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  If Trump’s approach to self-soothing involves lying about crowd sizes, so be it. But when he declares publicly that journalists “should be arrested for their dishonesty and disservice to our Country,” I find it tough to shrug and look away. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-arrest-journalists-free-press-new-york-times-authoritarian

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  In Democratic politics, talk has shifted rapidly to how, not whether, to reform the Supreme Court — and as Clyburn’s latest comments made clear, the number 13 is generating a lot of interest. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/clyburn-supreme-court-reform-justices-democrats-jeffries

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  Headed into today, the fate of Todd Blanche’s AG nomination was in the hands of two Senate Republicans: Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy and Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski. This morning, Murkowski announced she’ll vote no. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/blanche-murkowski-senate-republicans-cassidy-attorney-general-nomination-confirmaton-gop

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  Trump’s offensive against Pirro isn’t just about one prosecutor or one case. He’s taking this opportunity to remind prosecutors to think less like U.S. attorneys concerned with jurisprudential propriety and more like partisan operatives concerned with his wishes. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-pirro-choked-reflecting-pool-doj-hearn

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  RFK Jr’s on-air tantrum on CNN yesterday was embarrassing, but it was part of a bigger picture: The Republican crusade to rewrite the recent past has reached a fever pitch three months before the midterms. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/rfk-jr-fauci-covid-rewrite-history-midterm-elections-republicans

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  Trump denies disaster aid requests, but only for blue states. He scraps energy grants, but only for blue states. He freezes funding for social services programs, but only blue states were affected. He launches a supposed crackdown on “fraud,” but its sole focus is on blue cities and states. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-federal-disaster-aid-relief-funds-democratic-blue-states-fema

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  Trump’s three most recent DNI nominees — Jay Clayton, Tulsi Gabbard, and John Ratcliffe — fell objectively short of the statutory qualifications for the position. In all three instances, Senate Republicans, many of whom helped write the statute, decided not to care. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jay-clayton-dni-trump-senate-republicans-pulte-gabbard

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  As the midterms approach, Trump is still trying to pretend that he has a health care “plan.” He’s picking the wrong fight at wrong time — in part because his “plan” is a pitiful joke, and in part because new polls show it’s his party’s worst issue. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-health-care-plan-midterms-polls-insurance

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  Why is Trump’s Consumer Product Safety Commission seeking detailed, personally identifiable medical information on emergency room patients? The closer one looks at this, the tougher it is to defend. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-administration-takes-emergency-room-records

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  We’re talking about a White House that withholds federal resources from states based on voters casting ballots in ways the president doesn’t like. Not to put too fine a point on this, but that kind of corruption sounds an awful lot like an impeachable offense. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/white-house-grants-blue-states-trump-vought-vote-2024-election

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  Last year, Vance Boelter shot and killed a Democratic state rep and her husband. He was sentenced this week to consecutive life sentences. Maybe now’s a good time for some accountability for the Republicans who peddled disgusting conspiracy theories about the slayings? https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/vance-boelter-sentence-minnesota-republican-conspiracy-trump

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  History is filled with examples of presidents clashing privately with Senate majority leaders, but it’s extraordinary to see Team Trump launch a public offensive against John Thune. Making matters worse is the degree to which the White House’s attacks don’t make sense. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-thune-republicans-midterm-elections

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  Trump’s new tariffs lead to an unavoidable question: If he were trying to sabotage Republicans ahead of the midterms, would Trump’s agenda look any different from the one he’s currently pursuing? https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-tariffs-republicans-economy-inflation-midterm-elections

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  As the Pentagon lowers its official count of US fatalities in the war in Iran, it’s like watching the admin’s response to Covid all over again: Contradictions, deceptions, efforts to downplay avoidable deaths, and clumsy efforts to manipulate politically inconvenient data. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/pentagon-website-troop-deaths-casualties-war-iran

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  As ICE controversies intensify, White House border czar Tom Homan pitched what he characterized as a solution: To save lives, he argued, ICE’s many critics simply need to shut up. That’s not going to happen. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/ice-controversies-tom-homan-dissent

