TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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The president’s decision to withdraw thousands of U.S. troops from a key NATO ally is the start of a dangerous fit, not the end of one.
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The president has no idea that members of Congress can’t be impeached. It’s emblematic of the profound ignorance that continues to undermine his presidency.
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The president has no idea that members of Congress can’t be impeached. It’s emblematic of the profound ignorance that continues to undermine his presidency.
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The president’s effort to clear a Senate field in Kentucky is reminiscent of a related story from 2010, which some Republicans compared to Watergate.
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The president’s effort to clear a Senate field in Kentucky is reminiscent of a related story from 2010, which some Republicans compared to Watergate.
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Trump administration officials keep making specific promises about economic performance. They also keep failing to deliver on those promises.
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Trump administration officials keep making specific promises about economic performance. They also keep failing to deliver on those promises.
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WHAT'S ON RACHEL'S BLUESKY RADAR?
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- "a massive standoff occurred for the next several hours between police and the impromptu protesters until the early hours of the morning..."
ICE at hospital: Masked agents drag man from medical center in Brooklyn, New Yorkers and cops injured in pepper spray chaos
(AMNY)
- "Just before they went on, the family uttered a prayer of thanks. 'Thank you, Father, for giving us this great opportunity... We ask you, Father, to protect us and bathe us in your light'...”
(New York Times)
- Internal ICE records reveal widespread use of force in detention centers
(Washington Post)
- "We should probably do some oversight..."
“We should probably do some oversight,” Sen. Josh Hawley, a member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, told NOTUS. “I don’t know the last time that the chairman did an oversight hearing on DHS. I can’t think of it. Maybe it’s just slipping my mind. But it’s not a very active committee. Probably should be.”
(NOTUS)
- "Overhead, Marine One passed twice as President Donald Trump returned from his golf resort in Doral, Florida.
Several patrons marked the moment by waving hello to the president with two middle fingers in the air..."
Confusion surrounds East Potomac shutdown: ‘None of this makes any sense’
(Washington Post)
- Ranking Member Robert Garcia Demands Answers on Noem Living Rent-Free in Taxpayer-Funded Home After Being Fired
(Oversight Democrats)
- Trump’s border wall expansion just bulldozed an ancient tribal site — Construction in the Arizona desert damaged an enormous Indigenous ground etching resembling a fish that is thought to be at least 1,000 years old.
(Washington Post)
- "State legislative races—which already attract too little attention—just got a lot more important..."
Trump Has No Clue What His Supreme Court Has Just Unleashed — The Supreme Court decision on gerrymandering points in one direction only: Come 2028, Democrats have to declare a take-no-prisoners redistricting war on the GOP.
(The New Republic)
- "Louisiana Republicans have eliminated a city clerk position in New Orleans days before a Black man was set to take office.
“It’s a sad thing to see the state government repeating what happened to Black public officials during Reconstruction,” said Calvin Duncan, who was set to take office Monday."
(Keith Boykin shares AP)
[NOTE: As we were putting this newsletter together, Calvin Duncan was cleared to take office after an appeals court judge blocked the new state law. (NOLA)]
- "Trump’s initial post about removing US troops from Germany came just hours after he spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has long sought to reduce the number of NATO troops in Europe...
"The Pentagon 'was not expecting it'...
(Politico)
- “At age 19, after two failed attempts to reach the US via Honduras and Mexico, he succeeded. He received a work permit under the Temporary Protected Status program for refugees, worked as a janitor and at a UPS warehouse. He became a US citizen in 2006..."
(Charleston Gazette-Mail)
- “I don’t know. I’m not sure, you have to ask the various people involved...”
‘When did it come out?’ Trump remains disengaged as events unfold around him
(MaddowBlog)
- "Fidelity and Vanguard funds acted before any legal or judicial process had played out..."
Fidelity and Vanguard Won’t Allow Donations to Southern Poverty Law Center — Both entities cited the Justice Department investigation into the civil rights organization in messages to its charitable account holders.
(New York Times)
- "The program, which provides HIV testing, counseling and support services — will sunset June 30, according to the Indiana state Department of Health. The decision follows a $6.7 million reduction in federal funding that had supported the program..."
(Indiana Capital Chronicle)
- To be fair, maybe they actually *meant* "Untied States"?
"In March, it was revealed that lawyers at the DOJ had spent months emailing the wrong address while seeking information on voter rolls in Oklahoma. And last month, a judge in Washington state demanded to know why Voting Section lawyers had improperly served their lawsuit and missed a crucial deadline. The judge also questioned whether the lawsuit was served in a different way than outlined by the DOJ, and if so, why the lawyers had made “inaccurate representation” to the court. In another filing in late February, lawyers seeking sensitive voting data misspelled the words “voters,” “emergency,” and “United States” in a single filing."
(Wired)
- "A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities..."
The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
(Pro Publica)
- "The family made national headlines after being taken by ICE during a routine immigration appointment. The family was detained in Dilley TX, while the oldest son, Antonio, was held in Raymondville.
"The family and Antonio were later released and reunited..."
(ValleyCentral)
- "Children as young as 4 are being forced to repeatedly appear in court and provide updates on their case, at times without legal help, within a matter of weeks.
"Children are feeling 'enormous pressure' and some wet their pants when they have to go to court..."
(CNN)
- "Several Mississippi politicians responded to the story of the Makoka brothers, which the Mississippi Free Press first reported..."
Max and Israel Makoka Were Waiting for a Hancock High School Bus. ICE Took the Brothers Instead.
Israel and Max Makoka Are Coming Home After ICE Arrests Galvanized Their Mississippi Community
(Mississippi Free Press and Mississippi Free Press)
- "Right now, our industry is afraid of the wrong things. We’re afraid of offending power. We’re afraid of losing access. We’re afraid of another baseless lawsuit...
"There is a fine line between being a team player and being an accomplice...”
60 Minutes journalist decries ‘spread of corporate meddling and editorial fear’ at CBS News — Sharyn Alfonsi, whose report on Cecot prison was pulled by Bari Weiss, admits uncertainty over her future at network
(The Guardian)
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