TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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Trump insisted that federal immigration agents are “totally focused on ... really bad criminals.” The administration’s own data proves otherwise.
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On foreign assistance to Iran, the American president drew a red line last week. This week, he signaled weakness toward countries that cross that line.
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On foreign assistance to Iran, the American president drew a red line last week. This week, he signaled weakness toward countries that cross that line.
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Kennedy assured lawmakers last year that his trip to Samoa had “nothing to do with vaccines.” There’s fresh evidence suggesting otherwise.
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Kennedy assured lawmakers last year that his trip to Samoa had “nothing to do with vaccines.” There’s fresh evidence suggesting otherwise.
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“These fake ‘settlements’ were already an insane waste of taxpayer funds,” one congressman said. “This now adds the stench of corruption.”
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“These fake ‘settlements’ were already an insane waste of taxpayer funds,” one congressman said. “This now adds the stench of corruption.”
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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- The "constant roaring"... "It's like you're in the middle of the airport where the planes are taking off, but they never take off," she said.
Elon Musk's data centers are pushing out a family that's owned land since "before people of color were allowed to"
(Rachel shares CBS News)
- "One Pentagon memo about navy funding seen by the Guardian warns that there are “shortfalls in payroll” accounts due to the department “raiding” them to fund combat operations."
Trump’s war on Iran is rapidly draining US navy budget, documents and interviews reveal
(The Guardian)
- "Pounds’s secret work for the Pentagon calls into question the motivations of several of her posts, such as when she took a jab at then-Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, a Hegseth nemesis."
Pete Hegseth Is Building a Pentagon Troll Army — The defense secretary’s MAGA influencer allies aren’t merely cheering him on—some work for him.
(The Bulwark)
- "When Democracy Docket reported last year that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had hired Heather Honey, a prominent election denial activist, to a senior elections post, democracy advocates expressed alarm.
Now, online records show that a close Honey associate, who has pushed to ban voting machines and brought a slew of lawsuits that risked disenfranchising large numbers of voters, has quietly been brought into the same DHS office."
(Democracy Docket)
- Election Deniers Could Soon Control Elections in Three Swing States — Secretary of state candidates in Nevada, Arizona and Wisconsin have cast doubt on the outcome of the 2020 election.
(NOTUS)
- Wyoming Voters Oust GOP Faction that Wants to Crack Down on Elections — In a break with the Trump era, the winner of the secretary of state primary strongly defends election systems, and the far-right Freedom Caucus lost a lot of ground in the legislature.
(Bolts)
- "Two election monitors from the Justice Department tried to interview voters and examine voting machines at polling places during Wyoming’s primaries last week, local officials said, drawing pushback from the state’s Republican governor.
The federal election monitors arrived at a polling site in Cheyenne, Wyoming’s capital and its largest city, without advance notice around 7 a.m. last Tuesday, said the Laramie County clerk, Debra Lee. They asked to interview voters and inspect the machines, but were denied, officials said.
“It was aggressive, unexpected, disruptive — certainly didn’t seem to show respect for the state,” Gov. Mark Gordon of Wyoming said in an interview on Thursday. “We’re going to get to the bottom of it as best we can.”"
(New York Times)
- "Big tech companies, in particular those that made major donations to Trump’s legacy projects, are preparing for congressional and even potential criminal investigations, according to advisers, lobbyists and board members. Washington-based lawyers and lobbyists say that their clients are asking: What are our vulnerabilities?"
(Wall Street Journal)
- "Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by those locked inside, with few ways to get help."
Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”
(Pro Publica)
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