TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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The more Republicans on Capitol Hill defy the president’s demands, the more he looks like a faltering lame duck.
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There’s new data that shows the presence of National Guard troops had no meaningful effect on violent crimes in the nation’s capital.
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There’s new data that shows the presence of National Guard troops had no meaningful effect on violent crimes in the nation’s capital.
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The former national security adviser has agreed to plead guilty to retaining classified information contained in a private diary entry.
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The former national security adviser has agreed to plead guilty to retaining classified information contained in a private diary entry.
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Plenty of taxpayers saw their tax records inappropriately disclosed. So why isn’t the administration giving them the same rewards the president received?
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Plenty of taxpayers saw their tax records inappropriately disclosed. So why isn’t the administration giving them the same rewards the president received?
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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- "It’s not just New Jersey. Private prison profiteers like GEO Group are getting obscene amounts of taxpayer dollars to subject our immigrant neighbors to dehumanizing and abusive conditions at camps all over the country👇🏽"
- "Hundreds of detained immigrants in GEO Group-operated ICE facilities are speaking out about inhumane conditions, lack of medical care, and retaliation for organizing.
These abuses are not isolated. We cannot look away from what is being done with our tax dollars.
✍️: @tusk81.bsky.social"
(Gabe Ortiz shares his reporting from America's Voice [Article link])
- Trump administration has separated dozens of children from their parents for a second time, AP finds
(Associated Press)
- Louisiana ICE Facility Mistreated Immigrants, Federal Investigators Say — A report by the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog described officers putting one man in a chokehold and stabbing another with a pen.
(New York Times)
- "President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. has reduced petty property crimes, but has had little to no effect on violent crime, despite the high cost to taxpayers, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan think tank Niskanen Center.
The study's findings were published just weeks after federal officials announced that the number of troops in D.C. is set to double this summer to 5,000 as part of a "summer surge" of law enforcement ahead of events planned for America's 250th birthday celebration."
(NPR News)
- "Defying Republican leaders, the House voted on Wednesday to take up a bill to impose sweeping new sanctions on Russia and provide additional aid to Ukraine, after a bloc of G.O.P. defectors joined Democrats in an effort to ratchet up pressure on Moscow more than four years into the war.
The bill, which still must win passage in the House, faces a difficult path to enactment, given divisions in the Senate over a sanctions package and objections from the White House."
(New York Times)
- Women Take Majority of Cabinet Seats in First for Denmark
(Bloomberg free version in the Financial Post)
- "Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes plans to seek a new indictment against allies of President Donald Trump who aided his quest to overturn the 2020 election, her office said Thursday after the state’s high court shot down an effort to revive her sprawling first indictment against them."
(Politico)
- "Bill Pulte has a bizarre past promoting doomed meme-stocks, even donning bulletproof vests out of fear that his Bed Bath & Beyond enemies would kill him.
Now he's Director of National Intelligence.
My latest False Flag for @thebulwark.com"
Bill Pulte Was a “Degenerate” Buffoon. Now He’s Head of U.S. Intelligence
(Will Sommer shares the Bulwark)
- "Happy Tuesday! Who's ready to hear about
1. Flesh-eating maggots (mostly go after cattle)
2. They're native to the US
3. The USDA has kept them out of the US since the 1960s
4. But the flesh-eating maggots are making a 21st century comeback. And believe it or not it may be thanks to MAGA."
(A super-informative thread from Sarah Taber, May 13, 2025 but very relevant to our current flesh-eating screwworm situation)
- "A bed bug infestation at an Agriculture Department building is riling agency staff, reigniting frustrations over remote work policy and making at least some employees sick.
The bugs were found in the building that houses the Animal and Plant Inspection Service, the agency responsible for containing and mitigating the spread of invasive pests in the U.S. The irony, one USDA employee said, “was lost on no one.”"
(NOTUS)
- “I’m Kid Rock.”
“I’m Naomi Wolf.”
“I’m Kanye West.”
“I’m Matt Taibbi.”
“I’m Catturd. Those stories, plus Rob Schneider, tonight on 60 Minutes.”
(NY Times Pitchbot)
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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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