Rachel Maddow

The risk of Americans being killed, people dying, and people having their lives irretrievably ruined.

Because if you're dependent on your Social Security income, which so many millions of Americans are, that getting janked up with what they've done to the Social Security administration immediately puts people at risk who are in a position of frailty and whose lives we may not know about as they are put in real danger. So I'm really... really worried about that.

Because if you're dependent on your Social Security income, which so many millions of Americans are, that getting janked up with what they've done to the Social Security administration immediately puts people at risk who are in a position of frailty and whose lives we may not know about as they are put in real danger. So I'm really... really worried about that.

And I'm worried about the use of the military on U.S. soil, what they're doing across that swath of the border across three states. We've got a concentration camp effectively in El Salvador, and they're doing all these weird deals to stash people in all sorts of other parts of the world.

And I'm worried about the use of the military on U.S. soil, what they're doing across that swath of the border across three states. We've got a concentration camp effectively in El Salvador, and they're doing all these weird deals to stash people in all sorts of other parts of the world.

But I think that the threat of sort of mass internment here is, you know, something that has to loom for all of us, if you know anything about history and the way that they're trying to blame immigrants for everything.

But I think that the threat of sort of mass internment here is, you know, something that has to loom for all of us, if you know anything about history and the way that they're trying to blame immigrants for everything.

So all that stuff, I just feel like there's so much work to do in terms of prepping people for what to watch for, what to learn from history, what to know about the legalities, what to know about the way to fight back, how to recognize when it's happening. I'm really heartened by the American people not being fooled by – the targeting of immigrants as if it's something separate.

So all that stuff, I just feel like there's so much work to do in terms of prepping people for what to watch for, what to learn from history, what to know about the legalities, what to know about the way to fight back, how to recognize when it's happening. I'm really heartened by the American people not being fooled by – the targeting of immigrants as if it's something separate.

That doesn't apply to all of us. I'm really heartened by the pushback. I'm really heartened by people changing their minds about this guy. I'm really heartened by his lack of public approval on literally anything he's doing. And I'm heartened by Democrats showing their capacity to learn and to follow the sort of leadership of the people. There's so much to be, I think, inspired by right now.

That doesn't apply to all of us. I'm really heartened by the pushback. I'm really heartened by people changing their minds about this guy. I'm really heartened by his lack of public approval on literally anything he's doing. And I'm heartened by Democrats showing their capacity to learn and to follow the sort of leadership of the people. There's so much to be, I think, inspired by right now.

I feel not exhausted. I feel really, really energized.

I feel not exhausted. I feel really, really energized.

I mean, you're holding down much more than your share of the fort. A friend sent me a meme the other day. It was like a Paddington meme, and the caption was, born to dilly-dally, forced to fight fascists.

I mean, you're holding down much more than your share of the fort. A friend sent me a meme the other day. It was like a Paddington meme, and the caption was, born to dilly-dally, forced to fight fascists.

Like what I really want to be doing is like poking around in the National Archives, you know, from like random Justice Department prosecutors who got fired for controversial reasons. You and the microfiche, right? You want to be in there. I want to be doing that. But we've, you know, you meet the moment. But I also, you know, it is a, it is a, not just a responsibility, but blessing. Totally.

Like what I really want to be doing is like poking around in the National Archives, you know, from like random Justice Department prosecutors who got fired for controversial reasons. You and the microfiche, right? You want to be in there. I want to be doing that. But we've, you know, you meet the moment. But I also, you know, it is a, it is a, not just a responsibility, but blessing. Totally.

To be alive in a moment when your country needs you. And for you and I to have the kinds of jobs where we get to offer a microphone to other people, tell stories that maybe wouldn't otherwise get told, to elevate narratives and predicaments and characters and dramas that might help people understand what's going on.

To be alive in a moment when your country needs you. And for you and I to have the kinds of jobs where we get to offer a microphone to other people, tell stories that maybe wouldn't otherwise get told, to elevate narratives and predicaments and characters and dramas that might help people understand what's going on.

Because we have the editorial freedom to do so, and we have a free press, and we are freaking using it. You know, we are in a really important moment, and we're in an important place in it. And I'm glad that we're there together.