Why Is This Happening? is presented by MSNBC and NBC News, produced by Doni Holloway and Brendan O'Melia, engineered by Bob Mallory and features music by Eddie Cooper. Chris Hayes: It's fascinating, theres clips of Coughlin in the show. And that, to me, is energizing and exciting, and it opens up all these other lines of inquiry, like, one of the things Charles Gallagher writes about in his book is this character Francis Sweeney who tragically dies very young, who played this incredibly intrepid role in exposing the Christian Front in Boston, which was taking funding from the Hitler government, which was showing German military propaganda movies, which was running pogrom-style violence against Boston Jews. Chris Hayes: We should talk about, since its mentioned, the title is "The Christian Front: Coughlins Storm Troopers," and maybe we should talk a little bit of Coughlin because he is a key figure. Rachel Maddow: That makes for a good booze ballad. Rachel Maddow: I mean, is that a story about the limitations to the critical law? Search us for WITHpod. You get 11, you get 10. His full name is Christopher Loffredo. Rachel Maddow: You're killing me. Chris Hayes: But these weren't just like odd cranks, rondos, that there was organization, very powerful popular support and mobilization, key figures, and the sort of formation of something that looked like a kind of proto or explicitly profascist movement and organization inside the United States. And then in 1914, he had nine. Hayes is happily married to Kate Shaw, and they are blessed with . Hosts on Today gave a vague answer to questions about the status of Hoda Kotb, whose last appearance on the show was Feb. 17. In this case, this pamphlet is about the Bronx. Rachel Maddow: -- form fascist organizations even. So I'm glad that history is written, but there's another way to write this history rather than just saying, oh, these poor defendants, they never should have been put on trial. Because these are fascist thugs --. He goes to Germany. Chris Hayes: -- and it's funny, too, because I've been thinking about this as I'm listening to your "Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra," I'm thinking about, you know, the Russians, who have an incredibly profound mythology around World War II, justified by the fact that they lost more lives than anyone in --, Chris Hayes: -- defeating Hitler's army. A funny thing happens when you watch a lot of MSNBC: everyone's faces all sort of start to . He is encouraging America that the leaders we need to be emulating are Mussolini and Franco, and he calls for his followers to form armed militia cells to train with weapons, to go the Franco way, to go the way of fascism in this country. Just so incredibly perfect that I have a typo in this tweet. Sour Patch Lyds (@sourpatchlyds) October 5, 2022. MSNBC pundit Rachel Maddow recently announced that her partner Susan Mikula tested positive for COVID-19 . He hates the bankers, which then, you know, one notch past that, right? And now I feel like I can. Vice reported that it was told by Goodwill after the items were brought to the organizations attention that the items were removed from its online auction. "Chris has done an amazing job creating a franchise on weekend mornings," said Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC. Rachel Maddow: I think there needs to be a bigger, broader antifascist movement, where people actually have work to do every day in trying to --. "Chris is always good he deserves a much bigger national reputation. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. A Goodwill branch has, too. Rachel Maddow: -- because you have free speech, but you ought to be recognized as a political actor and for the political threat you pose to our system, and there ought to be a response. Not clear that you could, really not clear. Rachel Maddow: And, you know, theyre organizing rifle clubs, and its as confrontational as you can get in terms of being an overt pro-Hitler movement designed to destabilize the United States. Luckily for us, her decision to dial back from the nightly cable news grind has allowed her to create a work in new media. I had also taken out the name of the flight attendant, but I put the name of the flight attendant back in in a later draft, because you need to be able to picture her name on the piece of paper that we describe when we bring out --, Rachel Maddow: -- the flight attendant later in the story. Harriet Johnson, I only took out in the draft before you got that rough cut, so --, Chris Hayes: Right, because you didn't want to give me two names that I had to manage --. Chris Hayes: -- but that creates this constant sense of curiosity. I mean, theres a couple of things here. Rachel Maddow: Did this really happen or is this a play? That's the very first words (ph) --, Chris Hayes: See, I'm doing the thing right now because we're talking about it. Hes the ultimate example of that kind of --, Rachel Maddow: Yes. I mean --, Chris Hayes: -- and through time, I mean, I think thats also partly, in a weird way theres actually kind of something comforting about it insofar as a liberal democratic open society is going to face existential foes to that liberalism almost as a matter of just reality. Rachel Maddow and new MSNBC host Chris Hayes had a candid discussion about the difficulties of their jobs on the Sunday edition of Hayes' new show, "Up." To be clear, neither host