Rachel Maddow's Blog, page 63
August 6, 2025
Ken Paxton's improbable threat to quorum-breaking Texas Democrats
Amid redistricting fight, Paxton stated that he will ask for a court ruling declaring vacant the seats of quorum-breaking Democratic members of the Texas House if they don't return by Friday.
The Supreme Court's latest move could put your right to vote at risk
The Supreme Court has been whittling away the Voting Rights Act's legal protections for years. Now it's poised to reconsider one of the Act's core assumptions.
August 5, 2025
How Trump’s labor statistics dismissal could impact your mortgage
Donald Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after a disappointing jobs report is clearly not good news.
Colorado’s Democratic governor moves forward with controversial soda ban
Colorado’s governor has signed on to a controversial component of President Donald Trump’s dubiously named “Make America Healthy Again” agenda, becoming the country’s first Democratic governor to secure federal approval to ban food assistance recipients from using their benefits to buy soda and other sugary drinks.
Jim Jordan targets Spotify in quest to undermine fight against misinformation
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, last week launched a congressional probe into streaming platform Spotify, in the latest effort to discourage efforts to stem the spread of misinformation and disinformation online.
Federal judge calls state’s Ten Commandments argument ‘intellectually dishonest’
The latest ruling against public school displays of the religious symbol, out of Arkansas, raises questions of how and when the justices might handle the brewing issue.
The State Department is about to make traveling to the U.S. a lot harder for some
A new State Department policy requiring up to $15,000 bonds for visas from some tourists will be terrible for tourism and the economy.
Why Trump’s retreat on his IVF pledge was entirely predictable
New reporting suggests that the Trump White House will do next to nothing to mandate insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization.
Congress is watching Trump launch an unwinnable redistricting war
A war over redistricting has broken out in Texas, with California, New York and elsewhere considering Democratic partisan gerrymanders to negate Republicans' hardball.
Trump suggests undocumented farm workers are ‘naturally’ designed for field work
As Donald Trump suggests that immigrants are “naturally” designed for farm work, his preoccupation with immigrants and genetics seems to be getting worse.
