Rachel Maddow's Blog, page 65

Father of 3 U.S. Marines released from ICE custody speaks: 'I see my reflection in their pain'

Narciso Barranco, father of 3 Marines who was violently arrested by ICE agents in California, exclusively spoke to MSNBC about his detention and Trump.

Texas House votes to issue civil arrest warrants for more than 50 Democratic lawmakers

Ahead of a vote on the Republicans' radical redistricting gambit, Texas Democrats played their final card: They fled the state to block the legislative process.

Texas Democrats head to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting

Dozens of Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives are heading to Illinois to deny a necessary quorum for the GOP to move forward with redistricting efforts. The roughly 30 Democrats are expected to stay for the week in a plan brokered with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. Former Attorney General Eric Holder joins MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss the move.

Trump is reviving an outdated and problematic practice for American school children

Trump's reviving an outdated and problematic American practice in the Presidential Fitness Test in a fitting MAGA move.

The Smithsonian’s changing stories about Trump and impeachment

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History erased mention of Trump’s impeachments from one of its main exhibitions about the U.S. presidency.

Outrage over the Tea dating app highlights the indifference to women’s victimization

The potential for Tea app to unfairly hurt men's reputations has led some to call for its ban. But by this logic dating apps themselves should not exist.

The sad evidence that the conservative messaging on DEI is working

An AP-NORC poll finds a declining percentage of U.S. adults believe Black people in the U.S. face "a great deal" or "quite a bit" of discrimination.

Laura Loomer’s White House witch hunt is just getting started

The far-right conspiracy theorist has taken credit for numerous high-level firings over what she claims is "disloyalty" to President Trump.

Why Trump's expansive tariffs might not be long for this world

Judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit appeared skeptical Thursday that Trump can use this congressional statute to impose expansive tariffs.

Why the capitulation of Thom Tillis this week felt especially disappointing

When Republican Sen. Thom Tillis announced he would not seek 2026 re-election, he did it with a warning. He voted for Trump's former lawyer Emil Bove anyway.