MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow devoured with glee the latest legal blow to the Trump administration’s dismantling of the federal workforce on Thursday, before following the judge’s lead and delivering a tongue-lashing of her own.

"The Rachel Maddow Show" averaged 2.3 million viewers from the start of 2024 until Election Day but has shed 22% from Trump’s victory through March 7.

That's also the midpoint for Rachel Maddow's return to a Monday through Friday schedule on MSNBC. In that time, Maddow has given MSNBC a ratings boost, fueling the network to double-digit growth in primetime and total day.

They have been joking about this and making, you know, macho sounding bluffs about this for a long time now – particularly from the vice president – J.D. Vance,” Maddow s