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Rachel Maddow: ‘We Do Now Live in a Country that Has an Authoritarian Leader in Charge’ (clip)
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Rachel Maddow
Name: Rachel Maddow
Employment: MSNBC
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08/05/2025 08:35 am
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MADDOW The thing we ░░░░░░░░ all warning about for ░░░░░░░░ last few years is ░░░░░░░░ coming It is here ░░░░░░░░ are in it This ░░░░░░░░ what it likes it ░░░░░░░░ out this is what ░░░░░░░░ s like right I ░░░░░░░░ it s August it ░░░░░░░░ a Monday Every day ░░░░░░░░ sun rises and the ░░░░░░░░ sets and there are ░░░░░░░░ know sports and movies ░░░░░░░░ there are new hit ░░░░░░░░ There are scandals here ░░░░░░░░ there There are crimes ░░░░░░░░ s everybody s personal ░░░░░░░░ of family drama and ░░░░░░░░ worries and money worries ░░░░░░░░ falling in and out ░░░░░░░░ love and in and ░░░░░░░░ of faith Life has ░░░░░░░░ stopped and None of ░░░░░░░░ personal lives have stopped ░░░░░░░░ also at the same ░░░░░░░░ life in the United ░░░░░░░░ is profoundly changing It ░░░░░░░░ profoundly different than it ░░░░░░░░ even six months ago ░░░░░░░░ we do now live ░░░░░░░░ a country that has ░░░░░░░░ authoritarian leader in charge ░░░░░░░░ have a consolidating dictatorship ░░░░░░░░ our country And it ░░░░░░░░ melodramatic to say it ░░░░░░░░ know but just go ░░░░░░░░ that for a minute ░░░░░░░░ Think think in melodramatic ░░░░░░░░ Think in cinematic terms ░░░░░░░░ the cartoon level caricature ░░░░░░░░ what you think a ░░░░░░░░ looks like I mean ░░░░░░░░ s secret police right ░░░░░░░░ massive anonymous unbadged literally ░░░░░░░░ totally unaccountable internal police ░░░░░░░░ that apparently has infinite ░░░░░░░░ but no identifiable leadership ░░░░░░░░ they act in ways ░░░░░░░░ to instill maximum fear ░░░░░░░░ use maximum force I ░░░░░░░░ when you imagine an ░░░░░░░░ country right what you ░░░░░░░░ is masked secret police ░░░░░░░░ people s car windows ░░░░░░░░ snatching people off the ░░░░░░░░ and at a church ░░░░░░░░ lots and courtroom hallways ░░░░░░░░ taking them away with ░░░░░░░░ charges no notice no ░░░░░░░░ no explanation not letting ░░░░░░░░ see lawyers and then ░░░░░░░░ them secretly to what ░░░░░░░░ effectively black site prisons ░░░░░░░░ they won t tell ░░░░░░░░ who s there and ░░░░░░░░ no one is allowed ░░░░░░░░ to see what s ░░░░░░░░ on.”
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