high-ranking members of the military resisted trump s efforts to personalize their power. if they had gone along with that the outcome of trump s self coup could ve been completely different. other government institutions also held, firm for instance throughout his tenure, with the help of republican lawmakers, trump filled more than 200 federal court vacancies, with what he kept calling, his judges. trump judges, all the way to the supreme court however, respected their oath of office, is they rejected the presidents appeals to overturn illegitimate election results. state and local government election administrators, also refused to be swayed. throughout history, coup plotters of seize control of the main communication channels. trump did not physically take radio in tv by storm, but he continuously discredited the mainstream media, who are critical of his behavior, he directly messaged eight 88 million people, who followed his twitter account, to propagate false self serving
he directly messaged 88 million people who followed his twitter account to propagate false, self-serving narratives and blatant lies. after the events on january 6, twitter and facebook belatedly acknowledged what trump had done and cut off his accounts. in the aftermath of trump s disastrous reign, it was tempting to breathe a sigh of relief, but that would have been premature because there was no indication that his dynasty would fade away. and american populism looked like it was here to stay unless we could find a way to mend our socioeconomic and political divisions. end quote. joining me now, fiona hill, former white house adviser on russia. she is the author of the new book there is nothing for you here: finding opportunity in the 21st century which comes out tomorrow. dr. hill, thank you for being here. thank you for writing this book. you ve been studying russia and authoritarian regimes for decades. you re trained to recognize the signs of a nation spiraling toward authorit
they rejected the president s appeals to overturn the legitimate election results. state and local government election administrators also refused to be swayed. throughout history, coup plotters have seized control of the main communication channels. trump did not physically take radio and tv by storm, but he continuously discredited the mainstream media who were critical of his behavior. he directly messaged 88 million people who followed his twitter account to propagate false, self-serving narratives and blatant lies. after the events on january 6th, twitter and facebook belatedly acknowledged what trump had done and cut off his accounts. in the aftermath of trump s disastrous reign, it was tempting to breathe a sigh of relief, but that would have been premature because there was no indication that his dynasty would fade away. and american populism looked like it was here to stay unless we could find a way to mend our socioeconomic and political
0 mask. so a little bit longer. hanging in there means those who don t really want to get vaccinated, are more likely not to get vaccinated. an overwhelming majority. people looking out for each other. and i think because they see it is working. well we will see, your thanks, chris. that is all in for tonight. the rachel maddow show starts now with ali velshi. good evening, ali. chris, we have not crossed paths in the last year and a half, so we caught up a little bit. nothing like a little makeup room chitchat. that s been missing from all of our lives for a long time. great to see you, chris. rachel s got the night off. thanks to you for joining us. we re coming up on nine months since the january 6 attack on the united states capitol. i think for all of us, amid the deluge of video and photographic documentation of the attack that emerged in the days and weeks afterwards, there are certain moments, certain images from that day that are burned into our minds. moment