[fix](blog): 2025-07-25 Markdown(fix https:)

_posts/2025/06/2025-06-16-BacklashToTrumpIsReal.md

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ federal government
 - [U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)](https://www.eucom.mil/)
 - [Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)](https://www.odni.gov/)
 - [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)](https://www.dhs.gov/)
-- [Congress](https;//www.congress.gov/)
+- [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/)
 - [Congressional Budget Office (CBO)](https://www.cbo.gov/)
 - [Senate](https://www.senate.gov/)
 - [Bernie Moreno (T-OH)](https://www.moreno.senate.gov/)

_posts/2025/07/2025-07-01-20250701JensVersionTheBriefingRoom.md

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Subscribe to the [MSNBC](https://www.msnbc.com/) Daily Newsletter: https://link.
         - [Federal Reserve Board - Board Members](https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/bios/board/default.htm)
             - [Jerome H. Powell](https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/bios/board/powell.htm)
         - [Department of Justice (DOJ)](https://www.justice.gov/)
-    - [Congress](https;//www.congress.gov/)
+    - [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/)
         - [U.S. Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/)
         - [Senate](https://www.senate.gov/)
         - [House of Representatives](https://www.house.gov/)

_posts/2025/07/2025-07-01-MurkowskiForSaleAlaskaPurchase.md

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ If, [as expected](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/senate-rep
     - [New York Times (NYT)](https://www.nytimes.com/)
 - political parties
     - [Democrat Party](https://www.democrats.org/)
-    - [Trumpian Party](https;//www.gop.com/)
+    - [Trumpian Party](https://www.gop.com/)
 - state, local governments
     - [State of Alaska](https://www.alaska.gov/)
 - Federal Government 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ If, [as expected](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/senate-rep
         - [U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)](https://www.eucom.mil/)
         - [Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)](https://www.odni.gov/)
         - [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)](https://www.dhs.gov/)
-    - [Congress](https;//www.congress.gov/)
+    - [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/)
         - [Text - H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): One Big Beautiful Bill Act / Congress.gov / Library of Congress](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text)
         - [U.S. Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/)
         - [Senate](https://www.senate.gov/)

_posts/2025/07/2025-07-01-TrumpCrimeFamilyCologne.md

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ This post updates our [related earlier coverage](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-ma
     - [New York Times (NYT)](https://www.nytimes.com/)
 - political parties
     - [Democrat Party](https://www.democrats.org/)
-    - [Trumpian Party](https;//www.gop.com/)
+    - [Trumpian Party](https://www.gop.com/)
 - Federal Government 
     - [Constitution of the United States](https://constitution.congress.gov/)
     - [First Amendment](https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ This post updates our [related earlier coverage](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-ma
         - [U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)](https://www.eucom.mil/)
         - [Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)](https://www.odni.gov/)
         - [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)](https://www.dhs.gov/)
-    - [Congress](https;//www.congress.gov/)
+    - [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/)
         - [U.S. Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/)
         - [Senate](https://www.senate.gov/)
             - [Gary C. Peters (D-MI)](https://www.peters.senate.gov/)

_posts/2025/07/2025-07-02-CongressNeedsToCloseCourtLoophole.md

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Simply put, this [Supreme Court](https://www.supremecourt.gov/) won’t step in
         - [U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)](https://www.eucom.mil/)
         - [Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)](https://www.odni.gov/)
         - [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)](https://www.dhs.gov/)
-    - [Congress](https;//www.congress.gov/)
+    - [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/)
         - [Text - H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): One Big Beautiful Bill Act / Congress.gov / Library of Congress](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text)
         - [U.S. Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/)
         - [Senate](https://www.senate.gov/)

_posts/2025/07/2025-07-02-HowDemocratsCanWeaponizeSupremeCourt.md

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ But [Democrats](https://www.democrats.org/) and liberals need to force the [cour
         - [U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)](https://www.eucom.mil/)
         - [Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)](https://www.odni.gov/)
         - [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)](https://www.dhs.gov/)
-    - [Congress](https;//www.congress.gov/)
+    - [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/)
         - [Text - H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): One Big Beautiful Bill Act / Congress.gov / Library of Congress](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text)
         - [U.S. Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/)
         - [Senate](https://www.senate.gov/)

