Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow

Ooops! Ooopsie! Did we do that? We didn't mean to do that. Definitely don't blame us for doing that. Oops! Day one funding freeze Oops! Ebola Oops! Nuclear security workers Oops! Bird flu Oops! PEPFAR Oops! HHS firings And on and on and on... Now this. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...

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Rachel Maddow

church bells ringing! letfreedomring.live

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"If the White House has its way, the Head Start program won’t just have to worry about cuts to its funding, it will have to worry about the elimination of its funding..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Definitely let's put these people in charge: "During the tour, an incensed Lewandowski pushed to fire an official who briefly turned his back on Noem while answering a question from another person in the group. "Lewandowski argued it was grounds for dismissal..." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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"46% of Head Start funding goes to rural areas, often in places without any other child care option..." www.axios.com/2025/04/16/h...

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"Transforming the I.R.S. and its tens of thousands of employees into political enforcers for the president — a doomsday scenario long feared by conservatives — would shake a foundation of American civic life..." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...

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"A gift of $414 reflecting a verse from the book of Esther, brings a book set and an engraved crystal paperweight..." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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"Residents packed a meeting of the Washtenaw County (Michigan) Board of Commissioners Wednesday night. "Many became emotional as they pleaded with county officials to protect immigrants... 'We don’t want you to cave from the pressure you are under'...” www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

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ONE IF BY LAND TWO IF BY D.C. the north end church in boston it’s 250 years today @northendpage.bsky.social

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"The effort, which DOGE has dubbed “Defend the Spend,” has left thousands of payments backed up, including funding for doctors’ and nurses’ salaries at federal health centers for the poor..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Wisconsin: "An overflow crowd Wednesday night praised commissioners for taking a stance against Trump Administration demands... "Commissioners echoed the defiance of the public saying they will do all legally possible to protect the privacy of employees and residents." www.wemu.org/wemu-news/20...

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38 of the 43. "38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic. "The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

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Rachel Maddow

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"Unusual Machines said: “We have no reason to believe that Don Jr. breached his non-disclosure agreement...” "Dominari did not respond to a request for comment on whether it imposed any such conditions on Trump Jr or Eric Trump..." www.ft.com/content/1d9e...

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An auspicious anniversary is upon us... www.letfreedomring.live

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“How we respond will set the tone inevitably for how others targeted by these EOs decide to respond,” Taylor said. “They will try to do this to other people. We know that with near certainty...” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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"Krebs said he understood why some have kept a low profile and tried not to further anger the president. But he said he disagreed with that approach. 'I don’t think this lay-low-and-hope-this-blows-over approach is the right one for the moment we’re in,' he said..." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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"Memo to the C-suite..." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/17/b...

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills: "This matter has never been about school sports or the protection of women and girls, as has been claimed, it's about states rights and defending the rule of law against a federal government bent on imposing its will, instead of upholding the law" apnews.com/article/main...

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"she has never visited the United States..." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/17/m...

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Rachel Maddow

This is how you do it. The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact". The moral imperative may be to fight... but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone: www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...

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"Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst gets her first Democratic challenger for 2026 "Nathan Sage touts his background as a veteran, mechanic and sports radio host, pushing for a party that 'people like me will actually want to be a part of'..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202... youtu.be/wOYyZYSn_vg?...

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"Christians who sought asylum from persecution by the Taliban are being told they must leave immediately or be deported. "The news came in an email to a group living legally in north Raleigh... Apostles Church in Raleigh had welcomed them after the Taliban took over... www.wral.com/story/they-f...

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As with social security, they're now breaking student loans, as well: "Colleges nationwide complained of similar problems accessing student records and of getting a boilerplate message confirming the problems but providing no other information..." www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

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"A current IRS employee who spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity echoed a similar sentiment sentiment: 'You gotta be sh*tting me'...” www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/p...

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boston globe editorial board: harvard is making the right decision, and universities should band together to fight. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/o...

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Rachel Maddow

what kind of doge disaster is this one? the nnsa kind - where they oops!ed then tried to hire people back the ebola kind - where they oops!ed then failed to hire people back the lead poisoning kind - where they oopsed! then didn't even try to hire people back www.theregister.com/2025/04/16/h...

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Sure, let's definitely put this guy in charge of everything. "While she was pregnant, Musk had urged her to deliver the baby via caesarean section (Musk has posted on X that vaginal births limit brain size and that C-sections allow for larger brains)..." www.wsj.com/politics/elo...

