MSLIVE ’25: The State of U.S. Democracy with Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell

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4.5 • 34K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell sit down to discuss coping with this political moment, the mechanics of presenting news, what we can learn from other tough moments in history and what civic actions, in their view, are most encouraging in this era.

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0:00.0	All right, how are we doing out there?
0:09.9	It is time for the main event to cap off our evening.
0:16.0	It's prime time, and we're going to talk about the state of our democracy.
0:20.7	Please welcome to the stage, to the most trusted voices in America, MSNBC Legends, the great
0:29.0	Lawrence O'Donnell and Rachel Maddo.
0:31.5	Thank you. Let's go ahead.
0:47.3	Nice.
0:51.3	Let's go right to him.
0:53.3	How? I'll hollow. Nice. Let's go right to you.
1:03.2	I'm Lawrence.
1:05.4	Hi, you guys.
1:12.0	Y'all are good looking.
1:13.4	This is exciting.
1:16.7	We never get to see you.
1:18.8	I mean, we can see you through the television,
1:21.8	but it's hard to cycle through all of you.
1:24.9	Here's how serious an event this is.
1:28.7	Rachel Maddo's wearing her best shoes.
1:34.2	I've never seen them be fair.
1:37.8	There is a story behind these shoes.
1:38.4	Oh, good.
1:41.6	When I first moved to New York to take my first New York job,
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