Sweet Jesus.. Rachel Ive been on your ass for 18 months..

[busterbrown]

Tonight I apologize ......You have just been tremendous tonight, on the MNSBC post Trump discussion..

Brian Williams... Useless and dumb.. but has a great voice....Eugene Williams a nice guy who never wants to Rock the Boat...Useless......Chris Mathews? always 3 minutes behind the conversation..

BUT Rachel? She never let any comment supportive of Trump slide through the panel.. She was a fucking Tiger and was at her best when that Idiot Hugh Hewitt tried to explain that Trump was really talking about how the Seals were really talking about losing one of their own...and that Trump really wasn’t referring to how the Military Commanders and Obama are responsible.

Man she nailed Hewitt, to the point that Hugh shook his head and said “ I guess Rachel we have to agree that we disagree”

Fuck Me....Rachel, I owe you a drink. you are the best in the business now on pushing back Republican bullshit!
Please Rachel, if I have one piece of criticism towards you...Please don’t treat anything you do as entertainment...I know MSNBC execs.. expect this of you, but please.. our planet is at risk due to Trump’s insanity...Please..Don’t treat what you do as entertainment.. It’s Life or Death.

[Swagman]

1. I often agonised over her long introductions but

now I think she sets the scene for the punch lines so well.

A superb journalist who can present the"whole picture" and that is a pretty unique talent.

[calimary]

10. She's one of the best connect-the-dots people alive.

And as for Hugh Hewitt, BARF! He's so damn SMUG with a superior attitude like I've never seen before in my entire 63 years. I can't even watch him. Had to hit the mute button. I do that every time he comes on.

[Sebasdad22]

20. Hugh Hewitt's Job Polishing Turds

And nothing else.

Only traitors defend Republicans.

[calimary]

25. Welcome to DU, Sebasdad22!

Hugh Hewitt appears onscreen ...

and I'm GONE. Where's the remote? Quick! CNN. Or Weather Channel. Or Food Network.

[Gabi Hayes]

36. a frickin MEN! so many gigantic sphincters from among which to choose....

J. Lord, Kayleigh, Boris E (what happened to him?....looking for some more Ukrainian property listings?)....the list is endless, so I'll stop there, except for

Greta van S

WTF?????

is there ANYbody outside Fox that comes close to be as completely unwatchable as she? how much did MSNBC pay her to pollute the electronic spectrum?

as for Rachel, that Monday night show should go down in history as one of the best, most revelatory dot-connectors ever. if that web of traitors/manipulators is followed to its logical conclusion, she'll go down as the heiress to Woodstein.

if you did't see it, it's on youtube

if you want to apply the flesh to which she hung the structure/bone-scaffolding upon, try this:

https://www.dcreport.org/wilbur-ross-comes-to-d-c-with-a-long-and-profitable-history-of-russian-connections/?preview_id=944

deutschebank to Vekselberg to Rybolovlev ross to Trump, not necessarily in that order, as it's a web, not a straight line......essential reading

Nation writer and author of the above needs to be making lots of appearances on TV before he succumbs to a rare tea poisoning or VX inhaler accident

[calimary]

52. Yep, yep, yep!

I saw Rachel Monday night - man-oh-man...

Friday night's show was a humdinger, too.

I've been out all afternoon, and just coming home to the Jeff Sessions update.

MAN-OH-MAN...

[Gabi Hayes]

55. just saw david cay johnston last night....he's the one behind that DC Report thingy! he was touting

that report last night

good to see him on again

sounds like the key to this is the tax returns

[Raster]

32. wonderful and painfully accurate description of Hewitt... can't stand him!

Rachel, on the other hand: is a jewel!

[joshdawg]

17. Those long introductions sets the stage for her topic.

And I like them. And her. She rocks!

[Wounded Bear]

30. Sometimes she gets a little off the rails with those...

but she's been on fire lately. Her expose on the Russia/dirty money ties to our new Commerce Secretary was scary good.

[Amaryllis]

31. It takes someone with an attention span and an ability to understand nuances

to listen to the intros but the dots could not be connected without them!

[ecstatic]

33. Just the opposite, I think. I have ADD and I think her intros are

perfect for people with short attention spans. The best part is, as drawn out as her intros are, she makes sure to get it all out before the first commercial break. That's crucial for when I'm forcing friends and family members to at least watch the main point.

[maryallen]

37. Rachel is a teacher...

One of the best I have ever seen. We are truly lucky to have someone who diligently researches her presentations and delivers the information with gusto. She is one of a kind.

[dmr]

38. I think, too, she uses repetition to assure the listener

fully grasps, or at least has a fair understanding of that "whole picture".

One of the reasons I love the DVR is the ability to rewind to grab a piece of information that seems important.

Or, how many times while reading I will scroll back to find a pertinent piece if info.

She makes sure we grasp those dots she's connecting for us.

She makes a good teacher. The only thing that bothers me is (for the lack of a better word) the (nervous) giggles. Some things are just not funny.

[lastlib]

42. She goes overboard with it, IMHO.

I'm an intelligent adult. I can get the point the first time, and it's almost insulting to have her restating it *OVER and OVER...* ONCE is ENOUGH, ferf*cksake, Rachel! Twice is okay, I can deal with it. But more than that, with the antics and "teenybopper giggle"--CAN IT!

I agree she has a good story to tell, with a lot of sometimes complex details to fill in, but jeeeez--treat me like an adult, not a fourteen-year-old! (I get enough of that from my parents!)

