Rachel Maddow remarks that with all of Donald Trump’s unpopular, expensive, and downright ugly vanity projects spread across the U.S. capital, a political platform based on tearing it all out and putting everything back the way it was might have pretty strong appeal with American voters.

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Listen to the audio version of The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell from the Aug. 20th broadcast.

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A new government report shows that IRS audits brought in $6.5 billion in the fiscal year 2025, which is down 35% from the year before when the IRS brought in $10 billion. The drop comes after DOGE made cuts to the IRS. Katy Tur has more details.

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The Weeknight hosts respond to Trump’s latest attack on journalists, as he threatens the host of NBC’s Meet the Press Kristen Welker with an FCC investigation after she correctly told a local affiliate his endorsed 2026 midterm candidates have performed with “mixed results.”

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We are starting to get the details of the first-ever Republican National Convention in a midterm year, with some even calling it “Trump-A-Palooza.” Stephanie Ruhle breaks it all down.

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