[CNN] Rachel Maddow returns to MSNBC five nights a week for Trump’s first 100 days

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Rachel Maddow returns to MSNBC five nights a week for Trump’s first 100 days

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/media/rachel-maddow-msnbc-trump-alex-wagner/index.html

sadly the CNN version of the story is paywalled. Here's The Hill's version of the story

Rachel Maddow retakes 5 day a week schedule to cover Trump’s first 100 days

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5082591-msnbc-rachel-maddow-show-trump-first-100-days/

excerpt:

Maddow, one of MSNBC’s most recognizable hosts, is an outspoken Trump critic who has repeatedly warned viewers about the threats she says the incoming president poses to democracy.
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difficult to see how Maddow can successfully jump start Resistance 2.0 without something like the Steele Dossier to fuel her shtick

Rachel Maddow rooted for the Steele dossier to be true. Then it fell apart.

https://wapo.st/4akhlN6

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Defiance Is Out, Deference Is in: Trump Returns to a Different Washington
As Donald J. Trump prepares to take the oath of office for a second time, much of the world seems to be bowing down to him and demoralized opponents are rethinking the future.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/us/politics/trump-washington.html

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. . . Unlike the last time President-elect Donald J. Trump took the oath of office eight years ago, the bristling tension and angry defiance have given way to accommodation and submission. The Resistance of 2017 has faded into the Resignation of 2025.

The mood leading up to the second Trump inauguration reflects how much has changed since the first Trump inauguration. Much of the world, it seems, is bowing down to the incoming president. Technology moguls have rushed to Mar-a-Lago to pay homage. Billionaires are signing seven-figure checks and jockeying for space at the inaugural ceremony. Some corporations are pre-emptively dropping climate and diversity programs to curry favor.

Some Democrats are talking about working with the newly restored Republican president on discrete issues. Some news organizations are perceived to be reorienting to show more deference. The grass roots opposition that put hundreds of thousands of people in the streets of Washington to protest Mr. Trump just a day after he was sworn in back in 2017 generated a fraction of that in their sequel on Saturday.

“Hashtag-resistance has turned into hashtag-capitulation,” said David Urban, a longtime Republican strategist and Trump ally. “The pink-p***y hats are gone, and they’re replaced by MAGA hats worn by Black and brown people.”

The determined protesters who did turn out for Saturday’s People’s March said they refused to give up, but some sympathized with those who expressed exhaustion by Mr. Trump’s latest victory.

“Why do we have to keep doing this?” asked Lisa Clark, 65, from Akron, Ohio, who also attended the Women’s March in 2017. “But hey, we will. We’ve been here before, and we’ll be here again if we have to be.”

For both the progressive left and the Never Trump right, this second inauguration has upended all the assumptions after eight years of fighting Mr. Trump. Their strategies and messaging failed to keep him out of power. And many of them have grown drained and demoralized.

“Democratic leaders have learned that focusing all of the energy on one man failed to make the difference,” said Donna Brazile, a former Democratic National Committee chairwoman. “It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but it’s not the end. We shall rebuild. The resistance to Trumpism will never go away, but will show up differently during Trump 2.0.”
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MSNBC anchors Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid triggered by Trump inauguration: ‘How is this happening in America?’

https://nypost.com/2025/01/20/us-news/msnbcs-joy-reid-rachel-maddow-triggered-by-trump-inauguration/

 

good news for Rachel Maddow fans

Rachel Maddow is bringing viewers back to MSNBC — and giving them hope
The prime-time host, who resumed her daily hosting gig on Jan. 20, has been urging her liberal audience to resist the urge to tune out the Trump administration.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2025/01/28/rachel-maddow-msnbc-return-ratings/

excerpt:

“We will get through all of this together. You and me.”
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