Rachel Maddow On How She Stumbled On Forgotten History Of 'Ultra' - The Last Word - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell is joined by Rachel Maddow to discuss, "Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra," and to explain how she discovered the largely forgotten threat to American democracy revealed in the podcast. - Aired on 11/28/2022.

[Justice matters.]

1. What is Pope Francis's "opinion" of that ultra Fascist mofo?

Excommunicate that little prick?

[czarjak]

2. BTW, Mike Pence was raised Catholic. Correct me if I'm wrong please.

He just turned Evangelical when it was politically convenient. Just like Reagan, the Bushies, Romney, and YKW.

[No Vested Interest]

5. Pence raised Catholic; I think it was his wife who was Evangelical and that he adopted it.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. You're absolutely right, I looked him up - he also used to be a Democrat, voted for Jimmy Carter!

From Wikipedia:

In his childhood and early adulthood, Pence was a Roman Catholic and a Democrat, as was the rest of his family. He volunteered for the Bartholomew County Democratic Party in 1976 and voted for Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential election, and has said he was originally inspired to get involved in politics by people such as John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. While in college, Pence left the Catholic Church and became an evangelical, born-again Christian, to the disappointment of his mother. His political views also started shifting to the right during this time in his life, something which Pence attributes to the "common-sense conservatism of Ronald Reagan" with which he began to identify.

[JudyM]

3. Love that she put it out there directly to Garland.

[love_katz]

4. Ultra is very important to listen to.

January 6th is not the first attempt by fascist groups attempting to overthrow our government. I found the current revival of "America First " as a slogan by the slobfather to be particularly chilling. In another thread on DU, someone posted a photo of a man in the January 6th insurrection holding forth a flag with "America First " on it. Deeply disturbing and chilling.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Thanks for the recommendation - though it's no surprise that Rachel Maddow did an amazing job!

Knowing our history is absolutely essential - especially so we don't repeat the mistakes!

[burrowowl]

6. Ultra is a must listen!