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ScoobieDoobs

ScoobieDoobs

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You never know with Rachel.  She may work something out to take a break for a year & then come back.  Look, there was absolutely a sense of urgency for her to be around before Biden, covering & highlighting the constant & endless barrage of scandals, lies, leaks, court proceedings, indictments, investigations & admin turnovers like nobody else in media.  That sense of urgency doesn’t exist right now.  So it’s actually a fairly good time for her to take a break.

She’ll certainly be missed exactly because nobody in media now covers American politics like she does.  A fine example of that was the way she covered Cuomo the other nite — not the same shit everyone else was repeating endlessly.  She dug deep into the rotten history of New York State politics & made plain (rightfully so) how angered she is that it took a scandal for NY to finally get a woman gov.   But she succinctly stated her thoughts on Cuomo & moved on.

Hey. maybe she’ll replace Cuomo on CNN . . .

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ruby24
ruby24

LOVED Rachel's gobsmacking disbelief about what's happening to the Republican party and how we can survive in a two party system when one of the parties has become this. 

freddi
freddi

I had hoped that Rachel would revisit the Flint water story with the proceedings involving former Governor Snyder.  She deserves a major award for staying on this story for so many years.  It is utter

ahisma
ahisma

Since he was under the power of Mitch McConnell before, I think his new pep makes sense. Similar to Dr. Fauci’s new ray of sunshine he brought to his interview.

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grommit2

grommit2

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22 hours ago, BuckeyeLou said:

ITA, sounds like she needs a break, certainly understandable, what with Susan being sick with Covid, and the turmoil of the Trump years.  But, I would miss her smart analysis, her coverage of stories no-one else was doing(Flint water crises), I hope MSNBC could keep her on-board for some kind of role, maybe doing Specials or covering Election nights.  I am feeling Sad.

Hi BuckeyeLou...I agree that Rachel does a fine job on election night.    Always interesting when she gets into discussions with Steve as he quickly pops up stats on remote counties.  Lets hope she (and her team) stay involved. 

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Calvada

Calvada

2 hours ago, ScoobieDoobs said:

Guess Rach was right — it’s August 13 & no, Trump has not been re-installed as Prez.  So the pillow guy was wrong?  Should we look for Rach to take a Friday nite swig of a very smart cocktail to celebrate? 😀😀😀

I'll be looking for the dry cleaning tag peeking out of the sleeve of her blazer.  

BuckeyeLou

BuckeyeLou

7 hours ago, ebk57 said:

Did anyone think the hand-off exchange with Ali last night had something to do with this story?  Ali just praising her and Rachel getting verklempt.  

I thought it was nice of him. 

I noticed that too, Ali called Rachel "the North Star" that they all look to...Rachel seemed choked up...I'm sure they will all miss her if she leaves

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Morrigan2575

Morrigan2575

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If this is a contract negotiation deal, I'm guessing she wants more time off/less working days.  Maybe she's negotiating to do shows for 3 days/week and special election week (let's face it, no longer election night) coverage, plus Debate Moderation. 

I will miss her if she takes a year long sebatical, i'd rather have less Rachel than no Rachel 😂

 

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shok

shok

I knew when the camera got back on Rachel after they had showed a bunch of pictures of Zak's family that she's be crying. She is such a softie. That's ok. I had a tear in my eye too.

After the media went crazy showing the bedlam in Kabul and blaming it all on Biden, now that order has been relatively restored and planeload after planeload of Afghans are being flown out of there, funny how the media is mostly ignoring the story now, leaving a very negative last impression on people's minds. Hopefully Rachel and a few other responsible journalists will continue to report facts and update us about the situation over there.

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possibilities

possibilities

Planes may be taking off but the situation is still very negative, as I thought her report showed very clearly. The system is not working. People are not getting safely to the airport. This story was a demonstration of how badly it's failing, and not a celebration of how well it's going. I'm glad the family showcased got out, but I thought the whole point of the story was that for the most part, the evacuations are not going smoothly at all.

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ScoobieDoobs

ScoobieDoobs

Yeah, but once again, Rachel (and to some degree, LOD too) is on a vastly different track than the rest of MSNBC, & pretty much all the rest of media, which is endlessly  blasting the negativity of Afghanistan (with unduly biased blame only on Biden, and with no acknowledgement of Trump’s involvement).

