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 on the ways Trump is trying to rig the midterms, including Republicans' redistricting battle, nullifying the census and barring mail-in voting.

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 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.

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.

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow offered a half-hour diatribe accusing President Donald Trump of turning the U.S. into an “authoritarian country,” rambling about immigration enforcement and Texas redistricting.

Rachel Maddow said that the United States is experiencing a “dictatorship” because Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are arresting illegal immigrants.

Rachel Maddow looks at how readily Donald Trump abandoned his negotiating positions in his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and compares the effusive, adulatory greeting Trump gave Putin,

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.