Who watches Rachel any more? Who watched her tonight? I ask because some DUers keep asking...

[Hekate]

…or rather demanding to know, are the Democrats doing because in the questioners’ opinion the Democrats are doing zilch nada nothing.

So I ask, in the kindest way possible — please watch Rachel Maddow. She answers your questions — in detail. Including things like pushback, blowback — and trumpGOP’s backpedaling. She namechecks Indivisible.

Thank you for your attention.

[Deuxcents]

1. I watched her and do most every night..have LO on now..both are must watch for me

[Hekate]

3. I record her always. She's too valuable to miss.

[SunSeeker]

28. Same.

And Lawrence O'Donnell too.

[Silver Gaia]

55. Yes. Lawrence, too! He is another truth teller.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

70. Yes, BOTH of their shows are among the very few I can still stomach.

[HereForTheParty]

84. Truth tellers would criticize Democrats when necessary

Something he and Rachel refuse to do. They do bring lots of good information on stories, but they aren't an objective party in that regard.

[Silver Gaia]

138. I'm not going to argue with you, but that is not the case.

It varies according to which show you are watching, but I have often seen criticism of Democrats when warranted. For instance, some MSNBC hosts criticized Biden during the recent struggles, some have criticized some of Bernie's past stances, many have criticized Fetterman's about-face recently, and many criticized the Pelosi-driven decision regarding AOC. Post-election, many debates ensued about what went wrong, where the party failed us, and so on. There are other instances where they disagreed when warranted. These are just off the top of my head. And no, I don't have time to go search out articles or videos to support my statements. I saw it. I heard it. I note that you provided no support for your blanket condemnation either. We are even. Done.

[HereForTheParty]

148. Yes, but not Rachel or LOD

I can't recall ever seeing it from them.

[Silver Gaia]

156. Yes, them, too. *I* recall it.

Enough said on that.

They are all MUCH more likely to criticize Republican fascists, though, and they do not equate them to Democrats or bring them on their shows to normalize them. THAT is far more important to me than whether or not they criticize Democrats.

[brush]

129. Nicole Wallace too.

[Silver Gaia]

131. Agree!

[bdamomma]

137. Yes

we got to support them.

[Lulu KC]

2. Thank you

I don't watch her, but I should start doing so in the morning. But even without her I can see that there are things happening--lots of things--and they're getting lost in garbage non-news. "They" want us to stop paying attention and get more and more hopeless. We can't let them have their wishes come true!

[Deuxcents]

5. I trust her and LO..I tune out most others and do my own research at times. Their guests are important

And qualified for the issues being discussed. I don’t want to get overwhelmed but I do not want to go around being ignorantly in bliss, either.

[Lulu KC]

6. It's starting to look like ignorance is causing misery right now

We're bombarded with what the villains are doing, and we must listen for our own side.

I'll check her out tomorrow. I have watched her in the past; just don't have MSNBC right now except the next day. Good over coffee.

[hunter]

4. I'll know she's a serious threat to the Republicans when they fire her.

I'll read her but I won't watch any television news or opinion.

[Hekate]

8. Avoid all of MSNBC then and miss the part about how they are supporting the truth....

…by keeping journalists like Maddow, O’Donnell, Joy Reid, Sharpton and others.

You do you, though.

[hunter]

10. Traditional advertising supported television made Trump.

I won't be part of it.

[nilram]

157. Even black and white TV was really shades of gray.

[choie]

154. I think when people on DU say the Democrats aren't doing anything

they mean Congress Members, not the media.

[MontanaMama]

89. I will not turn on any cable news.

But Rachel and Lawrence can be heard the morning after broadcast on their podcasts. It’s a decent alternative to stay informed

[Frank D. Lincoln]

94. Good suggestion. Thanks. nt

[mcar]

133. I've done that

Thanks for the reminder.

[kacekwl]

7. I used to watch

her religiously but had yo go to basic cable and MSNBC in not included. Too bad because she's great.

