TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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The Republican president tried and failed to reach a deal with Iran. And Russia. And China. And Saudi Arabia. And now, Canada.
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Given the circumstances, it’s tough simply to give the relevant players the benefit of the doubt.
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Given the circumstances, it’s tough simply to give the relevant players the benefit of the doubt.
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The president recently boasted, “The farmers are doing very well.” There’s overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
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The president recently boasted, “The farmers are doing very well.” There’s overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
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The president, in a rather literal sense, just doesn’t know what he’s talking about when it comes to economic policies he really ought to understand.
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The president, in a rather literal sense, just doesn’t know what he’s talking about when it comes to economic policies he really ought to understand.
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WHAT'S ON RACHEL'S BLUESKY RADAR?
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- "A pseudo-democratic fiscal basketcase, whose only apparent foreign policy objective is domination for the gratification of its president’s slapdash vanity...
"Trump’s world — a world of transaction and submission — is not the only world we all have to live in..."
Canada Said No to America. It Will Reverberate Far Beyond Its Borders.
(New York Times)
- He Waited For His Son To Return From The USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol Arrested Him.
(Associated Press via HuffPost)
- At "Rally for Democracy" protest in Mount Kisco New York, Aug 22 2026:
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(Rachel shares a viewer submission)
- "Democrats have now flipped 31 seats from red to blue since January 2025..."
(MaddowBlog)
"The inflated Nevada number and the subsequent absence of significant findings offer yet another example of Mr. Trump’s making an outrageous claim of widespread election fraud without the evidence to support it..."
Homeland Security Made a Big Claim About Noncitizen Voting. Now It Can’t Prove It.
(New York Times)
- “Local media has been dying all over America, which means there’s essentially no way to hold local governments accountable— they can do whatever they want,” he told the white nationalists meeting.
“You should be fantasizing about this. This is a good thing.”
(Confront The Hate)
- Trump/Republicans' "big beautiful bill" has so far cut one million american kids off food stamps:
‘Mom, are we OK?’ Children worry their families can’t afford food after Trump’s SNAP cuts
(NBC News)
- trump/republicans decide to let health insurance premiums skyrocket in alabama -- 95,000 people in the state lose coverage:
Alabama Obamacare enrollment drops 23% after tax credits expire
(News from the States)
- At the CDC, Trump has gutted programs on Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, sickle cell disease, smoking, overdoses, maternal mortality, rape prevention...
The CDC has zombie programs. Congress funds them, but few people are left to do the work
(Associated Press)
- civilizational collapse, anyone?
"Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training, and destroying them in the process.
"It’s possible to scan these rare books without destroying them, but cutting the spine makes it cheaper and faster..."
(404 Media)
- New Bedford, Massachusetts:
Council meeting on Flock cameras erupts into chaos, delaying vote
(New Bedford Light)
- after the indy car race today, that's pretty much a wrap for the commemoration of america's 250th.
if it's all felt a little underwhelming, don't forget that there was supposed to be a lot more celebrating all across the country, but trump cut funding for all of it:
DOGE Cut Off Small Town America’s 250th Birthday Money — Then Trump redirected the money for his own beautification projects.
(NOTUS)
- Trump has a positive approval rating in precisely 3 out of 50 U.S. states:
"Amid President Donald Trump’s record-low approval ratings nationally, a new YouGov/Economist projection shows the president's net job approval is negative in all but three states.
According to The Economist and YouGov, more people disapprove than approve of Trump’s job performance in 47 out of 50 states and in the District of Columbia. The three states where the majority of respondents still approve of the president are Wyoming (+14), Idaho (+9), and West Virginia (+6). "
(USA Today)
- “Last spring, I warned that America is trying to break us so they can own us. And I promised that that will never, ever happen,” Carney said.
“We are keeping that promise. Canada is becoming stronger and less dependent on America.”
(Wall Street Journal)
- "USDA reported a nearly 500% jump in beef export sales before revising the figure down by 90% a week later.
The error was the latest of a series of questionable USDA reports amid concerns about data quality after staffing losses during the Trump administration..."
(Reuters)
- The BLM may stop notifying landowners about drilling under private land. Wyoming ranchers are alarmed. — Western cattlemen are poised to lose almost all opportunity to comment on oil and gas development underneath their property.
(WyoFile)
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