All the rest of media is covering Afghanistan & Covid — and that’s it!  Makes me wonder if people are exhausted by coverage of both stories & are shutting off their interest in either.  At least Rachel is covering other topics, such as what’s going on in TX with voting rights.

And Rachel is not covering Afghanistan the way the others are.  She’s either hearing from people who are experiencing what’s going on now or from experts with relevant knowledge to provide helpful analysis.  She’s not just blasting grim images & screaming about it, like the others.  Sheesh, I’ve really had enough of watching that shit.

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possibilities

possibilities

Rachel's ratings are still the highest, though, aren't they? So maybe her being on another planet isn't stopping the message from getting out.

However, I did see Joy Reid and Medhi Hassan (in for Chris Hayes) both contextualizing the Afghanistan situation, and reminding everyone that we didn't get here all of a sudden under Biden's admin.

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Moose135

Moose135

Sounds like Rachel will be sticking around:

Rachel Maddow Decides to Stay at MSNBC

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Rachel Maddow, who was seriously considering ending her long run at MSNBC, has decided to stay put after all.

Insider broke the news of Maddow’s new multiyear contract, which was confirmed to The Daily Beast by two people familiar with the matter.

Maddow, 48, will continue to host her nightly show, which has MSNBC’s highest ratings, but the new deal also calls for her to pursue new projects with parent company NBC Universal.

 

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ScoobieDoobs

ScoobieDoobs

On 8/22/2021 at 3:44 PM, Moose135 said:

Sounds like Rachel will be sticking around:

Rachel Maddow Decides to Stay at MSNBC

 

Latest news is Rachel’s daily show is likely to end sometime in 2022 — so enjoy it while you can.  Her new contract is for about 30 “specials”, which may or may not be weekly.  Well, this is clearly what Rach wants.  

Her show was so good last nite, getting used to not having her commentary every nite during the week is gonna be damn hard!! 😢

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FoundTime

FoundTime

A friend sent me this:

The daily edition of 'The Rachel Maddow Show' is coming to an end. So who will replace her?

Our mutual reaction: Oh no! Though I was kind of not 100% surprised. I feel like Rachel's been noting more frequently lately how long she's been doing the show.

52 minutes ago, ScoobieDoobs said:

Her show was so good last nite, getting used to not having her commentary every nite during the week is gonna be damn hard!! 😢

I know I will be bereft at 8 pm CT Monday thru Friday 😭

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ScoobieDoobs

ScoobieDoobs

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Poor Rach.  ALL cable news is now stuck in an unwatchable cycle of the same endless coverage.  Yup, it’s ONLY: Hurricane, Covid & Afghanistan — rinse, lather & repeat.  Ugh, it’s so depressing & awful & non-stop, I can’t stand watching it!  Will Rachel be forced to only cover these like the others?  Welp, knowing Rach, she’ll hopefully keep up the coverage of voting rights mostly everyone else in media has forgotten about . . .

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M. Darcy

M. Darcy

Rachel has been doing great coverage of the situation with Roe.  

That was really cool that she tracked down the NBC nightly news from the night of the Supreme Court decision on Roe.  Especially for the mention of President Johnson's death - not that I am glad he died but they mentioned he died at Brooke Army Medical Center and that is where I was born!

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Anela

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I've been watching whatever is uploaded to MSNBC on youtube. I don't know how much I can say, so I'd best leave it at that.

On 8/30/2021 at 11:11 AM, ScoobieDoobs said:

Poor Rach.  ALL cable news is now stuck in an unwatchable cycle of the same endless coverage.  Yup, it’s ONLY: Hurricane, Covid & Afghanistan — rinse, lather & repeat.  Ugh, it’s so depressing & awful & non-stop, I can’t stand watching it!  Will Rachel be forced to only cover these like the others?  Welp, knowing Rach, she’ll hopefully keep up the coverage of voting rights mostly everyone else in media has forgotten about . . .

Not limited to the above now.

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ScoobieDoobs

ScoobieDoobs

Yeah, Rach was off Friday for Labor Day weekend.

Idk, she was looking so disturbed at what’s going on with Covid & with this horrible Supreme Court we’re now gonna be stuck with for decades — particularly in her interviews with the FEMA official & with Dahlia Lithwick.  Is she really gonna be OK getting rid of this show next year & only being on intermittently?  Really?  Her influence won’t be the same & I bet she’ll be chomping at the bit to chime in when something awful happens.  Guess we’ll see . . .

