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Movies spotlighting people of color are kicking ass right now.

Naked mole rats feel no pain. They’re exceptionally long-lived. They frequently enter reversible comas, and a single queen mole rat rules over her colony with totalitarian authority. They can also survive without oxygen for extended periods of time.

The President tries to revive his low approval ratings by delivering the greatest State of the Union speech in history and to strengthen his relationship with First Lady Melania by naming her the national bird. Executive Producer Stephen Colbert.

 

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder talks with Rachel Maddow about whether Donald Trump could be charged with obstruction of justice, and the failure of Jeff Sessions to stand up for DoJ and FBI employees.

"It's time for him to tweet again / But first he'll have to check in with Fox News / That's how things get planted in his brain / Where they remain"

The military analyst turned whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers looks at the existential threat of America’s nuclear capacities in his new memoir, “The Doomsday Machine.”

A risk-taking movie that traces the friendship of three teenagers through memories prompted by a police investigation.

In a “Beat” special report Ari Melber breaks down Republican hypocrisy on the controversial GOP memo.