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Friday, December 05, 2025
TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
Suspected pipe bomber told FBI he backed Trump, believed 2020 election conspiracies
There's no shortage of questions about Brian Cole Jr. and his actions, but some new details are coming to the fore.
FBI's Bongino tries to explain his discredited conspiracy theory in pipe-bombs case
Why did the FBI deputy director get the pipe-bombs case wrong? He has an answer, but it isn't a good one.
Trump taps new ballroom architect for $300 million White House vanity project
Whether the president will ever devote this much attention to governing and policymaking is unclear.
Trump's commutation for a convicted fraudster goes from bad to worse
David Gentile was supposed to pay $15.5 million in restitution to thousands of victims. Thanks to Trump, they get nothing.
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WAIT, WAS THAT RACHEL?
In all these years, Rachel has done some unexpected cameos (yes, that was Rachel's voice as Vesper Fairchild on that Batwoman show), but the outreach from the Colbert folks on this one with Weird Al took us by pleasant surprise.
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