_posts/2025/07/2025-07-02-JustinWolferOffersEconomicAndMarriageAdvice.md

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter: https://link.msnbc.com/join/5ck/msnbc..
         - [U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)](https://www.eucom.mil/)
         - [Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)](https://www.odni.gov/)
         - [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)](https://www.dhs.gov/)
-    - [Congress](https;//www.congress.gov/)
+    - [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/)
         - [Text - H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): One Big Beautiful Bill Act / Congress.gov / Library of Congress](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text)
         - [U.S. Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/)
         - [Senate](https://www.senate.gov/)

_posts/2025/07/2025-07-03-MurkowskiNotProChoice.md

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ While the anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America may give [Murkow
         - [U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)](https://www.eucom.mil/)
         - [Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)](https://www.odni.gov/)
         - [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)](https://www.dhs.gov/)
-    - [Congress](https;//www.congress.gov/)
+    - [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/)
         - [Text - H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): One Big Beautiful Bill Act / Congress.gov / Library of Congress](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text)
         - [U.S. Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/)
         - [Senate](https://www.senate.gov/)

_posts/2025/07/2025-07-03-TrumpMakeMeRichAgain.md

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ To be clear, [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) wasn't on the brink of becom
 
 [Zeeshan Aleem](https://www.msnbc.com/author/zeeshan-aleem-ncpn1235332) is a writer and editor for [MSNBC Daily](https://www.msnbc.com/). Previously, he worked at [Vox](https://www.vox.com/), [HuffPost](https://www.huffpost.com/) and [Politico](https://www.politico.com/), and he has also been published in, among other places, [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/), [The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/), [The Nation](https://www.thenation.com/), and [The Intercept](https://theintercept.com/).
 
+### ['Carnival of corruption': Report shows Trump milks presidency for badly needed bailout](https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/-carnival-of-corruption-report-shows-trump-milks-presidency-for-badly-needed-bailout-242697797928)
+
 - media
     - [MSNBC](https://www.msnbc.com/)
         - [Zeeshan Aleem](https://www.msnbc.com/author/zeeshan-aleem-ncpn1235332)
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ To be clear, [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) wasn't on the brink of becom
         - [U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)](https://www.eucom.mil/)
         - [Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)](https://www.odni.gov/)
         - [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)](https://www.dhs.gov/)
-    - [Congress](https;//www.congress.gov/)
+    - [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/)
         - [Text - H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): One Big Beautiful Bill Act / Congress.gov / Library of Congress](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text)
         - [U.S. Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/)
         - [Senate](https://www.senate.gov/)

_posts/2025/07/2025-07-04-NoKingTrump.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ But American [presidents](https://www.whitehouse.gov/) are supposed to be differ
 
 The founding generation envisioned a [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/) that was the first branch of government, a place where ambitious statesmen would be a natural check on other ambitious statesmen — ambitious [presidents](https://www.whitehouse.gov/) especially. Even as they failed to anticipate the development of party politics, the loose and geographically varied nature of American parties led to many cases of presidents’ being checked by their own parties in [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/).
 
-Today — for the [Republican Party](https;//www.gop.com/), specifically — that is no longer possible. Even out of power, even as seemingly disgraced as he was after [Jan. 6]({% link January6DocumentDocumentLinks.md %}) — even after he seemed to be a specifically electoral loser for the party in both 2020 and 2022 — [Donald Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) successfully consolidated his control of the [GOP](https://www.gop.com/). Now, his [approval ratings are sinking fast](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-immigration-deportation-polls-rcna212747), and even the issues like immigration on which he had polled the strongest are underwater.
+Today — for the [Republican Party](https://www.gop.com/), specifically — that is no longer possible. Even out of power, even as seemingly disgraced as he was after [Jan. 6]({% link January6DocumentDocumentLinks.md %}) — even after he seemed to be a specifically electoral loser for the party in both 2020 and 2022 — [Donald Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) successfully consolidated his control of the [GOP](https://www.gop.com/). Now, his [approval ratings are sinking fast](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-immigration-deportation-polls-rcna212747), and even the issues like immigration on which he had polled the strongest are underwater.
 