[duhneece]

12. We have no cable but we watch https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/msnbc.html

https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/msnbc.html

[kacekwl]

17. Thanks n/t

[BComplex]

36. You're up later than usual, Duhneece!

I watched Rachel tonight, which I've been doing every time she is on, and I have to admit, she blew my mind more than she normally does.

We have got to do something about the republicans. They've totally jumped the shark.

[Batshit_Bruin_CA]

61. Link to Rachel Maddow show

Thank you. I am bookmarking this. Yes, I too am one who doesn't watch TV anymore. Mostly read news on internet websites and some online newspapers, as it's faster, more efficient, and I get greater density of information. And yes, I do pay for online subscriptions to 2 papers and Wikipedia. But I don't take time to watch many video clips or programs, as I am too impatient. And I am kind of a speed reader by now.

[erronis]

105. That's exactly my same M.O. I find streaming news is generally too slow - too "linear".

I want the ability to choose what to read or which segments to watch without having to sit through a bunch of cruft.

[txwhitedove]

91. Great. How is the viewing? I tried another online news that stalled in buffering constantly.

[duhneece]

95. 😂 it does do that sometimes but we're way out in the boonies

And glad we can watch PBS, MSNBC, CNN or Fox for free. We watch little news daily-haven’t since the election. I get most of my national and international news on DU.
I get local news on Facebook groups-from Mescalero Apache Reservation, Alamogordo, Otero County, Couy Griffin J6er, etc

[txwhitedove]

104. Great. The only reason i have Sling is tor MSNBC live and Free Speech TV.

[RussBLib]

9. I record it every night

...and sample it. Sometimes she gets a bit too pedantic and drawn out. Tonight's interview with Tim Walz was great. Chris Hayes appeared on Rachel's show tonight too.

https://russblib.blogspot.com

[sheshe2]

11. I think at times, we are our own worst enemy.

I can barely read DU with all the "Democrats Suck" posts.

Senator Schumer, Warren, Schiff, Sanders, Baldwin. to name a few that have spoken out.

Lawsuits have been filed and there is a hold in place on tsf's funding freeze.

Judge blocks Trump's funding freeze after Mass. joins in lawsuit
https://www.wcvb.com/article/massachusetts-federal-funding-freeze-lawsuit-response/63591453

States And Suing Trump Over ‘Catastrophic’ Pause In Federal Funding: ‘Immediate Nationwide Harm

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/01/28/states-and-nonprofits-suing-trump-over-catastrophic-pause-in-federal-funding-immediate-nationwide-harm/

WE need to come together and not tear each other and our party apart. We DO NOT need a third party to divide us. What we do need is a united Democratic Party.

[Hekate]

19. Sheshe

Thanks

[sheshe2]

22. Back at you, Hekate.

[SunSeeker]

31. Couldn't agree more, we must have unity. And thanks for the links, she!

[sheshe2]

42. Thanks, SunSeeker.

There were more but I am too damn tired to post them.

Oh wait, one more.


Democrats flip eastern Iowa Senate seat in special election
https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-senate-district-35-election-democrats-win-mike-zimmer/63596596

8 days after his inauguration we flipped a seat in a red state. A state he won +++21 points.

Fuck Trump and his slimy maggots too!

Luv ya

[orleans]

51. good news for the iowa senate. nt

[PCIntern]

75. 21 frigging point victory for this convict and liar

in a state which at one time was purported to have the sanest, balanced largely-Caucasian population in the US. How far we have fallen…!

[Silver Gaia]

43. Thank you.

It is hard for me to read those posts, too, sheshe, and some days it seems like that's all there is anymore. I come here to find ways to help support Democrats, not rag on them. Thank you, again.

[sheshe2]

46. As the saying goes...

United we stand and divided we fall.

True words.

Thanks Silver Gaia.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

50. I sent a message via Bluesky to Jon Stewart.

He really laid into the Democrats last night. It may or may not have helped. But you can bet he gave lots of fodder to the cons. His anger angers me.

[Omnipresent]

83. Jon is one of the very few comedians...

That will make you laugh and cry.
Nobody wants to cry, watching a satirical news show, but that’s Jon for you.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

106. George Carlin was another

I saw him Live one time. Loved him, but he would drop in some zingers seemingly aimed at me.

