Pivot Trump & Putin’s Alaska Date, Gay Marriage Challenged, and Guest Co-Host Rachel Maddow
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Aug 15, 2025 
Rachel Maddow, host of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, joins the conversation to dissect the troubling legacy of the 'America First' ideology and its dangerous resurgence in today’s politics. They humorously analyze Trump and Putin's recent meeting in Alaska while exploring the Supreme Court's challenge to same-sex marriage. The discussion also takes a playful turn, reflecting on the quirks of skincare products and the challenges of modern journalism, all wrapped in Maddow's signature insightful and witty commentary.
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Barbershop Beginnings
- Maddow and Kara trade a barber-shop origin story for their similar haircuts and twin jokes.
- The conversation sets a playful tone before moving to serious topics.
America First's Troubling Origins
- "America First" originated as a pre-WWII isolationist movement with Nazi-sympathetic elements.
- Rachel Maddow warns the phrase carries historical baggage of antisemitism and authoritarian sympathy.
Quiet Parallels To 1930s Militias
- Rachel Maddow highlights modern parallels like thefts from armories and militia links to the military.
- She warns those patterns echo 1930s domestic fascist preparations and deserve attention.