was complaining about the burden of being paid a hefty salary to host a television show about things that interested them. Rachel Maddow: -- your story and learn it. I've definitely learned that I can't do everything alone and that there is no such thing as a one-man-band in this business. Rachel Maddow: -- and were on the right side of this fight, its reductive, and facile, and not helpful. Yeah, it's about titrating that stuff. (L-R) Alex Wagner and Rachel Maddow Patrick Randak/MSNBC/Getty Images. Journalism aside, he has authored several books, including A Colony in a Nation (2017). It's like, could we --, Chris Hayes: I want to follow-up on this. So I hadn't gotten the actual cuts of the first two episodes. Um Why is there a swastika behind you on the desk, Chris? Chris Hayes: -- its wild that this happens, that this level of sort of fame and stardom and influence happens within the hierarchy of the Catholic clergy where he just literally just a literal random parish priest. And I want to learn your sort of lessons about how to live in the face of these kinds of threats. And then they orchestrated using agent provocateur. It's easier to do hard work for a long time when you like what you're doing and you like the production of it. Rachel Maddow is incredible. It is everything that I would have wanted. Deadline: White House. Rachel Maddow: -- matters, when having the secretary's name doesn't matter. By Juli Weiner. In the "National Day of Racial Healing: An MSNBC Town Hall," MSNBC's Chris Hayes, Joy Reid and Trymaine Lee talk with activists, journalists, artists and experts to explore the harm racism has caused in our society, and to consider how we might heal from it. And it was front-page news, and it was a huge deal. Chris Hayes: Well, the thing I was going to say is its hard for good reasons, too, which gets this point of like what liberal democracy is and why we cherish it. Well, then who are the Jewish bankers, right? And the next thing they sent him to do was the Christian Front trial --. There were lots of good baseball players. Like yeah, what Huey Long is saying right there would work now. ", Chris Hayes: I have one work product. By driftglass October 15, 2020 You will notice in the video above, that during the "hand-off" between Mr. Chris Hayes and Ms. Rachel Maddow on MSNBC last night, there was pause so pregnant that I was sure Amy Coney Barrett was going to show up to block its access to Planned Parenthood. And the great sedition trial in the end doesnt work for all sorts of amazing reasons, and he ends his career at the Justice Department. Justice Department can only speak through its actions in court. Chris Hayes: Right, but the first step, the key, is to parcel out the information in this way --, Chris Hayes: -- that doesn't overwhelm --. Rachel Maddow: That makes for a great political speech. Rachel Maddow: And so I think, talking about Coughlin, I mean, his newspaper is called "Social Justice" --, Rachel Maddow: -- right? And they sent a sort of wunderkind prosecutor down to Louisiana. There's some sort of conventions to some game or genre, whether it's artistic medium or it's a sport, you know, Michael Jordan, Picasso, Steve Jobs, like people that just do this thing that other people are doing. And then you talk about somebody you seen as like running the ideological member line, right? You could do the whole thing on, you know, the German agents who were getting the Lindberghs and the other --. On Tuesday, Hayes posted a photo of himself with Rachel Maddow on his Twitter account. Chris Hayes: As opposed to, like, no, liberal democracy is a hard thing to maintain. Rachel Maddow: Yeah, yeah, and then he got a five-year prison sentence. Now, this is basically the standard for American League home run leaders for like the entirety of the first 20 years of the 20th century. Can you imagine if former President Donald Trump said this? In an interview with MSNBC colleague Rachel Maddow, Hayes said that people are increasingly realizing that January 6th, 2021 was actually a "very big thing." "It's just really hard to convict. Rachel Maddow: -- stockpiling bombs and detailed plans. As Hayes wrapped up his 8:00 p.m. show, he passed the baton to his 9:00 p.m. successor, who then immediately alluded to an earlier conversation the pair had earlier in the day. Rachel Maddow: -- answer whatever e-mails I need to answer that pertain to this evening, and then shutoff and not turn on again until the workday starts again. And I just go, "This is what its like to go on vacation.". Rachel Maddow: I found my way to the story a little bit backwards. They have their first daughter named Ryan Elizabeth Shaw-Hayes born in November 2011. Chris Hayes: Well be right back after we take this quick break. 