We're in the middle of something terrifying. I suspect he's financially comfortable. I'm not. Jon's ego is massive. Not ideal for a time like these.

[MadameButterfly]

100. We sound a little bit like the people who turned away from Dems over Gaza

Only a little bit, I know we aren't voting Republican, but it's not always helpful to turn against our own because they don't meet our (sometimes unreasonable) expectations.

If we don't notice the politicans who are standing up and keep the evening crew at MSNBC on the air
we'll be complaining later when they disappear

I'm not saying I'm pleased with everybody but there is a lot of courage and determination out there

[mcar]

134. I'm right there with you, she

Seems like some here are more intent on trashing Democratic officials than Republicans.

I've been here since 2002 and I've seen it over and over. After all this time, it's still disappoints.

[bdamomma]

147. sheshe2

[ancianita]

153. Totally, utterly, absolutely agree.

[soldierant]

155. I would love to have a third party - BUT -

it would have to be strong enough to defeat the other two parties combined. And that's not going to happen any time soon.

It might help us if we encourage Democrats to look harder at the Republican Party and observe that all this reactionary crap they are pushing, they are doing so because they are unable to see beyond their "principles." Of course those principles are flawed - and are not compatible with actual Christian values as set out by Jesus. But they will not compromise an inch. Let's not become likr them.

I absolutely agree we need a unified party. But to be unified we need to recognize that everyone has principles - and the way th progress is through compromise Of course we have to be careful what we compromise on and how we do ir. But inflexibility never got anyone anything except revolution.

[Skittles]

13. I don't think the problem is Dems are not "doing" anything

but certainly they are not doing a good job letting us KNOW what is happening

[rasputin1952]

14. There is a LOT they can do...

I question their timing in pushing back, which should have happened last Tuesday.

I'd settle for a "What the hell is this shit!". Nice ice-breaker.

[sheshe2]

23. Most of this wasn't even out on Tuesday!

[BComplex]

41. Unless they have your email, how are they going to let us know? The republicans own the media.

Let me say this again: the republicans own the media. In their defense, the democrats don't have much of a microphone.

[Skittles]

44. the only emails or texts I receive from them are begging for money

or wanting me to fill out silly surveys

[bdamomma]

151. That is the truth

so many e-mails. I'm very particular who I give donations too. ACLU and SPLC, AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Ilhan Omar at the moment.

[Buddyzbuddy]

15. I record her. As well as listen to her podcasts.

[Amaryllis]

16. I wonder how many DUers even know about Indivisible. I keep posting about them but it's like

they don't even know about it. I think they are incredible and they manage to inform and post action items and do it in such a way that I feel hopeful and empowered.

[Hekate]

20. I've gotten back on their emailing list & will be donating soon. They are very good at practical activism.f

[Silver Gaia]

58. YES! I joined Indivisible in early November,

so I've watched them ramp things up. Their latest newlsetter was chock full of things to do and meetings to attend if we want. They are another important cog in the wheel to keep an eye on!

[orleans]

59. i just googled to go to their website

i have to look at it more tomorrow after i get some sleep

looks like i'll be calling durbin & duckworth
https://indivisible.org/resource/call-your-democratic-senators-demand-they-shut-it-down-stop-trumps-unconstitutional-power

[mcar]

136. I had forgotten about them

I appreciate you reminding us.

[LauraInLA]

18. Bumping!

[Hekate]

21. Thanks

[flying-skeleton]

24. Honestly....

My DVR is set to record all new Rachel Maddow episodes BUT ever since the election, I've just been deleting them without watching em. Simply haven't gotten over the disappointment in the democratic party's performance, not only in the election but their total disappearing act since. I am not ready to get over it until I see some fire and so far there is nothing on the horizon other than the Convicted Felon's unhindered & unopposed daily damage to our democracy.

[SunSeeker]

25. Her show was great tonight. She is back on 5 days a weeek and I'm watching every night!

Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell are must watch TV.

[Bohunk68]

81. I include Ali Velshi

He is very very good. Two hours on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Wish they had not let Hamdi(?) go.

