The Rachel Maddow Show Guest List

• A Michael Jackson special will air in place of Friday's Rachel Maddow Show, so there will be no Friday podcast or show clips.

For Subscribers

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAbdul El-Sayed tries to woo MAHA voters as Democrats seek inroads with RFK’s supporters

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKratom-like substances are popping up in a typically benign supplement

FOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP super PAC increases its spending for Sen. Jon Husted in tough Ohio race

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRecords reveal tumultuous marriage between slain New York Times executive and wife

FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCongressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election

FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKey DOJ lawyers departed Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ probe amid pressure to produce, source says

FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement once vilified take the stage

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCornell rape allegation spotlights stringent New York state laws that have long drawn criticism

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThe debate over AI’s future rages on both coasts

FOR SUBSCRIBERSDecades-old march dispute reignites in Northern Ireland, threatening political crisis

For Subscribers

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAbdul El-Sayed tries to woo MAHA voters as Democrats seek inroads with RFK’s supporters

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKratom-like substances are popping up in a typically benign supplement

FOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP super PAC increases its spending for Sen. Jon Husted in tough Ohio race

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRecords reveal tumultuous marriage between slain New York Times executive and wife

FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCongressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election

FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKey DOJ lawyers departed Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ probe amid pressure to produce, source says

FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement once vilified take the stage

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCornell rape allegation spotlights stringent New York state laws that have long drawn criticism

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThe debate over AI’s future rages on both coasts

FOR SUBSCRIBERSDecades-old march dispute reignites in Northern Ireland, threatening political crisis

• Thursday's show pre-empted by expanded coverage of the passing of Michael Jackson.

• Gina Smith, SC reporter for The State who interviewed Sanford at airport
• Mark McKinnon, Republican strategist & Daily Beast contributor
• Reza Aslan, columnist, The Daily Beast, author, "How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror," and senior fellow, Orfalea Center on Global and International Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara

From the Web:

• Gina Smith: Sanford met in Atlanta after returning from South America
• The Sanford e-mails
• Mark McKinnon (June 23): Sanford for President
• Mark McKinnon (June 24): Sanford Should Resign
• The South Carolina laws against adultery (see sections 16-15-60 and 16-15-70)
• Sanford's "Spiritual Giant" - Who is Cubby Culbertson?
• Jenny Sanford's statement
• Reza Aslan: Iran's Supreme Revolutionary

• Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent
• Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State
• Lt. Gov. André Bauer, South Carolina
• Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach

From the Web:

• Richard Engel: Fury turns to fear in face of Iran's spin control
• WYFF: Sources Question Governor's Story
• Servicemembers Legal Defense Network Lt. Colonel Victor Fehrenbach's petition
• 77 Members of Congress join Knights Out in Calling on Obama to Sign an Executive Order Suspending the Gay Ban
• Lt. Col. victor Fehrenbach discussed on Washington Monthly
• John M. Shalikashvili: Gays in the Military: Let the Evidence Speak
• Have you seen Kent Jones???

• Trita Parsi, president, National Iranian American Council and author of "Treacherous Alliance"
• Steve Clemons of the New America Foundation and the Washington Note.
• Chris Hayes, Washington editor, The Nation magazine
• John O'Connor, political reporter, The State newspaper

From the Web:

• Mir Hossein Mousavi's Facebook page
• Comedy Central: Jason Jones, Behind the Veil - Minarets of Menace (Includes interview with now-imprisoned journalist.)
• Steve Clemons: The Four Iran Scenarios and "Basiji Hunting"
• Washington Note: Guest Blog: Dispatches from Tehran
• BBC Video: Iranian protesters turning the tide against police.
• Steve Benen: It's not exactly left vs right...
• John O'Connor: Sanford, missing since Thursday, reportedly located