TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
|
|
|
|
JD Vance recently boasted that the U.S. has “a president who takes fraud seriously.” Trump’s pardon record suggests otherwise.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Americans need to be able to rely on ostensibly apolitical federal agencies for accurate information, free of partisan taint.
|
|
|
|
Americans need to be able to rely on ostensibly apolitical federal agencies for accurate information, free of partisan taint.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Why was Lance Schroyer nominated to lead ICE? His friendship with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin apparently had a lot to do with it.
|
|
|
|
Why was Lance Schroyer nominated to lead ICE? His friendship with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin apparently had a lot to do with it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
For all of the chest-thumping about immigration agents targeting the “worst of the worst,” Ugboaja is a nun who was walking to mass when she was hauled off.
|
|
|
|
For all of the chest-thumping about immigration agents targeting the “worst of the worst,” Ugboaja is a nun who was walking to mass when she was hauled off.
|
|
|
|
- Brady Tillett: ICE detention is as bad as it sounds. I’ve been living it for 2 years
(TribLive)
- "Trump pardoned a business partner of infamous Jack Abramoff, kingpin of the massive corruption scandal that rocked DC in the 2000s.
The man, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and mail fraud conspiracy, has donated nearly $4 million to GOP campaigns..."
(Washington Post)
- Trump "extends gun rights to buyers who had faced restrictions because of mental illness..."
Trump Administration Rolls Back Dozens of Gun Regulations
(New York Times)
- A Venezuelan man was accused of attempting to choke an ICE officer to death in Bellevue. Bystander video tells a different story
(Nebraska Public Media)
- "All told, the U.S. economy has added 668,000 jobs over Trump’s 18-month second term. Over the previous 18 months, the economy added more than 2.4 million jobs. To date, the White House hasn’t even tried to explain why the domestic job market worsened after the Republican president took office."
(MaddowBlog)
- "The Tommy Tuberville Foundation’s treasurer couldn’t say whether the senator had kept his promise. 'Coach has to live with that himself, I know what he said and I know what he promised — me and the people heard that,' he said. 'I’m not trying to cover for him'....”
Alabama’s Tommy Tuberville hedges on whether he kept his campaign promise to veterans
(MaddowBlog)
- “This is a real win,” he said. “It is not the end of the fight though, and we’re not walking away until this prison camp is shut down for good.”
Agreement stalls immigrant detention center in Surprise
(News from the States)
- Longtime citizen flagged, voter registration revoked in proof-of-citizenship ordeal
(News from the States)
- "In nearly every state, the official humanities nonprofits created by a congress to help make history and literature accessible to all Americans had to give up their 250th anniversary planning when DOGE pulled their federal funding..."
(NOTUS)
- “You can significantly politicize the federal workforce by firing them, and then loosening the standards and restrictions on which you bring people in...”
DOGE Is Officially Ending. Agencies Are Hiring Again.
(NOTUS)
- Montana's Trump-endorsed Republican U.S. Senate nominee...
Montana GOP Senate Nominee Kurt Alme Let Child Sex Offender Off The Hook — As U.S. attorney, Alme cut a plea deal in 2020 that let Mychal Thomas Damon serve less than a year in prison after sexually abusing a 6-year-old.
(Rachel shares HuffPost)
- this is why we can't have nice things.
Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Player’s Suspension. Now He’s Eligible to Play.
(Rachel shares the New York Times - see also)
- "Kennedy’s health department added several new members to a panel that will review some peptides next month.
At least seven of the members have ties to peptide-related businesses and clinics..."
(Washington Post)
Follow Rachel Maddow on Bluesky here.
|
"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.
|
|
|
|
229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
|
|
|
|
|
