Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18habcnews.com/US/18-year-i...abcnews.com18-year-old in ICE detention for more than 200 days: 'They just took me away'Elder Chavez Carranza has spent more than 200 days in an immigration detention center in Louisiana, hundreds of miles from his home in Albertville, Alabama. 751400663
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19h"The plans have drawn condemnation from some residents of central Louisiana, and immigrant advocates and child welfare experts have expressed concerns about possible trauma inflicted on detained children..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...nytimes.comNew Facility at Louisiana Airport to Hold Immigrant Children and Families (Gift Article)The site in Alexandria, La., a major expansion of the Trump administration’s busiest deportation hub, will streamline and accelerate removals. 54897399
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20h"Any action to restrict abortion pills would immediately break Trump’s 2024 campaign pledge that he would “not block” access to the drugs..." www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...washingtonsun.comWhite House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the MidtermsAttorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election. 891284505
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20h"Local community activists and faith leaders from Louisiana and beyond marched and prayed Thursday at the fenced-off barracks and trailers at the airpark site where the Trump Administration is preparing to open a privately-run facility to hold children..." religionnews.com/2026/10/02/a...religionnews.comAs ICE readies Louisiana facility for children and families, faith leaders hold vigilALEXANDRIA, La. (RNS and Verite News) — Part of the Trump administration’s efforts to ramp up deportations, the facility — which will hold unaccompanied minors and families — is situated beside an air... 381303550
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21h“I wish there were people from the other party here. I just, I beg them I plead with them to support humane immigration policy,” he said. “It breaks my heart that some of them claim to be followers of Jesus, and what they're doing goes directly against the gospel…" religionnews.com/2026/09/30/a...religionnews.comAs Springfield prepares to bury Haitian student, sympathy surges and deportations continue(RNS) — From US senators to John Legend, many are voicing support for the city’s Haitian community, even as neo-Nazis marched downtown Saturday. 331085379
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21hwww.nola.com/news/courts/...nola.comHow ICE plans to speed deportations by holding children, families beside a Louisiana airportGovernment documents, interviews with officials and public testimony shed new light on day-to-day operations within the controversial new facility designed to hold undocumented women, families and una... 21621351
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21hthese people. they don't even understand how to quit. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... 16790199
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Conservative Cuban Americans have long made S. Florida GOP-friendly. But Trump has deported a record number of Cubans. Older Cubans who lived in the US for decades were deported to Mexico, where they've struggled to get by. Some have been deported to Africa..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comHow Trump’s Deportation Policies Have Rocked a South Florida House RaceRepresentative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent. 1091210492
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“There are always people who profit from war or government policies. The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. And that is what is happening here...” www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...cnn.comJared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNNAt the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns. 9823881063
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"The agency appears to regard the change as a customer experience improvement — as if interacting with a TSA agent who has been forced to stand in a crowded airport for hours on end will definitely be positive..." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...huffpost.comTrump Administration Makes Life Worse For TSA Agents 52912282
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026festival.montclairfilm.org/events/killb...festival.montclairfilm.orgKill. Bury. Print. - Montclair Film Festival 19463137
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026See you with Stephanie Ruhle @stephruhle.bsky.social on Money Power Politics @moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social on MS NOW in just a few minutes... 3541170
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Local newspapers are dying, and I don’t think we’re prepared for a world without them…” tulsaflyer.org/2026/09/29/c...tulsaflyer.orgBattle in McCurtain County at the center of new Peacock documentaryMcCurtain County Sheriff’s officials wanted a family-run newspaper dead — literally. A new Peacock documentary explores the years-long battle and what it means for press freedoms. 681499506
Reposted by Rachel MaddowHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out. 5541331127
Reposted by Rachel MaddowAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power" 343124544623
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.projectsaltbox.com/p/ice-buys-1...projectsaltbox.comICE buys $1.3 million in robot dogs from Connecticut companyThe agency bought the robots without seeking competing bids, and chose a version built to detect chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards. 148803457
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"“Imagine losing a third of a city’s firefighters and then wondering why downtown is burning...” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h... 391413524
