Overview

• On Monday’s The Rachel Maddow Show, the host warned that the nation has “crossed a line” into an authoritarian regime under President Trump.
• Maddow described ICE as a masked, unbadged secret police force carrying out nationwide raids without due process to instill fear.
• Democratic lawmakers granted access to Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” last month and confirmed its horrific conditions as a human rights disaster waiting to happen.
• She highlighted administration moves to expand military base perimeters by hundreds of miles, giving active-duty troops authority to arrest and search civilians on U.S. soil.
• Maddow urged Americans to resist by filming enforcement actions, peacefully protesting and holding local officials accountable to defend democratic norms.