Wow, Rachel, just WOW

[MN2theMax]

Calling out authoritarianism around the world and here at home. Kind of scaring me.
She is not wrong or hyperbolic.

[MOMFUDSKI]

1. It is all

getting very scary. I live in Florida and have a ring-side seat.

[MN2theMax]

4. Florida is definitely the front lines

All states controlled by the GQP are getting pretty scary. Resist if you are able. Find a way my friend.

[riversedge]

37. "There's an authoritarian party in permanent power in half of the U.S. They're making it clear that

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think Maddow forgot about the bigoted laws against gays and trans folks that are in place????


There’s an authoritarian party in permanent power in half of the U.S. They’re making it clear that they intend to seize permanent federal control and bring their vision of a shiny, godly America to the rest of the country by any means necessary.

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=YcXhkNS7rrWy9MEJ51e3WQ

[Beartracks]

45. "Godly" in quotes, for it would be anything but godly.

[Sky Jewels]

49. Except the god these people believe in, Yahweh, is a vicious, cruel, murderous asshole, so

it kinda fits.

[triron]

15. My apologies. Is it too difficult to move away?

[NewHendoLib]

3. An ever increasing number of people don't want to think - they want to be told what

to think. They are intellectually lazy. They are exposed to propaganda and it gets in easily.

Things are certainly not going in the right direction. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely. Greed.

[MN2theMax]

6. Saw a post / article about people craving a strongman leader

Of course speaking of republican folk. Made me want to spit. Idiots.

[markodochartaigh]

19. Republicans want chaos so that more people, who would not

normally want a Strong Leader, will be afraid and want a Strong Leader with quick and sure answers.

[Justice matters.]

28. Yet, hair furhair is one of the most delicate snowflake on earth.

The only thing he's got is he can threaten retaliation by his henchmen (like a mob boss), not by him personally.

[treestar]

36. things have to be very bad for that

conditions akin to Weimar Germany. Happy people don't want a strongman, but people who want things to get done in a terrible situation do.

[SouthernDem4ever]

42. Their strongman picks make ya wanna

[triron]

17. Bad sign for democracy.

[Evolve Dammit]

46. Nailed it. My WWII vet dad said "some Americans just want a king." No thought required. nt

[Sky Jewels]

50. It's the same reason people want to believe in a god.

Everything is due to the deity's grand plan. Just turn off your brain and go along...

[Evolve Dammit]

52. Yeah. Had a friend who always said everything was "God's will." No brain activity needed. nt

[3catwoman3]

7. There are Russians who still admire Stalin.

Hard to believe.

[Evolve Dammit]

47. And Chinese with Chairman Mao. And both countries have replacements of their former "leaders."

[Sneederbunk]

8. Calling out Netanyahu without mentioning his name.

[Hekate]

11. Protest sign calling him "Crime Minister"

[MN2theMax]

16. Good on those In Israel

Hope they can prevail and arrest that grifting criminal. Yeah, I wish the same for US.

[electric_blue68]

29. Yeah, I was wondering if that was who she meant. "Crime Minister", heh!

[gab13by13]

9. The insurrection is growing.

[triron]

10. She is a master.

[MN2theMax]

13. Hoping democracies will prevail

In all these various would be autocracies. This just boggles my mind. Back in the day, when I was learning history in school, the autocrats were the bad guys, and democracies were what everyone supported. Just seems like that idea has gone sideways. It is hard to fathom that people would desire to be controlled in that way.

[triron]

18. She also is alerting us to upcoming judicial revelations in Georgia.

[MN2theMax]

20. Fingers crossed

That something comes of this. Get the ball (and chain) rolling and charge that thug!

[Takket]

21. the most terrifying thing about desantis isn't his policies...

it is the fact he was comfortably reelected........ that should terrify all of America.

