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My advice for air travelers: Keep showing up extra early at the airport, because ICE agents' presence probably won't make a positive difference. |
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| To hear Mike Waltz tell it, it doesn't much matter what Americans in general think of the war in Iran; what matters is what Republicans think. |
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To hear Mike Waltz tell it, it doesn't much matter what Americans in general think of the war in Iran; what matters is what Republicans think. |
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| Gregg Phillips is currently in one of "the most consequential" positions at FEMA. Given his background, that's not at all encouraging. |
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Gregg Phillips is currently in one of "the most consequential" positions at FEMA. Given his background, that's not at all encouraging. |
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| If Mueller "exonerated" him, and his findings "could not have been better" for the president, why is Trump celebrating Mueller's death? |
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If Mueller "exonerated" him, and his findings "could not have been better" for the president, why is Trump celebrating Mueller's death? |
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Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who later investigated Donald Trump's Russia ties, has passed away at the age of 81. Mueller leaves behind a multi-decade legacy where he worked with presidents on both sides of the aisle. Rachel Maddow joins "The Weekend: Primetime" to react to Mueller's passing and the monumental legacy he'll leave behind. Rachel Maddow reacts to Robert Mueller's passing |
WHAT'S ON RACHEL'S BLUESKY RADAR? |
- "Five warehouses roughly within a mile of ICE's future Oakwood, GA detention center have a price-per-square-foot value, determined by county assessments, of $87, $103, $98, $92 and $102 — an average of $96, or about $30 per square foot less than the price paid by ICE."
ICE spent $200 million on two Georgia warehouses. Did the feds overpay?
(Atlanta Journal Constitution)
- no kings day, czech style:
Czechs rally against populist PM in largest anti-government protest since 2019 — Tens of thousands of Czechs have rallied in Prague against the government of billionaire Prime Minister Andrej BabiÅ¡, slamming it for "arrogance of power".
(Rachel shares RFI)
- 'Never Trumpers' launch ad blitz in 27 Florida newspapers to promote 'No Kings'
(News from the States)
- "16 years ago today, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, clearing the way for millions to access affordable health care.
Democrats won't stop fighting for health care to be a reality for all."
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(House Ways and Means Democrats share historic video)
- "As President Trump rejects a deal to fund TSA and fix airport lines, Republican lawmakers should simply pass a bill and force him to veto it."
(Houston Chronicle)
- Scenes from a personalist regime
- Trump turns to Patel after Stephen Miller praises him for five minutes and says, "So Kash, see if you can top that. That's a tough one, Kash."
"That is tough," Patel replies, and then he starts praising him too
(Don Moynihan shares Aaron Rupar's video)
- "The Sheriff's assertion that his deputies know how to count is admirable. The fact remains that he and his deputies are not elections officials."
Bianco's ballot seizure is "the sort of thing that should not happen in a healthy democracy..."
More than half a million ballots seized by top GOP candidate in California governor's race
(L.A. Times)
- "The Justice Department is increasingly telling judges it can't defend ICE's actions..."
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"Klausner was floored: "It appears that Respondents arrested a chronically ill, 70-year-old woman, who came to this country to avoid religious persecution and applied for asylum, who has lived here peacefully for 26 years and complied with all check-in requirements and other conditions of release, who has no known criminal record and poses no threat to anyone …then kept her in detention for months without sufficient medical care—and they do not have any argument to offer to even try to justify these actions.""
(Politico)
- "The price for a building like the one ICE purchased would typically be between $100 and $110 per square foot.
Seeing prices rise above $125 per square foot begins to raise eyebrows.
ICE paid around $174 per square foot to purchase the warehouse building..."
(Building Salt Lake)
- I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing.
Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service:
Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
(Rachel shares Card Catalog For Life)
- "The protesters at the Utah Governor's Mansion likened the specter of an immigrant detention center to Topaz, the internment camp in Delta that housed Japanese Americans during World War II..."
(KSL.com)
- "'Today is my wedding anniversary,' said one Sandy, Utah resident. 'But this is my priority. I cannot stand for there to be a concentration camp in my state.'
"Another resident said this was her first time participating in a protest..."
3 arrested as hundreds protest new ICE purchase of Salt Lake warehouse
(KSLTV)
- Trump's choice to lead FEMA's Office of Response and Recovery, responsible for "search-and-rescue, emergency aid, infrastructure restoration, billions of dollars in disaster assistance..."
👉👉 Also! Says "teleporting is no fun" and that he has teleported to Waffle House:
""Teleporting is no fun," Phillips added. "It's no fun because you don't really know what you're doing. You don't really understand it, it's scary, but yet um – but so real. And you know it's happening but you can't do anything about it, and so you just go, you just go with the ride. And wow, what just an incredible adventure it all was.""
Also! same guy:
"Phillips' work was later featured prominently in the film "2000 Mules," a documentary that alleged widespread ballot trafficking in the 2020 election and was promoted as evidence of systemic fraud by Phillips and True the Vote, an election-monitoring organization that has long peddled debunked voter-fraud theories.
The film's claims were widely disputed by election officials, courts and independent experts. The film's distributor, Salem Media Group, later withdrew "2000 Mules" and its companion book from distribution and issued a public apology as part of a defamation settlement."
(Rachel shares CNN)
- Nuclear safety, on Trumpism.
What could possibly go wrong.
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(Rachel shares Pro Publica)
- It's almost like, maybe, hear me out here, maaaaybe... this thing they've been doing at CBS really isn't working out.
One radical idea, free for the taking:
Undo it.
"It's the latest hurdle at the venerable news network once defined by such authoritative voices as Edward R. Murrow, who rose to fame covering World War II for its radio division, and Walter Cronkite, who commanded mass audiences in the 1970s as anchor of "CBS Evening News." That flagship broadcast has posted declining ratings despite an overhaul led by Weiss that put veteran journalist Tony Dokoupil in the anchor's chair in January.
"This is the end of an era," said Michael Socolow, a University of Maine professor who researches American radio networks.
The announcement of CBS News Radio's demise followed an earlier notice Friday that CBS News would cut jobs across its newsroom. A person familiar with the company's operations, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose nonpublic information, said the cuts would affect about 6 percent of CBS News. The person added that other newsroom divisions beyond the radio team would also be affected by layoffs, without specifying which ones."
(Rachel shares Washington Post)
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