Rachel Maddow

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.

I mean, you talk to other people in other countries who are fighting these kinds of things, and they're like, they're so jealous with what we have, you know? It's legal to be in the opposition party. It's legal to run for office. It's legal to get on the air and say what you want to say.

I mean, you talk to other people in other countries who are fighting these kinds of things, and they're like, they're so jealous with what we have, you know? It's legal to be in the opposition party. It's legal to run for office. It's legal to get on the air and say what you want to say.

You have a free press, and you have access to courts, and we have so much to work with, and we just are in a moment when we're not taking it for granted.

You have a free press, and you have access to courts, and we have so much to work with, and we just are in a moment when we're not taking it for granted.

Rachel Maddow. 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.

Rachel Maddow. 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.

Rachel Maddow. 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.

Rachel Maddow. 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.

Really happy to have you here. Happy Friday. So correlation is not causation. Just because things happen together doesn't necessarily mean that one of those things caused the other one to happen. Still, though, it's hard not to think that these things happening right now in the news might not have something to do with one another. Here's the first thing. It's about public opinion.

Really happy to have you here. Happy Friday. So correlation is not causation. Just because things happen together doesn't necessarily mean that one of those things caused the other one to happen. Still, though, it's hard not to think that these things happening right now in the news might not have something to do with one another. Here's the first thing. It's about public opinion.

We started last night's show with a look at public opinion concerning this president and this presidency as he approaches the end of his crucial first hundred days in office. And as we discussed on last night's show, the numbers for him are brutally bad. In the Pew poll, President Donald Trump is underwater in his overall approval rating by 19 points.

We started last night's show with a look at public opinion concerning this president and this presidency as he approaches the end of his crucial first hundred days in office. And as we discussed on last night's show, the numbers for him are brutally bad. In the Pew poll, President Donald Trump is underwater in his overall approval rating by 19 points.

In the Fox News poll, people are asked if Trump's policies are helping or hurting the U.S. economy. They say Trump's policies are hurting the U.S. economy by a margin of 22 points. In the Economist YouGov poll, they asked if Trump is generally helping or hurting not just the economy, but the whole United States.

In the Fox News poll, people are asked if Trump's policies are helping or hurting the U.S. economy. They say Trump's policies are hurting the U.S. economy by a margin of 22 points. In the Economist YouGov poll, they asked if Trump is generally helping or hurting not just the economy, but the whole United States.

Since Trump has been back in office, have his actions as president helped the United States or hurt the United States? The American people say Trump has hurt the United States, and they say it by a 24-point margin. So, we covered some of that yesterday. Now, today, banner headline all day long at the New York Times, quote, voters sour on Trump. in new New York Times-Siena poll.

Since Trump has been back in office, have his actions as president helped the United States or hurt the United States? The American people say Trump has hurt the United States, and they say it by a 24-point margin. So, we covered some of that yesterday. Now, today, banner headline all day long at the New York Times, quote, voters sour on Trump. in new New York Times-Siena poll.

And then you get the full headline, voters see Trump's use of power as overreaching. And then it's just a litany of all the things Trump has been trying to do and how much the American public hates all of it. Do you support or oppose Trump withholding funds from universities? Oppose by a 25-point margin. Should Trump be allowed to impose tariffs without authorization from Congress?

And then you get the full headline, voters see Trump's use of power as overreaching. And then it's just a litany of all the things Trump has been trying to do and how much the American public hates all of it. Do you support or oppose Trump withholding funds from universities? Oppose by a 25-point margin. Should Trump be allowed to impose tariffs without authorization from Congress?

No, by a 33-point margin. Should Trump be allowed to eliminate programs enacted by Congress? No, by a 33-point margin. Should Trump be allowed to deport legal immigrants for protesting against Israel? No, by a 46-point margin. Should Trump be allowed to send U.S. citizens to that prison in El Salvador like he's been threatening to? No, he should not be allowed to do that by a 63-point margin.