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• Kate Riga
Trump Appeals Newest Block on His Attempt to Take Over Mail-In Voting
The Trump administration wasted no time appealing a district judge’s Thursday night order temporarily keeping it from enforcing an executive...
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• David Kurtz
Wyoming GOP Governor Decries ‘Aggressive’ Election Monitoring by Trump DOJ
DOJ Election Monitors Cross the Line At least two DOJ election monitors allegedly tried to interview voters and access voting...
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• John Light
Trump’s Mail-in Voting Executive Order Is Ready to Begin Its Trip Back to SCOTUS
Trump’s Mail-in Voting Order Is Blocked, Again, for Now As I wrote a few days ago, we’re particularly focused on...
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• Josh Marshall
Donald Trump Wants to Get to the Bottom of Who Screwed Up the Midterms
This is a touch meta. But indulge me because I think it could have real world effects. When real world...
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• Nicole LaFond
Maybe Trump’s Fraud Czar Should Be Looking at Florida
‘A Sophisticated Scheme to Fund Political Activities’ As part of President Trump’s pretextual war on fraud, he anointed Vice President...
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• Layla A. Jones
The Many Extremists in Mike Collins’ Orbit Have Come to Define His Campaign
The most prominent throughline that has emerged in the 2026 Georgia Senate race is that one candidate, Rep. Mike Collins...
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• Khaya Himmelman
Dem Guvs Renew Vow to Fight for States’ Right to Administer Their Elections in Wake Of SCOTUS Mail-in Voting Decision
Hello, and happy Thursday! Welcome back to The Franchise. On Monday, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in...
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• David Kurtz
Jailed ICE Agent Wanted in Minnesota Released in Texas
The Cold Civil War The ICE agent indicted for a shooting during Operation Metro Surge has reportedly been released from...
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• John Light
The Pandora’s Box of Trump’s Executive Order on Mail-in Voting
Not Just a Problem for Democrats Right-wing politicians in the U.S. have for decades pursued forms of voter suppression under...
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• Nicole LaFond
Maine GOP Gov Nominee Tests Whether Trump’s Noncitizen Voting Delusions Are a Winning Strategy
Strange Bedfellows It’s a strange move for a Republican candidate running in a race that Cook Political Report has rated...
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• Kate Riga
Judge Unblocks Trump’s Executive Order to Tamper in Midterms — But Don’t Panic
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani on Wednesday lifted an injunction that was the last bulwark against President Donald Trump’s order...
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• David Kurtz
This May Be the Worst Wrongful Deportation Yet
It Just Keeps Happening I’m keenly aware that at a certain point the numerous wrongful deportations by the Trump administration...
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• Josh Marshall
Trump’s Idiotic Trade War Is a Bigger Political Opening Than You Think
As a general matter, people who write about or strategize about politics greatly overestimate our collective ability to shape how...
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• Josh Marshall
Dolly Parton, Rights Holder, Dead at 80
When some stars or legends die, they spur outpourings and commemorations that appear to transcend the mere mechanics and scaffolding...
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• John Light
Bizarre Situation Gets More Bizarre
Good morning! I hope this morning dispatch, focused on the latest updates about ongoing TPM storylines, has been useful. Starting...
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• Layla A. Jones
‘Abandoned by the President:’ Trump’s Economic Policies Keep Hurting His Rural Base
On Monday afternoon, Craig Moss was testing out a new silage chopper. The machine can dice up an entire green...
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• Emine Yücel
Darline Graham Beats Back Ralph ‘Marshall Law’ Norman To Clench Senate Nom
Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) defeated Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) in Tuesday’s South Carolina runoff, securing the Republican nomination for the...
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• Nicole LaFond
Trump’s EPA Clamps Down on Public Outrage Over Data Centers — the One Issue Sparking Bipartisan Revolt
Americans across the political spectrum are outraged and staunchly opposing the development of new AI data centers — and the...
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• Hunter Walker
EXCLUSIVE: He Accidentally Won a Michigan House Primary. He Also Attended the Jan 6 Protest.
Tom Smith sort of stumbled into the Republican nomination in his Michigan House district. But based on dozens of posts...
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• Josh Kovensky
Civil Liberties Groups From Across Political Spectrum Denounce Trump’s NSPM-7
The White House directed federal law enforcement last year to pursue the opposition in broad strokes: if a person is...
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• Kate Riga
Judge Clears Way for Voting Group to Get Fresh Block on Trump Order
On Tuesday, a federal judge advanced the ball in a challenge to President Donald Trump’s order to overhaul mail-in voting,...
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• Josh Kovensky
Undercover DHS Agent Monitored Alex Pretti Memorial, New Docs Suggest
Federal law enforcement’s undercover campaign to surveil Minneapolis protesters included monitoring a makeshift memorial to Alex Pretti, joining a neighborhood...
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• Jay Willis
The Supreme Court Thinks You Are Stupid
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. A key...
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• Kate Riga
Ex-NBA Troll Who Got in Mid-Game Altercation Laments That His Anti-Trans Crusade Distracts From WNBA Play
Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom is just distraught that his antics — sitting courtside in an anti-trans shirt after...
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• David Kurtz
Trump DOJ Colludes With Texas to Harbor Fugitive ICE Agent
First at TPM … In important development overnight, the Trump administration is now openly colluding with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott...
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• John Light
SCOTUS Sets Up Ongoing Fight Over Trump’s Executive Order on Elections
Trump’s Elections Order Will Be Back Before the Supreme Court Before Long A ruling yesterday evening by the Supreme Court...
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• Nicole LaFond
Dems Prepare for Trump Corruption Investigation Blitz Should They Take House
First Up: Qatari Jets and Crypto Schemes I received an email from Stand Up America last week about Sen. Elissa...
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• Kate Riga
Trump Gets Significant Early Win in Mail-In Ballot Case from Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted an injunction on an executive order that would create citizenship lists to control who...
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• Josh Kovensky
Blanche Must Provide Info on Minneapolis Surveillance, House Oversight Dem Says
House Democrats are gearing up for investigations into the Trump administration’s push to investigate left-wing political protests. House Oversight Committee...