TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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The GOP plan was to advance the attorney general nominee ahead of the Senate’s upcoming recess. That plan, at least for now, lies in tatters.
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The president won’t be on the ballot again, but congressional Republicans will. As his support plummets to new depths, their options are limited.
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The president won’t be on the ballot again, but congressional Republicans will. As his support plummets to new depths, their options are limited.
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On March 1, an unmanned Iranian drone killed six U.S. troops in Kuwait. Some key questions about the defense secretary’s version of events demand answers.
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On March 1, an unmanned Iranian drone killed six U.S. troops in Kuwait. Some key questions about the defense secretary’s version of events demand answers.
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Excluding the pandemic, 2025 was the worst for economic growth in nine years. Halfway through 2026, the latest GDP data looks even worse.
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Excluding the pandemic, 2025 was the worst for economic growth in nine years. Halfway through 2026, the latest GDP data looks even worse.
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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- "More than 130 chartered Boeing 737 flights operated by Eastern Air Express have landed at Akron-Canton since April 20, sometimes to pick up people in restraints who have disembarked from a prison bus or unmarked vans. Some of the planes are serviced and then wait several hours or a few days to be dispatched to another airport that often is adjacent to or near a federal detention facility."
How Akron-Canton Airport is becoming a major hub for deportations
(Akron Beacon Journal)
- 'Stop ICE Flights' protest targets Akron-Canton Airport
(The Canton Repository)
- Thirteen House Rating Changes Toward Democrats as Seat-by-Seat Assessment Better Aligns with Our November Expectations
(Sabato's Cruystal Ball)
- "About two-thirds of U.S. adults say the war with Iran, which began Feb. 28, has not been worthwhile, according to the new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That includes the vast majority of Democrats and independents, as well as about 37% of Republicans."
(AP News)
- "The Trump regime is trying to usher in a “Golden Age in Science” where scientific research is run like a Trump family business, artificial intelligence is all that matters, profit is everything, and expertise is for chumps."
The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift
(Public Notice)
- Uninsured Patients Rise Sharply, Hospitals Report, Citing Obamacare Cuts — More people who lost coverage after congressional Republicans ended enhanced federal subsidies are now seeking care in emergency rooms and unable to pay bills.
(New York Times)
- "The massive new Ebola outbreak now spreading across conflict-ridden eastern Congo is a grim object lesson on just how vital USAID was. The outbreak was declared in May after an unusually long delay in detecting and identifying the virus, by which point it had already spread at an enormous scale. It is the most worrying resurgence of Ebola since the famously huge 2014 outbreak in West Africa – and will likely match, if not exceed, that scale. "
Blame Elon Musk and Donald Trump for the Out-of-Control Ebola Crisis
(Zeteo)
- "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week added this separate outbreak to its ongoing foodborne illness investigations.
The cyclosporiasis cases in this outbreak have not been linked to the lettuce outbreak, and the FDA says it is still conducting traceback efforts to identify the source."
(The Hill)
- "Under questioning from lawmakers two weeks ago, Kaufman admitted to having written a LinkedIn post saying that he would “rather perish” than give his children the Covid-19 vaccine. In a different LinkedIn post, Kaufman had questioned the safety of the Hepatitis B birth dose — of which Cassidy is a vocal proponent. At the hearing, Kaufman also addressed a video from four years ago, in which he said he hated the CDC, which works closely with the agency he hopes to lead."
Health emergency preparedness nominee advances on party lines
(Politico)
- Trump has been dismantling post-9/11 counterterrorism protections, Senate report says — Democratic senators are accusing the White House of weakening U.S. defenses that were developed and refined in the 25 years since the 9/11 attacks.
(MS NOW)
- US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference — State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
(Reuters)
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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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