TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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The president said he turned the nation’s capital “into Shangri-La.” It was an interesting choice of metaphor, since Shangri-La is totally made-up.
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With four collapsed cases, it appears the president’s embarrassment led to sham prosecutions.
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With four collapsed cases, it appears the president’s embarrassment led to sham prosecutions.
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If there’s ever been a defense secretary’s spouse with a portfolio like this one, I’m not aware of it.
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If there’s ever been a defense secretary’s spouse with a portfolio like this one, I’m not aware of it.
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The president apparently wants Pirro to think less like a U.S. attorney concerned with propriety and more like an unflinching loyalist.
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The president apparently wants Pirro to think less like a U.S. attorney concerned with propriety and more like an unflinching loyalist.
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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- "There remain serious unresolved questions about potential criminal violations of the laws prohibiting political interference in the tax system that may have occurred in the development of the sweetheart deal..."
(The Tax Law Center)
- hallloooo tulsa oklahoma!
(Rachel shares video of Tulsa Indivisible's "Resistance Cavavan')
- Ebola outbreak in DR Congo accelerates as health officials say Trump and Elon Musk’s aid cuts hamper response — Key supplies, equipment and operational support are no longer reaching responders at the scale needed, they said.
(NBC News)
- "Documents suggest the Trump administration was “lying or spreading misinformation about these fantastic public lands,” a Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance official said."
Trump said recreation in Bears Ears was virtually impossible. New documents show the White House knew otherwise.
(The Salt Lake Tribune shares the full article)
- "Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records.
This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:"
(Senator Ron Wyden shares a thread)
- US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
(Reuters)
- "The Pentagon’s deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., is set to cost an additional $1.4 billion through the end of the Trump administration, according to information provided to Congress and reviewed by The Washington Post.
The estimate, which encompasses October 2026 through January 2029, adds to the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the mission to date."
Trump’s National Guard deployment in D.C. set to cost additional $1.4 billion
(Washington Post)
- How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics — Agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements
(Wall Street Journal)
- Trump vowed to 'bring free speech back.' Judges in 75 cases ruled that he has stifled it
(Reuters)
- "This Saturday marks three months since the Duffys’ Fox News appearance. Summer is more than half over. The celebrations around the Fourth of July that Duffy’s show was supposed to promote—the project was “aligned” with Trump’s sketchy Freedom250 alternative celebration—are well in the past. Many American school students will go back to school this week.
Yet The Great American Road Trip, which Duffy promised would premiere in June, has not released a single episode. That’s a pretty significant failure for a show the Department of Transportation once described as a “key initiative.”"
(The Bulwark)
- "It was unclear how much additional cost or time the latest changes would add to the $5 million-plus project, which is being paid for by Lockheed Martin. It owns the company that manufactures the helicopters."
Trump orders changes to new helipad after weeks of around-the-clock work
(Washington Post)
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SPECIAL COVERAGE TUESDAY!
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Rachel and the gang are gathering at the long desk for special coverage this Tuesday as Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, and Washington have primary elections.
Tuesday, August 4 starting at 8pmET
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"Department of Fate: The Promise, the Power, and the Collapse of America’s Most Consequential Institution"
comes out November 10 but you can pre-order now.
See MS.NOW/DepartmentOfFate for links and options to pre-order.
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