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Glendy and Nixon's children are now orphans," the archbishop said... "The family was a beloved member of our community; their children received their first sacraments in our parishes..." "This is not a gray area... What is happening is gravely immoral." www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...stltoday.comSt. Louis Archdiocese wants end to 'mass deportation,' says immigrant treatment 'sinful'Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski called for a path to legal status for those without documentation. 261299466
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"The U.S. and Russian teams also removed a provision requiring that humans review military targets developed by AI before a strike..." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...washingtonpost.comU.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pactThe two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progre... 116951569
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Step 1: "Tether’s stablecoin has become a primary means of payment for the Iranian regime and a tool for funding terrorist proxy organizations such as Hezbollah..." Step 2: Now google Howard Lutnick and Tether www.wsj.com/finance/curr...wsj.comExclusive | Senate Investigation Finds Rampant Use of Tether’s Stablecoin by Iranian RegimeWallets sanctioned over Iran ties overwhelmingly dealt in Tether’s USDT stablecoin, according to Senate Democrats. 33800405
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"An admission that the American president offered to sell arms to China is extraordinary. The Communist-ruled nation is considered by most policymakers and legislators of both parties to be the greatest military, economic and diplomatic rival of the United States..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...nytimes.comTrump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador SaysPresident Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale. 2131477663
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"For months, a group of central Louisianans and its growing coalition of allies have come together to thwart the family and child detention facility from taking root in Alexandria..." veritenews.org/2026/09/22/o...veritenews.orgOpponents of Alexandria ICE detention facility hold community forum - Verite News New OrleansThe England Authority Board of Commissioners is slated to discuss the planned ICE detention facility at a meeting on Thursday. 201321390
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“In the weeks and months after the war began, Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers spoke in favor of Trump’s decision and called the war 'long overdue.' In April, he said the war had left Iran 'absolutely a toothless wonder'...” www.cnn.com/2026/09/25/p...cnn.comGOP Senate candidate who praised the Iran war now campaigns against the pain it caused | CNN PoliticsIn 2024, then-Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers stood on camera in a zippered vest in a large grocery store 1101078385
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“‘Ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation or promoted voluntary return of non-white immigrants'... This is, of course, beyond alarming...” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...washingtonpost.comHow Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operationInside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own. 451167573
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It’s up! Our new film “Kill.Bury.Print” is streaming now on Peacock #KillBuryPrint trailer here: youtu.be/ZLfo4At-stg?... and here’s a clip: 40992389
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026new friend in my bathroom sink welcoming me to texas this afternoon! 3183915189
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"A woman leaving the facility 'dropped to her knees. She did the sign of the cross in extreme relief. As if coming out of a nightmare,' he said... “May we never become so accustomed to suffering that we stop seeing the humanity of those experiencing it.” www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...miamiherald.comAmid whistleblower claims, advocates ask lawmakers to visit ICE office in MiramarCommunity leaders demand Florida lawmakers investigate Miramar ICE facility amid whistleblower allegations of severe overcrowding and filthy facilities 362273770
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Because of the Texas state government's error, Texas "counties are now dealing with nearly a year of backlogged voter registration tasks to process. They could include new registrations or simply updates to voters’ existing records, like a change in address..." www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...votebeat.orgTens of thousands of Texas voter registration applications likely ensnared in state errorDemocrats are calling for investigations into why voter registration applications submitted via a DPS portal weren’t forwarded to counties. 1141360686
Reposted by Rachel MaddowAntonia Hylton @ahylton26.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Our exclusive interview on The Assignment with a legal observer in Maine who was able to unmask 2 ICE agents. 19970304
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“'You don’t live here,' the crowd shouted like they were in a basketball arena...” kansasreflector.com/2026/09/18/u...kansasreflector.comUS Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home • Kansas ReflectorU.S. Sen. Roger Marshall established deeper roots than previously disclosed in Sarasota, Florida, where he had a vacation home that he traveled to on official business and said he used for visiting fa... 10633911187
