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@maddow.msnbc.com I am an older American who loves your show. I look forward to your journalistic excellence each and every week. You make me a smarter person
September 23, 2025 at 4:40 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com Thank you for your thorough, brilliant, and honest coverage of Trump’s first 100’days! You are the best!
May 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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"If the White House has its way, the Head Start program won’t just have to worry about cuts to its funding, it will have to worry about the elimination of its funding..."

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White House budget plan would reportedly scrap all funding for Head Start
If Team Trump has its way, Head Start won’t just have to worry about cuts to its funding, it will have to worry about the elimination of its funding.
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April 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I am more and more of the opinion that Musk and Trump don’t care about the rule of law!
March 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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OPINION by @letsgomathias.bsky.social:

Christopher, a journalist covering the far-right, warns how ‘the last couple of weeks have offered a preview of some of the horrors to come.’

“The Trump administration is proud of what it’s doing.”

READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Don’t think ‘it can’t happen here’ — it’s already happening
Demonizing rhetoric from the White House, arrests without due process, deporting immigrants to a brutal prison in a foreign country. This is America today.
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March 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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In 1954, Joseph Welch shattered McCarthyism with six words: Have you no sense of decency?

Now, Trumpism faces its own reckoning—through the law & the power of the people

& we’re winning! I discussed in my latest @contrariannews.org Publisher’s Roundup 👇 - TN
Publisher's Roundup, 11
“Have You No Sense of Decency,” Mr. Trump?
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March 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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And this is why Due Process is required so people can challenge their designation and the govt shd *welcome* shouldering its burden to establish that it’s right.
NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
March 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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As we begin the week, my law firm is litigating 46 voting and election cases in 20 states. I expect additional litigation to be filed this week.
March 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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They installed the TV...

At his request...

So he can play video games...

In his office...

In the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

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March 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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March 12, 2025:
March 12, 2025
Trump’s 25% tariffs on all aluminum and steel imported into the U.S.
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March 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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This week, one theme keeps surfacing: normalization of the unthinkable.
Tyranny Begins: The Necessity To Face And Fight For The Truth – The Week In Review (3/6-3/12)
Behind The Headlines With Andrew Weissmann, Vol 3.2
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March 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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"America Can’t Be Great if America Is Stupid" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/o...
Opinion | America Can’t Be Great if America Is Stupid
Trump’s attack on higher education and scientific research undermines some of our most competitive advantages.
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March 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..."

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Opinion | DOGE says it’s saving $100 billion. It’s about to lose a lot more.
Cuts to the IRS will backfire by giving tax evaders a free pass.
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March 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Tulsi Gabbard pulls security clearances for top Biden officials and those who went after Trump www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Tulsi Gabbard pulls security clearances for top Biden officials and those who went after Trump
In addition to former Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan, clearances were also revoked for the New York AG and the Manhattan DA.
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March 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Here's the truth: The billionaire-owned legacy media has backed down on calling out Trump's attacks on democracy. But Democracy Docket never will.

If fearless, proudly independent journalism is important to you, please support Democracy Docket's work today. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
March 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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An important statement from the American Bar Association. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
March 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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GOP reps love your vote, but not your voice. They’re dodging town halls faster than Trump dodged the draft. Demand answers!

adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/run-for-of...
Run for Office, Then Run Away
Republicans Love Your Vote—Just Not Your Questions
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February 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Gutting Alzheimer's research.

First reported more than a week ago -- and as yet, this has not been undone. Republicans appear to have not said a word about it.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

See also...
newrepublic.com/article/1917...

See also...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
February 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The wannabe cowardly dictator embarrasses America on the world stage as he and his cowardly thug gang up on a true Democratic President of Ukraine as they try to appear tough kicking a person as he is down! Shambolic!!!
February 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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"As we navigate the sheer quantity of hate and unconstitutional extremism found within these orders, it’s essential we not let this blitzkrieg distract or deter us." - Keith Thirion
Don’t Let the Shock and Awe Distract You From the Importance of State Courts
Opinion | We must both hold the line on our federal courts and also turn to state courts as a critical defense for our civil rights, health and safety.
www.democracydocket.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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NEW: Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader granted clemency by President Trump, was arrested outside the U.S. Capitol and charged with allegedly assaulting a female protester.

Trump previously cut short Tarrio's sentence for seditious conspiracy related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio arrested on assault charge outside U.S. Capitol
Tarrio was released from prison last month after President Donald Trump cut short his 22 year prison sentence for seditious conspiracy related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
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February 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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"This is something that does not belong to the president or the White House. It belongs to the American people.”

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Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in e-commerce business and the 250-year-old Postal Service.
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February 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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BREAKING: President Trump fires the country's highest-ranking military officer amid a wave of top brass dismissals at the Pentagon.
Trump fires Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff CQ Brown
Trump said he plans to nominate Lieutenant General Dan “Razin” Caine, USAF, to replace CQ Brown as Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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February 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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“Under what authority are you directing us to do this?”

"EO [?]" (sic)

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
February 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM