I finally made a tag for Trump's ballroom. It really is one of my favorite stories for blogging... from the whole 20+ years of blogging. So many elements, so interesting!
It is a fun story. It's not as consequential as "Trump cures cancer" versus " Trump's cancer 'cure' puts researchers, scientists out of work" would be, but it's still fun.
Actually, that video has been doctored. Rachel Maddow broke down while reporting about three tender age shelters Trump has set up in Texas to house immigrant children who have been separated from their families.
MAGAts lose their mind when Cracker Barrel makes changes to its LOGO.
MAGAts cheer wildly as their dear leader destroys part of the people’s house and replaces it with gaudy, gilded Epstein Ball Room. Named for Donald J Trump’s close personal friend, Jeffy Epstein. Whom Donald Trump definetely raped children with.
Next person up can just change it to a SPORTS BETTING ARENA for the ultra rich(sorry the serfs up in here wont be allowed in) may be able to watch on pay tv though. AS THE WORLD TURNS..so do the days of our lives!!!
Some ballrooms are used for charity And some for fancy dress But when they're built for spitefulness They're the ballrooms I like best Trump's Ballroom is a trouncing Upon the left Trump again is pouncing It's my belief that Trump's big ballroom Has sent the liberals flouncing
..."MAGAts lose their mind when Cracker Barrel...." Poor thing. What I remember is that the sane people took a look and started going somewhere else. In fact I seem to remember the story broke as a result of a quarterly earnings report, not so? So that would be a full 3 months of sane customers taking a look and going elsewhere.
So it would appear the only person losing their mind is you. Oh, and Rachel. How're the cats doing?
Left Bank of the Charles said... "Actually, that video has been doctored. Rachel Maddow broke down while reporting about three tender age shelters Trump has set up in Texas to house immigrant children who have been separated from their families."
You and Rachel are aware that every time a father or mother is put in jail, the children are "separated from their families," right, Lefty Charles?
Perhaps Maddow, Kieth Ellison, Pritzker, and Tim Walz - can gather their army of Mentally ill radicalized Antifa thugs(D) - and get them to burn it down?
Cities were burned and we were told it was all peaceful and necessary to give space to protest. But knock down a part of a building to build a new edition, at half the cost of the last remodel, and using private funds; and the left loses its shit.
I put it to you, Greg - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but I for one am not going to stand here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!
Our host said I finally made a tag for Trump's ballroom. It really is one of my favorite stories for blogging... from the whole 20+ years of blogging. So many elements, so interesting!
This I can endorse in all respects. It really is interesting to dig into, no matter what context. And I've been busy so I don't know if the WH "renovation scandal" timeline Trump's people released has been a subject yet, but it proves the "so many elements" statement true.
Guys, that's not real. It's not about the ballroom. It's a mashup of the ballroom pic/donor list with an old vid from a few years back when she really did do that because of some Trump "atrocity" - something to do with "migrants", if memory serves me.
I can't tell fake from real any longer when it is an altered video. I guess I should have been suspicious that Maddow would have outed Comcast like that.
Reports of Rachel Maddow crying on air over Comcast's inclusion on a donor list for a potential Trump ballroom are inaccurate. This claim stems from a doctored video that recirculated in late November 2024.
Here's the background on what actually happened: The real incident: On June 19, 2018, Maddow became visibly emotional and cut her show short while attempting to report on the Trump administration's "tender age" shelters for migrant children. She later apologized for her emotional reaction, and the broadcast received widespread media coverage.
The fake video: In November 2024, an old clip of Maddow crying during the 2018 broadcast was deceptively edited. It replaced the original news report with a meme about Elon Musk potentially buying MSNBC, leading many viewers to believe she was crying over that meme.
The ballroom and Comcast news: Separately, around the same time, news reports and commentary on MSNBC covered Donald Trump's plans for a ballroom and the list of corporate donors that included Comcast. However, there is no evidence that Maddow broke down crying on air specifically in reaction to this list.
Gemini
I must ask, what is wrong with you people? You buy this fake video as real and are gleeful over it. Yes, there is something not right with you people.
Yancey Ward said... "I can't tell fake from real any longer when it is an altered video. I guess I should have been suspicious that Maddow would have outed Comcast like that."
I dunno, Yancey. Kimmel accused his employer of bribery and received a one week paid vacation in return. If you're on the left, there are limited consequences.
The land where the White House is built was once inhabited by the Nacotchtank, an Algonquian-speaking people. The Nacotchtank were also known as the Anacostans
“The video circulating online purporting to show Rachel Maddow crying on air in response to Comcast (her network’s parent company, MSNBC) appearing on a donor list for Donald Trump’s proposed White House ballroom project is fake. It’s a manipulated clip using old footage from 2018, where Maddow did become emotional while discussing a report about migrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border during Trump’s first term.The altered version overlays graphics and chyrons about the donor list or Trump’s ballroom to create a false narrative tying it to current events.“
The saddest thing is, I have seen its high school yearbook photo, and it was once a pretty young woman that would have been quite attractive to most normal men. It's really a pity when someone's brain gets rewired so dysfunctionally.
Rachel Maddow broke down while reporting about three tender age shelters Trump has set up in Texas to house immigrant children who have been separated from their families.
Funny how she was able to conceal her grief when Democrats did the same thing.
You all saw the picture of Jeh Johnson inspecting the separated-kids-locked-in-cages facility at one of the DHS deportation facilities under the Obama regime, right?
FullMoon said, "The land where the White House is built was once inhabited by the Nacotchtank, an Algonquian-speaking people. The Nacotchtank were also known as the Anacostans."
All events in the new ballroom should begin with a land-acknowledgement: "Thank you to the Anacostan people...JUST LOOK WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE PLACE!!!"
Inga said... “The video circulating online purporting to show Rachel Maddow crying on air in response to Comcast (her network’s parent company, MSNBC) appearing on a donor list for Donald Trump’s proposed White House ballroom project is fake. It’s a manipulated clip using old footage from 2018, where Maddow did become emotional while discussing a report about migrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border during Trump’s first term.The altered version overlays graphics and chyrons about the donor list or Trump’s ballroom to create a false narrative tying it to current events.“
Grok -----------------
Proffy got duped again. Don't worry, folks: she's tenured. (It's like the Pope being infallible...)
