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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 1d

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 1d

New event on Rachel's calendar!

Rachel Maddow will host a discussion with Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador and author of the soon-to-be published "Autocrats vs. Democrats," in Cambridge, MA. @mcfaulmike.bsky.social

Details here: www.harvard.com/event/michae...

Thursday, October 30th at 7pm

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

“Military occupation doesn’t make our city safer. Resources and investment makes our city safer.” thank you Bri and all the other protestors who took the time to speak with me last night in Chicago.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 2d

just talked to Gov. Pritzker who dared President Trump to “come and get me” after POTUS threatened him with arrest. But Pritzker said he thinks Trump will chicken out.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 2d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 2d

Why would Donald Trump say he needed to talk to DOJ about whether to give Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon?

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 2d

Maddow: "Since Trump has been back in office, he has just been destroying the top leadership of the U.S. military."

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 4d

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker explains what he believes is Donald Trump's real goal in normalizing a military presence in U.S. cities by dressing ICE and Border Patrol agents in military gear.

Watch:

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 4d

BREAKING: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker threatens to withdraw from the National Governors Association if the organization doesn't speak out against Trump's use of the National Guard in U.S. cities.

Watch Gov. Pritzker discuss with Rachel Maddow:

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 4d

Tonight!

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker will be Rachel Maddow's guest.

9pmET on MSNBC

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 7d

On the woeful U.S. job market, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer keeps using that word, “momentum,” but I don’t think it means what she thinks it means. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

The government shutdown leaves Americans in the dark about the latest job numbers

Without new employment data, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer tried to point to recent “momentum” in the job market. Reality told a different story.

www.msnbc.com

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 4d

Not too long ago, it would’ve been pretty dramatic for an incumbent American president to refer to his opponents as “the party of Hate, Evil, and Satan.”

But as people grow accustomed to madness, it’s now barely a one-day story.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4d

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Trump pushes a new label for Democrats: ‘The Party Of Hate, Evil, And Satan’

Republicans apparently want Democrats to stop using the kind of incendiary political rhetoric that the president uses all the time.

www.msnbc.com

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 9d

Web exclusive bonus clip:

It's pretty amazing timing that this Trump project in Saudi Arabia got the green light just as this other deal will be needing approval from the Trump administration.

youtu.be/ax2mHNQGpyU?...

Saudis greenlight 'Trump Plaza' project while awaiting approval of massive media deal with Jared

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 9d

Watch Rachel Maddow's full interview with Rep. Mikie Sherrill here: youtu.be/UiihDjr2Qog?...

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 9d

"The national archives’ inspector general is launching an investigation into the release of Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s (D-N.J.) military records, according to an email obtained by POLITICO."
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Inspector general to investigate Rep. Mikie Sherrill military records release

It comes in response to a request last week by the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee.

www.politico.com

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 11d

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 11d

An extended first look at the film will be shown for attendees of the upcoming “MSNBCLIVE ‘25: This Is Who We Are” event on Oct. 11 in New York City.

Find ticket details at msnbc.com/live25

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 11d

NEW!

Watch the trailer for MSNBC Films presents "Andrew Young: The Dirty Work," executive produced by Rachel Maddow, which retraces Andrew Young's story as he carried Dr. King's dream into the world of politics.

Airs Friday, Oct. 17 at 9pmET on MSNBC

After a special Rachel Maddow Show at 8pmET

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 11d

“There is a reason to settle, but it has little to do with the law,”

www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Exclusive | YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Brought by Trump

The Google subsidiary is the final Big Tech company to resolve a trio of personal lawsuits that Donald Trump filed against social-media platforms.

www.wsj.com

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 11d

"To President Trump and other White House officials, that is a new-and-improved model for disaster response."

It's a feature, not a bug:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

FEMA Is Paralyzed. Disaster-Torn Communities Are Paying the Price.

St. Louis’s tornado was months ago, but it’s still waiting for hundreds of millions in federal recovery funds to arrive. It’s part of Trump’s plan to shift responsibility to the states and shrink the ...

www.wsj.com

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 11d

"He held several subsequent conversations with the agents about his cash-for-contracts proposal, culminating in a Sept. 20, 2024, meeting in Dallas at which agents recorded Homan accepting $50,000 in cash, according to the document and sources."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/e...

How Tom Homan wound up ensnared in an FBI contracts-for-cash sting

A former associate of Trump’s border czar allegedly proposed a $1 million scheme last year that put FBI agents on Homan's trail.

www.msnbc.com

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 11d

Someone used AI to create a fake Fox News segment featuring Trump touting magical “MedBed” technology. He then used to his platform to amplify the nonsensical pseudoscience.

Maybe now’s a good time to renew the whole “cognitive decline” conversation? www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Why it was so deeply weird to see Trump amplify ‘medbed’ pseudoscience

Someone used AI to create a fake Fox News segment that showed the president touting magical beds to the public. So why did he promote it?

www.msnbc.com

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 16d

Plan ahead!

Rachel Maddow's new documentary, "Andrew Young: The Dirty Work," will premiere on MSNBC on October 17th at 9pmET on MSNBC.

And we'll have a special edition of The Rachel Maddow Show that night at 8pmET.

That's all Friday, October 17 on MSNBC.

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 17d

In 2018, foreign officials at the U.N. General Assembly laughed at Trump because they thought he was kidding.

In 2025, they stopped laughing — because they know he isn’t kidding. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

With bizarre remarks at the U.N., Trump embarrasses himself and the United States

In 2018, officials at the U.N. laughed at Trump because they thought he was kidding. In 2025, they stopped laughing because they know he isn’t kidding.

www.msnbc.com

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 17d

Hey! You can check out our YouTube playlist for individual highlight clips from last night's interview with Kamala Harris. Or...

You can watch the full interview here:
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Rachel Maddow’s full interview with Kamala Harris I MSNBC EXCLUSIVE

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