From redistricting wars to the implementation of an idea Trump received from Vladimir Putin, the MSNBC host explains it all.

In a monologue entitled "It's Not Coming, It's Here," MSNBC host Rachel Maddow declared, "We do now live in a country that has an authoritarian leader in charge. We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country.

MSNBC ’s Rachel Maddow says Americans no longer have to fear potential authoritarianism in their own country, because “we are there” already — and cited President Donald Trump ’s widespread immigration raids, detainments without probable cause and use of military force.

Rachel Maddow points out that the thing most Americans were dreading has come to pass, and the United States has changed profoundly in only six months of authoritarian rule. "We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country.

Rachel Maddow lays out three different avenues Donald Trump is following to manipulate the administration of elections in the United States so that his control of the government is assured through the coming 2026 midterms.

In mid-July 2025, a rumor circulated online that MSNBC's Rachel Maddow announced she and her partner, Susan Mikula, were having a baby via surrogacy.

Rachel Maddow lays out three different avenues Donald Trump is following to manipulate the administration of elections in the United States so that his control of the government is assured through the coming 2026 midterms.

The MSNBC host, who lives in Western Massachusetts, opened her show Monday night by citing data that show D.C.’s crime rates have dropped in recent years.