MaddowBlog

Happy No Kings Day, America. It couldn't happen at a better time.

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Maddow: How is Jared Kushner's role in the U.S. attacking Iran not more of a show-stopping scandal?

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If CBP, Customs and Border Protection, is only supposed to operate within 100 miles of the U.S. border, what are they doing leading operations in Charlotte, North Carolina?

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"I think it's only a matter of time before [a state attorney general] figures out how to file state kidnapping charges against those that are abducting people who are in the country legally..." says former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley.

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Senator Jon Ossoff calls for the resignations of National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over the Signal group chat scandal.

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"If you don't stand up and fight now, if you don't take a position now, it's going to be too late," Eric Holder tells Rachel Maddow. "The time is now to stand up and do all that we can to fight this administration."

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The country is really against this president, by large and increasing numbers.

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Maddow: "Amid all of this insanity it may be a good time to remember that this kind of desperation from the White House and from the president is palpably driven by fear."

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Martin O'Malley, former Social Security commissioner, says he believes the Trump administration has already taken 90% of the actions necessary to crater Social Security.

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"What they are trying to do to immigrants already, they are already doing to U.S. citizens."

Watch the full video: youtu.be/zbSMcIDwdmg

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The most important story of our time is not what Donald Trump wants to do, but what the people of this country allow him to do.

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The now Emmy nominated documentary From Russia With Lev is still available on streaming platforms:

www.docplus.com/details/from...

Dr. Michael Osterholm cuts to the chase on why cutting mRNA research funding is such a dangerous idea.

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"It's criminal." Nina Olson, former national taxpayer advocate at the IRS, emphasizes the illegality of the IRS sharing taxpayer data with ICE.

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BREAKING: The ACLU says the Trump administration has deported three U.S. citizen children.

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NEW: Here is Rachel Maddow's interview with Senator Cory Booker, fresh from his historic speech in the Senate:

Watch: youtu.be/6G4mxBiEKQA?...

BREAKING: Senator Cory Booker reflects on his historic, record-setting speech

YouTube video by MSNBC

Last night Timothy Snyder talked with Rachel about the idea of a shadow government to serve as a model and reminder of what is possible from a government of qualified people instead of Fox guests and family members.

It came up twice, actually. Here's 1 of 2.

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"Let us go." Immigration attorney Eric Lee shares a drawing by his five-year-old client, stuck in an immigration prison.

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Maddow: "Do we think our servicemen and women are in good hands? Do we think that there is care being taken in terms of what they're risking their lives for?"

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Denmark, our literal and official ally, is making preparations to defend itself against us.

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Tonight!

Senator Chris Van Hollen will be Rachel’s guest live from El Salvador.

9pmET on MSNBC

COMING UP!
We'll hear from Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier after this commercial break!

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"The math only adds up if you're trying to build a police state." Miles Taylor, former DHS chief of staff, tells Rachel Maddow that the system of immigration prisons that Donald Trump wants to assemble is much bigger than the stated purpose of the prisons; unless Trump has some other use in mind.

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