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For the last 164 years, the Marines have been led by a Senate-confirmed commandant. As Gen. Berger retires, that will change today, thanks entirely to one person.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/tubervilles-tantrum-leaves-marines-highly-unusual-position-rcna93415

Tuberville’s tantrum leaves Marines in a highly unusual position

For the last 164 years, the Marine Corps has been led by a Senate-confirmed commandant. Today, that will change — because of Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville.

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To be sure, some of the evidence of a so-called brain drain from Florida higher education is anecdotal, but it’s nevertheless difficult to dismiss out of hand.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/desantis-agenda-leads-concerns-florida-brain-drain-rcna93427

DeSantis agenda leads to concerns about a Florida ‘brain drain’

In theory, it might seem easy for universities in Florida to recruit top-tier academic talent. In practice, Gov. Ron DeSantis' agenda has created a problem.

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"In 1980, the average time between billion-dollar disasters was 82 days. From 2018-22, the average time between these most extreme events, even controlled for inflation, was just 18 days."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/climate/climate-change-extreme-weather.html

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Climate Disasters Daily? Welcome to the ‘New Normal.’

Around the United States, dangerous floods, heat and storms are happening more frequently.

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How is now any different than past times we've heard former Trump chief-of-staff John Kelly disparage his former boss?

This time, according to the New York Times, he was under oath:

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/oath-john-kelly-raises-serious-allegations-trump-rcna93367

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Under oath, John Kelly raises serious allegations against Trump

Former White House chief of staff John Kelly has now said under oath that Donald Trump wanted to use federal law enforcement against his perceived enemies.

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Anyone who paid attention knows exactly who provoked the January 6 riot, and how. But in case you were wondering, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington have counted 174 January 6 defendants who said they were responding to calls by Donald Trump.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/many-jan-6-defendants-agree-sent-capitol-rcna93074

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Many Jan. 6 defendants agree on who sent them to the Capitol

Trump's Jan. 6 defense has been that he wasn’t responsible for deploying a mob to the Capitol. Many Jan. 6 defendants have explicitly said the opposite.

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"The misconduct here sadly transcends all his past accomplishments"

Rudy Giuliani has officially spent any political good will he had left in his life and will likely end up professionally shattered by the time this is done.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/dc-disciplinary-panel-rudy-giuliani-earned-disbarment-rcna93142

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D.C. disciplinary panel: Rudy Giuliani has earned disbarment

Some lawyers in Trump's orbit are facing serious legal troubles; others are facing disbarment. Unfortunately for Rudy Giuliani, he's in both categories.

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A judge is forcing Donald Trump to sit for yet another deposition in yet another lawsuit. Since by definition these depositions require Trump to speak out loud, they never go well for him.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/case-s-opened-door-another-hazardous-trump-deposition-rcna93060

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The case that’s opened the door to another hazardous Trump deposition

Donald Trump's civil depositions never seem to go well for him. It's why it matters that he'll soon have to answer questions from Peter Strzok's lawyers.

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Former Senator Claire McCaskill, talks with Alex Wagner about how Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appears to be trying to make up for his lack of personality with extra amounts of cruelty in his platform to defeat Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, and is failing overall to make a good impression with voters.

https://youtu.be/NX7y0nkQ48E

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'Kind of a dead frog': Campaign trail showcases DeSantis shortcomings

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Alex Wagner shares exclusive NBC News reporting on the resignation of two key Florida state health officials who have yet to be replaced as the state is facing the first instances of native malaria transmission in decades and DeSantis has installed a scientifically dubious state surgeon general in a bid to curry favor with the anti-vaccine radicals he hopes will support him over Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary.

https://youtu.be/wlAujDa5UJs

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Florida suffers consequences of DeSantis political games with public health

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Lindsay Chervinsky, presidential historian, talks with Alex Wagner about the bizarre intersection of powerful drugs and medicinal concoctions that contribute to the colorful history of life at the center of American power.

https://youtu.be/clrqUEI-SyQ

The history of drugs and other substances found at the White House

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