I first noticed 20+ years ago that blogposts and comments containing the words ‘Demoncrat’, ‘Democrap’, ‘Repugnican’, ‘Rethuglican’, and the like were never worth reading: always stupid and bigoted and usually dishonest. The same goes for ‘MAGAts’: an absolute proof that the writer is a fool, a creep, and a liar. Not surprising, really: imagining your political opponents as disgusting insects you would only hesitate to step on because you don’t want the stain on your sole is a solid proof that you already have an equally nasty stain on your soul, and desperately need a shrink, a priest, or an exorcist.
My late sister was a feminist scholar of Russian literature. She claimed that the hallmark of poetry was that it could not be translated. She gave the example of a 19th century poem which was a monologue of a mother sitting by her child's sickbed, who wanted to be out partying instead. The poem concludes: "I want balls! Give me balls!"
I am bored with all the performative BS from the idiots on the Left. They need to do another assassination to pique interest. Maybe Kaki, Igna or Botfly can tell us who is next.
Why do so many of you hate on Rachel? is is because she's smarter than ANY of the Fox people? Is it because she's gay? Is it because all the right wing dodo's are jealous of her smarts? Is it because she's not as stupid as Jesse Watters? (nobody could be that stupid and survive) Come on, give me one valid reason you hate on her..I said valid.
Not in the slightest. She’s not paid her impressive salary because she’s ineffective. She’s a fabulous actress and conveys all the emotions important to the left’s message.
Inga said, "Why wasn’t it transparent that this video was a fake?"
I consider all MSM communication in all its forms fake, Inag. Yesteryear...yesterday...today...when the sun explodes....context matters way less to me than her earning a salary to be an actress. A bad one.
The real dullards are the ones that believe Trump. How many times can he lie to your faces and you still make excuses for him, pathetic, weak, embarrassing, or should be.
Inga said, "Why wasn’t it transparent that this video was a fake?" ------- You just wait. Ann's going to pretend she was just playing... and YOU should have spotted all along this was AI. SHE wasn't fooled, just playing the tool and passing on the memes.
Althouse’s link goes to the fake video on X, there is no “explanation” by the creator. The explanation is in the first reply on X: Before anyone attacks me like last year, this is a meme (obviously)
The real dullards are the ones that believe Trump. How many times can he lie to your faces and you still make excuses for him, pathetic, weak, embarrassing, or should be.
This retard still believes in the Russian Collusion hoax.
mueller (according to sources, conveniently) is practically grazing like nebuchanezzar, perhaps penance for all the double crosses he had perpetrated it 'another amiable dunce' like Clark Clifford who skated on the BCCI fraud,
Chelsea Clinton's posting about how she lived in the White House when she was 12. It's not your house anymore. The People, who you claim house it is, didn't want your mom and you telling us how to live our lives and what to do with our house. We elected Trump. Trump is doing what we sent him there to do. It is called Democracy. So, sit your rich ass down.
“Althouse’s link goes to the fake video on X, there is no “explanation” by the creator.”
“The explanation is in the first reply on X: Before anyone attacks me like last year, this is a meme (obviously)”
Obviously he is trying to pass it off as a “meme” because he knows millions of people know he created a fake video meant to give the dumbest of the Trumpists a laugh. Look at how many here believed this video was real right off the bat.
it was bagpipe barr, that sent mueller to shut down the investigation of bcci, perhaps so certain gulf state magnates, could move on their next project, the golden chain,
In the previous 100 years the WH had gotten so run down that it was physically unsafe. A bathtub fell from the 2nd floor at one point. If it were a private building, it would have been condemned and buldozed flat.
In 1950 Truman completely gutted the building, leaving only exterior walls standing and then rebuilt it. There was some sentiment that it should be demolished completely and rebuilt from scratch but Truman put the kibosh on that.
It came out pretty well to the point where few people even realize that, other than a few walls, nothing is older than 1951 or so.
Nobody ever complains about that or about all the other presidents who let it become so run down.
The president does not work for "The People" he is elected by the states, not the American people. His job is to "preside" over, not govern, the states. States, not feds, have delegated the selection of the electors to their citizens but they do not have to.
So is the WH really the people's house? Wouldn't it be more accurrate to call it the states' house?
And I hear a doner is financing the US Military to something like 160+ million bucks.. giving them pay during this Senate impasse... I wonder if it's Musk.
’But get in touch with reality, man: There is simply no such thing as a Rhodes Scholar who is not smart - very smart.’
That’s an argument to credentials. Look at who was just dismissed as the president of the Oxford Union, George Abaraonye. A complete fraud; neither intelligent nor a scholar.
Hakeem Jeffries promises to get revenge against the individuals (and businesses apparently) that donated to the ballroom construction. He says it is pay to play, which is odd considering the money went to the government and not Trump.
I don't recall Jeffries being at all interested in Hunter Biden's paintings, business deals, or Hunter's father withholding funds from Ukraine to get them to quit investigating Hunter's employers. But donate money to the government to have a nice place to hold events with the President; Jeffries will get to the bottom of this scandal.
And I’m not saying Maddox is stupid. I don’t think that, but I’m not convinced that she’s highly intelligent. I’ve read a few of her transcripts when linked by RealClearPolitics, and her arguments are inchoate.
grift runs in the jeffries home, when it's not outright race hatred, his last tantrum, was stolen from 'authentic' musician, 50 cent, he just thinks Trump is another 'ice person'
Well, he’ll set your teethes on “grind” It’s not good for your mind And wear a pink sombrero Like a crazed caballero Hakeem a damn fool, the Sun Person of the Revolution Hakeem a damn fool, the Sun Person of the Revolution No, no, no
>Ice Nine said...’But get in touch with reality, man: There is simply no such thing as a Rhodes Scholar who is not smart - very smart.’ Beasts of England said...That’s an argument to credentials. Look at who was just dismissed as the president of the Oxford Union, George Abaraonye..<
Yes, the credential of "Rhodes Scholar," which one achieves primarily by academic excellence, the foundational criterion (among several lesser ones) for the "credential.". George Abaraonye was dismissed for his outrageous remarks about Charlie Kirk's death, not because of intellectual deficiency.
