TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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A month after reporting emerged on GOP senators “losing confidence” in the Pentagon chief, these partisans are starting to go public with their concerns.
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The president had an opportunity to walk back his “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation” line. He did the opposite.
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The president had an opportunity to walk back his “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation” line. He did the opposite.
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There are simply too many Trump administration officials in key positions despite their lack of qualifications. Take Dr. Brian Christine, for example.
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There are simply too many Trump administration officials in key positions despite their lack of qualifications. Take Dr. Brian Christine, for example.
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Trump’s pardons for Jan. 6 rioters were already indefensible. As many of them run into fresh trouble with the law, the move continues to look even worse.
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Trump’s pardons for Jan. 6 rioters were already indefensible. As many of them run into fresh trouble with the law, the move continues to look even worse.
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WHAT'S ON RACHEL'S BLUESKY RADAR?
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- “Wow, you’re really not feeling our pain, you are adding to our pain, and on top of that, you don’t care about our pain. That could lead to political problems for him…”
To Critics, Trump Remarks Reveal a Billionaire Out of Touch
(New York Times)
- "The commutation 'signals it's open season on our election and election officials'
“Gov. Polis is bending the knee to the same voices and conspiracy theories undermining belief in our democratic institutions. This is now Polis’ legacy. He will not be able to run from it”
Colorado’s Democratic governor commutes ex-election clerk Tina Peters’ sentence after Trump pressure
(AP News)
- Trump just put him in charge of the FDA.
He has no medical background at all.
But he does turkey hunt with Don Junior so ok.
(Rolling Stone)
- Trump Really, Really Doesn’t Want to Get Audited. I Wonder Why?
(Esquire)
- "No progress on Iran, no progress on trade, no progress on tariffs, but a stern lecture on Taiwan.
Behold, the towering dealmaker of our time..."
(MaddowBlog)
- oh my holy bananas where do they find these people
"As the Trump administration sought to reassure Americans this week that a hantavirus outbreak posed little risk to the public, Dr. Brian Christine, one of the top public health officials in charge of infectious disease policy, stood before reporters in Nebraska promising a response “grounded in science” and “grounded in transparency.”
Before he joined the Trump administration last year, Christine was an Alabama-based urologist who specialized in penile implants. He has little public health experience and a history of far-right commentary and promoting conspiracy theories. He’s said the Covid pandemic led to a wider government plot to control people, compared the Biden administration to Nazi Germany and suggested the Covid vaccine had little effect in stopping the pandemic.
He once hosted a YouTube show called “Erection Connection,” a professional YouTube series on erectile dysfunction for fellow urologists."
Penile implant specialist with history of far-right comments led hantavirus presser
(CNN)
- “It’s possible that we’re starting to see the consequences of severe and sudden cuts to global health programs that have eroded surveillance and allowed deadly viruses to spread undetected...”
(New York Times)
- "The Trump administration has struck what some see as the final blow to PEPFAR, the vaunted US program that has saved the lives of 26 million people living with HIV.
The State Dept now says that as of 30 September, CDC support for PEPFAR will end in most countries."
(Science)
- "Just in case you were wondering how Kimberly Guilfoyle is doing as Ambassador to Greece, I'd say just FANTASTIC:"
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(Peter Huestis shares a photo that tells a story)
- Tough guy!
"When asked about a 'major cyberattack' from China, Trump shrugged indifferently. 'It is what it is,' he said...
"Confronted with evidence that China was assisting Iran in its war with the U.S., Trump called China's actions just 'one of those things'...”
(MaddowBlog)
- A Moab resident was detained by ICE. This local family is fighting for her release. — The Turkish immigrant has been denied adequate food, water, prescribed medications and phone calls, according to Moab Indivisible.
(The Salt Lake Tribune)
- "As they rushed into his apartment...he felt the jaws of a large dog biting into his ankle, knocking him to the floor.
He screamed as the dog tore the flesh from his thighs, hip and wrist.
Down the hall, agents took a mother and her 16-yr-old son at gunpoint..."
Immigrants Detained in Chicago Military-Style Raid Seek Millions in Damages
(Pro Publica)
- "Nearly 60% of those detained have no criminal convictions...
'When it was built in the middle of the Everglades last summer, officials said they needed to put it out there because they were going to house the worst of the worst... Clearly that’s not the case'..."
Families concerned as ‘Alligator Alcatraz' faces shutdown while hundreds remain detained
(NBC Miami)
- "CBS is assenting to its own diminishment."
"The biggest loss is to core America values, including the right to speak freely, even in brutally mocking terms, about those in power..."
CBS Cancels Itself, Not Just Colbert
(New York Times)
- great piece. please read if you have a moment:
It’s Black disenfranchisement, not ‘partisan warfare’
(Press Watch)
- "Juan Chavez Velasco has been released!
Juan was on his way to the hospital to see his newborn daughter in the NICU when ICE targeted and detained him. He is a DACA recipient and was a medical worker on the frontlines during the pandemic."
(Joaquin Castro shares photos)
- A Georgia city, slated for a massive immigration warehouse, sues ICE
(GPB)
- “This isn’t how things are supposed to work in America,” wrote U.S. District Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee based in New York. “Unquestionably, the laws of human decency condemn such villainy.”
10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s ICE policies
(Politico)
- It took a while, but Kristi Noem has finally left her waterfront Coast Guard home
(MaddowBlog)
- "The Newburgh, New York ICE solicitation comes as federal plans for detention infrastructure in the Hudson Valley have drawn fierce opposition..."
A Deleted Filename Reveals ICE's Plans for a New Facility in the Hudson Valley
(Project Salt Box)
- They had contracts for prison labor at these camps?? Before they even bought them?
Contracts Show ICE Planned Detainee Labor at Warehouse Sites Slated as Short-Term Facilities
(Project Salt Box)
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