 But [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/) has passed a clearly unpopular and nakedly authoritarian bill, for no other reason than that [Donald Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) wants it. Such obsequiousness is as shameful as it is un-American.
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Two hundred forty-nine years into the American experiment, we face a crisis of o
     - [MSNBC](https://www.msnbc.com/)
 - political parties
     - [Democrat Party](https://www.democrats.org/)
-    - [Trumpian Party](https;//www.gop.com/)
+    - [Trumpian Party](https://www.gop.com/)
 - state, local governments
     - [State of Alaska](https://www.alaska.gov/)
 - Federal Government 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Two hundred forty-nine years into the American experiment, we face a crisis of o
         - [U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)](https://www.eucom.mil/)
         - [Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)](https://www.odni.gov/)
         - [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)](https://www.dhs.gov/)
-    - [Congress](https;//www.congress.gov/)
+    - [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/)
         - [Text - H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): One Big Beautiful Bill Act / Congress.gov / Library of Congress](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text)
         - [U.S. Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/)
         - [Senate](https://www.senate.gov/)

_posts/2025/07/2025-07-05-AlligatorAlcatrazConcentrationCamps.md

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ The history of this kind of detention underlines that it would be a mistake to t
     - [La Moncloa. Home](https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/)
 - political parties
     - [Democrat Party](https://www.democrats.org/)
-    - [Trumpian Party](https;//www.gop.com/)
+    - [Trumpian Party](https://www.gop.com/)
     - [Home - Florida Trump Party](https://florida.gop/)
 - Federal Government 
     - [Constitution of the United States](https://constitution.congress.gov/)
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ The history of this kind of detention underlines that it would be a mistake to t
             - [U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)](https://www.eucom.mil/)
         - [Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)](https://www.odni.gov/)
         - [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)](https://www.dhs.gov/)
-    - [Congress](https;//www.congress.gov/)
+    - [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/)
         - [U.S. Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/)
         - [Senate](https://www.senate.gov/)
         - [House of Representatives](https://www.house.gov/)

_posts/2025/07/2025-07-05-BirthrightCitizenshipExposesFlawRobertsSupremeCourt.md

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Shan Wu is a legal analyst and former federal prosecutor who served as counsel t
         - [U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)](https://www.eucom.mil/)
         - [Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)](https://www.odni.gov/)
         - [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)](https://www.dhs.gov/)
-    - [Congress](https;//www.congress.gov/)
+    - [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/)
         - [Text - H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): One Big Beautiful Bill Act / Congress.gov / Library of Congress](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text)
         - [U.S. Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/)
         - [Senate](https://www.senate.gov/)

_posts/2025/07/2025-07-05-ItsBeenTrumpsPartySince2016.md

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog
         - [U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)](https://www.eucom.mil/)
         - [Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)](https://www.odni.gov/)
         - [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)](https://www.dhs.gov/)
-    - [Congress](https;//www.congress.gov/)
+    - [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/)
         - [Text - H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): One Big Beautiful Bill Act / Congress.gov / Library of Congress](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text)
         - [U.S. Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/)
         - [Senate](https://www.senate.gov/)

_posts/2025/07/2025-07-05-SomeNationalGuardReleaseCalFires.md

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Ja’han Jones is an MSNBC opinion blogger. He previously wrote The ReidOut Blog
         - Ja’han Jones
 - political parties
     - [Democrat Party](https://www.democrats.org/)
-    - [Trumpian Party](https;//www.gop.com/)
+    - [Trumpian Party](https://www.gop.com/)
 - organizations 
 - universities 
 - foreign governments 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Ja’han Jones is an MSNBC opinion blogger. He previously wrote The ReidOut Blog
             - [U.S. Space Command](https://www.spacecom.mil/)
     - [Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)](https://www.odni.gov/)
     - [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)](https://www.dhs.gov/)
-    - [Congress](https;//www.congress.gov/)
+    - [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/)
         - [Text - H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): One Big Beautiful Bill Act / Congress.gov / Library of Congress](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text)
         - [U.S. Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/)
         - [Senate](https://www.senate.gov/)

_posts/2025/07/2025-07-07-MAGALandiaRagingAtTrumpAdminOverEpsteinFiles.md

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Jared Holt is a reporter and researcher who studies hate and extremist movements
 - [ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/)
 - [CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/)
 - [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/)
-- [Associated Press (AP)](https;//www.apnews.com/)
+- [Associated Press (AP)](https://www.apnews.com/)
 - [The Independent / Latest news and features from US, UK and worldwide](https://www.independent.co.uk/us)
 - [Politics, Policy, Political News - POLITICO](https://www.politico.com/)
 - organizations 

_posts/2025/07/2025-07-07-TrumpsRedBlueStateDisasterResponse.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ In fact, just hours before [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/)’s [Texas](ht
 
 [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) himself has said that [California](https://www.ca.gov/) instituting a restrictive voter identification law is a [“condition” for him to administer more money](https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-wants-california-institute-restrictive-voter-id-law-receiving-wi-rcna189458), so he clearly doesn’t think politicization of disaster aid is a problem — despite his [lie-filled allegations about President Joe Biden’s administration after Hurricane Helene last fall](https://www.vox.com/politics/376982/trump-hurricane-helene-fema-lies-debunked).
 
