Rachel Maddow's Blog, page 67
July 31, 2025
Amid the slap-stick comedy, ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ gives us something unexpected
The men in Adam Sandler movies like 'Happy Gilmore 2' can sad sacks, but even the most ill-behaved of them have moral compasses.
RFK Jr. is asking Americans to give the government something he warned against for years
As HHS secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sat next to Trump in the White House and touted the kind of data gathering Laura Loomer and anti-vaccine advocates fear.
Scott Bessent just got a little too honest about the GOP's plan for Social Security
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saidthat so-called Trump Accounts would serve as “a backdoor for privatizing Social Security.”
After Laura Loomer outburst, Army ousts cybersecurity expert from West Point
The Trump administration has ousted more than a dozen people opposed by Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist, according to one tally.
Trump is bragging about raising prices for American consumers
Chris Hayes breaks down the latest back-and-forth in Trump's trade war and calls out the president for bragging about raising prices for American consumers.
Pam Bondi's DOJ argues for end-run around Senate approval for U.S. attorneys
The Department of Justice is litigating whether former Trump lawyer Alina Habba legitimately holds the office of U.S. attorney of New Jersey, arguing that the attorney general can delegate those responsibilities to anyone at DOJ.
The unexpected reason Trump targeted Josh Hawley, one of his Republican allies
Why would Donald Trump call Josh Hawley “a second-tier senator”? It's all because of a congressional stock-trading ban called the ETHICS Act.
Judge Boasberg’s misconduct probe is exactly what people like me have been warning about
The Justice Department escalated its fight with the judiciary by filing an ethics complaint against Judge James Boasberg, the chief U.S. district judge in Washington, D.C.
July 30, 2025
Jan. 6 conspiracy theorist Joe Kent confirmed to lead National Counterterrorism Center
Joe Kent is a conspiracy theorist who's been accused of politicizing intelligence. Republicans put him in charge of the National Counterterrorism Center anyway.
‘Crazy’: Joe Rogan rips Trump over crackdown on foreign students
Joe Rogan rails against Trump's aggressive immigration tactics and calls the deportation of foreign students for pro-Palestinian speech "crazy."
