Rachel Maddow's Blog
October 5, 2025
Johnson says ACA negotiations can't happen until the government reopens
Speaker Mike Johnson resisted calls to negotiate health care subsidies Sunday and blamed Democrats for the shutdown despite polls blaming the GOP and Trump.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs made his sentencing hearing about himself instead of his victims
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian sentenced Sean “Diddy” Combs to 50 months in prison Friday after the convicted music mogul cried and begged for mercy.
Democrats have a secret weapon in the shutdown fight
The best time for the opposition to take a stand, rather than settle for untrustworthy promises, is right now.
Trump's choice of location for his presidential library couldn't be more fitting
A Florida educator is seeking to thwart local officials’ hasty deal to hand over land in downtown Miami for the construction of Donald Trump’s presidential library
October 4, 2025
Trump’s White House has found a dehumanizing shutdown scapegoat
“Pro-life” administration officials say undocumented immigrants should be refused emergency room care.
'Reading Rainbow' returns to a country far more hostile to books and diversity
Mychal "the Librarian" Threets is the new host of "Reading Rainbow" on the YouTube channel KidZuko, picking up the show where LeVar Burton left off in 2006.
October 3, 2025
BREAKING: FBI agent fired for refusing to perp walk James Comey
MSNBC confirms an FBI agent in the Washington field office has been fired after refusing to arrest and perp walk Fmr. FBI Director James Comey.
MAGA conservatives are angry at Pope Leo for sharing Catholic thinking
Pope Leo XIV refused to join Catholics bashing Sen. Dick Durbin's abortion-rights position and said being pro-life also includes treating immigrants humanely.
There is no end in sight for the government shutdown
On Friday lawmakers rejected a pair of spending bills from Democrats and Republicans that would reopen the government as the shutdown bleeds into the weekend.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in federal prison
Combs was sentenced Friday in federal court in Manhattan. Federal prosecutors had asked for more than 11 years, while Combs sought what would have amounted to time served.
