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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...
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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.
The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"In my 65 years of living, I've never seen the city in such an uproar..." deceleration.news/san-antonio-...
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'March Will Not End Tomorrow': San Antonio Immigration Protest Resists New ICE Facility
Community organizers and local elected leaders join vigil outside 640,000-square-foot warehouse slated to house thousands amid growing ICE violence and deportation enforcement pushback.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Dozens of protesters arrived before 8AM to deliver cards with handwritten 'tips,' encouraging ICE employees to find other jobs. On a side door, someone wrote: “You can say no,” and “God is watching you”... www.sevendaysvt.com/news/protest...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“It’s really fundamentally about whether or not people with disabilities can live, work, go to school, make all the decisions about how you spend your day and you spend your life with..." 19thnews.org/2026/10/disa...
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The federal government is backing away from a decades-old disability rights promise
Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson won a victory that gave people with disabilities the freedom to choose where they live. That legacy is now under threat.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Driver-volunteers go to homes to drop off diapers, baby formula, toilet paper, groceries... "Drivers switch routes and cars, write addresses on paper, and carry a water bottle so they can drop the paper in water and obscure the addresses if stopped... kansasreflector.com/2026/10/02/t...
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Trump's immigration sweeps leave southwest Kansas communities looking for way forward • Kansas Reflector
DODGE CITY — Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues ...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is a really good piece by @natashakorecki.bsky.social at NBC News: "Many Latinos were better versed in the details of Salgado Araujo’s shooting death than in the names and backgrounds of those running for some of the highest-profile offices in their state..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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How the shooting death of a Houston father is igniting Latino politics in Texas
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed on his way to work by ICE agents, who said he used his vehicle as a weapon. An outraged community is demanding justice — and change.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Job creation numbers: "The blue columns point to Biden’s presidency, while the red columns point to Trump’s..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We have a chance to flip long-held Republican districts like Arizona's 6th this November - and it's on all of us to keep knocking on doors, making calls, and talking to our neighbors to ensure leaders like Jo are elected.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The dangers of artificial intelligence have become an enormous issue - yet the White House has been so passive that even the AI companies themselves are asking what it will take to get government to step up and establish safeguards.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
While too many in Congress are absorbed in partisan combat, Gabe Vasquez has stayed focused on solving problems and helping his constituents. Time and again, he has set politics aside to deliver for New Mexico. I was excited to join him at today's town hall - and am proud to be in his corner.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Thank you to the nearly a thousand New Mexicans who showed up yesterday in Las Cruces! Electing independent-minded, honest, courageous, compassionate leaders like Gabe Vasquez and Deb Haaland is a big part of how we will make our politics - and our country - better for the future.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
All to dodge one uncomfortable vote - much like his maneuvers last year to hold off the Epstein files. You don't have to be a Democrat to find that disgraceful. In less than seven weeks, Americans can change all this. 48 days to go
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How can they justify leaving right now? Diesel costs just hit an all-time high. Our nation is at war. The bond market is quivering. The urgency of AI regulation has come to a critical moment. Congress should be working overtime. Instead Speaker Johnson sent them home.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
After nearly two years of economic failure and broken promises, JD Vance’s midterm pitch these closing weeks is “give us another chance.” The American people cannot afford another round of this - and the good news is we don’t have to.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Cait has exactly the kind of toughness we need right now in Congress. While serving in the Army, she deployed to combat zones six times, earned three bronze stars, and became one of the first women in Special Operations leadership.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If I said we have a broken political system, it'd be the least memorable thing I said all day. We all know it. We all say it. The question is: Why do we act like it isn't? It can't go on like this.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We don’t have to put up with this. Not these policies or these politicians or even this system of politics. It's time for us to chase out corruption and build a politics that actually responds to the people.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Persuasion isn't about saying "I told you so" - it's about bringing people together to make things better.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'd love to see you in Rochester at our rally in support of Rep. Chris Pappas, Stefany Shaheen, and Cinde Warmington. Together, we can elect strong leaders and build a better future for New Hampshire. I hope you'll join us!
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New Hampshire Rally with Pete Buttigieg, Chris Pappas, Stefany Shaheen, and Cinde Warmington · Win the Era
Join Pete Buttigieg in New Hampshire for a rally with Chris Pappas, Stefany Shaheen, and Cinde Warmington to lay out the stakes for this election and get out the vote for Democrats up and down the bal...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Trump's approval rating fell to 32% - the lowest ‌of his political career - as his fellow Republicans soured on his handling of the cost of living amid the unpopular Iran war. His approval rating is lower than any recorded for Biden, his Democratic predecessor..." www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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vanheuka.bsky.social @vanheuka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thousands Lock Hands Around Kennedy Center As Lauren Boebert Accused of Sexual Payoffs open.substack.com/pub/rawstory...
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Thousands Lock Hands Around Kennedy Center As Lauren Boebert Accused of Sexual Payoffs
Here are four stories the media is playing down today. But Americans and Democrats are fighting back.
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW! RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW! RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW! RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW! RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW! RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW! RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW! RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW!
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Release ALL the Epstein files NOW!
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southpaw-616.bsky.social @southpaw-616.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hey Mike? Prove that he’s not. Release the Epstein files. All of them.
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jimwaterworks.bsky.social @jimwaterworks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
No more distractions! Release ALL of the unredacted Epstein Files!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"The idea that this hub, built over decades, was significantly degraded in the space of a few days by a regional player is unimaginable. "That the US could not prevent and defend against a predictable attack on a Fleet Headquarters is quite startling." www.militarytimes.com/opinion/2026...