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ScoobieDoobs

ScoobieDoobs

So last nite, Rachel did effectively explain the Times story of the Barr appointed US Attny in CT who filed that idiotic indictment.  But wow, that was complicated.  Good thing Rach explained it at least twice (or was it more?) cuz I was totally lost.  

Guess Rachel’s point on this bit of nonsense, that probably only she’s paying attention to, & the awesome Barb McQuade alluded to directly, is — Garland, WTF are you doing & why the heck haven’t you gotten rid of this Barr stooge & Trump suck-up/crony?

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freddi

freddi

41 minutes ago, Morrigan2575 said:

As soon as she said, "that mole has changed" I knew it was Skin Cancer. 😥

Yes, I was not paying a lot of attention at the start of the story, so will listen to the repeat -- but I've known doctors who have written to people on the TV to say, "you should get that checked," so I wonder if there had been any of that in her mailbag.  I could not even see the band-aid. 

Stay well, Rachel!  Thank you, Susan!   

FoundTime

FoundTime

So glad Rachel had a good outcome, and that was a uniquely Rachel PSA, but I also wanted to second everything she said about minor league baseball games. I think it’s the purest form of the sport. I have many stories and memories that I will not share here, because topic 😉, but go back and listen to that part if you can (especially knowing how the rest of the story comes out).

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ScoobieDoobs

ScoobieDoobs

So glad that Rach has picked up on regularly mentioning the awfulness we’re still enduring with DeJoy & how he’s destroying the USPS.  She started off Friday’s show saying she had news about him & later got sidetracked with the Texas anti-abortion story.

Did she ever get back to DeJoy?  Keep your spotlight on that roach, Rach!  It’s the only way to pressure this administration not to forget about him & to finally get rid of that creep!!!

Btw, I was always wondering about the moles on Rachel’s neck.  She had several & they’re all gone now . . .

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ScoobieDoobs

ScoobieDoobs

Thank you, Rachel, for the only sensible take on the election results in all of media.  Seriously, WTF is up with the rest of media — including The Times, WaPo & pretty much every moron on CNN & MSNBC (except maybe LOD)?  While they were pushing the same stupid narrative that the Dems should now be panicked cuz of last nite’s results, Rach wasn’t buying it.  Yay, Rach!!  What are we gonna do when her show goes bye-bye?  I shudder to think of it . . .

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freddi

freddi

The secret Rachel gave away on her show was not that she had hidden a bottle of rye in her desk for Steve Kornacki, but that she has a desk with a secret compartment!  

After she explained to Steve how to find the secret panel, I had an image in my head of him futilely scratching at the desk until she got back to the office.  

But it was a sweet moment.  

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ScoobieDoobs

ScoobieDoobs

Oh my, huge news on the Rachel Maddow Show — and I mean really, really, really HUGE NEWS!!!  Rach is NOT wearing plain black — she’s wearing a pin-stripe black blazer!  What the what???  I’m spending the whole hour (and beyond) rubbing my eyes in disbelief!!  Can it be?  Why, Rach, why? 😀😀😀

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susannah

susannah

On 11/9/2021 at 6:50 PM, ScoobieDoobs said:

Oh my, huge news on the Rachel Maddow Show — and I mean really, really, really HUGE NEWS!!!  Rach is NOT wearing plain black — she’s wearing a pin-stripe black blazer!  What the what???  I’m spending the whole hour (and beyond) rubbing my eyes in disbelief!!  Can it be?  Why, Rach, why? 😀😀😀

I agree with all that's been said about the stellar reporting by Rachel. But speaking of her clothes, I have to say that I don't like seeing her in pure black every single night. I know she  shows up in a t shirt and jeans, and just puts a black blazer on, but it wouldn't kill her to wear a tiny bit of color. No one but her wears the exact same thing every night.

ahisma

ahisma

16 hours ago, susannah said:

No one but her wears the exact same thing every night.

There was that Australian news anchor who wore the same suit every night for a year and no one noticed or said a thing about it. He did it to prove the point that women get criticized for their appearance and what they wear, but men don’t.

Rachel’s same outfit doesn’t bother me. The news is different every night and that’s what I’m there for. (In fact, the only thing that bothered me was when HUGE fake eyelashes were in and for some reason they stuck them on her. Like, why? She’s not the usual “tv glam” newsreader and they weren’t her look at all.)

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