But you go ahead and pretend that Maddow and her fellow Rhodes Scholars aren't necessarily smart, since it serves your spurious purpose.
If one simply follows the link Althouse provided one does not see comments. Althouse provided the link without saying it was fake, so I assumed it was real. I should know better than to trust university professors
I hate Maddow for the same reason I hate Inga and gadfly and Icky Vicki and D. D. Driver and Freder the Fool and the rest of the Althouse collection of lefty trolls. They want to ruin the country my grandkids will grow up in.
her ma was on aids policy in the 80s, that could have done with a little containment, as was suggested by one member of the board of supervisors, as well as inexpensive therapeutics,
I couldn’t get X to give me embedding code so that’s why you had to go to the link. On reflection, I think that’s not a good way to share something that is a joke so I guess I just should not have published this. I’m a little shocked that they’re 155 comments on this! It’s not my thing to try to get a lot of engagement by doing something tricky. I consider it lowly and what’s this world coming to?
Inga wrote: Reports of Rachel Maddow crying on air over Comcast's inclusion on a donor list for a potential Trump ballroom are inaccurate. This claim stems from a doctored video ...
I'd like to thank Inga for pointing out that Rachel Maddow has in fact not cried over this. She hasn't criticized Comcast. At all. For this. She is one of the main profit drivers for Comcast, creating the wealth that Comcast is giving Donald Trump to create a lasting monument to Trump attached to the White House - something no other President has.
Rachel Maddow helps Donald Trump by creating a Comcast audience. MAGA would like to take this opportunity to thank Rachel both for funding this, and not crying about it on air, or criticizing Comcast in any way for this.
Thanks for clarifying this, Inga.
So the destruction of the White House can be laid, at least partly, at Rachel Maddow's feet. She's OK with it, as long as she gets her $30 million a year payoff.
Rhodes Scholar Pete Buttigieg is dumber than a rock. Oxford PPE cultivates glibness and facility, rather than wisdom or understanding.
Are we suddenly assuming that people need some special, hateful or envious reason for disliking a pundit on the other side? Isn't that just what people do? Leftists hated "loveable fuzzball" Rush Limbaugh. Some rejoiced when he died. One of Maddow's fans shot up the congressional baseball or softball game, so if one needs a special reason for disliking her, there it is.
I notice that nobody gave Althouse much grief for posting a fake video. Maybe they assumed she didn't know or maybe the appreciated the joke on other commenters who fell for it. So kindness and consideration instead of "cruel neutrality." Something to remember, perhaps?
“I followed Althouse's link. The explanation from the creator was right there.”
No it wasn’t part of Althouse’s link. I did scroll down on X to see the creator say it was a “meme”. Yeah right, he’s trying to pass it off as meme to give himself cover for putting out a fake video. It was lowly and dirty and for those of you who just had a great laugh off of fakery that wasn’t clearly labeled as an AI video, you are the fools.
Give it up, Inga. The actual video of Maddow crying about the separated kids was fake too, in the sense that she didn't care about the same thing happening under Obama. But if course, no disclaimer by her producer back then.
Actually Inga, I think a fair number of people here really don't care enough about Rachel Maddow to think twice about the video. They wouldn't watch her at night, they don't pay attention to her opinions, and they would expect nothing else from her, besides what they just watched - if they watched it (I moved on after about 5 seconds).
What's your point? That the commenters here can't spot an A.I. fake or edited video as satire? Really, that's your point? Oh noes...
A Very Important Person High in Government once said, in a response to a question about a completely phony story: "No - But it rings true, doesn't it?". Remember him?
The only difference is, he created the lie and set it in motion subverting all of the machinery of government to pass it off un-democratically to create political damage - not some online comic making a harmless video for laffs.
@Ice Nine, my wife knew a varsity athlete at the university where she was in grad school, who went on to become a Rhodes Scholar, professional athlete, and member of Congress. She wasn’t impressed.
So a commenter who cuts and pastes AI-chat crap - and tries to pass it off as an argument - is chastising others for a lack of due diligence on a AI video.
Ann Althouse said... I couldn’t get X to give me embedding code so that’s why you had to go to the link. On reflection, I think that’s not a good way to share something that is a joke so I guess I just should not have published this. I’m a little shocked that they’re 155 comments on this! It’s not my thing to try to get a lot of engagement by doing something tricky. I consider it lowly and what’s this world coming to?
10/24/25, 5:51 PM --------- YOu can't depend on your teachers. You can't depend on your preachers. You can't depend on politicians. And you can't depend on superstitions...
Tricky, Tricky, Trick. We live in a low-trust society and some of you are giggling your way into making it more so. Not gonna be a fun place to live when you don't trust anyone, ann. Don't do this again. Take care with your work here?
’But you go ahead and pretend that Maddow and her fellow Rhodes Scholars aren't necessarily smart, since it serves your spurious purpose.’
I notice you omitted the most germane portion of my comment: the transcripts and articles I’ve read of hers don’t reflect intellectual acuity. Perhaps you could provide a link to an article or transcript you believe showcases her brilliance.
You also fail to support your accusation, n.b. your second fallacy, that I have a ‘spurious purpose’.
Even if the ballroom plans are as fake as Maddow's efforts to pretend to be crying, has anyone here ever toured the White House? You can get a sense of it if you watch House of Cards. This rendering would not be aesthetically out of place for its purpose as a ballroom. It looks quite a lot like the ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria, or a less-fancy Willard, which are by far nicer than the sad Seventies-looking ballrooms at other hotels and event sites in DC. I used to rack up my travel points and stay at the Willard when I spoke in DC. The rooms I stayed in are small and spare, in keeping with the architectural priorities of the era, but the common spaces are something to see. The main lobby is where the term "lobbying" derives (they claim, but if you see it, the story is believable).
