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Flagging here that we changed the link in the bio of this account to msnbc.com/Ultra so you can more easily find Rachel’s new podcast episodes and the extra material we’ll be publishing to accompany those episodes.
Of course, the most efficient way to keep up with the series is to search for:
Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra
wherever you get your podcasts and follow from there.
First episodes will publish Monday!
The best part of promoting a new projectā¦!
The best part of promoting a new projectā¦!
@maddowshow on the inspiration for her new podcast, Ultra: āEvery time something new and terrible happens in the news, weāre like, āThis is unprecedented. This has never happened before.ā And thatās true, until you look it up. Theres always something, some terrible precedent.ā #FallonTonight
If your reaction to the attempted murder of the speaker of the House’s husband, the attempted kidnapping of the speaker of the House, is to minimize, mock, or celebrate it, you’re telling us what you want instead of politics. You’re saying what you want instead of voting.
If Republicans do not want us to have elections anymore, don’t kid yourself that there is another good option. It is democracy or it’s not. And if it’s not, it’s violence and force.
[Edited from the October 31, 2022 episode of The Rachel Maddow Show.]
Republicans were their own worst enemy when it came to hyping midterm expectations.
Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra
Beginning Monday, October 10!
Find it and follow wherever you get podcasts.
Polls suggest that Democrats and Republicans are voting by different means, so be real, be patient, and donāt jump to conclusions.
In case you missed it, all 8 episodes of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra are complete and published.
If youāve been holding off so you can binge listen to them all in a row, this is the moment youāve been waiting for.
Or if you just need periodic breaks from holiday prep, the series will remain available through all major podcast services or at msnbc.com/Ultra, where we have a lot of bonus material as well.
Why yes, we do still have some corny homemade videos left to promote the new podcast. š
So weāll use this one just to flag to folks who have asked about captions in the podcast episodes that we are publishing full transcripts at the same time that we publish the episode audio. So if you go to msnbc.com/Ultra youāll find the transcripts there along with some cool archival materials the producers collected along the way.
Find and follow Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra wherever you get your podcasts, but also swing by msnbc.com/Ultra when you get some time to check out what else weāve got for you.
Rachel Maddow explains the use of iodine tablets, commenting on the dire situation in Ukraine.
Thank you and best wishes, Michael!
Thank you and best wishes, Michael!
One of the lessons that emerges quickly when you spent time looking at this history of the violent ultra-right here, not just internationally but here in the United States, one of the things that just comes home again and again is that fascist, violent authoritarian messaging very, very, very often comes with a big heaping helping of anti-Semitism.
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Whatever you might have admired about Americans in the past, who confronted these things in the past, well, now is your chance to emulate what they did that you think was right.
Whatever you might have resented or been disappointed in in thinking about Americans in the past who didn`t rise to the occasion, who stuck their heads in the sand, who pretended it wasn`t happening, who let it slide, well, now is your chance to not emulate them because this is our turn with this stuff.
[Edited from the October 17, 2022 episode of the Rachel Maddow show.]
No longer respecting election results isn’t just about messing with elections themselves. It’s about a different kind of governance.
It’s about a different kind of power.
If they do not want your vote to determine who is in power, that means they don’t want to have to use power to try to meet your needs.
[Edited from the September 26, 2022 episode of the Rachel Maddow Show.]
NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in a test on whether we could alter the trajectory of a rock that was heading towards Earth.
Rachel Maddow’s new podcast series is not just an amazing story from our own history, it is also an energizing lesson from Americans who came before us that everyone has a role to play in preserving democracy.
Find and follow Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra
[Edited from the October 10, 2022 episode of the Rachel Maddow Show.]
Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra – Starting with two episodes on 10/10. Find it and follow wherever you get podcasts.
With the new conservative super majority on the Supreme Court, they are reaching way out this term, way, way out of their way to take cases that are expected to serve as a vehicle for them to: let state legislatures change election results, to get rid of affirmative action programs in education, to get rid of antidiscrimination civil rights laws that protect gay people, and to once and for all get rid of the crown jewel achievement of the United States civil rights movement, which, of course, is the Voting Rights Act.
[edited from the October 3, 2022 episode of the Rachel Maddow Show]
It is amazing to think back on the prosecution of Michael Cohen and the mention of “Individual-1” and it seemed like surely Donald Trump was going to face actual accountability …and then it just kind of faded away. And now we get the details of how that happened from former U.S. attorney Geoffrey Berman.
Edited from the September 12, 2022 episode of The Rachel Maddow Show.
Watch the full interview at Rachel.msnbc.com or MaddowBlog.com
It is hard to stay a democracy when all forms of public service, large and small, come with threats of violence.
The threat of political violence takes normal people out of public life, which puts you on a very fast track to the end of democracy at a very practical level.
(Edited from the August 29, 2022 episode of the Rachel Maddow Show)
The way you argue for democracy is not just by pointing the finger at people that want violence and fascism saying, Whoa, that’s bad. That always works out badly.
You have to make the positive case that democracy is a good idea. That democracy can deliver meaningful, practical improvements in Americans lives.
