As Democrats continue to dust themselves off after big losses in 2024, MSNBC’s Jen Psaki examines what’s next for the party. On “The Blueprint with Jen Psaki,” she dives into two crucial questions: where do Democrats stand in this moment? And how can they win again? With a format built for real conversations and necessary pushback, Jen sits down with some of the left’s biggest names to talk about confronting Trump 2.0 and how the party can shape the future they’d like to see. This is a space ...
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Jen Psaki draws on her 20 years with a seat at the table – from the campaign bus to the Oval Office – to tackle the most pressing issues of the week, interview the biggest names in politics, and pull back the curtain on the lives of the people shaping every aspect of American life.
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The Rachel Maddow Show airs Mondays at 9pm ET on MSNBC, and shortly thereafter in this feed. **SPECIAL TO THIS FEED: The January 6th hearings and corresponding analysis from Rachel Maddow and other MSNBC panelists is also archived here.
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Every week Chris Hayes asks the big questions that keep him up at night. How do we make sense of this unprecedented moment in world history? Why is this (all) happening? This podcast starts to answer these questions. Writers, experts, and thinkers who are also trying to get to the bottom of them join Chris to break it all down and help him get a better night’s rest. “Why is this Happening?” is presented by MSNBC and NBCNews Think.
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Sixth & I celebrates the unexpected convergence of arts, culture, and spirituality by hosting impactful, entertaining, and thought-provoking programs for the Washington, DC community and beyond. Sixth & I LIVE brings you exclusive access to the conversations on our stage with today’s leading authors, politicians, comedians, artists, journalists, actors, and thought leaders. Learn more at sixthandi.org.
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Join Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, and Willie Geist, for in-depth and informed discussions that help drive the day's political conversation. Top newsmakers, Washington insiders, journalists, and cultural influencers, come together on Morning Joe for unparalleled insight and analysis around the day's biggest stories.
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MSNBC’s Ali Velshi brings you “Velshi Banned Book Club,” an act of resistance against the book banning and censorship epidemic sweeping the nation. In each episode, a different author joins Ali to discuss why their work is being targeted and what is so crucial about the literature itself. “Velshi Banned Book Club” is a series rooted in literary and cultural analysis, in the notion that reading is resistance. Read along with Ali. Velshi Banned Book Club Season Two Reading List: "Small Acts of ...
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Suspect in custody after overnight arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residenceBy NBC News
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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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43:19From his cluelessness about critical cuts made to his agency, to his celebration of dangerous quackery, Robert. F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump's HHS secretary, is distinguishing himself as not only incompetent but dangerously so, leading a department with lives at stake. Rachel Maddow reports.By MSNBC
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Supreme Court says Trump admin must 'facilitate' release of man wrongly deported to El Salvador prisonBy NBC News
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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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44:25Former Attorney General Eric Holder talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump's efforts to intimidate the legal system in the United States and bend it to his will, and emphasizes the importance of the American legal community standing together and pushing back in defense of the rule of law. "The time is now to stand up and do all that we can to …
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President Donald Trump pulled back Wednesday on a series of harsh tariffs targeting friends and foes alike in an audacious bid to remake the global economic order.By NBC News
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Trump caves on tariffs: One economic indicator made even Trump realize he'd gone too far
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42:48Even with new polling showing significant disapproval among Americans of Donald Trump's handling of the economy, Trump's indifference to tanking the stock market did not waver. But when his ill-considered tariff scheme began to affect the bond market, even Trump knew it was time to dial back his one-man global trade war.…
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Trump touts tariffs amid more market turmoilBy NBC News
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Trump in search of waste need look no further than his own staff
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43:13Rachel Maddow looks at the bizarre, frivolous demands of members of Donald Trump's staff even as vital public services are being cut in the name of waste.By MSNBC
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Trump holds firm on tariffs amid stock market turmoilBy NBC News
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How Process is Killing Progress with Ezra Klein
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1:11:08Why has America's 20th century vision of innovation and opportunity transformed into a stagnant and stunted dystopian reality? Our guest this week claims that “the crisis that’s clicking into focus now has been building for decades” and it’s all because we haven’t been following building enough. Ezra Klein is host of The Ezra Klein Show podcast, a …
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Fierce backlash against Trump's agenda seen in sweeping, nation-wide protests
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42:18From small towns to the largest cities, Rachel Maddow reports on the wide diversity of issues being protested in demonstrations across the United States on Saturday, as hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets to make their objections to Donald Trump's agenda heard.By MSNBC
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This is Fine: Trump Golfs as Economy Burns
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41:20Amid the ongoing economic fallout of Trump's tariffs, Jen Psaki is joined by Senator Elizabeth Warren to discuss the profound impact on American families, as well as Congress's ability to revoke the president's authority. They also discuss how widespread outrage over Trump's agenda has mobilized thousands to take to the streets in protest. Later, f…
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Stock futures fall as Trump continues to defend tariffsBy NBC News
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Life of the Party: New Hope For Democrats After a Good Week
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42:14Jen Psaki breaks down a hopeful week for Democrats, which included hundreds of thousands of Americans in both red and blue districts pouring into the streets to protest Donald Trump, Cory Booker’s record breaking 25 hour speech, and a win for liberal judge in the Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race against the heavily-funded MAGA favorite. Jen also expl…
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With The White Lotus Season Three finale this weekend, Morning Joe is bringing you a special podcast episode featuring our conversations with actors Jason Isaacs, Natasha Rothwell and Leslie Bibb.By NBC News
