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A producer on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, editor of The MaddowBlog, and author of THE IMPOSTORS https://t.co/OtPBKdAtdj

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Questions as Paul Gosar joins Team Motion To Vacate:
- How many more Republicans will sign on? (Almost certainly some)
- Will Dems save Mike Johnson? (Probably)
- What will they ask for in exchange for a rescue? (Probably not enough) msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

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According to a growing number of Republicans, some GOP members aren’t just echoing the Kremlin’s position, they’re also actively taking steps to help Russia prevail in a war against a U.S. ally.

This ... isn’t normal. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

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Even now, congressional Republicans aren’t just clinging to Jan. 6 conspiracy theories, they’re also coming up with new ones.

Take the latest from Reps. Clay Higgins and Greg Murphy, for example. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

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The more Biden leans into allegations that Trump disparaged fallen American troops as 'suckers' and 'losers,' the more John Kelly's confirmation of the story matters. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

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In 2022, Bill Barr described Trump as an “incorrigible” and “erratic” narcissist who put his own interests above 'country and principle.'

In 2024, Barr is backing the GOP's Trump-led ticket. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

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Republicans are pretending that Dems set a dangerous precedent by discarding Mayorkas' impeachment without a trial.

They have it backwards: The real danger would've been to legitimize the GOP's abuse of congressional impeachment power. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

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If it seems as if there's been a bizarre number of state House speakers who've been accused of serious wrongdoing in recent years, it's not your imagination.

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This is such a weak argument. For the first time in American history, Republicans impeached a sitting cabinet secretary without cause.

Would tabling the case against Mayorkas be 'unprecedented'? Sure, but it's a first-of-its-kind response to a first-of-its-kind abuse.

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As Mayorkas' impeachment advances, Republicans are barely even trying to keep up appearances.

They might as well be wearing t-shirts that read, 'Yep, this is a partisan, election-year stunt.' msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

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I'm not saying defense counsel would be better off if their client were to, say, doze off a while, but....

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If Trump really wants to know why his trial — involving alleged crimes from 2016 and 2017 — didn't start sooner, he shouldn't blame Democratic officials.

He should blame Bill Barr. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

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Pointing to his trial, Trump told supporters on Friday, “72 hours until all hell breaks loose.” On day one, all hell did not, in fact, break loose.

This keeps happening: The former president keeps looking for mass protests that fail to materialize. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

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Trump doesn't want to say whether he's spoken privately to Benjamin Netanyahu.

Given the former president's recent foreign policy freelancing, his reticence seems ... problematic. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

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Trump and his allies insist that Iran was too intimidated to launch offenses under his leadership.

In reality, either Republicans have very short memories about what happened in 2020, or they’re counting on voters to have very short memories about 2020. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

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Gov. Chris Sununu defended his Trump endorsement by effectively saying, 'Everybody's doing it.'

But as Mike Pence and much of Trump's former team help prove, everybody *isn't* doing it — only the craven are. tinyurl.com/muvrx6y8

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As Iran inches closer to nuclear weapons capability, is it too late to talk about the guy who thought it'd be a good idea to abandon a working international nuclear agreement?

And how we're dealing with the consequences of his failure? msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

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Trump wants voters to believe he won't 'terminate' the ACA, but his record trials behind him like cans tied to a bumper.

Also, who trusts a candidate eager to tear down the health care system & replace it with an alternative he doesn’t want to talk about? msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

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Congress has a lot of real and important work to do. So why are Republicans poised to focus on silly home-appliance bills?

In part because real work is hard.

And in part because real work doesn't lead to fundraising appeals and Fox segments. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

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The more Trump condemns special counsel Jack Smith for clashing with Judge Cannon in the classified docs case, the more 'every accusation is a confession' comes to mind. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

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RNC Co-Chair Lara Trump recently said Republican officials are leaving 2020 election conspiracy theories 'in the past.'

Given the party's latest moves, it seems she didn't mean a word of it. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…

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