Rachel Maddow: wait, what?

[demmiblue]

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She won a Grammy!

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[Hekate]

1. Congratulations, Rachel! May this award be the first of many!

[malaise]

8. Ditto

Rachel rocks

[demmiblue]

2. Earlier last month on Ellen:

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[Iliyah]

3. Hee hee . . .

[a kennedy]

4. 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 Way to go Rachel......congrats.

[OnDoutside]

5. Blowout is fantastic.

[MustLoveBeagles]

6. Congratulations Rachel

[Vinca]

7. Great - and finally I recognize a name on the Grammy roster this year. LOL.

Rachel is so talented. Hard to believe she started out as a radio host at a small station in western MA.

[demtenjeep]

27. she is brilliant

wicked smart

[electric_blue68]

32. She was snatched away from (RIP) Air America where she'd...

been for a few years

We knew how special she was!

I was mad because I couldn't afford cable TV.
I catch her (and the others) now on Tune In. 👍❤️

[DENVERPOPS]

39. I'm pretty sure that MSNBC

is owned by RepubliCONs. They would love to kick her ass off the air, but the truth is she makes so F***ing much money for them, they can't. The owners love the RepubliCON Party, but they have proven time and time again that they love MONEY even more......

We desperately need the Lincoln Project to keep making their spots, and let us all contribute to paying for four advertisements of each day's ad on FOX NEWS prime time. Same thing with that other group making great video's, I can't remember their name.....

[electric_blue68]

40. Midas Touch?

[DENVERPOPS]

41. BINGO, EB68

[concretebluetwo]

42. MeidasTouch dot com

eom

[electric_blue68]

45. Ah, thanks. I was wondering if I spelled it right! 👍

[liberalla]

9. Woo Hoo! Way to go Rachel! That is a big EFFing deal!

[RANDYWILDMAN]

10. 1/4 of the way to the EGOT

Go Rachel

[demmiblue]

11. 1/2... she has won several Emmy's.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

12. go for the OT or is TO ???

[calimary]

15. Oscar and Tony await!

[Faux pas]

13. Kicketty Kickin'

[rockfordfile]

14. cool

I don't knowrecognize anybody in the Rock category or Rock song. Seems to me Pearl Jam had the best album last year. The chicks came out with new music was really good. Green Day put out a good album.

[Evolve Dammit]

16. Yeeeessssss!!!! She is a national treasure! Congrats Rachel!

[Wild blueberry]

17. Yay!!!

Well deserved.

[nolabear]

18. I just came to post this! SO excited for her!

Btw if you go deep, there are some great winners. Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlins, Fiona Apple, some great music.

[demmiblue]

24. I haven't really checked it out yet, but it sounds interesting.

It is nice to see Fiona Apple surfacing. I remember watching this Tiny Desk Concert, and was worried about her health (a really good TDC all around, though):

And her letter about her dog Janet broke me. Part of it:

Maybe she’ll fool me and live for a couple more years–maybe I’ll lose my potential friends, in places I feel a longing to know. Sometimes it takes me 20 minutes to pick which socks to wear to bed. But this decision is instant. These are the choices we make, which define us. I am not the woman who puts her career ahead of love and friendship. I’m the woman who stays home, and bakes Tilapia for my dearest, oldest friend. And helps her be comfortable, and comforted,and safe, and important. Many of us these days, we dread the ‘death’ of a loved one .It is the ugly truth of life, that leaves us feeling terrified and alone. I wish we could also appreciate the time that lies right beside the end of time. I know that I will feel the most overwhelming knowledge of her, and of her life,and of my love for her, in the last moments. I need to do my damnedest to be there for that. Because it will be the most beautiful, the most intense, the most enriching experience of life I’ve ever known. When she dies. So I am staying home, and I am listening to her snore and wheeze, and reveling in the swampiest, most awful breath that ever emanated from an angel. And I am asking for your blessing. I’ll be seeing you.
Love, Fiona

So wonderful to see.

[nolabear]

25. Wow. That's something.

Dogs help/make us face a whole lot of things about life we avoid where humans are concerned.

Fetch the Boltcutters is one of my favorite, if not my very favorite, albums this past year.

[druidity33]

44. she pretty much cancelled a whole tour...

to be with her dog as it was dying. Broke my heart and made me admire her more...

[burrowowl]

49. I understand that.

[dchill]

19. K&R4ABFD!

[stillcool]

20. I'm liking 2021 so far..

good stuff.

[iluvtennis]

21. Woohoo

[Ilsa]

22. Wow! It is so well deserved! At least I'll know who one

of the winners is for this year.

I think I remember her saying she didn't want to ever do that (record a book) again. I bet it was exhausting.

[Ilsa]

23. Tucker Carlson is wondering where his is. LOL nt

[LiberalFighter]

28. Trump is probably wondering when he gets one too.

[Paladin]

26. Fuck yeah, Rachel!

Take no prisoners!

[hkp11]

29. congrats!

Rachel! You deserve it!!

[Ferrets are Cool]

30. To all those who thinks she bloviates...

[Upthevibe]

31. AWESOME!!

I love award shows but have never really been into the Grammys. However, after reading this post, I just turned to it and didn't record the first showing but here on the West Coast, they normally show a repeat immediately afterward because it has to air early here (5 p.m.) so it doesn't start too late on the East Coast @ 8:00. So, I just DVR'd the second showing.

Thank you sooooooooo much for posting!

[electric_blue68]

33. Yayyyy, Rachel!

[FlyingPiggy]

34. Most deserving! Her show is top notch. Congrats to her and her team!

[kacekwl]

35. Well Deserved.

[onetexan]

36. Is this for Rachel's Bag man podcast?if so she deserves it

Loved both the delicious book as well as the awesomely put together podcast.

Congrats @RM

[BobTheSubgenius]

37. She deserves anything good that comes her way!!!

Rachel is a totally seminal figure in progressive political journalism. I could go on and on as to why that is, but does anyone here need to read that?

I thought not.

[Trueblue Texan]

38. Did anyone listen/read Blowout?

Maddow is a wonderful storyteller who makes the facts come alive in a way that deepens your understanding of the subject matter...so you don't forget the facts so easily. After reading/listening to her work, you feel like you have a much deeper understanding of the big picture and you can see why certain approaches to particular problems will never work, no matter how they try to spin it.

[whistler162]

43. The downside is everytime she mentions

her grammy she has to say the full title of the album.

[Upthevibe]

46. Is there an announcement that we can see

when Rachel wins the Grammy? If there's a link, I'd love to see it. Thank you!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

47. This makes me smile

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[seta1950]

48. Best news show ever

Congratulations Rachel

[FakeNoose]

50. I've read the book, but didn't realize the audiobook is so good

... maybe I'll give it another go.

"Blowout" really is quiet remarkable, and it shines a light on the oil/gas industry as it has evolved in the last 25 years. Also Blowout is great at explaining how certain states (mainly Oklahoma and Texas) have been corrupted by oil industry politics.

Congratulations Rachel on your well-deserved award!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

51. Well, now I know what my next audiobook is!

Congratulations Rachel!