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Monday, July 28, 2025

TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS

Why Trump's 'accomplishments' haven't helped his poor approval rating

To think that Donald Trump "crushed his first six months in historic ways" is to ignore what the public wanted, expected, needed, and asked for.

Targeting Epstein's 'sweetheart' deal, Senate Republican forgets who was president in 2008

Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin tried to rope Barack Obama into Donald Trump's Jeffrey Epstein scandal. It went horribly awry.

Pentagon dysfunction leads to awkward new questions about Pete Hegseth

Pete Hegseth is obviously the defense secretary, but there's reason to wonder whether he's calling all the shots at the Pentagon.

Why the Trump administration's choice to lead the U.S. Institute of Peace is so ridiculous

The White House doesn't much mind rewarding officials with racist records. Take, for example, Darren Beattie and his new role atop the U.S. Institute of Peace.

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ON RACHEL's BLUESKY RADAR

tell me more about the scandal of presidents using the office for private gain:

"White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said in a written statement. 'Donald J. Trump has built the best and most beautiful world-class golf courses anywhere in the world, which is why they continue to be used for prestigious tournaments and by the most elite players in the sport.'"
(Washington Post)
Border agent charged with child sex trafficking, fraud in Cochise County
(Tucson.com)
"It's personal for me. Our sons were best friends," Foxwell said.

In the wake of his 18-year-old son's death last month in a car accident. "Pastor Espinal was at my son's deathbed and spoke at his funeral."

Beloved Talbot County pastor picked up in dragnet of ICE arrests
(News From The States)
"I told them I was an American citizen. I questioned why they were using those tactics on me. I asked about my constitutional rights. An officer outright said out loud that I have no constitutional rights at a point of entry," says Wilmer Chavarria, a school superintendent in Vermont.

'Praying for it to end': Vermont superintendent speaks out after ICE interrogation (All In with Chris Hayes)
Donald Trump and the Republican party — big tough guys keeping America safe from… the little league world series.

Venezuelan Little League team denied travel visas to U.S. for World Series (Washington Post)
"...reaching with one hand to embrace his young child who is in the back in his car seat.

"Mommy's coming," he said.

The video doesn't show the child exiting the car. But in a later clip, Khanbabazadeh is alone in the vehicle when ICE agents break his window..." (The Oregonian)
"For one thing, why would the United States trade nine defendants who are alleged to be high-level members of MS-13 for $3 million? Is that a good deal for the United States?"

Judge Demands Answers About Deal to Return MS-13 Gang Leaders to El Salvador (New York Times)
and does the U.S. state department have a metric for deciding who meets this bar?

and does it involve complex fractions?

and is there a physical test? a DNA test? calipers? maybe a pantone chart?

"In a diplomatic cable sent July 8, embassy Charge d'Affairs David Greene asked whether the embassy could process claims from other minority groups claiming race-based discrimination such as "coloured" South Africans who speak Afrikaans. In South Africa the term coloured refers to mixed-raced people, a classification created by the apartheid regime still in use today.

The answer came back days later in an email from Spencer Chretien, the highest-ranking official in the State Department's refugee and migration bureau, saying the program is intended for white people."

(Reuters)
"It's not about immigration status really..." (vtdigger)

(MaddowBlog)

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