Rachel Maddow's Blog, page 59
August 11, 2025
Trump to deploy the National Guard to D.C., place local police under federal control
If crime rates in Washington, D.C. are already at their lowest levels in decades, why is Donald Trump launching yet another power-grab?
State spokesperson Tammy Bruce levels up after ridiculous press conferences
Tammy Bruce parlayed a lengthy career on Fox News into a job as the State Department's chief spokesperson. Now, she's headed to the United Nations.
Pete Hegseth amplifies pastors calling for women to lose the right to vote
Pete Hegseth had already earned a reputation as a far-right culture warrior. Then he promoted a video featuring pastors opposed to women's voting rights.
Trump's Oval Office chart 'briefing' was a farce. Our economic reality is getting serious.
Days after he responded to a disappointing jobs report by firing the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Trump showed reporters charts in the Oval Office.
Why MAGA dropped Epstein for Russiagate
Donald Trump was desperate for an Epstein files distraction. So Tulsi Gabbard and Bonid went after Obama and Russiagate, giving Fox News and MAGA a new focus.
August 10, 2025
This short-lived promise from Trump was also the most sensible moment of his presidency
President Trump once appeared to push for nuclear disarmament for the U.S. yet went on to renege on that promise in dealings with Iran, China and Russia.
Trump's mass deportation regime gets more lawless by the day
New data shows the scope of ICE’s suspicion-free profiling of Latinos is even worse than we thought.
Amid ‘Epstein files’ fallout, his victims are suffering every single day
Amid the news of a prison transfer for Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and the latest developments over whether documents will be unsealed, the victims are still suffering.
Fox News cheered RFK Jr. for years. Then came his latest vaccine announcement.
Fox News has almost entirely ignored Kennedy's termination of nearly $500 million in funding for vaccines and other treatments based on mRNA technology.
August 9, 2025
After a deadly shooting at the CDC, shaken scientists demand answers from RFK Jr.
Covid obsessed shooting suspect Patrick Joseph White has CDC scientists demanding answers from RFK Jr. according to audio from an all-hands meeting on Saturday