715: March 20, 2019 () Paul Giamatti, Senator Doug Jones: Aparna Nancherla: Doin' It Donkey Style. Chris Hayes: -- word for word Goebbels's speech in his newsletter. In addition to Maddow, Brian Williams is talking about leaving his program "The 11th Hour" when his contract expires in the next six months, according to sources who say he wants to end the late-night gig. And then there's just a person who comes along who's just better at it, just better at hitting baseballs and completely revolutionizes, like, what it is to be a hitter in Major League Baseball. I think that our professional and civic and religious institutions can be strong but can also be heard. Chris Hayes: I am someone who does this for a living. Rachel Maddow: And so, I am working past midnight now instead of stopping working at --. . Doni Holloway: It was about events of historical significance compared to today. When you are not just doing a highly structured daily deadline, daily production thing, it is harder to figure out where the compartments are. That was 1940, and then by 1941, we were in World War II, and we moved on. Rachel Maddow: -- who are beating up Jews in neighborhoods in New York. Rachel Maddow: And if we can't be real and, like, sort of justly calibrated in terms of thinking about American fascism, and American authoritarianism, and indeed American support for Hitler in the leadup to Pearl Harbor, then I think we can't be real and clearsighted about the persistence of those movements over time as the generations have gone on. August 14, 2022 12:13pm. You can have fascist feelings. News. His father-in-law is veteran Chicago reporter Andy Shaw. But it's this great, I think, very resonant tension between something happening that does seem to require a criminal law response that is not well-managed by a criminal law response. Is that a story about American fascism? Politico obtained a purported majority opinion draft of the Supreme Court showing that the court is poised to overturn the 1973 landmark decision Roe v. Wade which legalizes abortions in all states up to the point of fetal viability24-28 weeks gestation. You're killing me. Rachel Maddow: -- 10 years he was chancellor. Practical steps for Americans reading this who are concerned about this. Rachel Maddow: His reach in terms of his market penetration and his radicalism cannot be overstated. Rachel Maddow: -- they're defeated and gone. A new biography about the Duke of Sussex alleges that Prince Harry was not always the ardent proponent of "woke" dogma he is today. Lack has taken a large role in rehabilitating Williams's career, which took a big hit in 2015 when he was removed as anchor of "NBC Nightly News" over revelations he exaggerated stories about his. Obviously, in a big country, people have all sorts of views, right --. Nico Parker discusses Dumbo. Rachel Maddow: -- if you are on trial, it means you --, Rachel Maddow: -- to overthrow the government and failed and the extent government is now trying you for having tried and failed to do it. And if that thing isn't there at the end of the day, like, I got the day off --. "The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell" and "All In With Chris Hayes" were 37th and 38th, respectively. Like, please, because thats like --. That's actually a great primary source for this work because he reproduces all of the statements from the trial, that are hard to get from the multi-thousand-page transcript of the trial now, simply because he wants to rebut them in his book. When I go on vacation, I take Twitter off my phone and I don't know what's happening in the world. It's the most --. B, you can petition your local city council and police to take action within the existing law and without violating the right of free speech against the incitements to riot from the Christian Front. I mean, this is --, Chris Hayes: -- stuff that is top of mind at the time, big news --. The Beat with Ari Melber. Late Show ' s Just One Question, with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (cameo appearance by Molly . No one knows or even cares if Biden's story is true. You can also watch "The Rachel Maddow Show" on Monday nights. "No. According to the Daily Beast, Maddow's new contract would allow her more. As I'm speaking to you, I think the podcast is available now wherever you get your podcast. Rachel Maddow joins Chris Hayes to talk about her new podcast, how we can use history to make sense of current events, what it's like to be covering the news in this political moment. Rachel Maddow: -- for a lot of the time that he was arguing this. It's like a physics bridge with the toothpicks and the weight, like, it better be pretty structurally tight --. Rachel Maddow: -- in part because he thinks that hes that. Chris Hayes: -- and was arrested and tried for and imprisoned for. Rachel Maddow: Yeah. Rachel Maddow, MSNBC's biggest star, has mentored Hayes, her lead-in at 9 p.m., throughout his time at the network. ", I'm like, "No, it's the opposite of crazy. They say, search it up, "Dad, can you search that up?" I love that scientific part of it. So, but that gets only (ph) --. Maddow is best known for hosting MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show.She is known . This isn't good." Chris Hayes: And, yes, I think it's a really important thing that I've learned also, like if someone sends an e-mail or sends a note saying, like, the thing you said in the monologue this morning when you were just talking it through, like, isn't quite right, you kind of missed this. Chris Hayes speaks with MSNBC anchor, author and friend Rachel Maddow about her new podcast, "Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra" and more. Chris Hayes: Well, and it also, I mean, the obvious resonance is here with the current day. And I was like, I feel like I would know if that happened. The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell. Chris Hayes: As I've been listening to this, I've been thinking about just the rupture that happens with Pearl Harbor. 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