Friday, September 25, 2026
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TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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Key congressional Democrats called the pro-Trump ad “an egregious and utterly illegal misuse of Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars.”
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The red state hasn’t sent a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1932. It’s hard not to wonder whether that streak might soon end.
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The red state hasn’t sent a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1932. It’s hard not to wonder whether that streak might soon end.
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Secretary Markwayne Mullin referenced 15,903 noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls. The state checked and found the actual number was zero.
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Secretary Markwayne Mullin referenced 15,903 noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls. The state checked and found the actual number was zero.
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“It is someone trying to give an impression of their service that is not true,” an expert in military awards said, adding, “It amounts to a lie.”
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“It is someone trying to give an impression of their service that is not true,” an expert in military awards said, adding, “It amounts to a lie.”
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s inaction on the mFlusiva vaccine marks a break in longstanding practice. It’s also an example of how the agency’s vaccine review-and-recommendation process has been blown up in the past year, grinding decision-making to a halt."
(Associated Press)
Texas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error case — Crystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted
(The Guardian)
Intelligence from Chinese groups aiding in Iran’s increasingly effective targeting of US sites, sources say
(CNN)
It’s Not That Xi Insults Trump Once... — It’s that the Chinese are actively destroying the US global position while the US president bows and scrapes
(Phillips's Newsletter)
"The Trump administration wasted millions of dollars in its swift effort to drastically expand immigration detention, including nearly $3 million on tents to house migrants at Guantánamo Bay that were never used, according to a review by the Government Accountability Office released on Thursday."
(New York Times)
lol holy shit I wouldn't talk about literally anything else if I was the guy running against him.
—"What do you think about trans kids in sp-" —"Did you hear my opponent had his patient, who was 8 months pregnant, arrested in front of her son because she didn't pay a $50 medical bill?"
"In our September Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll, a plurality of voters say they are not doing better than they were four years ago." 58% say the U.S. is worse off under Trump vs Biden, 24% say it’s better
(Strength In Numbers)
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