TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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The former Fox News host has lost so many important cases, with such regularity, that it’s been challenging to keep up.
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“Democrats will investigate,” one Democrat said. “November is coming.” That’s good news, because there are a ton of questions in need of answers.
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“Democrats will investigate,” one Democrat said. “November is coming.” That’s good news, because there are a ton of questions in need of answers.
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A spokesperson for the North Carolina Republican has long dismissed the claims as “baseless allegations.” The House Ethics Committee disagreed.
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A spokesperson for the North Carolina Republican has long dismissed the claims as “baseless allegations.” The House Ethics Committee disagreed.
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Almost immediately after the president tried to blame Americans, key Democratic officials turned the spotlight on the Republican’s cuts to cybersecurity.
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Almost immediately after the president tried to blame Americans, key Democratic officials turned the spotlight on the Republican’s cuts to cybersecurity.
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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- as millions of americans this year have had to give up their health insurance **specifically because** trump and republicans made the decision to send premiums skyrocketing, the administration now says everyone who's lost coverage must have been committing fraud:
(Rachel shares CBS News)
- Gift link -- no paywall.
Stunning reporting here.
Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate
(Rachel shares New York Times)
- “Bowe suffered injuries to her face, head, right knee, right arm and right hand. An MRI identified a kneecap fracture and torn meniscus…”
US Nurse Alleges ICE Agents Broke Her Kneecap in $500,000 Legal Claim
(Newsweek)
- “About 1,000 Hoosiers supportive of immigrants marched through Fishers, Indiana on Saturday — a counter protest to a pro-deportation event planned for the city…”
(Indiana Capital Chronicle)
- "Anti-ICE advocates rallied outside the DHS office near Cincinnati after Haitians losing TPS were summoned for mandatory check-ins. Protesters report officials are fitting people with ankle monitors and issuing new court dates. Community members stand united against these aggressive tactics!"
(Luca Migo shares video)
- He “often just… says stuff”
"The bottom line is unsettling but simple: The incumbent president often just … says stuff. Maybe he intends to do what he says, maybe he just enjoys making declarations that sound good in his mind, or maybe he tries to follow through but can’t find lawyers willing to go along with his weird schemes.
Whatever the explanation, let this be a reminder to everyone looking at his statements and wondering whether they reflect reality: Watch what Trump does, not what he says."
(Rachel shares a passage from Steve's post)
- “The parishes that won Socorro, Texas, running water in the 1980s are now fighting ICE's plan to convert warehouses into a mega detention center…”
(Religion News)
- "Last week offered a particularly vivid portrait of the consequences of Mr. Trump’s meddling, which, in the span of only a few days, imperiled one criminal case, set the stage for sanctions in a second and gummed up the chances that his pick for attorney general will be confirmed by the Senate."
Trump’s Meddling in Justice Dept. Causes Problems of His Own Making
(New York Times)
- "Esmaeil Baghaei, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, said at a news conference that there were no direct U.S.-Iran talks at the moment, suggesting that a broader peace deal was not in the offing for now. Instead, he said, the talks with Oman were narrowly focused on negotiating a new route for ships to traverse the strait."
(New York Times)
- Michigan confirms first two deaths in cyclospora outbreak
(CNBC)
- "Let’s be clear: The end of U.S. leadership and China’s growing geopolitical ascendancy are bad things. China is a corrupt autocracy, with little respect for human rights and none at all for democratic values.
But people around the world have concluded that the Chinese are serious people, and that we are not. So America lost the war — and China won."
(Paul Krugman)
- "While attorneys for the Trump Organization, led by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, have alleged Capital One closed more than 300 Trump-linked accounts in 2021 over politics, lawyers for the defendants wrote in a Friday court filing that the financial institution closed the accounts “for anti-money laundering” reasons."
(The Hill)
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SPECIAL COVERAGE TUESDAY!
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Rachel and the gang are gathering at the long desk for special coverage this Tuesday as Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, and Washington have primary elections.
Tuesday, August 4 starting at 8pmET
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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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