Look at pictures of the Willard and Walrdorf Astoria. This is what foreign dignitaries and domestic politicians -- especially those of the Democratic Party, the Party of Wealth -- expect from hotels and ballrooms.
I'm sure Maddow herself doesn't stay at the La Quinta on the Beltway.
Just as long as Trump doesn't destroy the Lincoln bedroom. That was a real moneymaker. And could be again.
After Truman was through there was nothing left of Lincoln’s bedroom or any other internal structure of the White House. All that was preserved were the external walls.
At least Trump didn't hire the architects of the lefty-beloved EU. That place has meeting rooms that look as if IKEA threw them up like a crayon-colored hairball.
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Would that it were permanent.
Worth every cent.
Stupid people would be better off making this Choi more often.
I finally made a tag for Trump's ballroom. It really is one of my favorite stories for blogging... from the whole 20+ years of blogging. So many elements, so interesting!
Soooooo fake.
MadTownGuy said...
Would that it were permanent.
Hear, hear!
What a time in which to live. We are blessed. I am grateful.
She way over acted in that scene. I preferred her performance in the Trump/Russia hoax production.
Heh.
It is a fun story. It's not as consequential as "Trump cures cancer" versus " Trump's cancer 'cure' puts researchers, scientists out of work" would be, but it's still fun.
She's in tears. Unbelievable.
Oh nos!
Actually, that video has been doctored. Rachel Maddow broke down while reporting about three tender age shelters Trump has set up in Texas to house immigrant children who have been separated from their families.
Madame Lafarge.
...Like a toddler being told her favorite toy must be shared because it's not hers. Comcast doesn't belong to you, Rachel.
This wins the internet for the month!
My goodness! She’s overcome! I guess somebody waited until she was on the air to break the news. Right? LOL.
MAGAts lose their mind when Cracker Barrel makes changes to its LOGO.
MAGAts cheer wildly as their dear leader destroys part of the people’s house and replaces it with gaudy, gilded Epstein Ball Room.
Named for Donald J Trump’s close personal friend, Jeffy Epstein. Whom Donald Trump definetely raped children with.
I think you should change the tag to "The Trump Ballroom". It will be known as such for centuries to come.
"hombre said...
My goodness! She’s overcome! I guess somebody waited until she was on the air to break the news. Right? LOL."
Like hiding the switch from fake to real horse head on take 1 of the Woltz bed scene
Talk among yourselves.
Next person up can just change it to a SPORTS BETTING ARENA for the ultra rich(sorry the serfs up in here wont be allowed in) may be able to watch on pay tv though. AS THE WORLD TURNS..so do the days of our lives!!!
Meh, not her best performance. No depth, no range, no frisson, I grade her performance as a D+. This is not her best work and I am disappointed.
Oh the humanity!
Those who are pissed about the Trump Ballroom can boycott it. That should be easy, since none of them are ever likely to be invited there.
Could it be because it's called a "BALLroom?"
I am astonished by the number of people with a fondness for tents and portable toilets.
Some ballrooms are used for charity
And some for fancy dress
But when they're built for spitefulness
They're the ballrooms I like best
Trump's Ballroom is a trouncing
Upon the left Trump again is pouncing
It's my belief that Trump's big ballroom
Has sent the liberals flouncing
Maddow. LOL.
She's a bullshit liar and radical leftist outrage propagandist.
I wonder if it is possible to donate in Rachel's name so she appears as a donor?
I'd be willing to duke $100 or so if I could.
John Henry
She’s an angry little boy. I am not Olenna Tyrell
I can't wait for the daily summaries from the internet construction experts to tell us everything they are doing wrong.
It's the nation's house, Rachel. Not Trump's. He's just upgrading part of it. Naff off.
I thought the Capitol was the "people's house." Now it's the White House?
D'oh!
People's house? I've never been invited there or stayed there. Can I bring a suitcase and stay anytime I want?
if they cry on other shows too
then it is coordinated 'lacrimony'
Well, she can always resign from her job. Bet she doesn't.
"The idea that the White House belongs to the American people dates back to at least the presidency of John Quincy Adams."
I watched the clip- what a fucking phony Maddow is.
It's not the Trump ballroom, it's the White House ballroom.
A lot of fake outrage could be directed at some other fake issue if only the left paused a moment to realize that.
Its a man, baby.
..."MAGAts lose their mind when Cracker Barrel...." Poor thing. What I remember is that the sane people took a look and started going somewhere else. In fact I seem to remember the story broke as a result of a quarterly earnings report, not so? So that would be a full 3 months of sane customers taking a look and going elsewhere.
So it would appear the only person losing their mind is you. Oh, and Rachel. How're the cats doing?
Left Bank of the Charles said...
"Actually, that video has been doctored. Rachel Maddow broke down while reporting about three tender age shelters Trump has set up in Texas to house immigrant children who have been separated from their families."
You and Rachel are aware that every time a father or mother is put in jail, the children are "separated from their families," right, Lefty Charles?
Perhaps Maddow, Kieth Ellison, Pritzker, and Tim Walz - can gather their army of Mentally ill radicalized Antifa thugs(D) - and get them to burn it down?
It is kind of hideous.
Rachel should resign as a matter of principle! That'll teach 'em.
Left Bank's comment made me snicker a bit. Probably not the intent...
Is Rachel Maddow the only get-45-at-any-cost still standing?
She's untouchable.
How do I save a video from X so I can watch it on continuous loop? lol
That tells her the length of her leash. Will she try to slip the leash? Of course, and hope she can find another job.
Remember thd 300,000 children that were trafficked
Cities were burned and we were told it was all peaceful and necessary to give space to protest. But knock down a part of a building to build a new edition, at half the cost of the last remodel, and using private funds; and the left loses its shit.
I put it to you, Greg - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but I for one am not going to stand here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!
She should have been accountable for alexandria shooting
Time to retire.
...the lamentation of their women." Sweet.
Our host said I finally made a tag for Trump's ballroom. It really is one of my favorite stories for blogging... from the whole 20+ years of blogging. So many elements, so interesting!
