Rachel Maddow's Blog, page 11
October 9, 2025
Why the White House’s ‘antifa roundtable’ took an exceedingly weird turn
Donald Trump's "antifa roundtable" at the White House was rooted in the idea that it's an actual organization. It really isn't.
Democrats may have just played the shutdown perfectly
Conventional wisdom was that the shutdown would hurt Democrats. They've proved the insiders wrong, though.
October 8, 2025
New reporting confirms Trump accidentally posted DM to Bondi ordering prosecutions
New Wall Street Journal reporting reveals Trump accidentally posted what he thought was a private message to Attorney General Pam Bondi, urging her to prosecute James Comey and other perceived enemies.
Trump says Israel and Hamas signed 'first phase' of Gaza peace plan
President Trump announced on his social media platform that Israel and Hamas have signed on to the "first phase" of a peace plan, which includes the release of all remaining hostages and the withdrawal of Israeli troops. "The Weeknight" hosts and MSNBC White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López report the latest.
Republicans control the government. So why are they acting like spectators?
From Pam Bondi's evasive testimony to the government shutdown, Jen Psaki says Trump and the GOP have built a governing philosophy around playing the victim.
Why ICE agents are suffering far more assaults under Trump's leadership
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s targets don’t know why they’re being approached or what their rights are. The result is chaos.
Former Oklahoma public schools superintendent Ryan Walters faces new ethics probe
Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters’ scandal-plagued tenure officially ended last month when he resigned to work with right-wing activist group Teacher Freedom Alliance.
Team Trump’s clashes with the faith community go from bad to worse
The political world is overdue for a conversation about the severity and frequency of the conflicts between the Trump administration and the faith community.
On the shutdown, Trump's White House struggles to hide its collective grin
The threat to withhold back pay from federal workers in the shutdown is the latest MAGA goal disguised as leverage to end the federal shutdown.
The Supreme Court's slow poisoning of American democracy continues
With President Donald Trump flooding the zone with attacks on American democracy and the rule of law, it’s easy to lose sight of the damage that the Supreme Court is doing on its own to weaken voting rights protections.
