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2023-07-11 00:27:19

How is now any different than past times we've heard former Trump chief-of-staff John Kelly disparage his former boss?
This time, according to the New York Times, he was under oath:
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/oath-john-kelly-raises-serious-allegations-trump-rcna93367
#press

2023-07-08 00:12:11

Anyone who paid attention knows exactly who provoked the January 6 riot, and how. But in case you were wondering, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington have counted 174 January 6 defendants who said they were responding to calls by Donald Trump.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/many-jan-6-defendants-agree-sent-capitol-rcna93074
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2023-07-08 00:04:41

"The misconduct here sadly transcends all his past accomplishments"
Rudy Giuliani has officially spent any political good will he had left in his life and will likely end up professionally shattered by the time this is done.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/dc-disciplinary-panel-rudy-giuliani-earned-disbarment-rcna93142
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2023-07-07 23:55:46

A judge is forcing Donald Trump to sit for yet another deposition in yet another lawsuit. Since by definition these depositions require Trump to speak out loud, they never go well for him.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/case-s-opened-door-another-hazardous-trump-deposition-rcna93060
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2023-07-07 23:41:20

Former Senator Claire McCaskill, talks with Alex Wagner about how Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appears to be trying to make up for his lack of personality with extra amounts of cruelty in his platform to defeat Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, and is failing overall to make a good impression with voters.
https://youtu.be/NX7y0nkQ48E
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2023-07-07 01:42:02

"Two of the top public health officials in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration — responsible for tracking and preventing the spread of communicable diseases — have left their positions in recent months."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/2-top-public-health-positions-ron-desantis-administration-are-vacant-rcna92120
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2023-07-03 21:29:56

"As of Saturday, the frontrunner for the GOP’s 2024 nomination said the “real” problem wasn’t his apparent misconduct, but rather, the fact that Raffensperger recorded him engaging in the apparent misconduct."
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-adds-georgias-raffensperger-list-real-criminals-rcna92384
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2023-07-03 21:27:55

"Republican politics is quickly regressing when it comes to basic human decency toward the LGBTQ community, and it’s certainly possible that some GOP voters will be impressed by DeSantis’ divisive appeal and appreciate the fact that his operation is trying to get ahead by going after a group of Americans that’s already too often targeted."
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/buttigieg-asks-desantis-right-question-are-trying-help-rcna92323
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2023-07-03 21:03:14

Melissa Gira Grant, staff writer for The New Republic, talks about her interview with the person supposedly at the heart of the 303 Creative v. Elenis case and her reporting that suggests there is no basis in reality for the case that has become the vehicle for the conservative Supreme Court to allow discrimination against LGBTQ people.
https://youtu.be/oHXTxg8Lnk0
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2023-06-30 22:00:43

Alex Wagner looks at the history of the conservative war on affirmative action and the roles of Clarence Thomas and John Roberts in that decades-long effort.
https://youtu.be/pCgO6c7aq0U
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2023-06-30 00:36:36

Alex Wagner looks at all of the different ways Rudy Giuliani was at the very center of Donald Trump's effort to overturn his 2020 election loss, from lobbying election officials to the fake elector scheme to stoking the pre-riot mob on January 6, and shares news that Giuliani met with federal prosecutors with the special counsel's office under a proffer agreement.
https://youtu.be/mQ8YD6hWN48
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2023-06-30 00:34:39

"Former Donald Trump campaign official Mike Roman is cooperating with prosecutors from special counsel Jack Smith’s team in the ongoing criminal probe related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election,..."
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/politics/mike-roman-trump-campaign-cooperate-special-counsel-probe/index.html
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2023-06-28 22:03:34

One of the most important things to know about House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is that he occasionally slips, tells accidental truths, and then scrambles to deal with the consequences of his unintended candor...
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kevin-mccarthy-scrambles-accidentally-speaking-mind-rcna91571

2023-06-28 22:00:40

To fully appreciate the scope of the GOP hypocrisy, look no further than the party’s approach to infrastructure investments that wouldn’t exist if Republicans had their way. AL.com had a report yesterday, for example, with a succinct headline: “Tuberville praises $1.4 billion for broadband he voted against.”
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gop-celebrates-vital-infrastructure-investments-voted-rcna91605

2023-06-26 19:25:45

Buy more hats and flags!!!
"The change, which went unannounced except in the fine print of his online disclosures, raises fresh questions about how Mr. Trump is paying for his mounting legal bills..."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/25/us/politics/trump-donations-legal-fees.html
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2023-06-12 23:11:05

According to too many Republicans, indictments against former presidents are limited to "third world" countries.
This gets reality backward.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gop-flubs-reality-international-former-leaders-facing-charges-rcna88816
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2023-06-08 23:30:52

!!!
Trump on Truth Social: "The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax,..."
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110511161240386878
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2023-06-07 20:59:50

Rep. Jamie Raskin talks with Alex Wagner about the proximity of former Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows to Trump at key moments that are currently under investigation by DOJ special counsel Jack Smith and what his testimony to a federal grand jury might mean for the investigation of Trump both in relation to the attempt to overturn the 2020 election and in the Mar-a-Lago documents case.
https://youtu.be/p_X03dfPX90

2023-06-06 00:24:18

"In keeping with the recent trend, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell responded to the job numbers by saying literally nothing about the good news. No press releases, no tweets, and no public comments. They literally found themselves speechless."
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republican-leaders-literally-speechless-good-news-jobs-rcna87730
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2023-05-24 01:11:48

"The unusually detailed nature of his notes is said to have irritated Trump, who only learned about them after the notes themselves were subpoenaed."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/22/trump-warning-classified-documents-mar-a-lago
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2023-05-23 20:12:37

Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about interpreting new reporting from the New York Times that the federal prosecutors investigating the Donald Trump's handling of classified documents subpoenaed records on Trump's foreign business deals from when he first came into office.
Watch: https://on.msnbc.com/3OzzXQ8
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2023-05-22 18:38:23

"The report, sent to the White House and Congressional leaders earlier this month, found that the Trump appointee repeatedly abused the powers of his office, broke laws and regulations, and engaged in gross mismanagement."
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/21/1177208862/usagm-michael-pack-voa-voice-of-america-investigation-trump-abuse-of-power
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2023-05-18 20:26:57

"The Federal Bureau of Investigation has revoked the security clearances of three agents who either took part in the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, or later expressed views about it that placed into question their “allegiance to the United States,” the bureau said on Wednesday in a letter to congressional investigators."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/us/politics/fbi-security-clearance-jan-6.html
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2023-05-17 01:25:44

"Democrat Donna Deegan won the Jacksonville mayoral race Tuesday night, a shocking upset that hands Florida Democrats a major shot of energy less than six months after they were trounced in the 2022 midterms and considered left for dead by the national party."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrat-donna-deegan-flips-jacksonville-mayors-office-major-upset-rcna84791
#press #politics

2023-05-11 19:39:33

Donald Trump's political operation was apparently pleased with how last night's town hall event went.
But given his comments about his criminal investigations, I have a hunch the Republican's defense attorneys had a different reaction.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-defense-attorneys-no-favors-town-hall-event-rcna83898
#Press #news

2023-05-08 23:55:39

"The New York state judge presiding over the criminal hush money case against Donald Trump issued an order Monday restricting the former president from posting about some evidence in the case on social media."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-barred-posting-evidence-hush-money-case-social-media-rcna83444
#press #news

2023-05-08 19:06:15

“In the 12 months since the Uvalde massacre, mass shootings have occurred in the Texas cities of:
Centerville,
Houston,
McGregor,
Fort Worth,
Dallas,
Cleveland,
Allen…”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/texas-mall-shooting-live-updates-rcna83240
#news #press #guns

2023-05-04 23:31:47

"
Leo, an adviser to the Judicial Education Project and a key figure in a network of nonprofits that has worked to support the nominations of conservative judges, told Conway that he wanted her to “give” Ginni Thomas “another $25K,” the documents show. He emphasized that the paperwork should have “No mention of Ginni, of course.”
"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/05/04/leonard-leo-clarence-ginni-thomas-conway/
#press #news #politics

2023-05-03 22:08:32

George Conway, conservative lawyer and columnist, talks with Alex Wagner about when he realized that Donald Trump's apparent pattern of behavior could support a lawsuit by E. Jean Carroll, and the strength of that case at it is playing out in court now.
https://on.msnbc.com/42q8DYr
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2023-04-26 21:11:02

Alex Wagner reports on the launch of Joe Biden's presidential reelection campaign, focused on freedom and opportunity, and looks at the Republican rebuttal, which abandons reality and rails against an imagined apocalypse.
https://youtu.be/8Vdga4r1AqE
#press #politics

2023-04-20 21:34:06

It feels a little spammy to just keep posting video clips here, but as we look at Twitter fall apart and ask why we stick around there, part of the reason is to access an abundance of news content easily. So it's in that spirit that we're helping fill the fediverse with content.
Cheers!

2023-04-11 01:10:40

"The Iowa Attorney General's Office has put on hold its longstanding practice of paying for emergency contraception, and in rare cases abortions, for victims of sexual assault."
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/health/2023/04/07/iowa-stops-paying-rape-victims-plan-b-abortions-under-attorney-general-brenna-bird/70082118007/