Monday, September 28, 2026
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TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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Both initiatives created online resources that invited scrutiny. Both were unprepared for what happened next.
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The U.S. ambassador to China described a situation in which Trump wants to use weapons against Iran and to sell weapons to its most powerful ally.
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The U.S. ambassador to China described a situation in which Trump wants to use weapons against Iran and to sell weapons to its most powerful ally.
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On Sept. 20, Salazar said she’d spoken to the president, and he was “very receptive” to her concerns. A week later, he went after her with a vengeance.
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On Sept. 20, Salazar said she’d spoken to the president, and he was “very receptive” to her concerns. A week later, he went after her with a vengeance.
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The president offered a timely reminder that his definition of “fake” news is “accurate information he doesn’t like.”
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The president offered a timely reminder that his definition of “fake” news is “accurate information he doesn’t like.”
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HOLY MOLY, RACHEL IS ALL OVER THE PLACE
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By way of what seems like a perfect storm of projects and special events, it seems like Rachel is all over the place recently.
Iin case you missed it, here is Rachel on Nicolle's show from Friday.
Kill. Bury. Print., the new documentary executive produced by Rachel Maddow premiered on Peacock last night. You can watch that now on demand.
Rachel was a guest judge on Cocktail Wars. Maybe you caught some of the preview and press for that, like this. Rachel's episode is Episode 7, which is now online.
After tonight's show, Rachel will be on with Lawrence, so say tuned for that.
Tomorrow Rachel will be on Late Night With Seth Meyers, so keep an eye out for that, too.
And keep an eye out for more of Rachel later this week, we'll try to gather links where we can.
And of course, today is Maddow Monday which means not only is there a show tonight, but there was a Q&A today at noon.
Watch this week's edition here.
And if you want to ask Rachel a question live on video, participants will need to complete a short pre-interview and be available from 11:30a-12:30p ET on Monday. If interested, please fill out this form by Thursday.
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WHAT'S ON RACHEL'S BLUESKY RADAR
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- "“Imagine losing a third of a city’s firefighters and then wondering why downtown is burning...”
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"Last year, an H.H.S. official directed the C.D.C. to award a no-bid contract — a rarity for the agency — to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to explore whether immunizing pregnant women would lead to autism in their children, a theory that Mr. Kennedy has espoused but that has been debunked by numerous studies. To pay for the research, the C.D.C. took $362,000 from a program that provides free vaccines to about half of American children."
(New York Times)
- "Glendy and Nixon's children are now orphans," the archbishop said...
"The family was a beloved member of our community; their children received their first sacraments in our parishes..."
"This is not a gray area... What is happening is gravely immoral."
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- "The U.S. and Russian teams also removed a provision requiring that humans review military targets developed by AI before a strike..."
(Washington Post)
- Step 1:
"Tether’s stablecoin has become a primary means of payment for the Iranian regime and a tool for funding terrorist proxy organizations such as Hezbollah..."
Step 2:
Now google Howard Lutnick and Tether
(Rachel shares the Wall Street Journal but also an extra step)
- "An admission that the American president offered to sell arms to China is extraordinary. The Communist-ruled nation is considered by most policymakers and legislators of both parties to be the greatest military, economic and diplomatic rival of the United States..."
(New York Times)
- "For months, a group of central Louisianans and its growing coalition of allies have come together to thwart the family and child detention facility from taking root in Alexandria..."
(Verite News)
- “In the weeks and months after the war began, Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers spoke in favor of Trump’s decision and called the war 'long overdue.'
In April, he said the war had left Iran 'absolutely a toothless wonder'...”
Michigan GOP Senate candidate who praised the Iran war now campaigns against the pain it caused
(CNN)
- “‘Ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation or promoted voluntary return of non-white immigrants'... This is, of course, beyond alarming...”
How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
(Washington Post)
- new friend in my bathroom sink welcoming me to texas this afternoon!
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(Rachel getting to know the locals in Texas)
- "The folk protest music scene is back 1/4"
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(Philo of Alexan)
- "A woman leaving the facility 'dropped to her knees. She did the sign of the cross in extreme relief. As if coming out of a nightmare,' he said...
“May we never become so accustomed to suffering that we stop seeing the humanity of those experiencing it.”
Amid whistleblower claims, advocates ask lawmakers to visit ICE office in Miramar
(Miami Herald)
- "Because of the Texas state government's error, Texas "counties are now dealing with nearly a year of backlogged voter registration tasks to process. They could include new registrations or simply updates to voters’ existing records, like a change in address..."
(VoteBeat)
- "Our exclusive interview on The Assignment with a legal observer in Maine who was able to unmask 2 ICE agents."
- "ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES
2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued.
“And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton
📌Nicholas Lapointe
📌Christopher Semler
I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated."
(Antonia Hylton shares Christopher Webb with video from The Assignment)
- “'You don’t live here,' the crowd shouted like they were in a basketball arena...”
US Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home
(Kansas Reflector)
- "A group of pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere... to preach and sell white supremacy, antisemitism and patriarchy to angry young men..."
(Religion News Service)
- "At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..."
(NBC News)
- Bismarck, North Dakota:
ICE surge prompts protest in Bismarck
(Rachel shares the Bismarck Tribune)
- Referring to the Chinese president, the host asked “If you were president, would you throw him a big dinner?”
“I would not be throwing him a dinner,” Trump declared. “I’d get him a McDonald’s hamburger.”
😂
(Rachel shares Mediaite)
- “I simply do not want to see innocent children being detained. Prisons are not a place for innocent children...”
“We need to go to these board meetings... to all our other meetings, our city council. We need to be in all these spaces and insist upon being heard.”
(Verite News)
- "The president barred US reporters, while welcoming Chinese reporters who answer to the communist dictatorship in Beijing.
This would be the same president who's running government-paid TV advertising vowing to stop the United States from becoming communist..."
(New York Times)
- Maine Republican Paul LePage **then**:
“The enemy right now, the overwhelming majority of people coming in, are people of color, or people of Hispanic origin.”
Paul LePage *now*:
Paul LePage, a Trump Ally, Says a Family Member Is Being Deported
(Rachel shares New York Times from Aug. 29, 2016 and Sept. 23, 2026)
- Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park — Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, and an agency official scouted Grand Teton this week as a possible location.
(Washington Post)
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