I don't have any option. I'm not going to be less gay or more pretty. I can't try to have less personality or fewer controversial opinions.
Rachel MaddowWe do have evidence the [Donald] Trump campaign was working to sideline Russian intervention in Ukraine as a campaign issue.
Rachel MaddowParticularly when we are a country where leaders turn over every few years and - I mean, in Russia, Vladimir Putin has been in charge for 17 years and counting, right? That`s a disadvantage for us in terms of knowing the players, having a long-term plan, right?
Rachel MaddowThere is no news value to the content of those [Newtown 911] tapes. The actual audio is of no news value at all, unless you want the thrill of hearing the sound of the actual individual gunshot that might have killed a 7 year-old.
Rachel MaddowThere`s a reason people pause their lives to engage in political activism and pressure their local political leaders. Because as a whole, even if you can`t identify any one instance, as a whole pressure works and sometimes it starts with something as simple as pushing the button on the intercom.
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