[Dock_Yard]

116. Medhi Hasan, you may mean?

[radical noodle]

119. Ali Velshi is on Saturdays and Sundays

morning on MSNBC.

[Dock_Yard]

121. Yes I know. Prev poster mentioned a name "Hamdi" which I was trying to correct.

[radical noodle]

122. Gotcha!

My bad!

[Evolve Dammit]

125. They do a great program on "The Weekend" as well. Michael Steele, Simone and Alicia. 8 am eastern.

[radical noodle]

126. I love their show

I think Michael Steele gives great advice for Democrats. It's a great team. I have to record it because 8 am on Saturdays and Sundays is not something I'm willing to do.

[Evolve Dammit]

128. It's our coffee ritual. They are all truth speakers which is so damn refreshing.

[Bohunk68]

162. YES.

Thank you. Had a brain fart and hoped someone would catch it.

[betsuni]

26. I'm about to watch Rachel, saw five Democrats give a briefing on PBS, lots of podcasts and programs

discussing what's happening. I don't even have to search for it, it's there on YouTube. These what-are-Democrats-doing people are going nuts for nothing, like thinking chemtrails are poisoning them.

I know, I know, oligarchs control everything, everything is terrible fake news "I haven't watched TV since 1893" and so on.

Thank you to the non-nuts for providing information!

[Hekate]

33. Betsuni...

Thanks

[AverageOldGuy]

27. Watching Rachel is fine . . .

. . . but then what?

In my rural Virginia county, we Democrats have a group who write letters to local and regional papers, most of which are published.

We met this afternoon and decided that all or most of us will watch Rachel and Lawrence, take notes, and use their material for letters to editors in which we point out how Trump is screwing over his voters.

Information -- such at that coming from Rachel -- is great but we must use it for something other than conversation among ourselves.

[Hekate]

34. This

Thanks

[Silver Gaia]

29. We watch her, the hubby and I, together every weeknight,

and are grateful that she is there to help us find our way through these dark days. Thank you for asking, Hekate, and saying what you did. She shines light into the dark places and finds truth to share with us.

[Hekate]

35. I feel the same, Gaia

[Klarkashton]

30. Without Rachel and the other few there is no interpretation

Of what the fuck is going on.

This is a horrible time we are going through.

[Hekate]

37. Intelligent and knowledgable interpretation is absolutely necessary, & she's about the best there is

The darkness would be so much worse without her insight

[mahina]

32. I do but havent seen it yet tonight. As soon as this

Endless meeting is done.

Thank you Hekate.

[Hekate]

38. Mahina

Thanks.

[mahina]

48. Back at you Hekate!

[proud patriot]

39. Kick

[Hekate]

47. Thx, proud patriot

[proud patriot]

52. I shared the Indivisble Alet today Far and wide

We the People will not have it .

[Hekate]

57. That kind of action is exactly what we need

During BushCheney I had WashingtonDC phone numbers posted on my fridge. Time to do it again.

[proud patriot]

107. Same here ...

I had them on speed dial too .

1 call to reps is perceivd by reps as 100 people feeling the same .

Call , Write be persistant .

[LetMyPeopleVote]

40. I watch Rachel every night

I loved the segment of JD Vance and his mentor Curtis Yarvin.

Link to tweet

TFG and Vance really want to change America into a dictatorship

[Hekate]

45. I never would have known about this dangerous creepy overgrown spotty adolescent if not for her

Thanks, LMPV

[LetMyPeopleVote]

49. Yarvin serves exactly one purpose..to spread the idea that this country would be better served by a dictatorship

Here is a good article on this asshole

Link to tweet

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/opinion/trump-vance-yarvin-monarchy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rk4.Lq6V.pG7tbHj7P2lp&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The truth is that Yarvin is a stock character. Theophrastus identified his type as “the flatterer,” the person “who will say as he walks with another, ‘Do you observe how people are looking at you? This happens to no man in Athens but you.’” Plutarch warned his readers of those who are “merely reflecting the image of other people’s emotions and manners and feelings,” of those who besiege “with praise the ears of those who are fond of praise.” From Shakespeare, we have Regan; from J.R.R. Tolkien, Gríma.

