TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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The president probably thought his $10 billion case against the IRS was over. That was before a federal court found his lawyers acted in “bad faith.”
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It hardly seems like a coincidence that the president has meltdowns when reporters raise concerns about secrecy surrounding his health.
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It hardly seems like a coincidence that the president has meltdowns when reporters raise concerns about secrecy surrounding his health.
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There will be two processes unfolding simultaneously: one to fill the senator’s vacancy in the short term, and another to replace him on the ballot.
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There will be two processes unfolding simultaneously: one to fill the senator’s vacancy in the short term, and another to replace him on the ballot.
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Sean Duffy isn’t the only Republican complaining about DEI, but he seems to have an expansive definition of the idea.
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Sean Duffy isn’t the only Republican complaining about DEI, but he seems to have an expansive definition of the idea.
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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- Thanks to Republicans in Congress and Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill"...
An Indiana 40-year old, making $65k per year, who last year was paying $316/month for health insurance, will next year be paying $546/month for that same plan:
- "Insurers are proposing to raise premiums by a median of 14% next year, according to an analysis of rate requests in more than a dozen states by the health policy group KFF. In 2026, premiums in the Affordable Care Act market jumped 20%."
(Rachel shares Bloomberg)
- ICE Took Mom and Dad. Now the Perez Kids Are Home Alone.
Four American siblings left to fend for themselves—and they’re not the only ones.
(Mother Jones)
- "He was at least the eighth person to die during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign. No immigration officers have been charged in the killings and video footage in several previous shootings has contradicted the accounts of federal officers..."
Detainees tell their lawyer an ICE officer shot a Houston driver through a passenger window
(AP News)
- "She remembers hearing an older woman with a distressed family, yelling, “You took her dad, you took her dad!”
“They were with a little girl, she couldn't have been older than three,” Humiston said. “She was still in her Bluey pajamas.”"
(The Portland Press Herald's live blog coverage of the ICE shooting of a man in Biddeford, Maine)
- "President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over his leaked tax returns was filed for an “improper purpose,” a judge said Monday in a scathing decision that referred one of his lawyers for discipline and characterized the $10 billion complaint as an exercise in self-dealing."
(AP News)
- "Most of the investments have taken place since Trump was elected president for a second time. The companies have collectively generated at least $3.2 billion in direct government business since the sons invested and an additional $3.1 billion in future contract options. Some have gained coveted spots on shortlists of preapproved contractors that can bid exclusively on up to nearly $200 billion in future work."
Trump’s sons invest heavily in defense tech as father’s administration pours money in
(Washington Post)
- "NEW: I just uncovered more evidence that Donald Trump is spending hundreds of thousands of your tax dollars to print giant banners of his face and put them on government buildings.
Not only a terrible waste of the hard-earned dollars of the American people, but also an illegal use of public funds."
(Senator Adam Schiff has a thread with the literal receipts)
- **Aug. 26, 2025**
"As of July 1, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) program has reduced surveillance to just two pathogens: salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), a spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told NBC News.
Before July, the program had been tracking infections caused by six additional pathogens: campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia."
(NBC News less than a year ago mentioning the cyclospora pathogen behind the current surge in Cyclosporiasis cases.)
- "Mr. Trump celebrated the agreement, reached on June 14, as the reopening of the strait. “Ships of the World, start your engines,” he wrote on social media. “Let the oil flow!”
But critics say it actually formalized a reality that Iranian officials have made clear throughout the war: They now control the strait."
(New York Times)
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"Department of Fate: The Promise, the Power, and the Collapse of America’s Most Consequential Institution"
comes out November 10 but you can pre-order now.
See MS.NOW/DepartmentOfFate for links and options to pre-order.
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