The Rachel Maddow Show
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Episodes (72)
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
'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...
'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...
'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...
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....
'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...
'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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
'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...
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,...
'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...
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...
'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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
'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,...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
'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...
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...
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...
Busted: DOGE humiliated by brutal fact-checking, walks back bogus savings claims
Elon Musk's DOGE team removed key items from its "wall of receipts" after journalists fact-checked their boasts of billions in savings from cuts to federal programs and exposed sloppy errors and...
Democrats not immune from voter wrath as pressure to impede Trump mounts
Rachel Maddow reports on Republican legislators being confronted at town hall meetings by angry constituents who want them to resist Donald Trump's dismantling of the federal government. But...
Sidelined Trump mostly 'decorative' as Musk remains busy wrecking the government, reaping rewards
Rachel Maddow notes that while Donald Trump golfs and performs stunts for TV cameras, Elon Musk is hard at work on the project of dismantling the U.S. government. And even though Musk's behavior is so...
From policy to personnel, Trump scores historically low poll numbers
Rachel Maddow checks in on new polling data about how Americans are feeling about the first few weeks of the second Donald Trump administration and the numbers are not good for Trump.
Maddow: To block Trump's agenda, help Republican politicians find their spines
Rachel Maddow emphasizes the importance of resistance by Republican legislators to Donald Trump's agenda, and points out that the unpopularity of Trump's actions may help that resistance politically,...
Trump agenda stymied by principled federal workers as protest resignations mount
Rachel Maddow looks at how principled resignations are not only slowing down Donald Trump's agenda to destroy the U.S. federal government, but are drawing attention to the sketchy stunts Trump and...
'Have you considered resigning?': Maddow calls out Trump staffers who fired nuclear safety personnel
Rachel Maddow follows the reporting on Donald Trump's reckless firing of federal employees who work in the nuclear industry, cleaning up nuclear waste, managing a nuclear power plant, and ensuring the...
'Tech genius' image wears thin after series of errors calls DOGE competence into question
Rachel Maddow looks at a series of unforced errors by Elon Musk and the DOGE team that calls into question the accuracy of their "tech genius" image and whether they have the competence to tinker with...
'A six resignation kind of day' at DOJ following Trump's sketchy deal with NYC mayor Eric Adams
Donald Trump was caught by surprise when Department of Justice prosecutors were too dedicated to the rule of law to go along with a deal to drop federal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams....
Trump opposition finds its footing, from streets to courts to Congress
Rachel Maddow looks at the many ways Americans are obstructing Donald Trump's goal of dismantling the Department of Education, from street protests to lawsuits to acts of defiance by congressional...
Trump fills administration with 'big team of losers' that voters have already rejected
Rachel Maddow runs through a surprisingly lengthy list of people Donald Trump has chosen to work in his administration who had previously lost elections. Being rejected by voters did not disqualify...
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Trump pick for FBI, Kash Patel, took $25k for role in Russia-linked anti-FBI documentary
Rachel Maddow explains how the disclosure forms for Kash Patel, Donald Trump's pick to lead the FBI, show at $25,000 payment from a Russia-linked filmmaker for Patel's participation in a pro-Russia...
New reporting on Musk's minions makes his government takeover team look even worse
Despite Donald Trump being accommodating to staffers whose views on race would be disqualifying in most administrations, a member of Elon Musk's team has reportedly resigned after the discovery of his...
Trump gravely miscalculates how much Americans care about USAID as backlash strengthens
Rachel Maddow looks at how Donald Trump's attack on USAID has sparked a widespread backlash, including from within his own party, as people speak out for the agency's mission and workers, as well as...
Trump's 'stupidity problem' frustrates his efforts and emboldens his opponents
Rachel Maddow looks at how even on ideas that Donald Trump emphasized on the campaign trail he is doing a poor job executing or he is panicking and backpedaling when he realizes how many people he is...
Maddow: Trump's dismantling of the independent news media is happening before our eyes
Rachel Maddow looks at examples of how Donald Trump and his allies are undermining news outlets, both local and national, by targeting revenue streams and exploiting oppressive legal strategies, while...
Trump moves toward ending independent law enforcement as a core American value with mass purge
In an effort to not only rewrite the history of his January 6 insurrection but to exact revenge on the agents and lawyers who worked to hold his rioting supporters accountable, Donald Trump appears to...
Contrast in defense secretaries highlights Trump's failure to take staffing government seriously
Rachel Maddow looks at the impressive list of accomplishments and credentials of former Secretary of Defense General Lloyd Austin, who served under President Biden, and the relatively meager...
Trump makes laughingstock of America with repeated embarrassments in early days of new term
Rachel Maddow looks at the myriad ways Donald Trump has not only humiliated himself with foolish statements ill-considered ideas, but also embarrassed the United States of America for electing a fool...
Exclusive: Rachel Maddow interviews MN Governor Tim Walz as Trump plots end of U.S. government
In an exclusive interview, Rachel Maddow interviews Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, former Democratic nominee for vice president, in his first interview since the election, about how the Donald Trump...
'Untrustworthy': Past colleagues of Trump's FBI pick, Kash Patel, warn he makes stuff up
Rachel Maddow takes a closer look at Donald Trump's pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, who several of his past colleagues from the first Trump administration warn has a tendency to make stuff up.
McConnell vote against Hegseth, defying Trump, raises eyebrows
Senator Tammy Duckworth expresses her disappointment with her Republican colleagues for voting for Donald Trump's unqualified defense secretary nominee, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, with only...
NEW: Hegseth divorce papers bar 2nd wife from publicly 'disparaging' statements
A closer look at Trump defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth's, divorce papers from his second wife shows language forbidding them from saying disparaging things about each other in public, which...
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Full interview: Rachel Maddow talks with the bishop who asked Trump directly to show mercy
Rachel Maddow talks with Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington about speaking from the pulpit directly to Donald Trump about showing mercy for the vulnerable people...
Republicans choke on defense of Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 rioters. Could it be shame?
Rachel Maddow looks at the stammering and squirming by Republican members of Congress who are on record opposing the pardoning of January 6th rioters who were convicted of acts of violence against...
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