[MN2theMax]

23. Oh yes it does

Though I do not reside in or visit Florida, I am terrified that people in Florida would choose that. Have to believe there’s a whole lot of apathy going on. Quite concerned with the rise of right wing radio in Spanish growing there. The Dems seem to be unable/unwilling to counter this disinformation.

[triron]

26. They are just stupid.

[allegorical oracle]

38. Living in Florida, reading/watching local news daily, what scares me is that so many of the

folks who re-elected desantis are not semi-literate younger people. Many, if not most, of them don't bother to vote. It's older people -- retirees like those who (by the hundreds) live in enclaves like The Villages. They live to vote. And so many are rabidly devoted to the strong man-authoritarian types. It's confounding given that many are boomers whose fathers were WWII vets. Am ashamed of them.

[summer_in_TX]

27. I'm alarmed about that myself.

Why, oh why, aren't we seeing a big push for a Spanish language effort to counter disinformation in Florida and other states? We need groups to step up!

[uponit7771]

30. voter suppression works WELL and that's why MAGA is doubling down on it

[Captain Zero]

32. What?

I don't get this at all.

[certainot]

41. a theory that it makes a difference which hand people learn

sex with.

that difference was likely very slight for 99% of human evolution but eventually our ancestors went from 50 to 90% right handed because some of those differences were advantageous in times of conflict etc

then it got a lot worse with the old world civilizations because there was a lot more sex on the wrong brain - sexual repression goes hand in hand with authoritarianism

worst symptoms are greed and the irrational need for closure or certainty, well known indicators for authoritarianism

[calimary]

24. Mindblowing, For SURE.

And wrapping it up with breaking news about yet another active shooter at Michigan State U.




As of 7:29 Pacific time, Lawrence O'Donnell was saying "at least one death." And shootings at two separate locations at the university.

[MN2theMax]

25. Somehow, some way this gun crazy

Has to be dealt with. It is like a Parallel cult to the political insanity. Wish I had an idea to make it stop. Truly the plague of our times. It is a sickness.

[electric_blue68]

31. Rachel was really on fire tonight! Disturbing stuff.

[triron]

43. MSNBC needs to do something to get her more often.

[malaise]

33. Was excellent but the one thing Rachel never does

is call out the authoritarians and military dictators who were financed and enabled by both US and British corporations and their governments.
Everything that is going on in the US was tried out in several countries in our own hemisphere with much encouragement and assistance from US and other Western interests.

[Evolve Dammit]

48. send her an email. She would probably respond.

[fightforfreedom]

34. We fought a World War over this bullshit and Democracy won.

Now most of the people who fought and won that war have passed on. Todays generations learned nothing from history and are repeating the same mistakes. It's really sad.

[riversedge]

35. Maddow was grand tonight! But I fear #Repugs would not recognize what she said-and

certainly will not acknowledge the Truth of what she said.

[Upthevibe]

39. MN2theMax.......

Thanks for the heads up....

I normally watch Rachel on Tuesday mornings before work so I'm at my mentally best.

I just started watching about the Reporters Without Borders who help to free that Russian woman from prison.

[MN2theMax]

40. That was a good news portion of her show

I was very happy to hear that she was out of Russia safely.

[wryter2000]

44. I loved the protests in Israel.

How could they have elected that criminal again? Even we didn't do that, at least, so far.

[Rhiannon12866]

51. Here are the videos for those who missed her show:

Authoritarian style attacks on judiciary expected as potential Trump indictment looms- Rachel Maddow
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017804985

First step to authoritarianism: attack the free press - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017804934

Unnerving authoritarian patterns seen from right-wing U.S. governors - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017804932

[MN2theMax]

53. Thank you for the links!

I may go rewatch those segments.

It’s hard to keep up with all the news. I haven’t finished considering/ pondering Monday’s news and now there is a whole big batch of Tuesday news. There is no time to digest as we jump from drama to trauma. Feels like it has been like this for the past seven years. It is truly exhausting.

How do you all keep up with this fire hose of information?