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  1. 'Post-Roe underground' helps women in abortion ban states access abortion pills

    The use of abortion pills has grown as a percentage of abortions in the United States since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, particularly in states that have enacted extreme restrictions on abortion access. Increasingly those pills are being obtained outside of the medic
  2. Maddow joins colleagues in objecting to McDaniel for legitimizing Trump, attacking democracy

    Rachel Maddow looks at the role that Ronna McDaniel played as chair of the Republican National Committee in taking someone who would otherwise be a fringe character in American politics, Donald Trump, and helping legitimize him with the authority of the Republican Party and then
  3. Combat training for election workers? Arizona braces for Trump-addled election deniers

    Despite an especially aggressive class of Trump-supporting election deniers, election workers in Arizona are determined to make sure things run smoothly for the state's voters. Adrian Fontes, Arizona secretary of state, talks with Rachel Maddow about the extra preparation and pre
  4. Enabling Trump, distorting the Supreme Court define McConnell legacy as he exits leadership

    Alex Wagner looks at Mitch McConnell's role in distorting the Supreme Court and indulging Donald Trump's lawlessness by enabling his evasion of accountability, likely cementing his legacy as he announces his departure from his Senate leadership position.
  5. 'Republicans in robes': Supreme Court critics see politics behind action on Trump immunity case

    For critics of the current Supreme Court, assembled by Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell for the purpose of fulfilling a Republican political agenda, the decision to take up Donald Trump's presidential immunity appeal after an inexplicable delay confirms their cynicism about the c
  6. Another judge boots Trump from ballot for insurrection as Supreme Court takes immunity case

    Even as the Supreme Court announced that it would take up the question of whether a president has immunity from prosecution for official acts performed as president, an Illinois judge ruled that Trump committed insurrection, a decidedly not-presidential act, and should be removed
  7. With each new election cycle, Republicans accept Russian help with greater ease

    Rachel Maddow notes that with each new presidential election cycle, Russians have found ways to try to influence the outcome by some underhanded means. But while Russian interference has remained consistent, what has changed is the openness of Republicans to being the beneficiari
  8. Conservative anti-gay movement built on foundation of questionable credibility

    Rachel Maddow looks at just a small sampling of the many examples of right-wing leaders who were forced to resign from their anti-gay organizations after their own homosexuality came to light. However, multiple allegations of sexual misconduct made by men against Matt Schlapp, ch
  9. 'Burn it all down': Rule-of-law stands as bulwark against Trumpian lies, so he attacks it

    Rachel Maddow looks at the connections between truth, the rule of law, and democracy, and the authoritarian strategy to sever those connections in order to undermine democracy itself and usher in radical changes in governing.
  10. Goat rodeo: Michigan GOP reeling in chaos as empowering election denier backfires

    Alex Wagner looks at the infighting and power struggles that have plagued the Michigan Republican Party and remain unresolved even as the state primary (and caucus... and other caucus?) are fast approaching.
  11. IVF in red states under threat as Alabama Supreme Court says embryos are children

    Religious conservatives on Alabama's state supreme court have ruled that embryos are equal to children, and activists in other red states are hoping to match that outcome. Fertility clinics are already responding with a mix of caution and confusion. Irin Carmon, senior correspond
  12. Willing GOP dupes of Russian disinformation could be criminally exposed: Goldman

    Rep. Daniel Goldman, lead counsel for Donald Trump's first impeachment talks with Alex Wagner about the revelation that the key source in the Republican narrative against President Joe Biden and his son Hunter was conveying Russian disinformation intended to interfere in the U.S.
  13. Maddow: The world needs Russian dissidents against growing threat of Putin aggression

    Rachel Maddow looks at the increasingly aggressive danger Vladimir Putin poses to the world, from reckless treatment of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant to plans for launching nuclear weapons into space, and argues that the world needs Russia to change, so the world needs Russian
  14. Wisconsin dumps GOP-manipulated maps to better reflect voters' will

    For years, the Republican-dominated Wisconsin legislature made sure that it would retain power even when it consistently received fewer votes. Democrats have finally overcome that hurdle and passed new, fair maps for state legislature elections, with an eye toward also adopting n
  15. Concerns grow that legal losses could make Trump desperate, even more open to corruption

    As lawyer fees and legal judgments stack up against Donald Trump there is concern that his already weak ethical standards will be overcome by financial desperation and a willingness to entertain the assistance of unsavory people and world powers whose interests are contradictory
  16. 'He is a cheat.': Devastating court penalty shatters myth of Trump business savvy for good

    Alex Wagner looks back at Donald Trump's dubious record in business and his much more successful efforts as a hype man for his own brand, all of which has come crashing down around him as he has suffered repeated legal defeats, perhaps most devastatingly today when he was crushed
  17. Trump meets his match in U.S. justice system with another staggering court loss

    Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell join Alex Wagner with reaction and analysis of the $453.5 million in fines and interest Donald Trump has been ordered to pay in the New York civil fraud case he lost, on top of other recent losses including almost $100 million owed to E. Jean
  18. Mounting legal losses put a strain on Trump's image and his excuses

    "Ultimately, these things do start to seem like a pattern," Rachel Maddow observes, after running through the growing list of legal catastrophes Donald Trump has suffered. Maddow joins Lawrence O'Donnell and Alex Wagner in discussing the political fallout for Trump in the wake of
  19. Biden White House still fighting mad over politicized Hur report

    Reports are surfacing of the Biden administration's frustration with Merrick Garland and the DOJ over special counsel Robert Hur's overstepping in his report on classified documents retained by Biden to include gratuitous "disparaging statements" about the president's memory. Jen
  20. Stormy Monday: More than just a hush money case, Trump's first criminal trial gets a date

    The criminal trial of ex-president Donald Trump in New York for what District Attorney Alvin Bragg describes as an election interference case will begin jury selection on Monday, March 25th. MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin and Melissa Murray, NYT law professor, discuss the c

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