Maddow: "Do we think our servicemen and women are in good hands? Do we think that there is care being taken in terms of what they're risking their lives for?"

The person negotiating in the Middle East on behalf of the United States does not technically work for the United States.

SPJ joins coalition urging WHCA to defend press freedom at annual dinner Society of Professional Journalists, improving and protecting journalism since 1909

A copy of the letter to the White House Correspondents' Association that lists Donald Trump's attacks on freedom of the press that Rachel mentioned on tonight's show can be found on the web site of the Society of Professional Journalists:
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Embattled Labor Sec Lori Chavez-DeRemer has resigned - story TK for MS NOW

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Team Trump reverses its reversal, gives Russia another break on oil sanctions “Enough is enough,” key Senate Democrats said. “President Trump needs to stop letting Putin play him for a fool.”

Team Trump keeps finding new ways to reward Russia:
- extended break on oil sanctions
- shrugging off evidence that Russia has helped Iran
- allowed Russia to bypass Cuban oil blockade
- vouched for Putin’s trustworthiness

And that’s just from the last couple of months.
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So much for ‘swimmingly’: Trump’s Iran policy stumbles after premature victory lap If you believed Trump’s boasts on Friday about resolving the crisis in Iran, I have some very bad news for you.

Late last week, Trump claimed:
- Iran had “agreed to everything”
- the Strait of Hormuz would remain open
- the war was going “swimmingly”
- he expected to wrap up a deal with Tehran “in the next day or two”

I have some bad news for those who believed his absurd boasts.
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Acting Attorney General Blanche tries and fails to justify DOJ’s personnel purge The latest firings of four federal prosecutors weren’t the response to an abuse; they were themselves the abuse.

To hear Trump’s DOJ tell it, four federal prosecutors had to be purged because of Biden-era wrongdoing.

But that’s backwards: The firings weren’t the response to an abuse; they were *themselves* the abuse.
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Shrugging at “fake inflation,” Team Trump’s economic message takes a weird turn Taken together, it seems as if the White House decided the way to change public attitudes on the economy is to try to pull some kind of Jedi mind trick.

On the economy, the White House apparently wants to pull a Jedi mind trick on the public.

Bothered by high gas prices? Prices are “not very high.”
Bothered by inflation? Inflation is “fake.”
Dissatisfied with the struggling economy? The economy is the “best in history.”
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Tulsi Gabbard impresses her audience of one with another indefensible abuse The director of national intelligence is engaging in pitiful antics because her job likely depends on it. For now, there’s reason to believe it’s working.

Tulsi Gabbard’s latest ridiculous antics are clearly a performative display intended to satisfy an audience of one as she desperately tries to avoid getting fired.

For now, however, I think it’s probably working as intended.
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For Team Trump, “national security” becomes the answer to every question From the White House ballroom to Greenland to oil drilling, the Republican administration has a “Trump card” it plays far too often.

The defense for Trump’s ballroom? “National security.”

Why is Trump gutting wind energy? “National security.”

How did he justify tariffs? “National security.”

Why does he want Greenland? “National security.”

Why does he hate the New York Times? “National security.”

The pattern is not subtle.

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Latest resignations bring fresh ignominy to one of the worst Congresses ever Eric Swalwell’s and Tony Gonzales’ departures are emblematic of a larger truth: This Congress really is dreadful.

Eric Swalwell’s and Tony Gonzales’ resignations are emblematic of a larger truth: This Congress really is dreadful.

Put it this way: When the number of resignations far exceeds the number of major bills passed, that’s ... not great.
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Maddow on what keeps despots in power and why they fall apart: "Nobody actually likes a corrupt despot. They all just support him because they think he's going to be in power forever so you need to stay on his right side in order to get anything for yourself."

"Every person that's there, someone's getting paid." Rep. Adelita Grijalva tells Rachel Maddow about a woman she met while inspecting an ICE immigrant prison who was meant to be deported weeks ago but inexplicably remains locked up.

Maddow: All the people who came out to protest at Stonewall when the Trump administration pulled down the pride flag, "today you won."

Maddow: "Amid all of this insanity it may be a good time to remember that this kind of desperation from the White House and from the president is palpably driven by fear."

After picking an ugly fight with pope, Trump promotes image panned as ‘blasphemous’ The president’s offensive against the pope, followed by the image presenting himself as some kind of American Jesus, represented quite the one-two punch.

I get that many will find Trump’s offensive against the pope as predictable — this is just what he does — but compare how he lashed out at Pope Francis in 2016 to how he targeted Pope Leo XIV yesterday.

And then add in the mind-numbing American Jesus image.
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Federal judge rejects Trump’s dubious defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal The demise of the president’s case is a demonstration of the benefits of fighting back — and of the folly of appeasement.

As Trump’s foolish defamation case against the Wall Street Journal gets thrown out of court, there’s a larger lesson here:

Those who push back against his abuses — news organizations, law firms, universities, et al. — succeed, while those who try appeasement fail.
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U.S. inflation surged in March, pushed higher by the effects of the war in Iran Trump told the public last week that there’s been “no inflation.” That was absurd at the time, and it’s worse now.

Trump, in his national address last week: There’s been “no inflation.”

Reality, this week: Yeah, about that....
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Leading White House economist points to “employment boom” that clearly hasn’t happened A variety of words come to mind to describe the sharp decline in the Trump-era job market. “Boom” isn’t one of them.

Kevin Hassett, the top economist in the Trump White House, said with a straight face that there’s been “an employment boom.”

I know I should shrug off such nonsense, but I just couldn’t let this go.
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When wartime rhetoric from Iran’s theocratic officials and Pentagon officials is effectively indistinguishable, it’s a reminder:

The U.S. administration is on the wrong track.
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A big deal in Arizona:

The utility board that runs energy-related policy in the Phoenix region has flipped to a 'clean energy' slate that was running against a conservative slate.

TPUSA invested very heavily in this.

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Update: Just inspected San Benito facility that holds pregnant teenage girls. YouTube video by JoaquinCastroTX

Update: Just inspected San Benito facility that holds pregnant teenage girls.

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Overall, Shawn Harris improved upon Kamala Harris's GA-14 margin by 25%. He lost by 12 while she lost by 37.

But in the five most Hispanic precincts in the district, he improved upon her margin by a whopping 42%. He won them by 28% while she lost them by 14%.

At the start of a ceasefire with Iran, Trump has failed by his own standards “Total and complete victory, 100%,” the American president said. “No question about it.” There are plenty of questions about it.

As the tenuous ceasefire in Iran begins, the war hasn’t just failed by objective terms, it’s also failed by Trump’s own terms.

Remember his “worst case scenario” and the specific objectives he outlined on Day One of the war? They’re worth revisiting now.
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Latest election results give Republicans new reasons to reach for the panic button As Democrats enjoy one of their best election days of Trump’s second term, the GOP would be wise to take note as the midterms draw closer.

Following months of Democratic election victories, last night was especially brutal for Republicans:
- landslide win in Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court race
- massive over-performance in MTG’s old seat
- win in Waukesha’s mayoral race

If Republicans aren’t nervous, they’re not paying attention.

Team Trump leans into religious messaging, claims God supports U.S. war in Iran An increasingly unstable leader is insisting that he has divine support for his military ambitions. When has that ever gone wrong in world history?

An increasingly unstable, authoritarian-style leader, who’s threatening war crimes, is convinced that he enjoys divine support for his military ambitions.

And when has that ever gone wrong in world history?
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Opinion | The Greatest Threat to Our Elections Is No Longer Foreign

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