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If you missed it, Rachel will be on every weeknight starting next Monday, the day the felon is inaugurated, and continuing for the first hundred days of his (mis)administration. Put bluntly, she's going to 'war" with Trump and his stable full of thugs.
Rachel is not just doing another one hour cable "news" show. For all practical purposes, she is an investigative reporter. She's a modern day Woodward and Bernstein. My guess is she's at work at 6:00 am to prepare for a show that night. It's a schedule that is brutal. And once every fact is checked, every detail is double checked, and everyone she is going to mention is contacted to see if they want to say anything before she goes on the air, she must pull herself together and get in front of the camera. And she doesn't fill much time with guests. It's her, out there all alone most of the time, reading the teleprompter, most of which contains words that she herself wrote.
And, contrary to some opinions, this isn't something she's "doing for the money." That schedule, (given the depth of her reporting), is a statement that she's on a mission. And it's a formula for exhaustion, or a breakdown.
(For those who don't know, Rachel is a Rhodes Scholar, but that doesn't make what she does any easier.)
Yesterday's post on Rachel Maddow:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219906286
CTyankee
(65,450 posts)It might be time for her to reassess and make some changes in her life.
ShazzieB
(19,076 posts)CTyankee
(65,450 posts)Why do you ask?
choie
(4,803 posts)specifically the part about re-assessing her life.
nolabear
(43,330 posts)Im ready.
thebigidea
(13,409 posts)I don't see it. She's not an investigative journalist. She doesn't have sources, she comments and has guests on that comment.
Cyrano
(15,363 posts)For example, the "BridgeGate" story regarding Chris Christie. (There are many other instances like that.)
She doesn't rely on "The news of the day."
It's not really that hard to see the difference between her reporting and that of all others. She's a true "Journalist" in every sense of the word.
yellow dahlia
(445 posts)mopinko
(72,065 posts)read any of her books?
soldierant
(8,090 posts)There is no one else doing things like that.
electric_blue68
(19,195 posts)Trust_Reality
(1,926 posts)She is one of the most informative reporter/journalist/educators I have ever seen on TV.
Bernardo de La Paz
(51,817 posts)Was going to post your point. Kudos for being first!
Trueblue1968
(18,357 posts)choie
(4,803 posts)Bagman and Ultra nor read her book Prequel.
Evolve Dammit
(19,414 posts)Bonx
(2,256 posts)FakeNoose
(36,213 posts)The days of rogue reporters like Woodward & Bernstein are over, my friend.
Oneear
(223 posts)Date Line Cape Girardeau, Missouri, has a Story to tell. Back Story: 95% of the Galvanized Pipe is Dipped in Zinc EPA.org lead. The city manager, mayor, and council know of this but are unable to address it because they do not have the time. Grant Money for Removing Lead Pipes can receive funds for this work. semissourian.com Gray Media KFVS-TV talks about this. In 2024, we had at least 46 water leaks.
ShazzieB
(19,076 posts)I mean, who knows what she will cover; she did a fantastic job of calling attention to the water situation in Flint, MI a few years ago. But I'm sure Trump will be her primary focus, from what we've been told.
I'm sorry to hear Cape Girardeau is having such terrible problems. I don't understand how the city manager, mayor, and council don't have "time" to address it or why that would not be one of their highest priorities, if not the very highest. What a frustrating situarion.
William Seger
(11,167 posts)Must be something she really wants to do.
dgauss
(1,189 posts)that tried to overthrow the government before WWII, she mentions the people that stood up to that. She seems genuinely impressed and inspired by all those people, often just ordinary citizens that took a lot of risks. Lots of untold stories of people who stepped up and put a lot on the line to do the right thing.
I had the thought that her research into that part of the story in that period of time may have inspired her to also step up and do whatever she can this time around. I have a feeling she'll be pretty fearless.
Ilsa
(62,352 posts)pushed him to suicide. There is a very special place in Hell for Joe McCarthy and anyone who assisted him.
VGuerra276
(57 posts)She's such an important voice for Democracy and for progressives. Is there a parallel between dems losing so badly and Rachel (TRMS) going to one night a week?
pwb
(12,209 posts)Nothing can get me to watch any cable news ever again.
Peregrine Took
(7,528 posts)electric_blue68
(19,195 posts)assembling a modest network to launch.
🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,789 posts)She has a very strong reputation that will discount her message.
Who if anyone is the antitrump? It was probably John McCain. Romney gave it a go. The Lincoln Project failed in the end. Is there a male voice who could carry her message to the misogynists we want to get the word.
vanlassie
(5,904 posts)People watch. People talk.
DaBronx
(518 posts)Evolve Dammit
(19,414 posts)Submariner
(12,747 posts)she should always have a detail nearby. She is too tempting a target for some sicko Dimentia Don maggot looking for a maga glory moment.
spooky3
(36,606 posts)She has a group of people working under her guidance who do a lot of work skillfully.
yellow dahlia
(445 posts)And some of them have moved into a more visible status, like Lisa Rubin.
erodriguez
(790 posts)It's not.
MSNBC has been bleeding watchers since the election. They are going to go back to Maddow 5 nights a week. Which she had previously done when she was a rising star.
Really it's not a big deal
beaglelover
(4,149 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(9,789 posts)Just now she had on Adam Schiff and showed some of his Pam Bondi questioning. The arrogant retribution, while denying truth, is going to be harrowing. And democrats apparently are in a state of denial. Schiff himself will likely be a target and he is not up to the dirty level of politics coming.
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yellow dahlia
(445 posts)certainly not anymore.
Deuxcents
(20,418 posts)erodriguez
(790 posts)Deuxcents
(20,418 posts)questionseverything
(10,318 posts)Its too late now
Duncan Grant
(8,566 posts)Im looking for as much intelligent resistance as I can get for however long I can get it.
(Many of us should be stepping forward in our families and communities. When queer people started coming out, it created a movement. Liberals and progressives should do likewise, imho.)
mntleo2
(2,570 posts)...I repect her superior credentials and her Ultra and podcasts have been excellent
Cat in Seattle
patphil
(7,219 posts)I know she has a staff that is responsibility for a lot of this, but her delivery is always spot on.
I'm glad she'll be with us in these first 100 days of the Trumpian dystopia.
Basically, I/we need her to help us through this. So many in the media are caving in to the threats coming from Republicans in general, and Trump in particular.
Individually we are pretty powerless, but together we can be a force to be reckoned with.
She can help us rally to the flag, so to speak.
Duncan Grant
(8,566 posts)I hope the opposition party will be as intelligent and brave.