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The ridiculous real story behind the tariff plan that turned Donald Trump into a global disaster
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43:04Rachel Maddow looks at ways to understand the scope of the damage Donald Trump has done to the entire world economy, and reminds viewers where the tariff idea came from that has turned Donald Trump into a one-man global disaster.By MSNBC
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China strikes back as stocks slide after worst day since 2020By NBC News
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Needless economic pain from Trump not even worth it if his tariff gambit works: economist
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42:15Betsey Stevenson, former chief economist for the U.S. Department of Labor, discusses the likely consequences for average American consumers of Donald Trumps ill-considered tariffs, and explains why, even in Trump's best case scenario, his tariff gambit is not worth the pain he is imposing on the U.S. economy.…
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Trump announces sweeping tariffs on major trade partners — some as high as 54%By NBC News
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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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43:29Dr. David Kessler, former FDA commissioner and chief science officer of the White House Covid-19 Task Force, talks with Rachel Maddow about the devastating effects of Donald Trump's cuts to HHS, not only in dismantling important services, but compromising U.S. medical and scientific leadership to a degree that may not be recoverable for decades.…
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Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, defying Elon MuskBy NBC News
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Exclusive: Exclusive: Senator Cory Booker reflects on his historic, record-setting speech
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46:38Senator Cory Booker talks with Rachel Maddow about holding the Senate floor for a record-breaking 25 hours and 4 minutes to raise attention to the perils of Donald Trump's agenda and inspire American activism against that agenda as many of his constituents have taken to regular public protests on their own.…
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Wisconsin and Florida host the first major elections of Trump's second termBy NBC News
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Why ‘Everything is Tuberculosis’ with John Green
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55:06Tuberculosis is the deadliest infectious disease in the world. Why does something that’s curable still kill millions every year? And what does this illustrate about global health disparities? John Green is the author of “Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection.” Green is also the co-creator of Vlog brother…
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Fresh from scandal over group chat attack plans, Hegseth's conduct opens him to ridicule
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42:28Rachel Maddow looks at a string of bizarre headlines about Donald Trump's secretary of defense, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, whose insistence on surrounding himself with close family while acting in his official capacity speaks poorly of his professionalism.By MSNBC
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Signal & Noise: Trump Talks Third Term Amid Texting Scandal
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41:03Jen Psaki breaks down the calculation behind Donald Trump’s recent talk of an unconstitutional third term, which is just one of the many shiny objects he’s dangled before the press corps to distract from the scandal of Signalgate. Congressman Dan Goldman joins Jen to discuss why Trump’s musings about holding onto the White House beyond 2028 warrant…
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, bestselling author, with Glory Edim
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1:03:39From the bestselling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes Dream Count, the story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires. The novel reflects on the choices we make and those that are made for us, on daughters and mothers, and on our interconnected world. In conversation with Glory Edim, the founde…
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‘DO YOUR JOB’: Crowd erupts in anger as GOP lawmaker defends deportations and Signal chatBy NBC News
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Bad Signal: Can Secretary Hegseth be Trusted at the Pentagon?
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42:24Amid the fallout from the Trump’s administration’s self-induced security breach, Jen Psaki breaks down why the looming questions about Pete Hegseth’s judgement and character have only grown in the last week. Senator Amy Klobuchar addresses Hegseth’s competence and reacts to the latest in the Signalgate scandal, and Representative Pat Ryan joins to …
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'This is shameful': Trump sows animosity and mistrust abroad, degrading Americans in the process
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43:19Rufus Gifford, former U.S. ambassador to Denmark, talks with Rachel Maddow about the animosity and mistrust Donald Trump is sowing among even allied nations, and the shock of betrayal people around the world are feeling about Americans they'd previously held in high regard but who they do not see pushing back against Trump and standing up for long-…
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Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter joins Morning Joe for an extended discussion on his new book 'When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines'By NBC News
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Molly Yeh, cookbook author, with Carey Polis
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1:06:08From the host of “Girl Meets Farm” on the Food Network comes Sweet Farm!: More Than 100 Cookies, Cakes, Salads (!), and Other Delights from My Kitchen on a Sugar Beet Farm, a mix of nostalgic sweets and new concoctions drawn from Yeh’s Asian and Jewish backgrounds as well as adopted Midwestern traditions. In conversation with Carey Polis, a freelan…
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From chainsaw to 'careful': Musk claims DOGE cuts are not haphazardBy NBC News
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Allies wary of Trump admin's incompetence after scandal over military plan group chat
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42:23Not only has the scandal over Trump officials discussing military plans in a group chat on an insecure commercial platform made the Trump administration look like fools to Americans paying attention, but overseas allies are drawing conclusions about the risk of sharing intelligence with America when its top officials are so careless with sensitive …
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Signal chat messages detail military plans for strikes in YemenBy NBC News
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'Two perfect months?!': Trump's rationalization of insecure group chat scandal backfires
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43:00Donald Trump says the scandal over his top officials discussing secret military plans in an unsecured group chat is just a "glitch" in an otherwise perfect first two months in office. Rachel Maddow looks back to help Trump jog his memory and realize that "perfect" is probably not the best word for what has happened so far in Trump's second term.…
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