Wigmaniac
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Lover of wigs. Devotee of The Rachel Maddow Show. #FlipYourWigGOTV #FlipYourWigGetOutTheVote
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It says a lot about our country that the FBI had no interest in interviewing Brett Kavanaugh but wants to talk to Mark Kelly.
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It says a lot about our country that the FBI had no interest in interviewing Brett Kavanaugh but wants to talk to Mark Kelly.
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NEW PODCAST: In “Rachel @maddow.bsky.social Presents: Burn Order," this six-part series reveals how an executive order authorizing the roundup of innocent Americans came to be – and a bombshell discovery that would ultimately expose it all.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
NEW PODCAST: In “Rachel @maddow.bsky.social Presents: Burn Order," this six-part series reveals how an executive order authorizing the roundup of innocent Americans came to be – and a bombshell discovery that would ultimately expose it all.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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“His lawyers think he has a strong case for release,” Father Brost told the Arlington Heights Village Board. “But it takes time for the judicial system to catch up with a rogue police force, which is what ICE is…”
www.journal-topics.com/articles/fol...
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Following Emotional Testimony, Village Board Unanimously Pursues Anti-ICE Ordinance - Journal & Topics Media Group
Like many in Arlington Heights, Father Corey Brost, a member of the clergy at St. Viator, has had someone he knows taken into custody by federal immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) agents.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“His lawyers think he has a strong case for release,” Father Brost told the Arlington Heights Village Board. “But it takes time for the judicial system to catch up with a rogue police force, which is what ICE is…”
www.journal-topics.com/articles/fol...
www.journal-topics.com/articles/fol...
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"According to the opinion from Judge Brown, a Trump appointee, 'it’s challenging to unpack the DOJ's letter because it contains so many factual, legal, and typographical errors'....”
www.vox.com/politics/469...
www.vox.com/politics/469...
Trump’s Justice Department may have accidentally handed Democrats five House seats
Oops.
www.vox.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
"According to the opinion from Judge Brown, a Trump appointee, 'it’s challenging to unpack the DOJ's letter because it contains so many factual, legal, and typographical errors'....”
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www.vox.com/politics/469...
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"It remains to be seen what will happen when this case reaches the Supreme Court. But there is a very real chance that Texas’s gerrymander will fall entirely because of inept lawyering by Trump’s Justice Department..."
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Trump’s Justice Department may have accidentally handed Democrats five House seats
Oops.
www.vox.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"It remains to be seen what will happen when this case reaches the Supreme Court. But there is a very real chance that Texas’s gerrymander will fall entirely because of inept lawyering by Trump’s Justice Department..."
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www.vox.com/politics/469...
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"The unemployment rate has reached a four-year high, job openings are at a four-year low, and leading members of Trump’s own economic team have gone so far as to concede in recent weeks that parts of the U.S. economy are already in recession..."
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The White House’s celebration of the weak job market makes no sense
Job growth in the first year of Donald Trump’s second term is on pace to be the worst since the Great Recession. So why is his team bragging?
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November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"The unemployment rate has reached a four-year high, job openings are at a four-year low, and leading members of Trump’s own economic team have gone so far as to concede in recent weeks that parts of the U.S. economy are already in recession..."
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Here's some very practical thinking about the whole whistle thing -- very well done:
Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Here's some very practical thinking about the whole whistle thing -- very well done:
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"The operation has prompted reflection from residents across the political spectrum, who wonder whether the aggressive tactics were worth it...."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
November 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"The operation has prompted reflection from residents across the political spectrum, who wonder whether the aggressive tactics were worth it...."
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"Many residents have yelled profanities at them, and honked their horns at agents when their unmarked vehicles are spotted..."
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In North Carolina, the Border Patrol’s Presence Divides a Swing State
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November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"Many residents have yelled profanities at them, and honked their horns at agents when their unmarked vehicles are spotted..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
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My new podcast!
"Burn Order" - 6 episodes.
Free to listen on any podcast app, or online.
First 2 episodes come out for everyone on Monday 12/1.
MSNBC Premium subscribers get them early -- this Friday 11/28.
Listen to the trailer here and follow the series...
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
"Burn Order" - 6 episodes.
Free to listen on any podcast app, or online.
First 2 episodes come out for everyone on Monday 12/1.
MSNBC Premium subscribers get them early -- this Friday 11/28.
Listen to the trailer here and follow the series...
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
News Podcast ·
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November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My new podcast!
"Burn Order" - 6 episodes.
Free to listen on any podcast app, or online.
First 2 episodes come out for everyone on Monday 12/1.
MSNBC Premium subscribers get them early -- this Friday 11/28.
Listen to the trailer here and follow the series...
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
"Burn Order" - 6 episodes.
Free to listen on any podcast app, or online.
First 2 episodes come out for everyone on Monday 12/1.
MSNBC Premium subscribers get them early -- this Friday 11/28.
Listen to the trailer here and follow the series...
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
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Pardons for sale, get your fresh hot pardons for sale...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying t...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Pardons for sale, get your fresh hot pardons for sale...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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“His abusive and excessive use of the GV Jet for his personal adventures and the assignment of SWAT-qualified special agents to guard his girlfriend are indicative of his lack of leadership experience, judgment and humility,” he added...
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Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend
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November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“His abusive and excessive use of the GV Jet for his personal adventures and the assignment of SWAT-qualified special agents to guard his girlfriend are indicative of his lack of leadership experience, judgment and humility,” he added...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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“You can’t have a political party that hates everyone except white people who like Hitler..."
“I don’t think we’re at that point,” she added, but “there is a battle.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
“I don’t think we’re at that point,” she added, but “there is a battle.”
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Why Republicans Are Fighting About the Nazis
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November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“You can’t have a political party that hates everyone except white people who like Hitler..."
“I don’t think we’re at that point,” she added, but “there is a battle.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
“I don’t think we’re at that point,” she added, but “there is a battle.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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Trump Administration bizarrely demands the University of Pennsylvania hand over "names, phone numbers and physical addresses" for anyone who "belongs to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program"...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
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Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash
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November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Trump Administration bizarrely demands the University of Pennsylvania hand over "names, phone numbers and physical addresses" for anyone who "belongs to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program"...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
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"Court video showed ICE agents, who allegedly had a 12-pack of Modelo in their car...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Court video showed ICE agents, who allegedly had a 12-pack of Modelo in their car...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
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jd vance watching trump and mamdani
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
jd vance watching trump and mamdani
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When Trump meets folks in person, especially folks with their own base of popularity, he’s goes into grandpa mode.
It surprises folks a lot because he is such an asshole the rest of the time.
It surprises folks a lot because he is such an asshole the rest of the time.
Trump has said a number of times that you'd be surprised how much he and Mamdani agree on. (Talks again about building housing, lowering rents.)
Trump: "I expect to be helping him, not hurting him."
Trump: "I expect to be helping him, not hurting him."
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
When Trump meets folks in person, especially folks with their own base of popularity, he’s goes into grandpa mode.
It surprises folks a lot because he is such an asshole the rest of the time.
It surprises folks a lot because he is such an asshole the rest of the time.
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No matter how many of these acts of brutality I see by men who would otherwise be beating somebody up outside a bar, I can't wrap my mind around it. It sickens me and makes me feel helpless and guilty.
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
No matter how many of these acts of brutality I see by men who would otherwise be beating somebody up outside a bar, I can't wrap my mind around it. It sickens me and makes me feel helpless and guilty.