TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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Stronger Together: Past, Present and Future
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It’s one thing for the president to be disappointed by independent national polling; it’s something else for him to concoct a twisted plot to disregard the data.
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It’s one thing for the president to be disappointed by independent national polling; it’s something else for him to concoct a twisted plot to disregard the data.
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The president promised “the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country!” A familiar and underwhelming threat soon followed.
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The president promised “the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country!” A familiar and underwhelming threat soon followed.
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If some anti-Oz statements start showing up on the president’s social media platform, at least we’ll know why.
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If some anti-Oz statements start showing up on the president’s social media platform, at least we’ll know why.
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WHAT'S ON RACHEL'S BLUESKY RADAR?
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- "“Pastor Joubert Adrien left Haiti because his life was in danger, served Christ and his congregation faithfully and his arrest shows how far ICE will stoop to incite panic among people who came here peacefully, came here legally and offered nothing but good to our community,” Carl Ruby, pastor of Springfield’s Central Christian Church, said in a statement."
(Springfield News-Sun)
- "GEO donated $1 million to Trump's PAC on July 16, three days after the company announced it had signed an $85m contract with ICE.
"On July 29, GEO announced it had received another $80m ICE contract; two days later, GEO gave Trump's PAC an additional $413,000..."
(New York Times)
- "He raised the specter of military intervention in the bond market because, in all likelihood, he has no idea what the bond market is."
(MaddowBlog)
- Democratic lawmakers call for closure of ICE detention center in southwest Georgia
(News from the States)
- ""I don't want to think about the National Guard. I don't want to necessarily discuss my affiliation with the National Guard. I don't want to fulfill my normal National Guard duties just because of the abuses of the National Guard in this D.C. mission," the guard member said, noting that isn't how he's felt after previous domestic deployments."
In candid interviews, National Guard members speak out about D.C. deployment
(NPR)
- "The couple had been legally married since 2022 and share a young daughter, who was in the car when agents detained Villafranca Trejo after a family trip to Walmart. "
(Military Times)
- Trump criticism leads to rare criminal charges for Air Force officer who called for impeachment
(CNN)
- U.S. Squeezes Iran but Avoids Targeting Its Biggest Lifeline: China — Fresh campaign to isolate Tehran stopped short of directly penalizing the country that has enabled Iran to withstand years of pressure
(Wall Street Journal)
- "One of the people reassigned to a different bureau within the Interior Department described the reassignments broadly as “punitive.”
“They want us all to leave and be replaced by more politicals,” this person said.
Before the shake-up, Interior had already shed around 40% of its senior executive cadre since Trump took office, largely through deferred resignation and deferred retirement programs intended to shrink the agency."
(NOTUS)
- "President Donald Trump has claimed that the White House needs a massive new ballroom because it would provide him and future presidents with a secure, hardened facility. But former officials say the argument fails to acknowledge that the presidential complex already has one."
(Washington Post)
Follow Rachel Maddow on Bluesky here.
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Rachel and the gang are getting out of the studio heading to Arlington, Texas on Saturday, September 26th to hang out with the MS NOW audience.
This forthcoming Membership experience will bring MS NOW fans closer to our hosts and to each other, with real-time connections and exclusive content you can't get on-air.
Each ticket, with prices starting as low as $30, includes a special offer for one year of free access to MS NOW's new membership experience.
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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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