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"Favorskaya and Kriger worked with SotaVision, an independent Russian outlet that covers protests and political trials. Gabov is a freelance producer who has worked for multiple organizations including Reuters. Karelin has done work for media outlets including AP..." www.nbcnews.com/news/world/r...

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"Every once in a while, Trump has a day — a single, 24-hour period — in which his authoritarian vision comes into sharp relief..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Trump ends promising cancer research. USA! USA! “Two patients’ treatments using the experimental therapy had to be delayed because NIH’s capacity to make personalized cell therapies has been slowed by the firing of highly skilled staff..." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

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no criminal record no gang ties no tattoos active pending asylum case **19 years old** sent by trump to prison (forever?) in el salvador www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action. "It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us." www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...

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Smart strategy: "The compact's funds would be distributed to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement, including legal counsel, expert testimony, legislative advocacy and countersuit actions..." www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

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"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'... "Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..." www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

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"the senseless sacrifice of decades of common-good investments in everything from medical research to national parks..." thehill.com/opinion/whit...

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"the worst and dumbest people in the world gloating about how they solved the ‘grift’ of sending lifesaving medications to dying babies...” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...

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"Its first target was Columbia. When that school acceded to the administration’s demands, it didn’t get its funding back. Instead, Trump is considering demanding that Columbia agree to direct government oversight — effectively, a takeover of the university..." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

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Utah!! "The arena has a roughly 15,000-seat capacity, according to the university. An estimated 1,000 more packed the arena floor, and about 4,000 crowded outside the arena..." utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/04/13/b...

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Trump orders U.S. government to stop tracking "super gonorrhea" that is resistant to most antibiotics: www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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Trump orders government to stop tracking cancers in U.S. firefighters. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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“We are not monsters,” the officer told her after she asked if she was safe. “We do what the government tells us.” www.cnn.com/2025/04/14/u...

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This is a pretty extraordinary thing -- not sure I've seen or heard of anything like this before. It's tomorrow/Tuesday morning -- noon eastern, 9am pacific: speakupforjustice.law

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WSJ editorial board: "A confusing weekend that offers more lessons in the arbitrary nature of Trump trade policy... "What happened and what’s the real policy? Who knows?" www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...

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“This is yet another example of a DOGE ‘report’ misunderstanding this data at best, blatantly mischaracterizing this data at worst.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...

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Trump is destroying US weather forecasting and research because he dislikes the word "climate": "While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..." www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...

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"For now, that means the tariffs are not being collected by the U.S. government..." 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ a "glitch" you say? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...

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“They’ve been relentlessly dismantling every single civil rights agency in the federal government, and this could be the last one standing.” Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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"Our parents are actively fighting for our country for us to be able to have these rights..." www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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Paying an extortionist -- where do you think it ends? Do you think he honors his side of the supposed "deal"? Really? Meanwhile, as Big Law ill-advisedly pays the protection racket, there's a huge need for lawyers to help regular people Trump is illegally targeting: www.cm-life.com/article/2025...

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"It was eight last week, 50 now," said Hayden Nguyen, the co-chair of SJP at ASU and a sophomore studying business policy and management. "We don't know where it's going to be next week, and we need to build a really strong movement." www.statepress.com/article/2025...

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"Trump lieutenants have walked out of meetings and earnestly asked one another if they thought Musk was high..." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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"In addition to the check delays, Mayes said her office has received complaints about other Social Security disruptions..." ktar.com/arizona-news...

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"The Mississippi Library Commission ordered the deletion of two research collections that might violate state law, a memo obtained by Mississippi Today shows. "One of the now deleted collections focused on 'race relations' and the other on 'gender studies'...” mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...

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wsj editorial board from wednesday evening, before thursday's market cliffdive www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

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"NC lawmakers postpone vote to ban DEI in state government, as protesters pack state House..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTqa...

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great news "for middle-school smokers" www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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Trump has cut the part of the FDA that notifies doctors and the public when there is a safety problem with a drug or a medical device. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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"Kennedy, Trump’s health secretary, said budesonide was helping to “heal” measles patients. It’s reminiscent of the days when fringe doctors said ivermectin could cure Covid..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Commissioner. Chief Financial Officer. Chief Legal Officer. Chief Risk Officer. Chief Privacy Officer. Chief of Staff. All out. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

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"Federal law tightly controls taxpayer information, protecting home addresses, earnings and other data from disclosure even to other government agencies." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

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"IRS officials who sign off on data sharing under these circumstances risk breaking the law..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

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"Outreach from foreign intelligence services has targeted agents let go from the F.B.I. and military officers... "China sees an opportunity as Trump shuts down agencies, fires employees and pushes out people who worked on diversity issues..." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

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