root of disgraceful chapter in American history
Rachel Maddow shares the amazing, historic story of how former Senator Alan Simpson and former Representative Norm Mineta partnered on hearings into the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, and why…
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'A sham': Federal judge blasts Trump admin on improper firings of federal workers; orders rehiring
Rachel Maddow reads from the court transcript in which a federal judge blasts the Trump administration's defense of its firing of thousands of federal workers and orders that the jobs be restored, with some harsh words…
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Outrage and exposure halts Trump's plans for Social Security service cuts
Rachel Maddow shares video of Rep. John Larson channeling the outrage of his constituents at the anticipation that Donald Trump's top donor, Elon Musk, is intending to destroy Social Security in order to privatize it.…
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Trump fires 1,300 at Department of Education; programs expected to suffer with staff gutted
Plus, House Republicans literally alter time to avoid responsibility for Trump wrecking the economy Want more of Rachel? Check out the "Rachel Maddow Presents" feed to listen to all of her chart-topping original…
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Trump puts U.S. at risk with increasing reliance on Musk
Rachel Maddow shows how the United States under Donald Trump is growing increasingly reliant on Elon Musk, and his Starlink program in particular. But Musk's words and deeds suggest he is not acting for the good of the…
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American scientists take to the streets to protest Trump's cuts
As Donald Trump guts the programs and agencies behind some of America's greatest scientific achievements and fires the people responsible for those achievements and working on new ones, scientists across the country…
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How one man took on Trump's improper firings and saved the jobs of thousands of people
Rachel Maddow talks with Hampton Dellinger, former chief of the Office of Special Counsel, about the importance of political independence for his watchdog agency, and his fight against Trump to restore the jobs of…
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Trump power grab tripped up by distinctly American resistance
Rachel Maddow reports on the number of Trump cuts, firings and other initiatives that have been reversed, blocked, walked back or reconsidered, and the variety of American institutions, from the courts to the streets,…
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Special coverage of Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress
Rachel Maddow and a panel of her MSNBC colleagues react to Donald Trump's first address to a joint session of Congress of his second term. Want more of Rachel? Check out the "Rachel Maddow Presents" feed to listen to…
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Trump accidentally builds broad coalition of opponents energized by his unpopular agenda
Rachel Maddow surveys the varied and widespread protests in opposition to Donald Trump's wanton destruction of the federal government. From weather scientists to immigrants to LGBTQ+ and its allies to consumer…
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'Who's that good for?': Maddow connects the dots on Donald Trump's behavior toward Russia
Rachel Maddow looks at a string of peculiar behavior by Donald Trump and Trump administration policies that don't seem to have the welfare of the United States as their goal, and wonders who those policies are good for…
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Even Republicans object as Trump DOJ nominees are disturbingly noncommittal on obeying courts
A bright red line before a country loses democracy entirely is when its government loses respect for the rule of law and feels free to ignore rulings by judges. So when some of Donald Trump's nominees to be senior DOJ…
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As measles outbreak turns deadly, RFK Jr. gets the facts wrong
The measles outbreak in Texas continues to grow and has now claimed the life of an unvaccinated child. In Washington, D.C., at a Cabinet meeting apparently assembled for TV cameras, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s statements…
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