Rachel Maddow
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Clearing the deck so that Jeanine Pirro can start indicting sitting members of Congress, which I'm expecting soon, that is something that is going to kind of, I think, push people to a very clear understanding of the radicalness of what's going on earlier than they probably would want.
So them going fast, I understand, but them going fast, they're breaking too many things to be able to hold on to the public. And when they are operating in opposition to the public, which I know they're comfortable doing at a certain level, it just shortens the amount of time they can do it before the people take it back.
So them going fast, I understand, but them going fast, they're breaking too many things to be able to hold on to the public. And when they are operating in opposition to the public, which I know they're comfortable doing at a certain level, it just shortens the amount of time they can do it before the people take it back.
It would be better if I did more of that. I'm trying to be better at that. I have, I mean, there's a reason that I stopped doing five days a week and it's because I just, it breaks, I was breaking down a few years ago and going back and doing it for a hundred days was the right thing to do. I have no regrets about doing it. I'm glad I did it, but I, it broke me again.
It would be better if I did more of that. I'm trying to be better at that. I have, I mean, there's a reason that I stopped doing five days a week and it's because I just, it breaks, I was breaking down a few years ago and going back and doing it for a hundred days was the right thing to do. I have no regrets about doing it. I'm glad I did it, but I, it broke me again.
Like I'm, I've been sick since I stopped doing it.
Like I'm, I've been sick since I stopped doing it.
The person who does my makeup for the show was away this past Monday and I had to do my own makeup, which is a disaster on a good day. But I'm sick and I was covered in hives. So I had to do my own makeup while I was covered in hives. I wore a crew neck shirt for the first time.
The person who does my makeup for the show was away this past Monday and I had to do my own makeup, which is a disaster on a good day. But I'm sick and I was covered in hives. So I had to do my own makeup while I was covered in hives. I wore a crew neck shirt for the first time.
But me trying to do it while sick and while trying to put it all together, I'm like, oh, right. And so I can't do five days. But I can do Mondays. And I am working on... a book and a play and a TV show and a new podcast and all of that stuff. I don't do any less work. I just can't get the show on the air every day. And I'm just trying to be helpful. I think that...
But me trying to do it while sick and while trying to put it all together, I'm like, oh, right. And so I can't do five days. But I can do Mondays. And I am working on... a book and a play and a TV show and a new podcast and all of that stuff. I don't do any less work. I just can't get the show on the air every day. And I'm just trying to be helpful. I think that...
And start paying attention, A, to the country and the people's response to what's going on in politics, people's rejection of what he's doing, A. B, start paying attention to the self-dealing side. And corruption and criminality, that's part of every authoritarian government, including this one. I think that's important in terms of where we're going in the news.
And start paying attention, A, to the country and the people's response to what's going on in politics, people's rejection of what he's doing, A. B, start paying attention to the self-dealing side. And corruption and criminality, that's part of every authoritarian government, including this one. I think that's important in terms of where we're going in the news.
But in terms of the damage that he's doing, I think there is a quickly coming catastrophe. I'm worried about what they may feel tempted to do in terms of the integrity of government numbers. Mm-hmm. on economic indicators.
But in terms of the damage that he's doing, I think there is a quickly coming catastrophe. I'm worried about what they may feel tempted to do in terms of the integrity of government numbers. Mm-hmm. on economic indicators.
Exactly.
Exactly.
Yeah. And I feel like the places where the impact of what they're doing is most disastrous is the place where they're going to feel the most pressure to fudge the numbers, to change what should be unimpeachable government statistics on these things. And so I'm worried about that. The Social Security story stands alone to me in terms of
Yeah. And I feel like the places where the impact of what they're doing is most disastrous is the place where they're going to feel the most pressure to fudge the numbers, to change what should be unimpeachable government statistics on these things. And so I'm worried about that. The Social Security story stands alone to me in terms of
The risk of Americans being killed, people dying, and people having their lives irretrievably ruined.