Thursday, September 24, 2026
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TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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It is illegal to use funds for “publicity or propaganda purposes.” Worried about the midterms, the Trump administration apparently decided not to care.
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Richard Painter, a White House ethics counsel under George W. Bush, said, “You have a situation like this, it just looks horrible.”
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Richard Painter, a White House ethics counsel under George W. Bush, said, “You have a situation like this, it just looks horrible.”
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The president touted a deal that doesn’t exist in the hopes of going around Canada, the target of his misguided trade war.
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The president touted a deal that doesn’t exist in the hopes of going around Canada, the target of his misguided trade war.
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“L’État, c’est moi” is a phrase attributed to France’s King Louis XIV, and 370 years later, the gap between “I am the state” and “I am the code” is narrow.
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“L’État, c’est moi” is a phrase attributed to France’s King Louis XIV, and 370 years later, the gap between “I am the state” and “I am the code” is narrow.
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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- 12-16 miles per day, interfaith pilgrimage
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(Rachel shares L.A. Sacred Resistance)
- "Tafoya described herself on her podcast as 'sort of a Florida woman'..."
Republican Senate nominee said she was ‘embarrassed’ to be from the state she’s now running to represent
(CNN)
- "About five million people in the country have already lost SNAP benefits — the government’s primary anti-hunger tool — because of the Trump/GOP bill...
One retiree in Ohio described SNAP benefits as a 'lifeline.' Her benefits dropped in March from $250 to $44"
(New York Times)
- Judges Reject ICE’s Underhanded Attempt to Maintain Third-Country Removals — An appeals court made clear deportation flights to third countries must stop immediately, but flight data showed ICE may be violating the order.
(The American Prospect)
- No president has gone into a midterm election this unpopular. Not even George W. Bush in 2006.
(Fifty Plus One)
- "David Flippo, a Republican congressional candidate in Nevada, inflated his military record multiple times in recent years by claiming he received a Bronze Star “for valor” during his two-decade Air Force career."
(Washington Post)
- "When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."
(New York Times)
- "The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) violated state law when he seized roughly 650,000 ballots from last year’s special redistricting election after pursuing debunked claims of a massive ballot discrepancy.
In a companion case brought by California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D), the court also unanimously rejected Bianco’s argument that the state’s chief law enforcement officer lacks authority to issue binding directions governing a county sheriff’s investigation.
The twin rulings stand to make it significantly harder for local law enforcement to create election chaos and use unsubstantiated fraud claims to seize ballots outside California’s established election procedures. It also reinforces the Golden State’s authority to intervene when a local elected official attempts to take control of election materials."
(Democracy Docket)
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