TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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Kevin Hassett boasted about Americans spending more money on credit cards as if it were necessarily good news. He ought to know better.
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Two-thirds of Americans believe their unpopular president simply has the wrong priorities. He keeps proving them right.
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Two-thirds of Americans believe their unpopular president simply has the wrong priorities. He keeps proving them right.
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The prosecutor wasn’t able to make his case in court, but months later, he’s bringing his arguments to the public in forceful and unrestrained ways.
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The prosecutor wasn’t able to make his case in court, but months later, he’s bringing his arguments to the public in forceful and unrestrained ways.
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Justices should consider not only why most believe the high court is motivated by politics, but also their own role in fueling the problem they find offensive.
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Justices should consider not only why most believe the high court is motivated by politics, but also their own role in fueling the problem they find offensive.
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OTHER STORIES WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON
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- "You’ll find the names and stories of the victims as best as we at L.A. TACO could research them. We hope this list offers a moment to remember these individuals.
The full list:
By Memo Torres, Aisha Wallace-Palomares, Izzy Ramirez, and Odessa Hairapetian"
(L.A. Taco shares L.A. Taco)
- "NEW: ProPublica identified at least 79 children who’ve been left screaming, unable to breathe, or otherwise hurt by tear gas and pepper spray during Trump’s historic immigration crackdown."
(Pro Publica shares a new report)
- "Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak."
(Brian Tyler Cohen shares CBS News from April 10, 2025)
- "Well that’s a little on the nose.
Message I just received from the New York City Bar Association:
Update: All attorneys from the United States Attorney's Offices have withdrawn from participating in this year's White Collar Crime Conference."
(Catherine Rampell)
- "We are watching the worst assault on multiracial democracy since the Pettus bridge."
(Chris Hayes shares New York Times)
- "On March 23, 15 minutes before Trump announced that he would delay threatened attacks on Iran's power grid, traders bet more than $500 million that oil prices would fall.
On April 7, hours ahead of a temporary ceasefire announced by Trump, traders bet $960 million that oil prices would fall.
On April 17, 20 minutes before Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on social media saying that the Strait of Hormuz was open, traders bet $760 million that oil prices would fall.
On April 21, 15 minutes before Trump announced he would extend the ceasefire, traders placed a series of bets worth $430 million that oil prices would fall."
DOJ probing $2.6 billion in oil trades related to Iran war, sources say
(ABC News)
- Mississippi Voters Keep Getting Wrong Polling Place Information. Experts and Other States Point to Solutions.
(Mississippi Free Press)
- Bill eliminates requirement to notify voters with new polling places in new congressional districts
(Tennessee Coalition for Open Governement)
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