TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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As one key Democratic member of Congress summarized, “It is hard to imagine a more backwards use of taxpayer money.”
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In a Congress filled with far too many scandal-plagued members, the Tennessee Republican has long stood out for a variety of ignominious reasons.
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In a Congress filled with far too many scandal-plagued members, the Tennessee Republican has long stood out for a variety of ignominious reasons.
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The White House and Republican leaders had no leverage over the Louisiana senator. It apparently didn’t matter.
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The White House and Republican leaders had no leverage over the Louisiana senator. It apparently didn’t matter.
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Trump said this week that Americans have “the greatest economy maybe in the history of the world.” Reality keeps pointing in the opposite direction.
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Trump said this week that Americans have “the greatest economy maybe in the history of the world.” Reality keeps pointing in the opposite direction.
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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- "Roughly 550 people came to the ICE facility, holding signs that said 'Let Haitians Stay' and 'Keep TPS'. They applauded as their Haitian neighbors entered and exited the ICE Field Office..."
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"Carl Ruby, the senior pastor with Central Christian Church in Springfield, came to the office with a member of his congregation who was called in for an appointment.
Ruby waited outside the front entrance for his congregant to come back outside.
"I want the ICE agents to look out and see me praying," he said."
Haitian immigrants report to Ohio ICE office, exit with ankle monitors
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
- “It's really just theater,” said Lynn Tramonte, the executive director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance, an advocacy group. “They're putting ankle monitors on people to make it look like they're doing something, but it's devastating for the people who are getting these placed on their ankle. They're a constant reminder that you're not free.”
(News from the States)
- "But since he took over at Interior last year, that hope has been replaced by confusion and concern that the agency is poorly run, has devolved into secrecy and has lost thousands of the staff needed to manage the national park systems and millions of acres of public lands."
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"The disclosures also show the dysfunction in a department that many thought would thrive under the leadership of a man who gained fame as a software mogul and governor of North Dakota. While Burgum was often a cheerleader for U.S. energy dominance, he soon took charge of the administration’s actions to stall renewable energy projects at the behest of President Donald Trump."
Jeanine Pirro berated Doug Burgum. But Interior staffers have been angry at him for months.
(Politico)
- "Including Thursday’s announcement, the government has so far spent roughly $3.9 billion to get companies to terminate 12 offshore wind leases."
(New York Times)
- "[T]hanks to a model imposed by President Donald Trump, many American consumers will pay for the privilege of paying more to turn on the lights, all while polluting our own air."
(Steve Benen)
- Judge orders Pentagon to resume wind energy project reviews — The Defense Department had halted national security reviews for onshore wind projects.
(Stateline)
- Trump loses 21 straight court battles for state voter rolls as midterms near
(Reuters)
- Campaign to enshrine voting rights in Virginia Constitution kicks off in Norfolk — If the amendment is approved in November, people with felonies will be automatically able to vote when their sentences are complete.
(Virgina Mercury)
- ""The question of whether we can have a civil service staffed by individuals who are selected and retained based on their expertise, qualifications and employment performance, rather than the political ideology of the president is the entire foundation of our modern system of administrative governance," Nicholas Bednar, a University of Minnesota law professor who has studied the civil service, told CBS News."
(CBS News)
- "A Center for Strategic and International Study analysis of air defense systems found that Patriot stockpiles have been depleted by two-thirds and the THAAD missile inventory, which it estimated was 452 before the start of the war, has been reduced by half.
A U.S. official, who would not discuss numerical estimates, told ABC News that both stockpiles "are extremely low.""
(ABC News)
- "The FCC on Thursday voted 2-1 to eliminate the national TV ownership cap rule that bars a single broadcaster from owning stations that reach more than 39% of U.S. TV households.
The party-line vote clears the way for local broadcasters to merge, giving single broadcast ownership groups far more reach than they previously could have."
(Axios)
[What the above headline is making you think of.]
- Yes, that was Michigan-made popcorn Rachel Maddow ate during MS NOW’s election coverage
(MLive)
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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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