There’s no there there — only an obsequious commitment to the interests of the powerful. Yarvin serves exactly one purpose, and that is to spread the idea that this country would be better served by a dictatorship of capital, spearheaded by tech elites and their allies in government.

Vance is a protégé of Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and occasional ally of President Trump. Sitting close to the action at Trump’s inauguration on Monday were the members of his cabinet. Just in front of them, in full view of the cameras, were Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk, the richest man in the world.

Yarvin is a charlatan, but he has done his job. His patrons are in power.

[Hekate]

54. More to read -- these guys all seem to have the power to make my skin crawl

[tulipsandroses]

53. We will not give in to have a National CEO AKA Dictator

They can all move to Russia if they want a dictator that badly.

[Hekate]

56. Damn right. I could hardly believe what was coming out of his mouth.

Thanks🌹🌷

[dchill]

60. I've been watching.

[orleans]

62. i haven't watched her that much lately -- so glad i was able to see her show tonight. wish i could've recorded it

i'm wondering if they'll show that list that she put up of what the trump freeze was doing to people

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/tonights-show-32150595538

[TommyT139]

93. Maybe see what clips were uploaded to youtube

[orleans]

97. yes. nt

[KitFox]

63. I watch Rachel and Lawrence. The intelligence, lived experiences, and historical perspectives they bring to their

coverage, keeps me grounded in the realities of what we are facing as a nation. I glean a lot from their choice of guests. For example: I now follow Timothy Snyder and have read his books after seeing him on Rachel. I have read Isabel Wilkerson’s books after seeing her on Lawrence. Although I am tempted sometimes to just tune it all out, inevitably, this old news junkie can’t! You know they are both consistently telling truth to power because they both get under Trump’s skin and he abhors them.

[CousinIT]

64. I watched her tonight. She detailed how and why OUR and OUR REPs' pushback WORKED.

We’re in this fight for FOUR YEARS.

Keep your reps’ numbers and emails handy and follow orgs like indivisible who provide simple instructions and talking points.

Who the hell would we be if we let them destroy and shut down OUR government without a fight? Because that’s damn sure what they’re trying to do. And Rachel talked about that too, playing video from that Yarvin asshole to point it out. Her two main points tonight:

THEY ARE TRYING TO PERMANENTLY SHUT DOWN OUR GOVERNMENT. IT’S WHAT PROJECT 2025 IS ABOUT.
MASSIVE BLOWBACK FROM AMERICANS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES *WORKED* - AT LEAST FOR NOW.


FLOOD THE ZONE. Don’t make it easy for them to destroy our lives, our government and our economy. Because that is what they are attempting to do.

[creeksneakers2]

65. I'm so glad Rachel is back

We really need her now too. So much stuff we need to know every night!

[KPN]

66. Thanks for that ... Tim Walz was powerful! I haven't watched Rachel much in several years now -/

partly because my wife prefers concise — and that isn’t exactly Rachel. I listened to her daily when she was on the radio -- she’s always been superb. I’ll have to try to pay more attention to her.

[Pachamama]

67. I even watch her twice....

It helps me feel - even if momentarily- that someone is there to guide us during these dark times.

[badhair77]

68. I'm so glad she's on 5 nights now.

We need her clarity and tenacity. She’s not giving up.

[Think. Again.]

69. I agreed with Rachel's insight that the blowback we've been giving our reps is working...

Some DUers have been trying to tell us not to complain about the lack of action we've seen, but obviously that complaining is starting to work!

And we desperately need it to continue!

[senseandsensibility]

140. Yes!

My hubby and I both e-mailed our reps yesterday. Obviously, that's what caused them to back down. Seriously, I sensed an "awakening" yesterday of sorts among the base and I hope it continues. Apathy is our enemy.

[Think. Again.]

142. "Silence is Complicity"

[Mike Nelson]

71. I do...

... Rachel and her staff are great at finding stories and dissecting them. She and Lawrence had great hours 1/28.

