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Devastating Texas floods highlight stakes of vital weather services amid reckless Trump cuts

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Trump's poor choices for national security staffing have new relevance after Iran bombing

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Defying Trump, Americans refuse to be denied their right to protest

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Maddow: Military last resort in L.A. shows a weak president with no ideas and no political skills

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Trump makes a gross miscalculation about the popularity of his cruelty to immigrants

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'Our superpower': Trump confronted by diverse, robust pushback on 'a million' different fronts

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Why Donald Trump's medical records say more than he realizes

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Massive 'No Kings' protest expected to rain on Donald Trump's (military) parade

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'Historic debacle': Trump sets new standard for poor presidential performance; Americans displeased

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Victims of Trump's irresponsible anti-immigrant crusade include American citizens

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Trump 100 day faceplant: more devastating polling for Trump show Americans reject his policies

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Trump gets reckless as his agenda tanks with the American public

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Wheels falling off the Trump train before his first 100 days, polls show

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Oops!: Trump's first 100 days marked by incompetent screw-ups and frantic walk backs

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Musk tries to blame paid protesters for his wild unpopularity, collapse of Tesla

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Anti-Trump protests sweep the nation, crossing the threshold of mainstream media attention

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Lost in the sauce: Stories Trump probably hoped you wouldn't notice while he 'flooded the zone'

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'This should be shocking': Judge torches Trump admin. for neglecting due process for deportees

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'Criminal contempt' looms over Trump's showdown with courts over deportation fiat

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'They can't hide the ball': Judge cracks the whip on Trump lawyers in deportation case

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Making a mockery of Musk: Backlash against dismantling U.S. government focuses on hatchet man

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'How is it possible that you have this job?': RFK Jr.'s incompetence becomes too glaring to overlook

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'The time is now to stand up!': Eric Holder sounds alarm on Trump's war on the rule of law

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Trump caves on tariffs: One economic indicator made even Trump realize he'd gone too far

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Trump in search of waste need look no further than his own staff

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Fierce backlash against Trump's agenda seen in sweeping, nation-wide protests

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The ridiculous real story behind the tariff plan that turned Donald Trump into a global disaster

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Needless economic pain from Trump not even worth it if his tariff gambit works: economist

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Donald Trump fired the man who likely saved his life; U.S. may never fully recover from Trump's cuts

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

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Fresh from scandal over group chat attack plans, Hegseth's conduct opens him to ridicule

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'This is shameful': Trump sows animosity and mistrust abroad, degrading Americans in the process

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Allies wary of Trump admin's incompetence after scandal over military plan group chat

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'Two perfect months?!': Trump's rationalization of insecure group chat scandal backfires

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War plans group chat scandal fits pattern of Trump's embarrassing weakness on information security

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'Holy crap on steroids!': Top Trump officials exposed in shocking, sloppy military security blunder

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Media reports prompt Trump to end plan to brief Musk on secret potential war plans for China

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Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

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U.S. under Trump backs off countering Russian sabotage campaign in Europe

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Trump is a repeat loser as his slash-and-burn rampage collides with U.S. law

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Independent Agency CEO: 'DOGE has broken into our building.'

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Trump reportedly keen on law at root of disgraceful chapter in American history

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'A sham': Federal judge blasts Trump admin on improper firings of federal workers; orders rehiring

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Outrage and exposure halts Trump's plans for Social Security service cuts

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Trump fires 1,300 at Department of Education; programs expected to suffer with staff gutted

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Trump puts U.S. at risk with increasing reliance on Musk

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American scientists take to the streets to protest Trump's cuts

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How one man took on Trump's improper firings and saved the jobs of thousands of people

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Trump power grab tripped up by distinctly American resistance

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Special coverage of Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress

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Trump accidentally builds broad coalition of opponents energized by his unpopular agenda

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'Who's that good for?': Maddow connects the dots on Donald Trump's behavior toward Russia

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Even Republicans object as Trump DOJ nominees are disturbingly noncommittal on obeying courts

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As measles outbreak turns deadly, RFK Jr. gets the facts wrong

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Busted: DOGE humiliated by brutal fact-checking, walks back bogus savings claims

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Democrats not immune from voter wrath as pressure to impede Trump mounts

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Sidelined Trump mostly 'decorative' as Musk remains busy wrecking the government, reaping rewards

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From policy to personnel, Trump scores historically low poll numbers

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Maddow: To block Trump's agenda, help Republican politicians find their spines

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Trump agenda stymied by principled federal workers as protest resignations mount

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'Have you considered resigning?': Maddow calls out Trump staffers who fired nuclear safety personnel

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'Tech genius' image wears thin after series of errors calls DOGE competence into question

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'A six resignation kind of day' at DOJ following Trump's sketchy deal with NYC mayor Eric Adams

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Trump opposition finds its footing, from streets to courts to Congress

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Trump fills administration with 'big team of losers' that voters have already rejected

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Listen to “The Blueprint with Jen Psaki”

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Trump pick for FBI, Kash Patel, took $25k for role in Russia-linked anti-FBI documentary

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New reporting on Musk's minions makes his government takeover team look even worse

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Trump gravely miscalculates how much Americans care about USAID as backlash strengthens

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Trump's 'stupidity problem' frustrates his efforts and emboldens his opponents

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Maddow: Trump's dismantling of the independent news media is happening before our eyes

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Trump moves toward ending independent law enforcement as a core American value with mass purge

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Contrast in defense secretaries highlights Trump's failure to take staffing government seriously

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Trump makes laughingstock of America with repeated embarrassments in early days of new term

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Exclusive: Rachel Maddow interviews MN Governor Tim Walz as Trump plots end of U.S. government

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'Untrustworthy': Past colleagues of Trump's FBI pick, Kash Patel, warn he makes stuff up

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McConnell vote against Hegseth, defying Trump, raises eyebrows

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NEW: Hegseth divorce papers bar 2nd wife from publicly 'disparaging' statements

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Listen to “Trumpland with Alex Wagner”

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Full interview: Rachel Maddow talks with the bishop who asked Trump directly to show mercy

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Republicans choke on defense of Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 rioters. Could it be shame?

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Maddow: Why Trump-style corruption is bad and makes governments suck

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Maddow: Trump Cabinet confirmation process already falling apart

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January 6 becomes marker of Trump's degradation of wall between violence and politics in the U.S.

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Musk exposes Trump weakness, in addition to incompetence, with manipulation of spending bill chaos

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Better for the billionaires: Rachel Maddow shows how Donald Trump is ushering in a new era of oligarchy

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Rachel Maddow on Kristi Noem: Five things to know about Trump's pick for homeland security secretary

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Rachel Maddow on Matt Whitaker: Six things to know about Trump's pick to be NATO ambassador

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Shambolic transition, while not surprising, offers little for confidence in Trump's coming term

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Maddow: Disgrace of Trump nepotism, abuse of pardons far surpasses Biden's pardon of his son

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A snake pit of jockeying egos in a cornucopia of back biting

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Free bonus podcast: Rachel Maddow guests on The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim

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Maddow: Senate Democrats have chance to expose Trump nominees in waning days of control

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Podcast extra: Rachel Maddow talks with Nicolle Wallace about Trump's early Cabinet picks

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Trump cabinet picks point to continuation of scandals and disgrace

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MSNBC prime time post election analysis special

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Musk's influence on Trump: A national security mess at best, a global power realignment at worst

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2024 Election preview special led by Rachel Maddow

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Special report: Maddow shows how Trump abortion bans are hurting women: 'This is the fact of post-Roe American life'

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Trump seems to be failing at election basics, but he still has wildcards