This I can endorse in all respects. It really is interesting to dig into, no matter what context. And I've been busy so I don't know if the WH "renovation scandal" timeline Trump's people released has been a subject yet, but it proves the "so many elements" statement true.
These leftists are incorrigible. Lock them up as public nuisances and then accidentally lose the key.
Guys, that's not real. It's not about the ballroom. It's a mashup of the ballroom pic/donor list with an old vid from a few years back when she really did do that because of some Trump "atrocity" - something to do with "migrants", if memory serves me.
Ice Nine illustrates why I virtually never click on video links of any subject.
I can't tell fake from real any longer when it is an altered video. I guess I should have been suspicious that Maddow would have outed Comcast like that.
Reports of Rachel Maddow crying on air over Comcast's inclusion on a donor list for a potential Trump ballroom are inaccurate. This claim stems from a doctored video that recirculated in late November 2024.
Here's the background on what actually happened:
The real incident: On June 19, 2018, Maddow became visibly emotional and cut her show short while attempting to report on the Trump administration's "tender age" shelters for migrant children. She later apologized for her emotional reaction, and the broadcast received widespread media coverage.
The fake video: In November 2024, an old clip of Maddow crying during the 2018 broadcast was deceptively edited. It replaced the original news report with a meme about Elon Musk potentially buying MSNBC, leading many viewers to believe she was crying over that meme.
The ballroom and Comcast news: Separately, around the same time, news reports and commentary on MSNBC covered Donald Trump's plans for a ballroom and the list of corporate donors that included Comcast. However, there is no evidence that Maddow broke down crying on air specifically in reaction to this list.
Gemini
I must ask, what is wrong with you people? You buy this fake video as real and are gleeful over it. Yes, there is something not right with you people.
You and Rachel are aware that every time a father or mother is put in jail, the children are "separated from their families," right, Lefty Charles?
But that's the fault of the criminal justice system for making the parents criminals, you can't blame the parents and punish the kids...
So many elements, so interesting!
Interesting? Just wait 'til they find the Indian graveyard while excavating.
Yancey Ward said...
"I can't tell fake from real any longer when it is an altered video. I guess I should have been suspicious that Maddow would have outed Comcast like that."
I dunno, Yancey. Kimmel accused his employer of bribery and received a one week paid vacation in return. If you're on the left, there are limited consequences.
The land where the White House is built was once inhabited by the Nacotchtank, an Algonquian-speaking people. The Nacotchtank were also known as the Anacostans
“The video circulating online purporting to show Rachel Maddow crying on air in response to Comcast (her network’s parent company, MSNBC) appearing on a donor list for Donald Trump’s proposed White House ballroom project is fake. It’s a manipulated clip using old footage from 2018, where Maddow did become emotional while discussing a report about migrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border during Trump’s first term.The altered version overlays graphics and chyrons about the donor list or Trump’s ballroom to create a false narrative tying it to current events.“
Grok
Fake, but accurate.
Its a man, baby.
The saddest thing is, I have seen its high school yearbook photo, and it was once a pretty young woman that would have been quite attractive to most normal men. It's really a pity when someone's brain gets rewired so dysfunctionally.
Fake, but accurate. When did that become a bad thing?
We all pretend to believe it is real in order to trigger lefty commenters.
It worked
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Before anyone attacks me like last year, this is a meme (obviously)
Rachel Maddow broke down while reporting about three tender age shelters Trump has set up in Texas to house immigrant children who have been separated from their families.
Funny how she was able to conceal her grief when Democrats did the same thing.
You all saw the picture of Jeh Johnson inspecting the separated-kids-locked-in-cages facility at one of the DHS deportation facilities under the Obama regime, right?
imagine Rachel's disgust! at being SOMEHOW connected to an improvment of America!
FullMoon said...
"Interesting? Just wait 'til they find the Indian graveyard while excavating."
The Catholics have been busy in DC, too?!
C'Mon people we just WANT to believe!
Love it!! Something for both sides to be pleased.
Built by mayorkas
FullMoon said, "The land where the White House is built was once inhabited by the Nacotchtank, an Algonquian-speaking people. The Nacotchtank were also known as the Anacostans."
All events in the new ballroom should begin with a land-acknowledgement: "Thank you to the Anacostan people...JUST LOOK WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE PLACE!!!"
I thought it was suspicious because the Chyron font is Times New Roman. lol
Even in the authentic video, Maddow looks like a giant phony.
so no difference between
Maddow crying and
Hitler finding out!
John henry said...
I wonder if it is possible to donate in Rachel's name so she appears as a donor?
I'd be willing to duke $100 or so if I could.
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LOL.
Nobody can know if this event really happened or if the video is faked because nobody watches Rachel Maddow’s show.
Inga said...
“The video circulating online purporting to show Rachel Maddow crying on air in response to Comcast (her network’s parent company, MSNBC) appearing on a donor list for Donald Trump’s proposed White House ballroom project is fake. It’s a manipulated clip using old footage from 2018, where Maddow did become emotional while discussing a report about migrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border during Trump’s first term.The altered version overlays graphics and chyrons about the donor list or Trump’s ballroom to create a false narrative tying it to current events.“
Grok
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Proffy got duped again.
Don't worry, folks: she's tenured.
(It's like the Pope being infallible...)
I first noticed 20+ years ago that blogposts and comments containing the words ‘Demoncrat’, ‘Democrap’, ‘Repugnican’, ‘Rethuglican’, and the like were never worth reading: always stupid and bigoted and usually dishonest. The same goes for ‘MAGAts’: an absolute proof that the writer is a fool, a creep, and a liar. Not surprising, really: imagining your political opponents as disgusting insects you would only hesitate to step on because you don’t want the stain on your sole is a solid proof that you already have an equally nasty stain on your soul, and desperately need a shrink, a priest, or an exorcist.
Maddow’s reaction to the original issue was fake. Shw won’t win any acting awards for that performance.