[malaise]

72. Great OP

I watch Rachel

[Blaukraut]

73. Started watching again last week

Even though I need to get up at 5 the next morning. I won’t miss out on Rachel even if it means losing sleep.

[Irish_Dem]

74. We should not have to watch a TV talking head to tell us what our leaders are doing.

If leaders got off their backsides and did their jobs, we would see it without
someone pointing it out.

[Mike 03]

76. Yes! You'd think it would go without saying, but anyone who

boasts about having completely cut themselves off from watching or reading the news should probably not be screeching about the "Democrats doing nothing!" They are out there, every day. Raskin has even been making the rounds on Progressive talk radio.

It seemed to me like we began to find our footing in January. I've stopped complaining about this because some kind of resistance IS taking shape. Like most things we do, it is slightly nebulous but it is coming together--and that is the best way: organic formation rather than half-hearted performative gesture that our leaders undertake only because we've screamed at them to do.

MAGA has now reversed or backed off of some of their key goals. I find this fact alone hopeful and inspiring.

[Think. Again.]

79. Yep! Our complaints about them not doing anything are finally getting through!

Who would have thought our representatives need our feedback????

[snowybirdie]

77. Always a favorite

Don't want to miss her insight. If I can't watch live, I catch it next day on rerun.

[Maeve]

78. The one show we won't miss

When we dropped cable, we got Sling specifically to watch Rachel. Now we added cable back (for less than the price of Sling, plus slightly faster internet speed) and made sure MSNBC was part of the deal, with on-demand Rachel.

[jmbar2]

80. Posts by progressives on X provide all in information you need, instantly. But it doesn't pass the purity test.

Those posts are also on BlueSky, but the algorithm doesn't serve them up as fast as X, so you have to look for each individual poster, rather than seeing them pop up instantly like on X.


For scolders - Why I stay on X

- Elon doesn't make money on X, my posts or views. His advertisers have bailed and his lenders are taking a loss on the purchase of twitter.

- I won't conceded the platform to fascists. Progressives have a strong presence there and I support it. It is an important information source on the resistance, whether Elon likes it or not.

[Rhiannon12866]

82. For those who missed Rachel:

Exclusive: Rachel Maddow interviews MN Governor Tim Walz as Trump plots end of U.S. government - Rachel Maddow MSNBC
https://democraticunderground.com/132140066


Trump goes too far: Zeal to dismantle federal government triggers public outrage - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC
https://democraticunderground.com/132140077


Trump spares no expense wasting taxpayer money on deportation plane photo-op stunt - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC
https://democraticunderground.com/132139977


'Untrustworthy': Past colleagues of Trump's FBI pick, Kash Patel, warn he makes stuff up - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC
https://democraticunderground.com/132139973


Schiff Dismantles Trump Nominee Kash Patel Live on Rachel Maddow
https://democraticunderground.com/132139963


'Appalling': January 6th prosecutor voices outrage at Trump pardoning 'very dangerous people' - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC
https://democraticunderground.com/132139832

[Frank D. Lincoln]

96. Great, great post. Thank you. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

145. These reports are from this week when she resumed her schedule on weeknights

[Hekate]

143. Excellent stuff -- Thx Rhiannon

[Rhiannon12866]

146. Awww, you're more than welcome, I'm so glad that she's resumed her weeknight schedule!

[GusBob]

85. Id like to think we are doing some the more constructive than watching a TV show

The Native American Tribe I am working with is literally in survival mode.
The latest Notice from the Tribal chairman is a way stronger than "pushback, or blowback"
we are working with the BIA, IHS, the vendors and businesses, and each other, to survive the onslaught
I'll quote from the latest memo from the Tribal council
"We're Ojibwe, we are resilient. Our ancestors fought for survival, and we will survive this current time. We are a strong Tribe and we will get through this together"

I dont mean to be snarky, I apologize, but RM aint gonna do a durn thing to help here.

[stillcool]

127. one hour a day to learn a little something

shine a little light on something...like the Ojibwe issues...is a plus. You won't see it in the darkness.

[prodigitalson]

86. I have spent the last 8 years being bombarded with trmp news

I just can't.