[Cha]

2. So Good to hear, buster.. thank you! An Oasis!

[Control-Z]

3. You haven't been watching her

since election night? I always love my Rachel but she's been busting the maggot's balls without mercy since then. No mercy.

[Doreen]

4. I have always liked Rachel.

It is Chris Mathews that drives me nuts. He always interrupts and never lets anyone finish a thought. I am still trying figure out if he actually said something good about Trump.....was that my imagination? Rachel may go on and on at the beginning of her show but she teaches those of us who are not history buffs what is going on. She does well for me to help me understand better because I have a learning disability that messes with comprehension and she makes it clear.

[OliverQ]

5. Rachel Rocks

This month was her highest viewership ever at 2.3 million. I think she's the highest rated on MSNBC, and maybe the highest rated in that time slot of any network.

[forjusticethunders]

27. I wish she, Joy and Lawrence could start their own network.

MSNBC is corporate right but they're using those three as fig leaves. I bet a progressive network built around them and Keith Olbermann would rake in the cash, unless the advertisers actively try to fuck with them.

Hell they could go YouTube and podcasting and bypass trad media altogether.

[iluvtennis]

41. +10000 nt

[Doitnow]

46. I'd add Thom Hartmann

[busterbrown]

49. HES one of the best.. Problem?

He can’t get on MSM What a shame... He’s gentle but deadly..perfect combination..

[bdamomma]

47. That's a good idea.

They would be a good group.

[Lucinda]

6. KNR

[bettyellen]

7. Catch as much as you can of Mondays show - update on the Russian money laundering scandal.

[uponit7771]

9. +1, Moore mentioned it to Mathews that it was riveting journalism and it was. VERY specific on how..

... and why the Russians had some shit on Benedict Donald.

I still think its young girls involved but money laundering for them sounds ON THE DOT !!!

[calimary]

11. Kathy Griffin asked Matthews point blank to keep up on the Russian connection.

To his face, on his show tonight.

[uponit7771]

12. Yes, the Russian connection is the ONE THING Benedict Donald's supporters draws the line at

... well half them do.

They hate the Russian connection and even the hearing of it because it steps on everything they think about him

[Eliot Rosewater]

26. I think more than half of them like Putin and they like that Putin is like them, i.e.

racist, misogynist etc.

[Ligyron]

39. Yep.

Even they know Communism is dead and who's whiter than Russians?

[tblue37]

51. Don't forget authoritarian. nt

[busterbrown]

50. Mathews is so far behind most of the time..

that he’s irrelevant... Kathy is a no bullshit gal.. Love her

[bettyellen]

13. It's the mob- there's always money laundering, drugs and sex slaves.

[uponit7771]

15. Yes, the sex slaves was prolly given to Benedict Donald too... They have some shit on him no doubt

[bettyellen]

16. It almost organically happens when you have the money to lure and the drugs to ensnare people with..

From what I understand it is most often intertwined because the opportunity is there.

[bdamomma]

48. definitely

deep ties to the mob. don the con.

[mopinko]

40. i think it is young girls as well, but it is how he treated them.

i'm thinking he was as violent and disgusting as jane doe said he was, and that the tape will show her claims to be credible.

but i think there is some deep mafia related shit that is illegal as all hell.

[Sebasdad22]

21. Mind Blowing Show

Hope it is on YouTube soon so I can show my Trump loving dumbass friends what scum looks like.

[triron]

8. She has this POS pegged

She knows he is deep in shit.

[moonscape]

14. Thanks for this. I Tivo'ed the speech and MSNBC aftermath but deleted

because I decided I could bear none of it. Because of your rec, I undeleted the aftermath and will FF to her.

I do wish they would have O'Donnell and Hayes on these panels instead of Brian and some others.

[Hekate]

18. Thank you, bb, for this. I missed it -- just couldn't hang around long enough for the comments

Tweety was making me crazy. Couldn't watch the speech, either.

[world wide wally]

19. She is the best investigative reporter since Woodward and Bernstein

[BigBearJohn]

22. Hugh Hewitt is an arrogant asshole. Rachel really handled him. I was so proud of her.

[Gothmog]

23. Rachel has been on a roll for a while

[bullwinkle428]

24. Yes, a lot of people were willing to throw her under the bus

after the election. She continues to do a fantastic job in connecting the dots, but apparently, that's not enough for some in extra-short-attention-span America.

K&R.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

29. The next time

that she smiles or says Hi to Greta it will all be over.

[Motley13]

28. my favorites, Rachael, Cuomo (CNN) & O'Donnell

They cut through the BS

[ecstatic]

34. Cuomo?! He reminds me of Joe Scarborough,

To be fair, I've only watched him a few times in brief chunks.

[Motley13]

35. give him another try, I think you'll like him, nothing like Joe

[NewRedDawn]

45. Chris is great!

[czarjak]

43. "Let's agree to disagree"...

How you know someone won't admit that they're wrong. (My opinion is as valid as your fact)

[thbobby]

44. Love me some Rachel!

She is the best journalist I have seen in watching journalism for 40+ years.
My only complaint is that MSNBC has turned into a network that values ratings much more than quality journalism.
I have not watched MSNBC since pre-election love fest of Morning Joe and Trump. I lost all respect for MSNBC at that time. It is because of pseudo-journalism like MSNBC did that we have an idiot for president.

But, DAMN! I miss me some Rachel Maddow.

[akbacchus_BC]

53. I like Rachel, she says it like she sees it. So does O'Donnell (sp)!

I like that they tag team each other!

[triron]

54. Hope she is back tomorrow to talk

about all the shit coming down tonite.