Rachel Maddow's Blog, page 5
October 15, 2025
Chuck Schumer’s old-school plan for Maine’s Senate race
The path for Democrats to win back the Senate in 2026 runs right through Maine. But that means defeating the five-term Republican incumbent, Susan Collins.
Justice Kavanaugh insists on imposing a made-up time limit on the law and the Constitution
The Supreme Court is on the verge of further limiting voting rights, thanks in part to Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s unfounded insistence that considering race can only be legal for a certain amount of time into the future — regardless of what the law and the Constitution say
What anti-Trump protests can learn from Portland's tactics
A Portland protester dressed in an inflatable frog costume is part of a broader history in the city of using absurdist tactics to make a point.
Trump says photo of himself on the cover of Time ‘may be the Worst of All Time’
Trump said the magazine, which featured the president on its cover after he secured a deal between Israel and Hamas, “‘disappeared’ my hair.”
Trump’s presidential library hits another snag in court
Florida officials’ rush to transfer a chunk of coveted downtown Miami property to Donald Trump’s presidential library foundation hit yet another snag on Tuesday.
Trump has killed 27 people in his boat strikes. Let's call them what they are.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. military had killed six people in a strike on a boat that, Trump said, was “trafficking narcotics.”
Leaked Young Republicans chat showcases a much larger problem infecting Trump’s GOP
Chris Hayes says the kind of virulent hatred, racism and bigotry seen in Young Republicans' leaked group chat message has become all too familiar in Trump’s GOP.
With a certified victory in hand, Arizona’s Grijalva demands to be seated on Capitol Hill
When it comes to seating Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Mike Johnson is running out of excuses — and facing a possible court fight.
Backlash to Noem and Hegseth’s outrageous demands shows the simple power of saying ‘no’
Jen Psaki on the power of saying no to Trump's overreach, citing Kristi Noem's attempt to politicize the shutdown and Pete Hegseth's new Pentagon press policy.
JD Vance tries to downplay leak of disgusting Young Republican chats
For JD Vance to suggest it’s “pearl clutching” to condemn those who were part of a racist group chat says a great deal about the vice president's judgment.
