TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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The secretary of state didn’t just hang out with an old pal. He brought a Trump-aligned businessman to a meeting with the president of a Middle Eastern country.
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A report that Kennedy raised the possibility of an “agreement” that would benefit an Iowa Libertarian if he exited the race raises all kinds of red flags.
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A report that Kennedy raised the possibility of an “agreement” that would benefit an Iowa Libertarian if he exited the race raises all kinds of red flags.
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There’s fresh evidence that military branches are starting to reverse course on the defense secretary’s misguided approach to readiness and troop safety.
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There’s fresh evidence that military branches are starting to reverse course on the defense secretary’s misguided approach to readiness and troop safety.
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Biden raised the same issue as Trump, but he contacted the proper federal agency because he understood how the federal government works.
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Biden raised the same issue as Trump, but he contacted the proper federal agency because he understood how the federal government works.
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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- "[A] New York Times analysis shows there will be significant taxpayer expense associated with all of Mr. Trump’s building and renovation initiatives. The 18 major construction projects Mr. Trump has undertaken during his second term come with a potential cost of more than $1 billion."
(New York Times)
- "Compare Alito's description of Trump's racist statements (on the left) to Justice Kagan's anthology of Trump's racist statements (on the right). These are passages from this morning's opinions in Mullin v. Doe."
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(Mark Joseph Stern shares a link to the ruling)
- Iran Attacks Cargo Ship, Testing Trump’s Deal to Reopen Strait — Attack takes place hours after Iranian warning to ships not to use routes that the regime hadn’t sanctioned
(Wall Street Journal)
- Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE
(Syracuse.com)
- "The reported early retirement of Gen. Chris Donahue from command of U.S. Army Europe and Africa is about more than the departure of a single officer. It is the latest example of a broader trend that should concern anyone interested in the long-term health of the American military: the loss of experienced senior leaders whose judgment, expertise, and mentorship have been accumulated over decades of service."
(Mark Hertling in The Bulwark)
- "“These two planets have densities comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam, fresh from the can,” Dransfield said in an email. She and her team reported their findings Wednesday in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society."
Astronomers find biggest super-puff planets yet that are lighter than cotton candy
(Associated Press)
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Toward the end of his remarks at the opening of the new Obama Presidential Center, former President Barack Obama told the history of the "arc of the moral universe" quote popularized by Martin Luther King, Jr. but spoken originally by Boston abolitionist Unitarian minister Theodore Parker.
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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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