TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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The gap between the president’s claims and the truth matters, but it’s not the only problem with the use of NPS resources.
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Speaker Mike Johnson assumes the president will sign the package into law. That seems like wishful thinking.
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Speaker Mike Johnson assumes the president will sign the package into law. That seems like wishful thinking.
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Trump’s religious liberty commission made the case for theocratic objectives, which was every bit as unsettling as it seemed.
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Trump’s religious liberty commission made the case for theocratic objectives, which was every bit as unsettling as it seemed.
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Republican officials don’t deny the accuracy of the data, though they have repeatedly tried to argue that the reduction is a positive development. It’s not.
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Republican officials don’t deny the accuracy of the data, though they have repeatedly tried to argue that the reduction is a positive development. It’s not.
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Rachel Maddow talks with Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer, authors of "On Courage: How to be a dissident in an age of fear," about "the central question of how to live right as an American citizen right now," and the variety of ways people can throw sand in the gears of authoritarianism to preserve democracy.
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WHAT'S ON RACHEL'S BLUESKY RADAR?
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- "High primary turnout among Black voters has given Democrats hope for upset wins in the South..."
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“People are seeing these redistricting efforts as an existential crisis,” said Charles Taylor of the Mississippi branch of the NAACP. He said the organization is getting an influx of new volunteers and planning field hearings to ensure a large turnout of Black voters this fall.
(Washington Post)
- "Greenwater Services got a no-bid contract and is partly owned by a twice-convicted felon who is a Trump friend..."
The Company Cleaning Up the Reflecting Pool Says It Has ‘Nothing to Hide’
(Wall Street Journal)
- Trump and Republicans radically raised health insurance premium costs -- doubling them on average -- and so 5 million Americans who used to have health insurance now can't afford it.
More than half the people who have this kind of health insurance live in GOP districts:
(Rachel shares NPR)
- "The door, locked. Its windows boarded up. The only indicator of what might have been is a green sign at the top of the entryway: 'African-American History'.
"The would-be exhibit is one of dozens that were scrubbed from federal land by the Trump administration..."
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"Kelley ordered the DOI to reinstate the nixed exhibits before July 4 and the nation's 250th anniversary celebration. When the government asked the court to push back its deadline and delay implementation, the judge declined.
Kelley ordered that 52 items be put back in place at more than 30 federal sites, beginning the week of June 22.
It was not immediately clear if Kerwin's exhibit, which was axed before it ever opened to the public, would also be reinstated. But the Resistance Rangers are done waiting for officials to act. They've printed copies of banned pamphlets and made plans to bring information the government wants out of federal parks directly to visitors."
Trump axed a Black history exhibit. Former park rangers are teaching it anyway.
(NPR)
- so…
(1) north carolina declines to pay to put up state booth at trump “state fair”.
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(2) random republican congressional staffer does state booth instead
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(3) cue the “confederate flag at north carolina booth” headlines…
(Rachel shares the Washington Post)
- Ossoff: "This is what happens when you send your son in law Jared to cosplay as a diplomat. Despite zero qualifications, Prince Jared was tapped to lead Middle East diplomacy. Now remember Jared's slush fund already got $2 billion from the Saudi Crown Prince ... "
(Aaron Rupar shares video of Senator Ossoff)
- "Trump ripped up the walkway between the West Wing and the mansion to replace it with polished African granite carved in Italy. "Paid for by me," he claimed. Except that's not true. Taxpayers paid $689,232, per documents obtained by @michaelscherer.bsky.social"
(Peter Baker shares The Atlantic [gift link])
- "Visitors could look at a smaller-scale model of Mr. Trump’s proposed 250-foot triumphal arch.
Its vinyl covering — stapled over a wood frame and emblazoned with the words 'One Nation Under God' — had already started buckling..."
(New York Times)
- "The administration’s partial retreat follows months of opposition by those groups..."
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"Initially, DHS said little about the effort. But after The Post published the names of the towns initially targeted for the project in a Dec. 24 story, a loose network of activists came together to oppose these efforts — packing municipal meetings, protesting outside the offices of Congress members and using Signal and Facebook to organize nationwide opposition.
The activists spanned more than a dozen states, both political parties and a wide range of demographics. They included residents of a deeply red Georgia town and an Arizona high-schooler who spent her senior year lobbying local, state and federal officials."
DHS chief acknowledges missteps in $1 billion warehouse purchases
(Washington Post)
- usa today headline:
Trump's Great American State Fair opens with melted ice cream, empty booths — A visit to the event to mark the United States' 250th birthday turned up sparse visitors, power problems and an early closure for bad weather.
(USA Today)
Follow Rachel on Bluesky here.
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"Department of Fate: The Promise, the Power, and the Collapse of America’s Most Consequential Institution"
comes out November 10 but you can pre-order now.
See MS.NOW/DepartmentOfFate for links and options to pre-order.
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