Trump is trying to clean up his mess on Social Security and Medicare, but his latest rhetoric is literally unbelievable.

Voters who care about the social-insurance programs shouldn't look away. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-tries-fails-clean-social-security-medicare-mess-rcna143540 

 At a time when so much of our politics is uncomfortably weird, it was oddly refreshing to see something normal and familiar:

Trump talked about cutting Social Security and Medicare, and Biden pushed back. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/biden-pounces-trump-eyes-cuts-social-security-medicare-rcna142920 

 Texas AG Ken Paxton sure does pick a lot of ugly/unnecessary fights. From the last 2 months:
- fight with Yelp over "crisis pregnancy centers"
- investigate Media Matters
- sued Pfizer over Covid vaccines
- interfered with Kate Cox's life
- subpoenaed out-of-state medical records https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/texas-ken-paxton-sued-seeking-state-medical-records-rcna130899 

 A story in three parts:
1. Trump peddles ludicrous election conspiracy theory.
2. Putin echoes Trump's nonsense.
3. Trump points to Putin's rhetoric as validation.
It’s easy to grow inured to their alliance, but this is crazy. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/2024-messaging-trump-gets-assist-russias-putin-rcna104806 

 On impeachment, Republicans didn’t start with a question and move forward, they started with an answer and worked backward.

We are, after all, talking about a GOP conversation that began in early 2020 — before Biden had even won the Dems' nomination. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/impeachment-gop-started-answer-worked-backward-rcna104678 

 Targeting federal mask mandates that don't exist, Republican Sen. J.D. Vance rejected the idea of becoming "chicken little about every single respiratory pandemic and problem that confronts this country."

That's ... not a good argument. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jd-vance-lets-not-overreact-every-respiratory-pandemic-rcna104039 

 The list of Team Trump insiders who've been convicted of crimes in recent years keeps getting longer, and it now includes:
- Manafort
- Gates
- Cohen
- Stone
- Flynn
- Bannon
- Weisselberg
- Navarro
#lawandorder https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/navarro-becomes-latest-member-team-trump-convicted-rcna103959