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"A group of pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere... to preach and sell white supremacy, antisemitism and patriarchy to angry young men..." religionnews.com/2026/09/24/t...religionnews.comThe rise of the Jim Crow theobros(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ... 99962455
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...nbcnews.comAmerica had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected. 43261673157
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Bismarck, North Dakota: bismarcktribune.com/news/local/a...bismarcktribune.comICE surge prompts protest in BismarckA weeklong spike in immigration enforcement in the Bismarck area prompted a protest downtown on Friday evening. 281779499
Reposted by Rachel MaddowPhilo of Alexan @philoof.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The folk protest music scene is back 281268472
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Referring to the Chinese president, the host asked “If you were president, would you throw him a big dinner?” “I would not be throwing him a dinner,” Trump declared. “I’d get him a McDonald’s hamburger.” 😂 www.mediaite.com/media/tv/jak...mediaite.comJake Tapper Digs Up Clip of Trump Mocking Obama-Xi State Dinner: ‘Get Down To Work’CNN’s Jake Tapper aired an old clip of President Donald Trump blasting then-President Barack Obama for hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state dinner in 2015. 981788597
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“I simply do not want to see innocent children being detained. Prisons are not a place for innocent children...” “We need to go to these board meetings... to all our other meetings, our city council. We need to be in all these spaces and insist upon being heard.” veritenews.org/2026/09/22/o...veritenews.orgOpponents of Alexandria ICE detention facility hold community forum - Verite News New OrleansThe England Authority Board of Commissioners is slated to discuss the planned ICE detention facility at a meeting on Thursday. 231904619
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I'll be on MS NOW with @nicollewallace.bsky.social at 5PM Eastern tonight/Friday -- see you there! @deadlinewh.bsky.social 24640107
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"The president barred US reporters, while welcoming Chinese reporters who answer to the communist dictatorship in Beijing. This would be the same president who's running government-paid TV advertising vowing to stop the United States from becoming communist..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...nytimes.comIn Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So.The showdown over President Trump’s partial media ban played out as he welcomed President Xi Jinping, whose government is ranked among the most repressive in the world. 831545601
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Maine Republican Paul LePage **then**: “The enemy right now, the overwhelming majority of people coming in, are people of color, or people of Hispanic origin.” www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/u... Paul LePage *now*: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...nytimes.comPaul LePage, a Trump Ally, Says a Family Member Is Being DeportedThe former Maine governor, a Republican running for Congress, said the Trump administration is seeking to wrongly deport his son’s father-in-law, who has a work permit. 1031016375
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/09/202612-16 miles per day, interfaith pilgrimage www.lasacredresistance.org/adelanto-to-... 211033399
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"Tafoya described herself on her podcast as 'sort of a Florida woman'..." www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/p...cnn.comRepublican Senate nominee said she was ‘embarrassed’ to be from the state she’s now running to represent | CNN PoliticsIn a local radio interview earlier this month, Michele Tafoya, the Republican Senate nominee in Minnesota and former sports broadcaster was asked about her past criticism of the state and whether she ... 73783248
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"About five million people in the country have already lost SNAP benefits — the government’s primary anti-hunger tool — because of the Trump/GOP bill... One retiree in Ohio described SNAP benefits as a 'lifeline.' Her benefits dropped in March from $250 to $44" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...nytimes.comTrump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Is Starting to Bite Before the Midterm ElectionsThe tax cuts in President Trump’s signature achievement were the Republicans’ answer to voters’ economic struggles, but its health care and food assistance cuts are taking a toll. 781591779
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 1241596781
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN3t...youtube.comTrump-tied group bought a house for former Greenland politician, Danish report saysYouTube video by MS NOW 37636301
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026very excited and grateful for this! “Kill. Bury. Print.” premieres this Sunday Sept 27 on Peacock! trailer here: youtu.be/ZLfo4At-stg variety.com/2026/tv/news...variety.comRachel Maddow’s ‘Kill. Bury. Print.’ Wins 2026 David Carr Award From Montclair Film FestivalRachel Maddow's ‘Kill. Bury. Print.’ Wins 2026 David Carr Award From Montclair Film Festival 471136238
Reposted by Rachel MaddowMaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The book tour Rachel announced tonight includes some familiar stops, but also has dates in Boise and Salt Lake City. Find the full list with links at MS.NOW/DepartmentOfFate 4340082
Reposted by Rachel MaddowIndivisible ReSisters Contra Costa ❌👑 @indivisresistcoco.bsky.social · 22/09/2026bring-maureen-home.vercel.appbring-maureen-home.vercel.appBring Maureen Home | Support Maureen Wanjiru NgureLearn about Maureen Wanjiru Ngure, a Concord nurse and mother of two who is wrongfully detained in Louisiana, and find clear ways to support her family. 224091