TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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Despite his many controversies, Rep. Cory Mills of Florida is running for re-election. Plenty of Republicans are not OK with that.
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Sen. Jack Reed condemned the curtailment of military exercises with South Korea as “another inane, haphazard decision” by the Republican administration.
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Sen. Jack Reed condemned the curtailment of military exercises with South Korea as “another inane, haphazard decision” by the Republican administration.
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“I’ve never seen anything like it,” a federal district court judge said about a newly disclosed email. “I’ve never even imagined something like it.”
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“I’ve never seen anything like it,” a federal district court judge said about a newly disclosed email. “I’ve never even imagined something like it.”
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In making his pitch to the workforce at Main Justice, the attorney general’s rhetoric was at odds with his record to an extraordinary extent.
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In making his pitch to the workforce at Main Justice, the attorney general’s rhetoric was at odds with his record to an extraordinary extent.
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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- "Trump just mocked the very idea that people are upset about high gas prices due to his Iran fiasco. Being this out-of-touch + deeply unpopular Mideast war + widespread economic anger has distinct echoes of Bush/2006.
On the pod, @stevebenen.com is great on all this."
(Greg Sargent lets folks know that Steve was a guest on his podcast again today.)
- "The Iranian preparations point to an enormous gulf between how Washington and Tehran are perceiving this stage of the war. The divergence has driven a hard-line negotiating stance and reluctance to close deals by Iran’s leaders that has persistently flummoxed Trump, who has called them crazy and accused them of lying.
Iran’s readiness to fight also highlights a deep lack of trust that is likely to keep the two sides from reaching a durable deal to end the conflict any time soon."
Iran’s Secret Plan to Escalate the War
(Wall Street Journal)
- "Over the last decade, Trump has consistently insulted and mocked US troops. His defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has made clear that he sees service members as props in his endless battle to win culture war accolades from Nazi bloggers and right-wing talking heads.
The fact that real men and women are experiencing mental health crises and are dying in service of their ill-informed and vindictive whims doesn’t trouble Trump or Hegseth. It should more than worry everyone else though."
(Public Notice)
- Russia jails anti-war politician for 11 years in further clampdown on dissent
(Reuters)
- "What the president did not say is that the text of the article, published by the Post on Thursday, reported that while the Trump White House “took credit for” the biggest year-over-year drop in drug prices in more than 60 years in July, independent experts “said a Biden-era policy that requires Medicare to negotiate prices for some popular prescription drugs is more likely to be driving down costs”.
“The Inflation Reduction Act was a signature accomplishment of former president Joe Biden, a sprawling measure enacted in 2022 that aimed to lower prescription drug prices by requiring Medicare, the federal health program for the elderly, to begin negotiating the prices it pays drugmakers for an array of popular and costly prescription drugs,” the Post’s report noted. “The first price reductions took effect at the beginning of this year.”"
Trump shows off article on lower drug prices that says Biden deserves credit, not him
(The Guardian)
- "Mr. Jindra considered himself a MAGA patriot until his wife’s detention."
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"“The allure of the MAGA campaign was around illegal entries of criminals,” said Mr. Jindra, 48. “There was never a mandate for this president to turn the barrel of the gun and start going after people who legally entered.”"
Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport.
(New York Times)
- "One bill proposes increasing the number of Supreme Court justices from nine to 13. Another would cut their lifetime terms to 18 years. Others would create an enforceable ethics code and place standards on how the court rules from its relatively opaque “shadow docket.”"
Angry at the Supreme Court, liberals push a slew of plans for overhauling it
(Washington Post)
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Rachel and the gang are getting out of the studio heading to Arlington, Texas on Saturday, September 26th to hang out with the MS NOW audience.
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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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