-[Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/)’s [administration](https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/) also has [denied a request from another Democrat](https://washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/for-a-second-time-fema-rejects-wa-request-for-bomb-cyclone-disaster-aid/), [Washington]() state [Gov.]() [Bob Ferguson](), to issue a major disaster declaration that would unlock funds to help his state recover from a bomb cyclone in November. The [Federal Emergency Management Agency](https://www.ca.gov/) concluded that such a declaration is [“not warranted.”](https://www.murray.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/WA-ATD-Letter.pdf)
+[Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/)’s [administration](https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/) also has [denied a request from another Democrat](https://washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/for-a-second-time-fema-rejects-wa-request-for-bomb-cyclone-disaster-aid/), [Washington](https://wa.gov/your-government) state [Gov.](https://governor.wa.gov/) [Bob Ferguson](https://governor.wa.gov/about/office-governor/about-governor-ferguson), to issue a major disaster declaration that would unlock funds to help his state recover from a bomb cyclone in November. The [Federal Emergency Management Agency](https://www.ca.gov/) concluded that such a declaration is [“not warranted.”](https://www.murray.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/WA-ATD-Letter.pdf)
 
 And the administration has [denied North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s request](https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2025/05/23/statement-governor-josh-stein-femas-denial-north-carolinas-reimbursement-request) to get fully reimbursed for Helene cleanup, a move that could severely undermine the state’s years-long recovery efforts. [FEMA](https://www.fema.gov/) similarly determined that the request is “not warranted.”
 
@@ -51,15 +51,18 @@ The [president](https://www.whitehouse.gov/) has been outspoken about his goal o
     - [California State Government](://www.ca.gov/)
         - [Gavin Newsom / Governor of California](https://www.gov.ca.gov/about/)
             - [Cal Guard / Cal Guard](https://calguard.ca.gov/)
-    - [City of Los Angeles](https://lacity.gov/)
-        - [mayor.lacity.gov](https://mayor.lacity.gov/)
-        - [Mayor Karen Bass / Mayor Karen Bass](https://mayor.lacity.gov/about-mayor-karen-bass)
-        - [Office of the Chief of Police - LAPD Online](https://www.lapdonline.org/office-of-the-chief-of-police/)
-    - [COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES](https://lacounty.gov/)
+        - [COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES](https://lacounty.gov/)
+            - [City of Los Angeles](https://lacity.gov/)
+                - [mayor.lacity.gov](https://mayor.lacity.gov/)
+                - [Mayor Karen Bass / Mayor Karen Bass](https://mayor.lacity.gov/about-mayor-karen-bass)
+                - [Office of the Chief of Police - LAPD Online](https://www.lapdonline.org/office-of-the-chief-of-police/)
+    - [Washington Government / WA.gov](https://wa.gov/your-government)
+        - [Home / Governor Bob Ferguson](https://governor.wa.gov/)
+        - [About Governor Ferguson / Governor Bob Ferguson](https://governor.wa.gov/about/office-governor/about-governor-ferguson)
 - foreign governments 
 - political parties
     - [Democrat Party](https://www.democrats.org/)
-    - [Trumpian Party](https;//www.gop.com/)
+    - [Trumpian Party](https://www.gop.com/)
 - Federal Government 
     - [Constitution of the United States](https://constitution.congress.gov/)
     - [First Amendment](https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/)
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ The [president](https://www.whitehouse.gov/) has been outspoken about his goal o
             - [U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)](https://www.eucom.mil/)
         - [Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)](https://www.odni.gov/)
         - [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)](https://www.dhs.gov/)
-    - [Congress](https;//www.congress.gov/)
+    - [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/)
         - [U.S. Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/)
         - [Senate](https://www.senate.gov/)
         - [House of Representatives](https://www.house.gov/)