Bag Man Podcast - Episode 5: Double-Header | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

[@cruisn481]

extremely well made. this a must for history students, these are the minutes of what had happened in not so distant past. from the Philippines here and in awe about your history. DO NOT WASTE YOUR COUNTRY.

[@zlonazlon977]

President Abraham Lincoln said, "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedom, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."

[@carol290]

I have admired you some time now. This is pure gift for American people. Now, not only do I admire your forthrightness, your careful attention to what you say, your willingness to be corrected on camera and your attention to detail, to name a few, I am also thankful for your commitment to your mission and providing this for all of us. Brava!

[@MadMonique]

This needs to be made into a movie to reach more folks. I hope someone does so. I eagerly await every new episode. Thank you, Rachel and crew

[@user-lh8te7mr3m]

Just brilliant, thank you Rachel - I live in Australia but follow American politics very closely. So glad you are still active and telling the truth!

[@sandyreiter6453]

I can still remember how devestated my father was when all this happened - I myself was much to busy being a silly teenager - It's wonderful to learn about it in such exiting detail now - thank you.

[@catmac6838]

Full series should be available to copy and post on EVERY social media platform that allows it. The similarities to present day is astounding. Even Merrick Garland might learn a few things.

[@catherinenelson4162]

Don't you find Garland to be a huge disappointment?

[@kathrynswarts2459]

Wow! Aspects and tactics in history really do repeat. Amazing!! Thank you Rachel!!

[@jiminness6250]

Kudos to you and your research staff

[@sealyoness]

Rachel... That... was just chilling. I was in my early teens at the time Nixon and Agnew were in office. My uncles had come home from Vietnam, the world was swirling around me,, so many things more important - it seemed - and the alternative for me to nightly news was Mad Magazine.

[@hillarys.k8518]

RACHAEL you and your team have done a Most excellent service by this series. Applause applause applause!!!!

[@t.dmytryshyn2615]

Agnew should have gone to jail. If he had been prosecuted then it would have opened up the prosecution of Nixon. That is why it is so very important that Trump be prosecuted for his crimes.

[@tofu2383]

Thank you, great reporting!

[@deannaewing7638]

You are a true person of information.

[@rhondapennell9998]

I had just graduated from high school in 1972, and remember this whole mess so clearly. I remember coming home from school and turning on the TV for the latest news of the investigation. By the next year I was following this story closely. I was always fascinated by politics and when I turned 18. I knew that in July 1971 the 26th amendment had been passed for 18 year old's to vote, and I was so thrilled to be able to vote in 1972. I voted for the honorable candidate McGovern. This horrible time in our history was something that wet my appetite for politics and I've been active ever since. Oh that more young people would be more interested and involved in voting.

[@lincolnyaco5626]

I was 2 or 3 years older. The whole thing was mind-blowing! Watching Watergate hearings like a soap opera! On every day and filled with fascinating dramatic turns!

[@amalau2825]

Just brilliant! I truly admire and trust Rachel Maddow!

[@SHALAt22]

As much as I miss Rachel Maddow on MSNBC, she is using her skills to uncover political crimes hidden from the public.

[@candyjohnson857]

😅

[@candyjohnson857]

32:43

[@susanbrillhart5815]

As a scientist and a historian, I appreciate the thorough and detailed research with the citation of references. You antcipate the "Where's the proof?" question. A question the Republicans never seem able to address. I remember this time but never knew these details.

[@waggishsagacity7947]

This story would have ended quite differently if we could tell the future: It took nearly another year for Nixon to be ousted, but we had no idea about THAT. One wonders whether Agnew would have cracked and gone to prison if Time were less of an urgent factor. Very well done. Thanks!

[@catherineadkinson3581]

Great story!

[@ivechang6720]

This gets better with each episode!

[@BobbieLeVan]

ULTRA was absolutely great. BAG MAN is also absolutely great. she knows her subjects and presents them to us so that we know them too.

[@v.leewalker8640]

Rachel Maddow is absolutely brilliant!!!! 💖😎

[@buildthewallwiththewoke]

Ikr, she's been soooooo accurate the last three years, lmfao.

[@davelindstrom6005]

@@buildthewallwiththewoke - phuqoff, TrollBot

[@rmhrmh3425]

Awesome. Thank you Rachel.

[@ellentaylor4351]

EXCELLENT work, history repeating itself .... 🗣

[@catherinenelson4162]

Rachel, you are a fabulous teacher! I remember those days, but I didn't know much about this back story. If it was included in "All the President's men", then I did know, but have forgotten. 50 years is a long time, but the Trump Era was significantly worse. And the narcissism factor was considerably stronger with Mr. Trump.

[@mikeymasters8459]

Great podcast series!

[@philgroves7694]

Bottom line in this story, and in what we are currently going through with Donnie Trump, is that when politics enters the realm of justice, all bets are off. We are better than that. There should be absolutely NO double standard - no allowing political figures, or powerful business figures, to negotiate their way out of justice - especially by abusing the powers of their office. It is sickening.

[@andyjenkins24]

I found this so so interesting. Somehow I knew He was going to strike a deal. I think I had said in the past Trump will try and use running in 2024 as leverage. This is why I’m glad I’m a way the abundance of charges he’s facing. Some might go away, but the trouble he is facing in New York could bring about Financial Ruin. You hear his supporters say how he didn’t take a paycheck. If that is true it’s only because that’s small potatoes compared to some of the scams he was running.

[@teresakolacz7358]

Trump gave up his 1st paycheck. Recently acquired tax returns proved he kept the rest. If only they paid attention to the truth and not the propaganda, they wouldn't worship the grifter.