And so we arrive at the midterm elections with a stark contrast in how the two major parties demonstrate their position on democracy.
[Edited from the October 17, 2022 episode of the Rachel Maddow Show.]
Why does Donald Trump want every Republican at every level to insist that elections are for suckers and the results don’t count?
He does it so that the idea that elections shouldn’t be the way we do things anymore becomes the rallying cry for the Republican Party.
And it’s working.
[Edited from the October 31, 2022 episode of the Rachel Maddow Show.]
We published Episode 4 of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra this morning.
In case you missed it, this is the episode Rachel previewed with Joy Reid last week with the amazing audio of the dead senator’s widow gaslighting about why he was photographed standing in front of a Nazi flag.
In this preview Rachel also makes an intriguing argument against blaming today’s politics on social media bubbles.
Full interview at msnbc.com/ReidOut
Follow the podcast for free wherever you get podcasts.
[Edited from the October 19, 2022 episode of The ReidOut.]
![Rachel Maddow Instagram - If your reaction to the attempted murder of the speaker of the House's husband, the attempted kidnapping of the speaker of the House, is to minimize, mock, or celebrate it, you're telling us what you want instead of politics. You're saying what you want instead of voting. If Republicans do not want us to have elections anymore, don't kid yourself that there is another good option. It is democracy or it's not. And if it's not, it's violence and force. [Edited from the October 31, 2022 episode of The Rachel Maddow Show.]](https://www.gethucinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RachelMaddow7-Lt3E502837-150x150.jpg)
![Rachel Maddow Instagram - One of the lessons that emerges quickly when you spent time looking at this history of the violent ultra-right here, not just internationally but here in the United States, one of the things that just comes home again and again is that fascist, violent authoritarian messaging very, very, very often comes with a big heaping helping of anti-Semitism. ... Whatever you might have admired about Americans in the past, who confronted these things in the past, well, now is your chance to emulate what they did that you think was right. Whatever you might have resented or been disappointed in in thinking about Americans in the past who didn`t rise to the occasion, who stuck their heads in the sand, who pretended it wasn`t happening, who let it slide, well, now is your chance to not emulate them because this is our turn with this stuff. [Edited from the October 17, 2022 episode of the Rachel Maddow show.]](https://www.gethucinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RachelMaddow10-qt3F4q9416-150x150.jpg)
![Rachel Maddow Instagram - No longer respecting election results isn't just about messing with elections themselves. It's about a different kind of governance. It's about a different kind of power. If they do not want your vote to determine who is in power, that means they don't want to have to use power to try to meet your needs. [Edited from the September 26, 2022 episode of the Rachel Maddow Show.]](https://www.gethucinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RachelMaddow9-DmHczN9722-150x150.jpg)
![Rachel Maddow Instagram - Rachel Maddow's new podcast series is not just an amazing story from our own history, it is also an energizing lesson from Americans who came before us that everyone has a role to play in preserving democracy. Find and follow Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra [Edited from the October 10, 2022 episode of the Rachel Maddow Show.]](https://www.gethucinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RachelMaddow13-23J4ZO5057-150x150.jpg)
![Rachel Maddow Instagram - With the new conservative super majority on the Supreme Court, they are reaching way out this term, way, way out of their way to take cases that are expected to serve as a vehicle for them to: let state legislatures change election results, to get rid of affirmative action programs in education, to get rid of antidiscrimination civil rights laws that protect gay people, and to once and for all get rid of the crown jewel achievement of the United States civil rights movement, which, of course, is the Voting Rights Act. [edited from the October 3, 2022 episode of the Rachel Maddow Show]](https://www.gethucinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RachelMaddow5-6fzL57641-150x150.jpg)
![Rachel Maddow Instagram - The way you argue for democracy is not just by pointing the finger at people that want violence and fascism saying, Whoa, that's bad. That always works out badly. You have to make the positive case that democracy is a good idea. That democracy can deliver meaningful, practical improvements in Americans lives. And so we arrive at the midterm elections with a stark contrast in how the two major parties demonstrate their position on democracy. [Edited from the October 17, 2022 episode of the Rachel Maddow Show.]](https://www.gethucinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RachelMaddow11-pYuRFR3067-150x150.jpg)
![Rachel Maddow Instagram - Why does Donald Trump want every Republican at every level to insist that elections are for suckers and the results don't count? He does it so that the idea that elections shouldn't be the way we do things anymore becomes the rallying cry for the Republican Party. And it's working. [Edited from the October 31, 2022 episode of the Rachel Maddow Show.]](https://www.gethucinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RachelMaddow8-tmzck63697-150x150.jpg)
![Rachel Maddow Instagram - We published Episode 4 of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra this morning. In case you missed it, this is the episode Rachel previewed with Joy Reid last week with the amazing audio of the dead senator's widow gaslighting about why he was photographed standing in front of a Nazi flag. In this preview Rachel also makes an intriguing argument against blaming today's politics on social media bubbles. Full interview at msnbc.com/ReidOut Follow the podcast for free wherever you get podcasts. [Edited from the October 19, 2022 episode of The ReidOut.]](https://www.gethucinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RachelMaddow9-Vnit443247-150x150.jpg)