TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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If the president wanted to hurt Republicans with roughly 100 days before the midterms, would his agenda look any different?
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“The administration seems to have a real hard time being honest about what is going on,” said one retired general.
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“The administration seems to have a real hard time being honest about what is going on,” said one retired general.
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The defense secretary told Congress that Russia and China are “enabling” Iranian actions. His boss said the opposite three days later.
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The defense secretary told Congress that Russia and China are “enabling” Iranian actions. His boss said the opposite three days later.
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One GOP senator said the White House is “creating a circular firing squad for Republicans” nearly 100 days before the midterm elections.
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One GOP senator said the White House is “creating a circular firing squad for Republicans” nearly 100 days before the midterm elections.
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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- “This is the most divisive issue that we’ve had in this area,” said Mayor Weyling J. White of Ahoskie, about 10 miles from Winton, noting that he had major reservations about having an ICE-operated facility nearby. “What kind of quality of life do those jobs bring?”
ICE Detention Center in North Carolina to Be Among Largest on East Coast
(New York Times)
- Thursday was the worst day for DOJ. So far. — DOJ withdrew its subpoenas issued to New York Times reporters, but the hearing that preceded that decision showed just how degraded DOJ has become.
(Chris Geidner, Law dork)
- "[O]ur survey finds the people who are most in favor of Trump’s new election law are the ones who have heard the least about it."
(Strength in Numbers)
- "Iran faces an enormous, costly and time-consuming effort to dig out from under the damage caused by the U.S. and Israeli attacks. But the speedy work across the country cuts into claims by President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that their bombing campaign dealt a devastating blow."
Satellite Images Show Iran Is Rebuilding. Fast. — Tehran’s speedy recovery from damage done by the U.S. and Israeli air campaign raises concerns about its effectiveness
(Wall Street Journal)
- "Kennedy, a self-professed “big fan” of peptides, has made a priority of attempting to expand Americans’ access to them. He has likened peptides to supplements, saying they both don’t have clinical trials, and said before becoming HHS secretary that he would fight their “aggressive suppression.”
The FDA had previously sidelined some peptide products, banning their production for safety reasons. Agency scientists have said there isn’t enough evidence to allow certain peptides to be produced by compounding pharmacies, as Kennedy has pushed for."
(Washington Post)
- "A year and a half into the Trump administration’s attack on higher education — and 15 months after Harvard refused to comply with sweeping federal demands — Garber stands by the decision to fight.
Filing a lawsuit should be a last resort, he said Thursday in an interview. “When you’re clear about what’s at stake, it helps you to make the decision.”"
(Washington Post)
- ""They're often treating them worse than criminals because criminals would have the right to legal counsel. They would have to right to healthcare," said Bell, a Democrat from Missouri. "Safety for the folks that are being detained has to be the priority, if they're going to hold these individuals, these hardworking folks who are coming here, following the rules, by and large."
"I was definitely disturbed by what I saw. What I saw was a lot of, in my opinion, overcrowding. There was not enough sleeping space. I saw folks that were detained that were sleeping on plastic trays on the ground," said Budzinski, a Democrat from Illinois."
Inside ICE jail: Detainee details concerns about drinking water, care
(NBC Chicago)
- The Architecture of Resistance: America’s Year of Taking On ICE — Ordinary people learned to stay a step ahead of Trump’s secret police. They’re still at it.
(Mother Jones)
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