TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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Was the president’s IRS lawsuit a fraud on the court? A federal judge is asking all the right questions, which Trump’s lawyers have a short window to answer.
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As Iran backed away from the negotiating table, one longtime observer raised an underappreciated point: “Trump is perhaps the world’s worst negotiator.”
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As Iran backed away from the negotiating table, one longtime observer raised an underappreciated point: “Trump is perhaps the world’s worst negotiator.”
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Under the president’s vision, the top of the ballroom won’t simply be a roof, it will also be a launchpad.
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Under the president’s vision, the top of the ballroom won’t simply be a roof, it will also be a launchpad.
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When identifying the most outlandish personnel move of Trump’s second term, the competition is fierce, though this has to be near the top of the list.
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When identifying the most outlandish personnel move of Trump’s second term, the competition is fierce, though this has to be near the top of the list.
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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- "People were suffering and dying and we couldn’t get anybody to answer the phone to tell us that we could send help...”
Exclusive: Power struggles and paralysis: Inside FEMA’s lost year as storm season approaches
(CNN)
- "A handful of African nations are rejecting American health aid, outraged by the Trump administration’s demands for access to private health records and even minerals in exchange for lifesaving medicine..."
(Wall Street Journal)
- "The CIA has stopped contributing to some intelligence assessments, including those related to the Iran war, produced by the office of the nation's top spy as disputes over intelligence-sharing and areas of responsibility boil over, say people familiar with the matter."
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"The CIA, led by Director John Ratcliffe, contends that Gabbard's Director's Initiatives Group has acted recklessly by circumventing traditional intelligence-sharing and declassification protocols..."
(Reuters)
- #BREAKING U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth call on Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros to resign, calling his tenure "riddled with chaos, deep internal dysfunction, and alleged misconduct."
Reporting w/ @tinasfon.bsky.social via @chicago.suntimes.com:
(Jon Seidel shares Chicago Sun-Times see also last night's TRMS)
- "DHS officials in statements at the time disputed Diaz Morales’s assertions and said she was in the country illegally. “Dulce Consuelo Madrigal Diaz is NOT a U.S. citizen — she is an illegal alien from Mexico,” then-DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement in December. “She did NOT provide a valid U.S. birth certificate or any evidence in support of her claim that she is a U.S. citizen.”"
Woman held by ICE for 25 days, despite evidence of citizenship, gets a U.S. passport — Attorneys for Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales had presented a Maryland birth certificate and other documents as proof of her U.S. citizenship
(Washington Post)
- "On Monday night, even President Trump weighed in, claiming that Mr. Kean has been “working tirelessly” on behalf of his agenda.
“Tom Kean has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election,” the president wrote on social media, adding, “HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!”
Mr. Kean, 57, has missed more than 100 floor votes since March while being treated for what his aides have described only as a “personal medical condition.”"
(New York Times)
- Hospitals See Diseases Resurge as Vaccinations Decline — Doctors nationwide are encountering more children with whooping cough, bacterial infections and other serious illnesses, as well as more adults refusing tetanus shots.
(New York Times)
- "The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that was put in place a decade ago to monitor coastal environments, marine ecosystems and powerful currents that affect the global climate."
(New York Times)
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This is how a prosecutor of ORGANIZED CRIME sees Trump's corruption
Former federal prosecutor Barbara McQuade talks with Rachel Maddow about her acclaimed new book, "The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government," in which she draws upon her experience prosecuting fraud and organized crime to understand how to defeat Donald Trump's style of intimidation and inflicting pain on others to dominate them and get what he wants.
NOTE: This is a full length interview with Barb McQuade about her new book that did not air on TV and was not a special live ticketed event. We published it this morning just for the internet.
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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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