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The Rachel Maddow Show - Feb. 16 | Audio Only
MSNBC· 2026-02-17 13:25
Thanks to you and hope for joining us this hour. Really happy to have you here this President's Day. Happy President's Day.The first US president to live in the White House was the second US president, was John Adams. John Adams moved into the White House in November of the year 1800. Before that, while he was president, but before he moved into the White House, before the White House was complete, John Adams lived in Philly. Both John Adams, the nation's second president, and George Washington, the nation' ...
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Elon Musk· 2026-02-16 14:39
RT Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs)Thomas Sowell: ”If you’re going to have reparations for slavery, it’s going to be the greatest transfer of wealth back and forth, because the number of Whites who were enslaved in North Africa by the Barbary Pirates exceeded the number of Africans enslaved in the United States.” https://t.co/nT6QYKN55g ...
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Nick Szabo· 2026-02-15 21:54
RT Arthur MacWaters (@ArthurMacwaters)1) slavery was ubiquitous in history and by every civilization2) the only civilization to fight to end slavery (British and Americans) are still villainized as if they were the only ones who ever owned slavesExtremely ironic. ...
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Elon Musk· 2026-02-15 19:00
Fate is an irony maxxerArthur MacWaters (@ArthurMacwaters):1) slavery was ubiquitous in history and by every civilization2) the only civilization to fight to end slavery (British and Americans) are still villainized as if they were the only ones who ever owned slavesExtremely ironic. ...
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Nick Szabo· 2026-02-15 09:07
RT Freedomain - with Stefan Molyneux, MA (@StefanMolyneux)The existence of slavery prevented the evolution of modern free market economies.Nobody who buys slaves wants to invest in labor-saving devices.The same is true of cheap immigrant labor.Makes a few people rich, kills the advancement of mankind. ...
How Trump is trying to erase Black history
MSNBC· 2026-02-02 02:56
Tonight, Trump announced he plans to close the Kennedy Center for about two years for construction starting in July. He writes, quote, I have determined that the Trump Kennedy Center, if temporarily closed for construction, revitalization and complete rebuilding can be without question the finest performing arts facility of its kind anywhere in the world. And that comes shortly after we learn there are no Black History Month events at the Kennedy Center, where remember in December, Trump added his own name, ...
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Elon Musk· 2026-01-26 15:46
WowWilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630):This is apparently real - the old "ghulam" system has returned.Actual slave girls (and boys) are now again a thing. ...
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Elon Musk· 2025-12-14 22:28
It isWilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630):It is objectively true that slavery existed in all societies for almost all of history, and was ended globally by a European-led movement between 1808-2007. ...
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Elon Musk· 2025-12-09 15:59
Why is such a false history of slavery taught in American schools?John Stossel (@JohnStossel):Many act as if slavery was a uniquely American crime.“One reason,” says author Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630), “is that a lot of black people survived here.”He argues that much of what Americans are taught about slavery is just wrong: https://t.co/GOQvqxPCZj ...