[@stevenmaginnis1965]

I was in third grade when the principal announced over the loudspeaker that Vice President Spiro Agnew had resigned because he hadn't paid his income tax, and the teacher explained to us that that was a crime. That was it - and that was all.

[@igordewit7357]

Exiting stuff...on to the next one .Great job,people!

[@thomashenderson7481]

Elliot Richardson had to think of the big tomorrow of the country to consider!! Yes!! Putting away Agnew would be a great achievement for the prosecutors ,but, if he had stayed & Nixon left, ( which the Watergate files would force his resignation anyway) Getting rid of a Agnew would be much harder!

[@louisedavidson848]

I absolutely love this podcast. Did Rachel Maddow do any other podcasts like this??

[@chipschannel9494]

And now we have to correct the decision .

[@democratactivist]

Incredible podcast

[@nicolelove2501]

Okay, we gotta go listen to "Episode 6, of Rachel Maddow Presents Bag man Podcast." 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️......then, Episode 7! This is like 'he' studied Nixon's playbook of Criminality!.... and he applied it, and speak verbatim!

[@landonfinnerty2391]

Excellent!

[@jimmyg6455]

VOTE BLUE in 2022! REMEMBER ->> You can lead a Trumpublican to facts but you can't make them THINK! VOTE BLUE in 2022!

[@quinnhendley4031]

i watched watergate unfold and nixon resign. i watched as clinton was impeached. and now there's trump. and as i consider it all, i realize: i am old as dirt. lol.

[@judyshallstrom415]

Me too. Would like to see Trump in handcuffs...

[@sclogse1]

You are stardust.

[@garfield2439]

Lmao ditto

[@sherrishholloman1383]

Too Funny!😂

[@catherineadkinson3581]

Wow!

[@geraldmorain3166]

Finally found what I lived thru

[@cathyparker8565]

Thank you

[@carol290]

Just wow!

[@kathrynshaw192]

45, in our presidency, has made all Americans aware that we must return to the process of electing only the very finest, most honest, most intelligent people for leading our government. It's far too much trouble and too expensive to try to clean up the rot and espionage from the inside. Our leaders have not always been perfect, but we have made far better choices in the past. Second in line for the Presidency, Speaker of the House does not need to hold any elected office. SO, in a time of national crisis, we have no idea who we might end up with.

[@chipschannel9494]

We always know,stop being delusional .

[@stevecannon1774]

Carl Albert should have been named President instead of Gerald Ford.

[@ericdaniel323]

Ford was the Vice President when Nixon resigned…

[@ruthdepew7212]

To what charge will Pence plead, "Nolo contendere." ?

[@Stud_muffin]

I left Marines in May of 73, and had been out of the country almost a year and a half prior to that, so I was busy with life like finding a job and missed a lot of this. I knew Nixon was removed and I switched from Republican to Independent, but none of the details beyond Watergate and the blank tape. The plan of Agnew's to get impeached and somehow survive that, seems to mirror my concern that the 1/6 commission has brushed off the investigation of Republicans in Congress and only naming a handful for "ethics". Republicans taking over the House all but gives those mentioned, a free pass. Unless the DoJ does something about members aiding the coup and obstructing the investigation of that coup, it proves there are people "above the law", ie, politicians.

[@joesmith6528]

Fabulous....

[@richardreddick5681]

Oops ... Nixon ran for president in 1960 against Kennedy. It was the first time there was a Presidential debate live from Chicago.

[@alricthered226]

@Richard Reddick: _"Oops"_ Why _oops?_

[@michelekett1064]

Nixon against Kennedy, equates to Trump versus Obama! I’d love to hear that debate!

[@jem30six]

woohoo part 5!

[@AlejandroMadrid-tn1gp]

I was a kid when this was going on. It left an indelible mark on me.

[@conniegrant939]

Thank hog their was a man of wisdom and integrity in those days that made the best decision for the country; as much as Agnew needed to go to prison , the office of the president was more important.

[@geraldmorain3166]

Four brothers draftable no bone spurs

[@ivechang6720]

That feather weight plea deal is pure stank. They could have put a lot more of it in while specifying no jail time. What rot.

[@stevecannon1774]

The Dumpy Don is certainly taking the checks now though.

[@drusmith4579]

I remember this time

[@lucyann1573]

I teared up listening to Barney getting so emotional about the case after all that time. You could tell he believes in justice and truly wanted to show the public that NOBODY is above the law. To see your work and your belief system be compromised like that...I get why they did it but Agnew (like so many others in power) never got the punishment he truly deserved. Shame on him, Nixon, and all the other folks who abuse the public's trust so selfishly (lookin at you, MAGA)

[@catherinenelson4162]

The best defense is a good offense.

[@canadiangemstones7636]

Agnew was too big to jail. Dirty Donald is not.

[@richardreddick5681]

because I had the date wrong.

[@barbpearson505]

Wow..excellent. But as you said, this is (was) a playbook for someone to use, like trump. How foreboden and forgot casting.

[@leroylowe5921]

Who's that guy who sounds like a dead ringer for John Goodman?

[@budsshow6553]

David keane

[@patriciadorner8007]

DONALD J.TRUMP HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH DIVINE PROVIDENCE BY MY FATHER IN HEAVEN TO BATTLE EVIL AND WILL USHER IN A NEW BEGINNING OF LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL ✝️

[@qwins5200]

When you know what NYPD found on Anthony Wienerless' laptop (Frazzledrip Snuff Film), the pedophilia definition for 'walnut sauce' and NXIVM,, then you've done this semester's homework.

[@rogerlivingston248]

Republicans! Imagine that! History tends to repeat itself doesn't it!