TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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Maybe if the president understood the rudimentary details about economic data and recent events, he wouldn’t be failing so spectacularly?
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There’s one thing the vast majority of Americans can agree on: This Congress sure is awful.
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There’s one thing the vast majority of Americans can agree on: This Congress sure is awful.
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Has the Justice Department fully complied with the law on disclosing materials from the Epstein files? Its internal watchdog intends to find out.
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Has the Justice Department fully complied with the law on disclosing materials from the Epstein files? Its internal watchdog intends to find out.
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The good news is, the Covid vaccine proved effective over the winter. The bad news is, Trump’s appointees at the CDC blocked the release of the good news.
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The good news is, the Covid vaccine proved effective over the winter. The bad news is, Trump’s appointees at the CDC blocked the release of the good news.
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WHAT'S ON RACHEL'S BLUESKY RADAR?
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- "A former tobacco executive quietly joined CDC senior leadership last month — a move raising concerns over the industry's influence over public health and revolving doors."
(Sarah Todd shares Stat News)
- "Trump has said nothing about the latest allegations against the FBI director. In fact, the president has been conspicuously quiet about Patel of late, failing to say his name out loud or online in roughly a month.
"No wonder Patel is feeling antsy about his standing..."
(MaddowBlog)
- "the rule of law, checks and balances and the peaceful transition of power..."
Former NASA astronauts launch new group to promote U.S. constitutional values
(Scientific American)
- Internal emails show how fringe groups fueled Sheriff Chad Bianco’s ballot seizure — Records reveal that the unprecedented taking of 650,000 ballots was based on the thinnest of evidence, raising alarms over how the November election could be disrupted.
(Cal Matters)
- In 2021, Trump Media (Truth Social) told investors that by 2026 they could have 81 million users and $3.6 billion in revenue.
Instead:
2023: lost $58m
2024: lost $400m
2025: lost $712m
Who knows maybe this will be the year they turn it around! lololol
Former congressman Devin Nunes departs as CEO of Trump media company
(Rachel has thoughts on a Washington Post story)
- "The encounter is jolting in a good way, and the surprise sparks pleasure, public pleasure, even laughter, things that are disorienting and destabilizing to authoritarians..."
Guerrilla art is flourishing in Trump’s Washington — Street artists and anonymous collectives use an old protest technique: Sending messages into the void.
(Washington Post)
Follow Rachel on Bluesky here.
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Rachel Maddow in Conversation with Steven J. Ross
The Secret War Against Hate: American Resistance to Antisemitism and White Supremacy
Tuesday, May 5 at 8pmET at the 92nd Street Y
Tickets are on sale now!
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229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
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