My late sister was a feminist scholar of Russian literature. She claimed that the hallmark of poetry was that it could not be translated. She gave the example of a 19th century poem which was a monologue of a mother sitting by her child's sickbed, who wanted to be out partying instead. The poem concludes: "I want balls! Give me balls!"
I am bored with all the performative BS from the idiots on the Left. They need to do another assassination to pique interest. Maybe Kaki, Igna or Botfly can tell us who is next.
You know that is coming.
"a shrink, a priest, or an exorcist"
Just call Father Karras.
Let's also include John Brennan's take (on the Steele dossier) "Yes, but doesn't it ring true?"
You guys underestimate Maddow.
She is a dangerously effective propagandist.
Rabel said, "You guys underestimate Maddow. She is a dangerously effective propagandist."
“Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.” - Socrates
For many you're sadly right, but for the classically trained and those possessing common sense she's quite transparent.
“For many you're sadly right, but for the classically trained and those possessing common sense she's quite transparent.”
Why wasn’t it transparent that this video was a fake? The first I did was a search to see if the video was real.
Why do so many of you hate on Rachel? is is because she's smarter than ANY of the Fox people? Is it because she's gay? Is it because all the right wing dodo's are jealous of her smarts? Is it because she's not as stupid as Jesse Watters? (nobody could be that stupid and survive) Come on, give me one valid reason you hate on her..I said valid.
’You guys underestimate Maddow.’
Not in the slightest. She’s not paid her impressive salary because she’s ineffective. She’s a fabulous actress and conveys all the emotions important to the left’s message.
’Is it because all the right wing dodo's are jealous of her smarts?’
Assumes facts not in evidence.
Inga said, "Why wasn’t it transparent that this video was a fake?"
I consider all MSM communication in all its forms fake, Inag. Yesteryear...yesterday...today...when the sun explodes....context matters way less to me than her earning a salary to be an actress. A bad one.
"She’s a fabulous actress"
For Inag and Vickie, absolutely.
That was my meaning, RSM. The dullards fawn over her…
Inga said...
“For many you're sadly right, but for the classically trained and those possessing common sense she's quite transparent.”
Why wasn’t it transparent that this video was a fake? The first I did was a search to see if the video was real.
The creator said it was a meme when he posted it. Didn't need an AI search, Althouse provided the link, duh!
The real dullards are the ones that believe Trump. How many times can he lie to your faces and you still make excuses for him, pathetic, weak, embarrassing, or should be.
’The real dullards are the ones that believe Trump.’
…the ones ‘who’… lol
The creator said it was a meme when he posted it. Didn't need an AI search, Althouse provided the link, duh!
Althouse’s link goes to the fake video on X, there is no “explanation” by the creator.
FullMoon said...
“Just wait 'til they find the Indian graveyard while excavating.”
Arkancide victims. Since it’s on federal land in DC, bring in Bones and her forensics team from the Jeffersonian.
FullMoon said...
“The land where the White House is built was once inhabited by the Nacotchtank, an Algonquian-speaking people.”
It was also inhabited briefly by the British in 1814.
Inga said, "Why wasn’t it transparent that this video was a fake?"
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You just wait. Ann's going to pretend she was just playing... and YOU should have spotted all along this was AI. SHE wasn't fooled, just playing the tool and passing on the memes.
Althouse’s link goes to the fake video on X, there is no “explanation” by the creator.
The explanation is in the first reply on X:
Before anyone attacks me like last year, this is a meme (obviously)
she's going to keep her paycheck.
Inga said...
The real dullards are the ones that believe Trump. How many times can he lie to your faces and you still make excuses for him, pathetic, weak, embarrassing, or should be.
This retard still believes in the Russian Collusion hoax.
Remember nobody knows what Mueller knows.
This thread is just a testament to how stupid leftists who believe Rachel Maddow are from top to bottom.
>Beasts of England said...
’Is it because all the right wing dodo's are jealous of her smarts?’
Assumes facts not in evidence.<
Geez, go ahead and loathe Rachel Maddow all you want, as I do.
But get in touch with reality, man: There is simply no such thing as a Rhodes Scholar who is not smart - very smart.
mueller (according to sources, conveniently) is practically grazing like nebuchanezzar, perhaps penance for all the double crosses he had perpetrated it 'another amiable dunce' like Clark Clifford who skated on the BCCI fraud,
Chelsea Clinton's posting about how she lived in the White House when she was 12. It's not your house anymore. The People, who you claim house it is, didn't want your mom and you telling us how to live our lives and what to do with our house. We elected Trump. Trump is doing what we sent him there to do. It is called Democracy. So, sit your rich ass down.
“Althouse’s link goes to the fake video on X, there is no “explanation” by the creator.”
“The explanation is in the first reply on X:
Before anyone attacks me like last year, this is a meme (obviously)”
Obviously he is trying to pass it off as a “meme” because he knows millions of people know he created a fake video meant to give the dumbest of the Trumpists a laugh. Look at how many here believed this video was real right off the bat.
“’Is it because all the right wing dodo's are jealous of her smarts?’”
Yes.
weismann, an architect of the fraud against arthur anderson, and dreeben one of comey's co counsels were enabled by his presence, perhaps autopen,
It's funny to see a poster who can't even defend the arguments that she cuts and pastes in here to "prove" stuff call other people "dullards."
it was bagpipe barr, that sent mueller to shut down the investigation of bcci, perhaps so certain gulf state magnates, could move on their next project, the golden chain,
Methinks the lady doth protest too much.
In the previous 100 years the WH had gotten so run down that it was physically unsafe. A bathtub fell from the 2nd floor at one point. If it were a private building, it would have been condemned and buldozed flat.
In 1950 Truman completely gutted the building, leaving only exterior walls standing and then rebuilt it. There was some sentiment that it should be demolished completely and rebuilt from scratch but Truman put the kibosh on that.
It came out pretty well to the point where few people even realize that, other than a few walls, nothing is older than 1951 or so.
Nobody ever complains about that or about all the other presidents who let it become so run down.
John Henry
The president does not work for "The People" he is elected by the states, not the American people. His job is to "preside" over, not govern, the states. States, not feds, have delegated the selection of the electors to their citizens but they do not have to.