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The devastation of NSA Bahrain is a national security warning
Opinion: If NSA Bahrain is not reconstituted to pre-attack capabilities, it will fundamentally change how the U.S. Navy operates, the author of this op-ed writes.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Protesters pack Alexandria airpark meeting to oppose new ICE detention center - Verite News New Orleans
People against a proposed immigration detention facility near the Alexandria airport came from all over the state to voice their concerns.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 31/07/2026
Last year, wide bipartisan majorities in Congress voted to expand IVF coverage for our servicemembers. But not this year. Apparently, we can afford the largest defense budget ever, but not a fraction of that to help our troops build their families. Outrageous.
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G.O.P. Kills Bid to Expand I.V.F. Access in the Military
In a notable shift, Republican senators voted unanimously against a proposal to expand the military’s coverage of fertility treatments.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
BREAKING: Trump is appealing the big win vs. the slush fund for the 35 judges by my org, Platkin & Susman Contrary to what Todd Blanche testified & told Cornyn & Tillis, I guess the slush fund is not dead after all! I explained @nytimes.com👇& I'll discuss at 5pm ET w/ @nicollewallace.bsky.social
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Trump to Appeal Judge’s Ruling Denouncing I.R.S. Lawsuit as Exercise in Self-Dealing
It was the latest sign that the president was doubling down on his fight for aspects of a deal that brings him vast benefits, even though they have jeopardized the confirmation of his pick for attorne...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 31/07/2026
Thousands of people joined us in telling the FCC to drop their retaliation campaign against ABC. The government can't punish networks because it doesn't like their editorial choices.
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ABC Says FCC's Review Of Licenses Is Part Of "Retaliation Campaign"
The network said that the early review was part of an "ongoing retaliation campaign" over coverage of Donald Trump.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
BREAKING: STATEMENT ON DOJ’S DISMISSAL OF CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST DAVEY HEARN
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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'It feels like it never ends — the evil': Pasadena demonstrators protest ICE shootings
Approximately 50 demonstrators gathered Saturday morning in Pasadena as part of a national action to honor lives lost to immigration enforcement operations.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Twin Falls, Idaho www.ktvb.com/article/news...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Protesters Condemn Fatal ICE Shootings, Oppose New North Carolina Detention Center
Gov. Josh Stein criticized the proposal on Friday, saying the facility was not state-owned and that he had not approved the agreement
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
tell me more about conservatives and small government. trump administration now demanding that hospitals hand over "personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms..." www.cnn.com/2026/07/27/h...
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Trump administration demands hospitals share emergency room records | CNN
A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, personall...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
"If this is what being under control looks like, I don’t want to see an outbreak that’s out of control..." foodfix.co/rfk-jr-says-...
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RFK Jr. says the cyclospora outbreak is ‘under control.’ It’s not.
The U.S. continues to be in the middle of an unprecedented food safety disaster with reported cyclospora cases nearing 12,000 nationwide.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 27/07/2026
On the campaign trail ahead of Election Day 2024, Trump said Americans could expect to see their energy bills cut in half by July 2026. It’s July 2026. How’d that work out?
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Top homeland security official resigns, citing "brazen corruption," as well as the Trump Administration's "war on immigrants... war on feds... war on facts": www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...
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DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’
The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Remember: Republicans cut your healthcare to give a handout to their billionaire buddies. In 95 days, we will vote them out.
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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 31/07/2026
I joined @repbillfoster.bsky.social today for an oversight visit to a shelter housing unaccompanied children. Many of these children have already endured horrors that no child should face and they ought to be treated with dignity and have their case heard before an unbiased court system.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Opinion | We worked with Todd Blanche. He's already shown he won't keep political interference out of the Justice Department.
Mimi Rocah and Perry A. Carbone: Blanche’s training makes the actions he’s already taken all the more disturbing because he knows that the DOJ should not be used as a tool of personal power.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 16/07/2026
The Trump administration has spent the last year systematically slashing and reassigning staff responsible for detecting and disrupting foreign disinformation operations in U.S. elections. bit.ly/4pmBCJb
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Trump Administration Cuts Make Elections More Vulnerable to Foreign Influence and Disinformation
The depletion of staff and resources at various agencies leaves the government underprepared to respond to attempts to influence elections by China, Russia, and others.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"The other commissioner who approved the Paramount merger, FCC Chair Brendan Carr, and his wife sat in a private skybox with Paramount CEO David Ellison and other executives from Paramount and CBS. Such seats sold for $125,000 a ticket..." www.propublica.org/article/para...
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FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
1,700 H.I.V. Treatment Sites Closed After Trump Cuts www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/h...
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1,700 H.I.V. Treatment Sites Closed After Trump Aid Cuts, a Study Finds
New research also shows that children and high-risk adult populations have been particularly affected.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Retired Judges Initiative (RJI) Wall of Justice
YouTube video by CJA Judicial Fairness Coalition
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Person fleeing ICE agents in Florida fatally struck by vehicle, highway patrol says | CNN
A person who ran away from federal immigration agents in St. Augustine, Florida, early Tuesday was struck and killed by a tractor trailer, according to the Florida Highway Patrol, as the Department of...
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This Administration is engaged in the largest criminal cover-up in American history.   Todd Blanche cannot serve as AG. Full stop.
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vanheuka.bsky.social @vanheuka.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Source: NPR share.google/UsNfX2yFsqET...
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Largest housing affordability bill in decades becomes law without Trump's signature
President Trump refused to sign the bill without Congress first passing his sweeping voter ID bill.
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