Not yet anyway.

I just started listening to NPR again in the morning drive to work

[LetMyPeopleVote]

87. Rachel was great last night

Link to tweet

[Erda]

88. She and Lawrence are wonderful and very brave.

Rachel, Lawrence and other truth tellers on MSNBC are worth watching.

I would hate to lose this station. It has had its disappointing exceptions but overall, is providing good news coverage. For me the best shows start at 4PM weekdays and on the weekends at 8AM.

MSNBC needs our support and has mine.

[surfered]

90. We have always watched her and glad she's on 5 days a week. The only program we stopped watching was Morning Joe.

[MiKenMi33]

92. I'm hoping our elected dems watch her.

I record it and glad I did. I couldn’t process it all at once. I had to pause, think on a bit, get a snack then finish watching. It was frightening!

[dbonds]

98. Love Rachel, but I don't use a live tv service anymore.

When I can I will catch clips on Youtube.

[stollen]

99. I watch everyone on MSNBC.

Each brings added information into the ring.

[OLDMDDEM]

101. Rachel is great. I learn something every time I watch her.

[Faux pas]

102. She's the only one

that I'm watching now. I learn more from her than anyone else. She knows what truth is and speaks it.

[patphil]

103. She's the one. If you're going to watch anything, watch her show, then Lawrence O'Donnell.

Best back to back news commentators in the business.
Of course you can always add Chris Hayes to round out the evening.
No other news network even comes close.
Plus Joy Reid? Oh yeah.

[Sneederbunk]

108. Put Acosta in Mitchell's spot and Psaki in Tur's.

[sakabatou]

109. While I had cable/sat, I did

But we have streaming, so I can't.

[LAS14]

110. How many times have hubby and I looked at each other and asked, "Why didn't anyone else tell us that???" nt

[samnsara]

111. Good post. it pisses me off when i read posts (everywhere) that rant about the dems in dc not doing anything...

..well to hell with that!

They have literally put themselves between US and the HELL MOUTH. They sit there day after day and take magat shit so we dont have to. They may have to prostitute themselves politically to put food on the table ( to feed us) but they arent bowing down to trump or his cronies.

I for one am grateful for all the congress who stayed in dc to fight....if it was me I would have resigned the day after the election and relocated to some other country.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

112. MaddowBlog-With chaotic freeze gambit, the Trump White House shows its incompetence (again)

On the one hand, Team Trump is launching legally dubious power grabs and wreaking havoc. On the other hand, these guys have no idea what they’re doing.
https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com/post/3lgv4ypo7t22y

Remember eight years ago, when Trump launched an ugly and poorly thought-out Muslim ban, sparking outrage, bureaucratic chaos, family hardships, and messy legal fights?

Eight years to the day later, he did it again with an ugly and poorly thought-out spending freeze.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/chaotic-freeze-gambit-trump-white-house-shows-incompetence-rcna189776

Exactly eight years to the day later, Trump’s budget office ordered a freeze to federal grants, loans and related assistance — money that Congress has already appropriated — effectively trying to transfer the power of the purse away from lawmakers. A massive national freak-out soon followed, with widespread confusion and chaos, even among the administration’s allies, about how to implement the White House’s policy.

With just minutes remaining before the freeze was scheduled to take effect, U.S. District Court Judge Loren AliKhan agreed to halt the process. NBC News reported:

A federal district judge on Tuesday granted an administrative stay in a case challenging the Trump administration’s planned freeze of federal aid, pausing the plan for a week and setting a hearing for further arguments Monday morning. The order applies only to the pause of disbursements in open grants, Judge Loren AliKhan said. And it doesn’t get into the legality of the freeze; instead, it gives her time to hear more fleshed-out arguments from a coalition of nonprofit groups about why she should issue a temporary restraining order that could block the freeze for an additional two weeks.

......It began with a terribly written memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which The New York Times’ Jamelle Bouie accurately described as “delusional.” White House officials spent much of the day insisting that it was perfectly clear, and news organizations were to blame for any confusion, but many of those same White House officials struggled badly to answer specific questions about the details of the policy — most notably related to the impact on Medicaid beneficiaries. (“I’ll check back on that,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters at her first briefing.).....

