Rachel Maddow's Blog, page 57

MAGA Republicans try to run from the racism in their redistricting plan

Republicans are waging a propaganda push to hide the racist impact of their efforts to gerrymander congressional districts ahead of next year’s midterm elections

Trump exerts control over Kennedy Center Honors, vetoes prospective ‘wokester’ honorees

Donald Trump found time to lead the Kennedy Center, scrutinize honorees, agree to host its awards ceremony and approve an honor for one of his pals.

Taylor Swift's album announcement signals the end of an era for Swifties

Taylor Swift announced on boyfriend Travis Kelce's podcast that she'd soon be releasing her 12th album, "The Life of a Showgirl."

D.C. police union pushes propaganda in defense of Trump’s authoritarian takeover

The local police union in Washington, D.C., wasted no time in welcoming President Donald Trump’s unprecedented federalization of the Metropolitan Police Department and the deployment of the National Guard to the district as part of a dubious crackdown on crime

White House’s Stephen Miller claims inconvenient crime statistics are ‘fake’

As Stephen Miller claims inconvenient crime statistics are "fake," remember: He's either accusing police departments or the FBI of lying to the public.

Truth Social was designed to be Trump’s safe space. There's one little problem.

President Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social now has an AI chat bot that offers inconvenient fact checks of reality.

There’s a kernel of truth behind Trump’s heavy-handed D.C. crackdown

Trump exaggerates crime stats, but The Washington Post found that 50% of D.C. residents view crime as an “extremely serious” or “very serious” problem.

There's a reason Trump chose D.C. for his alarming police takeover experiment

If the federal government can invent “emergencies" in D.C. and Los Angeles to override local authority, it can do the same anywhere.

Meta and Mark Zuckerberg tap MAGA influencer as AI ‘bias’ adviser

Meta has brought on right-wing influencer Robby Starbuck to join an internal board purportedly focused on rooting out bias from its artificial intelligence models.

Rachel Maddow explains why Trump's sudden removal of IRS chief is a 'big deal'

Rachel Maddow breaks down Billy Long's ouster from the IRS, which came after a reported clash between Trump and the agency over immigrants' data.