Put on Rachel! The Dossier!!!!!!!!!! popcorn ready.

[lindysalsagal]

Wonder if it's pre-recorded? About to find out.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

1. Prediction: Another Al Capone's vault from Rachel

With little to no new info

Ive seen the MSNBC hype machine in operation too many times. Remember the non-bombshell on the taxes?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. It isn't intended to present new information - it's a summary and analysis

of what's already known. It's complicated and I intend to watch it; she does a very good job of explaining complex situations.

[Bradshaw3]

8. Exactly

Funny she's being preemptively attacked for something she never claimed. She's good at connecting the dots and that's what I expect tonight. I haven't seen anyplace else on the MSM, or any media outlets, do this. It is necessary because, as you write, it is a complicated tale and I would like to see the dossier taken more seriously..

[Hortensis]

23. No kidding. Comparison with Al Capone's vault is a huge insult.

There was absolutely nothing there.

Is THAT the message being conveyed?

[FakeNoose]

4. No worries, Mueller has them now

... Cheeto's tax forms, I mean.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9952612

[Awsi Dooger]

7. I clicked away as soon as Chris Hayes hyped it

Every time I try to give Rachel the benefit of a doubt it's nothing but the same style, same expressions, same repetitions, and same lack of understanding toward how much something is worth in the big picture. I can't respect someone whose instincts are so poor, no matter how hard she obviously works at it and even though I share her partisanship.

I enjoy all the other MSNBC night time hosts but Rachel is an automatic departure to CNN or elsewhere.

[Dem2]

9. wow

I can't interact with someone who has such a weird hatitude. bye.

[VOX]

13. There's a good reason that Rachel beats other networks in her time slot.

She has an analytical mind, and she comes at issues from oblique angles, but she always nails her points with deadeye accuracy. She will take you into the weeds, no question, but she's been working harder than anyone in pulling together information regarding the principals involved in the extraordinarily complex Russian collusion, money laundering, etc. I find her style engaging and even comforting, in that at least someone in the media has a bead on what's occurring in genuine reality. (Chris Hayes and Lawrence O'Donnell are excellent, as well.)

Your distaste for Rachel puts you in a microscopic minority of Democrats/progressives, but to each his own.

[phylny]

21. I agree. My husband and I both said this week that we're much more informed than we would be

by watching her.

[JonLP24]

18. She is the only news I do watch

Vice news tonight sometimes but I make sure to see every Rachel Maddow report and there is a recent book out it is good thing to talk about the dossier. People don't know what they're missing.

[greeny2323]

10. Yeah

Snoozeville. I watch this stuff every day. I don't need a summary. I'm interested in what is new today.

[Dem2]

11. Imagine if Fox "News" viewers bailed on their people every time a story was later proven exaggerated

Yeah, neither can I.

[VOX]

15. They keep their TVs LOCKED on Fox, no matter how deep the bullshit stacks up.

We can call them dumb, misinformed, "low-information," etc., but where they beat Democrats/progressives time and again is in discipline-- staying on message (no matter how false it is) and sticking together, no matter how insane their candidates or mouthpieces are, and they rarely shift their positions on issues.

It's a major tactical advantage that we lack.

[Dem2]

17. I've had people try to switch my TV to Faux

"Sorry not allowed, and no, I'm not giving you the unlock code"



I don't want to be anything like the low-brow zombies, but I do wish people could at least be pragmatic - Maddow is one of the best there is and I've already put two people on ignore in this thread for undercutting her - I don't want loyalty, but undercutting/need for purity is why we lose.

[VOX]

19. My cousin does that (turns the TV to Fox)...

And I give her a ration for it. She's intelligent, college-educated, California born and raised, her late husband was a Phd in inorganic chemistry -- all markers for a potential Democrat. But she's got the Fox/bad news addiction, and her politics have soured accordingly. There are numerous stories like mine, and worse -- families have been torn asunder over that damn channel.

As for Rachel, I don't see how any Democrat/liberal/progressive would not find her to be the absolute all-star, "clean-up hitter" (apologies for the sports analogy) of reporting and fact-finding. It's no accident that she holds down the most-desired 9:00PM EST time slot.

[Bradshaw3]

25. Plus 1000

Dems have to perfect their messages/themes/memes the way repubs have. Like it or not, it works.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

26. Not getting my hopes up... but PLEASE!!!

[Roland99]

2. Obviously an FBI political hit job

even though it was created before the FBI was involved.

[riversedge]

5. Watching. "A special Report" she says she was working on it a long time.

[riversedge]

6. Programming note!! The Dossier, A TRMS special report

Maddow Blog‏Verified account @MaddowBlog
23h23 hours ago

Programming note!!
The Dossier, A TRMS special report
9pm ET
You should watch it

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[VOX]

16. Thank you!

Much appreciated!

[lindysalsagal]

12. Good to get the pertinent events into the executive order: hindsight, and all that.

Her experts are the best. She lays out the timing so you can feel the Russian op moves as reactions to revelations that hurt fRump.

Russia was invested in fRump and moved strategically to counter-punch for their asset: fRump. Their timing, down to the minute, gives them away.

Steel is Putin's worst nightmare.

[The River]

14. Short Version

Russia owns Trump.
We now return you to our regularly scheduled commercial interruptions.

[riversedge]

20. Shell break down who wrote it, who released it, and what we now know to be true. Watch The Dossier

Link to tweet

buckeye chuck and 3 others Retweeted
MSNBC‏Verified account @MSNBC
2h2 hours ago

Coming up at 9pm ET, @maddow provides an in-depth look at the Trump Russia dossier. She’ll break down who wrote it, who released it, and what we now know to be true. Watch “The Dossier: A TRMS Special Report” tonight on @MSNBC

[Vinca]

22. A good program for someone who hasn't been following the story.

I found it to be a synopsis of everything most of us here already know.

[Bradshaw3]

24. Yes but a good number here haven't heard about the dossier either

As I found out about a month ago when there was a thread on it. A number of posters had to ask what it was. So this was a good program as you said for those here and the millions who don't post here. I don't know why some on this thread are trying to minimize it. We need more programs like this in the MSM. We are in a battle for democracy, not just against dump and the repubs.