Rachel Maddow's Blog, page 80
July 15, 2025
Ron Johnson's 'voices of the vaccine injured' Senate hearing was more than a spectacle
For nearly a decade, anti-vaccine activists and film producers have been collecting tragic, mostly unverifiable stories from parents — accounts of deaths, injuries and autism allegedly caused by vaccines.
Why Democrats are smart to seize on the Epstein files fiasco
Democrats are wisely attacking Trump over his flip-flop on releasing the Epstein files, which has infuriated some of his own base.
ICE's new memorandum is laughable at best, and a cruel hoax at worst
ICE's memorandum gives certain individuals facing deportation just six hours’ notice to try to reach a lawyer.
The Trump administration's plan for replacing deported farmworkers shows a reckless ignorance
The Trump administration's ICE raids on migrant farm workers threaten farmers and highlight how poorly the administration understands the agricultural labor force.
The Trump administration plan for replacing deported farmworkers shows a reckless ignorance
The Trump administration's ICE raids on migrant farm workers threaten farmers and highlight how poorly the administration understands the agricultural labor force.
Key Senate Democrat slams DNI Gabbard after her appearance at a far-right political event
Remember when Tulsi Gabbard told senators, “You have my commitment to be completely objective, unbiased and apolitical”? The DNI apparently changer her mind.
Wildly underqualified MAGA devotee becomes first judge confirmed of Trump's second term
Whitney Hermandorfer became the first far-right judicial nominee to be confirmed during Donald Trump's second term, but she won’t be the last.
July 14, 2025
Why 'Too Much' is one of the best shows on Netflix right now
Lena Dunham has come a long way since "Girls" broke Twitter but her Netflix show starring Meg Stalter and Rita Wilson is a rom-com for the Ozempic generation.
'Love Island' contestant Cierra Ortega's ICE incident reveals a hard truth about reality TV
With Season 7 of “Love Island USA” wrapped, we’ve seen a number of painful truths about the prejudices and problematic views in our society reflected on the reality TV stage — including in the many reactions to contestant Cierra Ortega’s use of an anti-Asian slur in a 2015 Instagram caption.
Trump's DOJ often tries to deny reality. Judge Frimpong wasn't amused.
U.S. District Judge Maame E. Frimpong ordered ICE to stop “conducting roving patrols without reasonable suspicion and denying access to lawyers.”