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  Officials specifically feared that Trump would rush Qatar’s Air Force One into service before it was equipped with missile defense systems. He did it anyway. A year later, as the jet is taken out of service, it’s obvious that the fears were right and he was wrong. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-qatari-jet-air-force-one-out-of-service

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  If Trump intends to use his prime-time address to talk about foreign election interference in 2020, great. Let’s start the public conversation by reminding folks that he publicly and explicitly *welcomed* foreign election interference ahead of the 2020 cycle. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-foreign-election-interference-2020

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  On the housing bill, it’s as if Trump spent two weeks thinking about how best to hurt his own party’s strategy for an election-season victory, and then followed that plan to the letter. He didn’t have to screw over his allies, but in the end, he just couldn’t help himself https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-housing-bill-congress-johnson-warren-midterms

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  In Colorado’s gubernatorial race, Republicans nominated a ministry leader who says he offers exorcisms over the phone. He also doesn’t want to talk about how many people he’s killed. No, seriously. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/victor-marx-colorado-governor-exorcisms-kill-man

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  Democrats knew that supporting the housing bill would hand Republicans a win on a key issue roughly 18 weeks before Election Day. They unanimously supported it anyway. It’s a case study in how a governing party operates. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/housing-bill-democrats-trump-governing-midterms

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  It’s not easy for a leading American official to screw up a D-Day commemoration ceremony in Normandy. With his ugly anti-immigrant remarks, Pete Hegseth managed to find a way to do it anyway. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/hegseth-faces-pushback-after-voicing-anti-immigrant-message-at-d-day-commemoration

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  With 11 days to go before Election Day, it's kind of hilarious to see the degree to which Barack Obama lives rent-free in Trump's mind. The Republican barely even tries to hide it. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/even-now-trump-cant-shake-preoccupation-barack-obama-rcna177275

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  Trump’s pardon for Michael Flynn was among the most corrupt moves of his first term. The pardon, however, wasn’t enough. The disgraced former White House national security adviser wanted a taxpayer-financed payout, too. Then he got one. And now he’s getting another. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-justice-department-agrees-to-a-second-settlement-with-michael-flynn

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  When the latest polling showed 2-to-1 opposition to the WH ballroom project, the survey question emphasized private financing. Now congressional Republicans want to spend $1 billion in taxpayer money on a $400 million project. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republicans-want-1-billion-taxpayer-money-trump-ballroom

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  Media Matters’ victory over Trump’s FTC is a timely reminder: Fighting back against administration abuses works, and appeasement doesn’t. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/media-matters-claims-victory-in-its-fight-against-trumps-federal-trade-commission

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  It was two months ago today when Trump boasted, “Yesterday, my administration announced decisive action to help keep down the oil prices.” He quickly added that prices “have pretty much stabilized.” Today seemed like a good day to revisit that quote. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-gas-prices-iran-boast-two-months

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  As Hegseth made the case that Americans are “the biggest adversary,” he failed a basic test of patriotism. He envisions an environment in which people say what he says, believe what he believes, and support what he supports. Others are an enemy to be defeated, or at least bullied into silence. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/hegseth-sees-americans-as-the-biggest-adversary-as-the-war-in-iran-begins-its-third-month

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  If Trump nominees acknowledge Trump’s 2020 loss, he’ll pull their nominations. If they peddle conspiratorial nonsense under oath, they risk alienating key senators. The result is 15 months of mind-numbing confirmation hearing exchanges — including Kevin Warsh's hearing this week. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/why-so-many-trump-nominees-keep-flubbing-a-simple-question-who-won-in-2020

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  I have a hunch Kash Patel won’t like the fact that House Democrats are demanding that he submit to alcohol abuse screening. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/house-democrats-launch-patel-probe-demand-he-submit-to-alcohol-abuse-screening

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  When Trump and his allies launched a partisan redistricting arms race, it really does seem as if they assumed Democrats would just capitulate and grumble about how frustratingly impressive the GOP’s hardball tactics are. That’s ... not what happened. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/virginia-redistricting-democrats-fight