So is the WH really the people's house? Wouldn't it be more accurrate to call it the states' house?
John Henry
And I hear a doner is financing the US Military to something like 160+ million bucks.. giving them pay during this Senate impasse... I wonder if it's Musk.
Ice Nine illustrates why I virtually never click on video links of any subject.
Quoted for truth.
yes show some stones and resign in protest
I must ask, what is wrong with you people? You buy this fake video as real and are gleeful over it. Yes, there is something not right with you people.
Would you feel better if we were gleefully celebrating her murder? Because that's what your side does.
’But get in touch with reality, man: There is simply no such thing as a Rhodes Scholar who is not smart - very smart.’
That’s an argument to credentials. Look at who was just dismissed as the president of the Oxford Union, George Abaraonye. A complete fraud; neither intelligent nor a scholar.
william fulbright, amoral segregationist, turned anti war critic, and then minion for gulf states,
mentor of bill clinton and jim mcdougal,
Hakeem Jeffries promises to get revenge against the individuals (and businesses apparently) that donated to the ballroom construction. He says it is pay to play, which is odd considering the money went to the government and not Trump.
I don't recall Jeffries being at all interested in Hunter Biden's paintings, business deals, or Hunter's father withholding funds from Ukraine to get them to quit investigating Hunter's employers. But donate money to the government to have a nice place to hold events with the President; Jeffries will get to the bottom of this scandal.
Come on, give me one valid reason you hate on her..I said valid.
Because she's a lying propagandist for people who aren't smart enough to figure out the truth on their own?
Is that valid enough for ya?
And I don't hate on her. She's not worth my time.
And I’m not saying Maddox is stupid. I don’t think that, but I’m not convinced that she’s highly intelligent. I’ve read a few of her transcripts when linked by RealClearPolitics, and her arguments are inchoate.
*Maddow
I know I'm late, but I should have said "Defarge." Check before sending.
grift runs in the jeffries home, when it's not outright race hatred, his last tantrum, was stolen from 'authentic' musician,
50 cent, he just thinks Trump is another 'ice person'
in the summer of love, she pushed the abolition of our history, so she doesn't get the benefit of the doubt now,
Rachel maddow sells lies and hoaxes to dumb progs
The thought of seppuku just passed through her mind.
that would require self awareness, of which she is incapable of possessing,
Rebel.
I do know that
Why I hate on Rachel Maddow? It goes back to 2009 when she repeatedly referred to the Tea Party patriots as "teabaggers".
“Teabaggers!” cried teh carpet muncher…
Well, he’ll set your teethes on “grind”
It’s not good for your mind
And wear a pink sombrero
Like a crazed caballero
Hakeem a damn fool, the Sun Person of the Revolution
Hakeem a damn fool, the Sun Person of the Revolution
No, no, no
h/t Marc Bolan
“There is simply no such thing as a Rhodes Scholar who is not smart - very smart.”
Yep. Just ask ‘em…
>Ice Nine said...’But get in touch with reality, man: There is simply no such thing as a Rhodes Scholar who is not smart - very smart.’
Beasts of England said...That’s an argument to credentials. Look at who was just dismissed as the president of the Oxford Union, George Abaraonye..<
Yes, the credential of "Rhodes Scholar," which one achieves primarily by academic excellence, the foundational criterion (among several lesser ones) for the "credential.".
George Abaraonye was dismissed for his outrageous remarks about Charlie Kirk's death, not because of intellectual deficiency.
But you go ahead and pretend that Maddow and her fellow Rhodes Scholars aren't necessarily smart, since it serves your spurious purpose.
“Methinks the lady doth protest too much.”
That ain’t no lady.
If one simply follows the link Althouse provided one does not see comments. Althouse provided the link without saying it was fake, so I assumed it was real. I should know better than to trust university professors
I hate Maddow for the same reason I hate Inga and gadfly and Icky Vicki and D. D. Driver and Freder the Fool and the rest of the Althouse collection of lefty trolls. They want to ruin the country my grandkids will grow up in.
"Methinks the lady doth protest too much."
That's no lady;
that's a man
-Baby.
Austin Powers Youngman.
she and anderson cooper, showed their contempt for our countries tradition,
abaryone should a propensity for idiot thinking,
her ma was on aids policy in the 80s, that could have done with a little containment, as was suggested by one member of the board of supervisors, as well as inexpensive therapeutics,
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/10/22/generals-are-whining-that-hegseth-has-lost-them-but-the-facts-say-theyve-lost-the-plot-n2195349
https://www.andrewdoyle.org/p/meltdown-at-the-oxford-union
I couldn’t get X to give me embedding code so that’s why you had to go to the link. On reflection, I think that’s not a good way to share something that is a joke so I guess I just should not have published this. I’m a little shocked that they’re 155 comments on this! It’s not my thing to try to get a lot of engagement by doing something tricky. I consider it lowly and what’s this world coming to?
I followed Althouse's link. The explanation from the creator was right there.
Also, "Fake but accurate". Boo-yah!
Inga wrote: Reports of Rachel Maddow crying on air over Comcast's inclusion on a donor list for a potential Trump ballroom are inaccurate. This claim stems from a doctored video ...
I'd like to thank Inga for pointing out that Rachel Maddow has in fact not cried over this. She hasn't criticized Comcast. At all. For this. She is one of the main profit drivers for Comcast, creating the wealth that Comcast is giving Donald Trump to create a lasting monument to Trump attached to the White House - something no other President has.
Rachel Maddow helps Donald Trump by creating a Comcast audience. MAGA would like to take this opportunity to thank Rachel both for funding this, and not crying about it on air, or criticizing Comcast in any way for this.
Thanks for clarifying this, Inga.
So the destruction of the White House can be laid, at least partly, at Rachel Maddow's feet. She's OK with it, as long as she gets her $30 million a year payoff.
Rhodes Scholar Pete Buttigieg is dumber than a rock. Oxford PPE cultivates glibness and facility, rather than wisdom or understanding.
