Monday, November 02, 2026
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TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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The Trump administration loves talking about the ostensible misuse of public funds in Minnesota, except when it doesn’t.
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The more the Social Security Administration joins the list of politicized agencies, the more important the consequences become for the public.
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The more the Social Security Administration joins the list of politicized agencies, the more important the consequences become for the public.
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I can appreciate why Republicans engaged in performative outrage, but that doesn’t mean it deserves to be taken seriously.
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I can appreciate why Republicans engaged in performative outrage, but that doesn’t mean it deserves to be taken seriously.
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The demise of the president's Wall Street Journal lawsuit is a timely reminder: Fighting back is a lot more effective than appeasement.
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The demise of the president's Wall Street Journal lawsuit is a timely reminder: Fighting back is a lot more effective than appeasement.
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From today's Q&A with Members, Rachel is back for real. Your humble newsletter assembler even saw her in the building already today, in person in NYC for tonight, tomorrow, and there's a Wednesday special as well.
Back on track!
(Also, yes, *capital. Can't even blame the flu for that one.)
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WHAT'S ON RACHEL'S BLUESKY RADAR
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- Lookin' out for the base.
"There was Alaskan king crab and a caviar bar. There were bongo drums and puppets. A zebra and a miniature pony.
The president was thrilled to be entertaining.
“Look at all my rich members,” he told reporters. "Look at these guys.”
(Rachel shares New York Times)
- your tax dollars (illegally) at work:
"Days before consequential midterm elections, the head of the Social Security Administration blasted out an email to the public praising President Donald Trump..."
(Rachel shares Washington Post)
- "a small, little-known Minnesota firm whose specialty is designing regional elementary schools..."
this is eventually going to turn out to be an amaaaaaazing story...
Trump’s Kennedy Center stays mum on why it hired unlikely architecture firm for overhaul
(Rachel shares Washington Post)
- “This isn’t just our personal story,” the journalists said in their statement. “It’s the story of a country and a society that are being finished off in exactly the same way.”
Russian News Outlet That Defied Kremlin Will Shut Down: ‘They Killed Us’
(New York Times)
- it started with the stolen valor admission about his bronze star, but it just keeps going and going and going.
republican candidacy in nevada's 2nd congressional district is almost starting to look like a george santos situation:
New Records Show David Flippo’s Firing as a Financial Adviser Was More Serious Than He Let On
(Rachel shares Mother Jones)
- Louisiana’s US Senate race enters homestretch tighter than expected
(Louisiana Illuminator)
- "I love this letter."
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- (Bradley P. Moss shares an image of Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read's reply to acting deputy attorney general R. Trent McCotter)
What’s so 'embarrassing' about the messages between Abbott and Musk? — Texans deserve a fair decision on records involving public business. A chain of partisan officials and judges offers little assurance of that, Bridget Grumet writes.
(Austin American-Statesman)
- Judge imposes sweeping emergency order halting DOJ pressure campaign on election officials across the country
(CNN)
- A nice report from the Psaki team on GOP-backed ballot stacking of the sort they're acting upset about in the case of Dan(s) Sullivan.
- "HOLY FUCKING SHIT a whistleblower FBI agent in the Broadview 6 case is resigning and suing the DOJ because he said President Trump, Todd Blanche and Kash Patel forced him to charge @katmabu.bsky.social for political reasons, then tried to make him the fall guy."
- "In the lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of Illinois overseen by Boutros, DePodesta says President Donald Trump and other officials in Washington called for charges against those protesting the Midway Blitz deportation campaign last fall in the Chicago area.
In turn, Boutros brought “politically motivated prosecutions” that “were an unprecedented disaster” for his office, the lawsuit says. Boutros has adamantly denied that politics played any role in charging decisions."
(Ben Collins links to WBEZ Chicago and excerpts from court documents in a brief thread)
- "The idea, broached by U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff during trips to Moscow and Kyiv in September, would involve selling Russian gas via a U.S. intermediary to circumvent European sanctions—and could create a lucrative opportunity for American investors, people who attended the discussions said."
U.S. Pushes to Restore Russian Gas Sales to Europe Via Ukraine
(Wall Street Journal)
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NEW YORK CITY ADDED TO THE 'SOLD OUT' LIST
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229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
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