TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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The ripple effects of Hungary’s lopsided elections will be felt far and wide — including in the White House, where the prime minister had a powerful fan.
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Since taking office, the vice president has suffered a series of humiliations and failures after being assigned impossible tasks.
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Since taking office, the vice president has suffered a series of humiliations and failures after being assigned impossible tasks.
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The president’s offensive against the pope, followed by the image presenting himself as some kind of American Jesus, represented quite the one-two punch.
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The president’s offensive against the pope, followed by the image presenting himself as some kind of American Jesus, represented quite the one-two punch.
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The demise of the president’s case is a demonstration of the benefits of fighting back — and of the folly of appeasement.
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The demise of the president’s case is a demonstration of the benefits of fighting back — and of the folly of appeasement.
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WHAT'S ON RACHEL'S BLUESKY RADAR?
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- Well put.
"Orbán’s loss brings to an end the assumption of inevitability that has pervaded the MAGA movement, as well as the belief—also present in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric—that illiberal parties are somehow destined not just to win but to hold power forever, because they have the support of the “real” people. As it turns out, history doesn’t work like that. “Real” people grow tired of their rulers. Old ideas become stale. Younger people question orthodoxy. Illiberalism leads to corruption. And if Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too."
(Rachel shares The Atlantic)
- ICE wanted to build a detention centre - this small farming town said no
(BBC)
- all over the world, these guys are just exact xerox copies of each other.
in this case, "istvan" is pronounced "JAYR-id"
Victor Orbán’s son-in-law defends fortune as Hungary’s elite face backlash — Prime minister has been accused of favouring family and friends, but István Tiborcz insists he does not benefit
(Rachel shares Financial Times)
- 👋🏻
Earthquake in Hungary: Orbán defeated after 16 years in power
(Rachel reacts to the Axios report of Victor Orban losing his election in Hungary)
- "Each day of the trial, the courtroom filled with community members. Current and former students and colleagues, members of the California Faculty Association from various universities and students who had heard about the case all came to show support..."
Man Charged By Trump Admin After Removing Tear Gas From Crowd Found Not Guilty — California philosophy professor Jonathan Caravello, who was accused of tossing tear gas in the direction of federal agents, faced up to 20 years in prison.
(HuffPost)
- "The judge concluded his opinion with an unusually sharp rebuke of the Trump administration: 'Suppression of political speech is the mark of an autocracy, not a democracy — as the Framers recognized when they drafted the First Amendment'...”
Pentagon violated court order to restore press access, judge rules
(The Washington Post)
- Held in Federal Custody, a Baltimore Man Injured in an ICE Arrest Has Gone Eight Days Without Treatment — Lawyers for Ever Alvarenga Rios say his wounds have gone untreated since his release from a hospital into federal custody.
(Project Salt Box)
- AP publishes a good multi-state rundown on pushback all over the country against plans for huge Trump prison camps:
"Michigan
After DHS paid $34.7 million for a 250,000-square-foot (23,225-square-meter) warehouse in Romulus, the state and city sued. The suit said the warehouse is in a flood plain, and that the sewage system couldn’t keep up if 500 people are detained inside. It also faults DHS for not considering any of the state’s empty prison facilities and for not talking to state or city officials.
Minnesota
The owners of warehouses in the Minneapolis suburbs of Woodbury and Shakopee pulled out of possible ICE deals after public outcry, according to local officials.
Mississippi
Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker posted that Noem agreed to look elsewhere after local elected and zoning officials opposed a possible detention center in the town of Byhalia.
Missouri
After weeks of public pressure, development company Platform Ventures announced it would not move forward with the sale of a massive warehouse in Kansas City."
(Rachel shares a sample of the AP's list)
- “'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears.
"She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.”
“'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..."
Surprise inspection finds ICE stuffing migrants ‘like sardines’ into a facility with no bed, showers — The unannounced oversight visit came hours after the Arizona Mirror’s report found 250 people in a space built for 157
(AZ Mirror)
- "The Georgia Department of Community Affairs says more than 500 families statewide will lose the voucher on June 30. The federal funding cutoff could put hundreds of Georgia families at risk of eviction and homelessness..."
'In a constant state of fear' | Hundreds of Georgia families face eviction as housing voucher program ends — Hundreds of Georgia families face a 2-month countdown to losing federal housing aid on June 30. Hear from one concerned Central Georgia mother.
(11Alive)
- For over 8 million Americans, Trump wants to collect:
"Medical and pharmaceutical claims, diagnoses, treatments, visit length, provider information, doctor’s notes or after-visit summaries..."
All "with identifying information, such as names and birth dates"
Trump’s Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers’ Medical Records
(Rachel shares KFF Health News)
- "Mississippi started getting outbreaks of whooping cough last year. In all, it tracked 146 cases, the highest number in 16 years. Whooping cough can be particularly dangerous for young children. A baby died in September..."
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“Once the vaccine numbers tick down, the cases tick up, and then vulnerable people will get the disease,” Gaudet said. “Then somebody, eventually, somebody’s going to die.”
(The Guardian)
- "This pattern raises serious concerns that certain market participants may have had access to material nonpublic information regarding a market-moving geopolitical event..."
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"What is the statistical likelihood that of anyone other than an insider trader placing a winning bet 12 minutes before a market-moving presidential announcement," Torres said in an interview with AP. "There are two answers: God, or an insider trader. And something tells me that God it not placing bets around Donald Trump's posts on Truth Social. "
(NPR)
- "ICE's account does not match the police report or timestamps and content of witness video..."
Family speaks out amid worry for man's health after involvement in crash with ICE agents
(WBALTV)
- Vulnerable New Jersey Republican Congressman Tom Kean under pressure as his constituents oppose planned Trump prison camp in Roxbury
"The Trump administration purchased the 470,000-square-foot warehouse off Route 46 for $129 million in late February, an action that quickly prompted a lawsuit filed by Gov. Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat, and the all-Republican Roxbury town council.
According to the lawsuit, federal officials plan to open the detention center as early as June.
The warehouse is in the 7th Congressional District, which Kean has represented in Congress since 2023. Roxbury officials who oppose the detention center plan went public earlier this year with complaints that Kean did not “provide the advocacy our residents deserved.” Kean has disputed that."
(Rachel shares News from the States)
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