• McConnell vote against Hegseth, defying Trump, raises eyebrows
    Jan 25 2025

    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 Senators Murkowski and Collins voting "no" until, somewhat unexpectedly Senator Mitch McConnell also cast a vote against.

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    50 mins
  • NEW: Hegseth divorce papers bar 2nd wife from publicly 'disparaging' statements
    Jan 24 2025

    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 matters right now because of recent claims that raise questions about Pete Hegseth's character. Rachel Maddow talks with MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin about this new reporting.

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    47 mins
  • Listen to “Trumpland with Alex Wagner”
    Jan 24 2025

    Introducing “Trumpland with Alex Wagner.”

    On “Trumpland,” MSNBC’s Alex Wagner takes a break from the anchor chair to get out into the field and speak with the people on the frontlines of Trump’s policies—and promises.

    Listen to the full first episode here, as Alex travels to DC—but not for the inauguration.

    Hours after President Trump was in sworn into office for the second time, he began issuing a series of presidential pardons for the January 6th insurrection. Listen along as Alex speaks to the inmates, their families, and the police officers who survived one of the most violent attacks on the Capitol in our nation’s history.

    Catch new episodes of “Trumpland with Alex Wagner” on Thursday evenings during Trump’s first 100 days. You can find the show in the “Alex Wagner Tonight” feed.

    Remember to follow the show so you don’t miss a single episode. And sign up for MSNBC Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen without ads.

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    33 mins
  • Full interview: Rachel Maddow talks with the bishop who asked Trump directly to show mercy
    Jan 23 2025

    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 targeted by his policies, and what has happened since, as well as the role of the church in moral leadership in the United States.

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    43 mins
  • Republicans choke on defense of Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 rioters. Could it be shame?
    Jan 22 2025

    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 police, and who are now struggling to answer for Donald Trump doing exactly that.

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    44 mins
  • Maddow: Why Trump-style corruption is bad and makes governments suck
    Jan 21 2025

    Rachel Maddow explains why Donald Trump's family favors, grift, conflicts of interest, and uninhibited mix of money and politics are more than just inappropriate or in violation of some esoteric ethics code, but actually have real-world consequences for how government functions (or doesn't).

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    49 mins
  • Maddow: Trump Cabinet confirmation process already falling apart
    Jan 14 2025

    Rachel Maddow marvels at the fact that even with a second chance at it, Donald Trump cannot manage to oversee a presidential transition that isn't chaotic and in poor order, including failing to get the proper paperwork done on his own Cabinet nominees.

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    45 mins
  • January 6 becomes marker of Trump's degradation of wall between violence and politics in the U.S.
    Jan 7 2025

    Rachel Maddow remarks on Donald Trump's embrace of the January 6 rioters and the insurrectionist militias that have declared themselves for him, pointing out on this peaceful January 6th the new implicit threat of violence if Donald Trump and Republicans in league with him are not assured electoral victories.

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    44 mins