Are we suddenly assuming that people need some special, hateful or envious reason for disliking a pundit on the other side? Isn't that just what people do? Leftists hated "loveable fuzzball" Rush Limbaugh. Some rejoiced when he died. One of Maddow's fans shot up the congressional baseball or softball game, so if one needs a special reason for disliking her, there it is.
I notice that nobody gave Althouse much grief for posting a fake video. Maybe they assumed she didn't know or maybe the appreciated the joke on other commenters who fell for it. So kindness and consideration instead of "cruel neutrality." Something to remember, perhaps?
https://substack.com/redirect/9b24d3d1-8c54-47c9-8f9d-7a7a0c2e3ed0?j=eyJ1IjoiMmN6dXIifQ.Ly97o27GffBKPE9Thpy4aLicYs6ZOKattpK2HS73380
Nude pics of Maddow possibly Ai generated.
What fresh hell
…would have had to click thru to see it was generated. That should never stop you from engaging…
Anyone ever seen Maddow and Ronnie Reagan Jr. in the same room/same time?
“I followed Althouse's link. The explanation from the creator was right there.”
No it wasn’t part of Althouse’s link. I did scroll down on X to see the creator say it was a “meme”. Yeah right, he’s trying to pass it off as meme to give himself cover for putting out a fake video. It was lowly and dirty and for those of you who just had a great laugh off of fakery that wasn’t clearly labeled as an AI video, you are the fools.
Also, the grand majority of commenters here thought it was REAL.
Give it up, Inga. The actual video of Maddow crying about the separated kids was fake too, in the sense that she didn't care about the same thing happening under Obama.
But if course, no disclaimer by her producer back then.
Her glee at the suffering of others
It's a handmade tale. It's funny. A fetus... feature of our modern family. Throw another baby on the barbie, it's over.
Actually Inga, I think a fair number of people here really don't care enough about Rachel Maddow to think twice about the video. They wouldn't watch her at night, they don't pay attention to her opinions, and they would expect nothing else from her, besides what they just watched - if they watched it (I moved on after about 5 seconds).
What's your point? That the commenters here can't spot an A.I. fake or edited video as satire? Really, that's your point? Oh noes...
A Very Important Person High in Government once said, in a response to a question about a completely phony story: "No - But it rings true, doesn't it?". Remember him?
The only difference is, he created the lie and set it in motion subverting all of the machinery of government to pass it off un-democratically to create political damage - not some online comic making a harmless video for laffs.
@Ice Nine, my wife knew a varsity athlete at the university where she was in grad school, who went on to become a Rhodes Scholar, professional athlete, and member of Congress. She wasn’t impressed.
Just as long as Trump doesn't destroy the Lincoln bedroom. That was a real moneymaker. And could be again.
So a commenter who cuts and pastes AI-chat crap - and tries to pass it off as an argument - is chastising others for a lack of due diligence on a AI video.
Meme:
"an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature,"
Ann Althouse said...
I couldn’t get X to give me embedding code so that’s why you had to go to the link. On reflection, I think that’s not a good way to share something that is a joke so I guess I just should not have published this. I’m a little shocked that they’re 155 comments on this! It’s not my thing to try to get a lot of engagement by doing something tricky. I consider it lowly and what’s this world coming to?
10/24/25, 5:51 PM
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YOu can't depend on your teachers.
You can't depend on your preachers.
You can't depend on politicians.
And you can't depend on superstitions...
Tricky, Tricky, Trick.
We live in a low-trust society and some of you are giggling your way into making it more so. Not gonna be a fun place to live when you don't trust anyone, ann.
Don't do this again. Take care with your work here?
’But you go ahead and pretend that Maddow and her fellow Rhodes Scholars aren't necessarily smart, since it serves your spurious purpose.’
I notice you omitted the most germane portion of my comment: the transcripts and articles I’ve read of hers don’t reflect intellectual acuity. Perhaps you could provide a link to an article or transcript you believe showcases her brilliance.
You also fail to support your accusation, n.b. your second fallacy, that I have a ‘spurious purpose’.
’…Maddow and her fellow Rhodes Scholars…’
And I was only addressing Maddow, not any other of her fellow Rhodes Scholars. That’s three, by the way. lol
Even if the ballroom plans are as fake as Maddow's efforts to pretend to be crying, has anyone here ever toured the White House? You can get a sense of it if you watch House of Cards. This rendering would not be aesthetically out of place for its purpose as a ballroom. It looks quite a lot like the ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria, or a less-fancy Willard, which are by far nicer than the sad Seventies-looking ballrooms at other hotels and event sites in DC. I used to rack up my travel points and stay at the Willard when I spoke in DC. The rooms I stayed in are small and spare, in keeping with the architectural priorities of the era, but the common spaces are something to see. The main lobby is where the term "lobbying" derives (they claim, but if you see it, the story is believable).
Look at pictures of the Willard and Walrdorf Astoria. This is what foreign dignitaries and domestic politicians -- especially those of the Democratic Party, the Party of Wealth -- expect from hotels and ballrooms.
I'm sure Maddow herself doesn't stay at the La Quinta on the Beltway.
I'm sure Maddow herself doesn't stay at the La Quinta on the Beltway.
And she sure as Hell doesn’t sta at Holiday Inn Express.
Just as long as Trump doesn't destroy the Lincoln bedroom. That was a real moneymaker. And could be again.
After Truman was through there was nothing left of Lincoln’s bedroom or any other internal structure of the White House. All that was preserved were the external walls.
At least Trump didn't hire the architects of the lefty-beloved EU. That place has meeting rooms that look as if IKEA threw them up like a crayon-colored hairball.
30,000 people saw it
victoria said...
"Why do so many of you hate on Rachel? is is because she's smarter than ANY of the Fox people?"
It's not really hate. She steps on a lot of rakes. It's boring now.
Re: Maddow's tears:
To quote the great John Brennan on the Steele Dossier, when confronted with the fact that it was unverified, "Yes, but doesn't it ring true?"
Wait until Maddow and the rest of left learn Trump is really building Throne Room!
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