In case that weren’t quite enough, the White House also spent much of the day defending the freeze by referencing the “Green New Deal,” which is a broad progressive agenda that, in reality, never actually passed — and therefore can’t be defunded.

The resulting image was unsettling. On the one hand, the president, his political operation and his policy team are engaged in ugly and legally dubious power grabs, wreaking havoc as part of a radical scheme to transform the American system.

On the other hand, these guys still don’t know what they’re doing. As The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank summarized in his latest column, “In just eight days on the job, Trump has taken a wrecking ball to the federal government, and he and his aides apparently couldn’t be bothered to give any thought to the damage and chaos that would ensue.”

TFG is a very stupid person. His staff is just as incompetent as the idiots who tried to do a Muslim ban 8 years ago

[samplegirl]

113. I never miss her!

Straightforward with out the bullshit!

[royable]

114. My iPhone came with a podcasts app. I subscribe to Maddow and some other msnbc podcasts for free.

They’re available for listening within a couple hours of the show being over (pacific time). I can listen to them at 1x, 1.5x or 2x speed. I can blast through commercials using the app’s buttons to jump ahead by 30 seconds at a tap. I can listen to a show that would take an hour to watch in 20 minutes at night as I do the dishes and brush my teeth, making efficient use of my time, paying no cable or subscription fees (other than my cell phone and internet services which I’m paying for anyway) and I get to stay informed. Everyone here seems to talk about cable and streaming and YouTube. Does no one do what I do?? I almost never need to see the video and I can take in the info almost all the time at 2x speed. If I need to I can back up and listen to a bit at 1x or 1.5x. Just a suggestion for others to consider.

[iluvtennis]

115. Rachel's show is still very informative...love her and Lawrence O'D. n/t

[radical noodle]

117. Not only do I watch,

but I also record the shows to view again later. She has been awesome during these early days of this dictatorship.

[Hekate]

161. She tells it like it is, as few others seem to be capable of doing

[orangecrush]

118. I do.

Vital channel of information.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

120. It's maddening that people are spending their energy on being mad at Democrats.

You wonder who these people are and if they’re really Democrats.

[anniebelle]

123. Every night!

If I do something else, I record it and watch it the next day. She gets to the heart of the matter.

[calimary]

124. We watch her every night.

I do it with some leftover annoyance, though. NOT happy she switched to one night a week - even though she TEMPORARILY stooped to resuming five-days-a-week. I think she should recognize that she has an obligation to use her nightly platform to keep the hard truths in front of the public.

I think she has a RESPONSIBILITY to do that. For at least as long as trump stays in power. A hundred days isn’t enough!

I keep thinking about Johnny Carson. He stayed on for THIRTY YEARS. Maddow melted after ten.

[Highway61]

130. Every Night

She is the ONLY news worth getting.

(Anyone have extra time join your local indivisible!)

[mcar]

132. Oh, c'mon now Hekate,

stop getting in the way of a good Democrat bashing.

[Hekate]

144. Heh. Y'don't say

[bdamomma]

135. I am watching

Rachel, Joy, and Lawrence, and Rev Al Sharpton.

[sellitman]

139. There is nobody better.

Lawrence is close though.

[Dem4life1234]

141. I will watch her again

However there's only one good news I want to see and hear about him....

[Morbius]

149. The Rachel Maddow Show

is an automatic "record", and has been for years. I also record Alex Wagner & Jen Psaki. I try to catch parts of Lawrence O'Donnell and the 11th Hour, most nights, but Rachel is a religion for me.

[Hekate]

160. She is just that good. I had to catch my breath after the election & inauguration of mango mussolini...

…but Rachel Maddow is back at the top of my must-do list.

[mokeyz]

150. joy reid is awesome

too!

[Delmette2.0]

152. I don't watch her program.

I listen to it as a podcast!
I' m up half the night any way.

[seta1950]

158. Thank you

For letting us know

[Hekate]

159. You are welcome