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ABC Unleashes: Carr Wants a ‘Media Industry Too Fearful of Official Reprisal to Report the News Freely’

Get in Line or ‘Pay the Price’ In a scathingly-written regulatory filing posted on the Federal Communications Commission’s website on...

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People Are Starting to Worry if Kevin Warsh is a Credible Fed Chair

Trump’s new Federal Reserve Board Chair Kevin Warsh took two missteps in two opposite directions during and after yesterday’s Federal...

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Dems Are Divided on Ideology; That’s Okay

I saw this tweet and it struck me as one of the more powerful indicators of the need to untether...

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Plumbing the Depths of Trump’s Iran Debacle

Here in the U.S., we’re looking at the Iran War in terms of whether the U.S. should have started it...

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Blue States Sue DHS and FEMA Over Coercive Election Changes

Hello, and welcome back to The Franchise! Last week, a coalition of officials from 25 Democratic-led states and Washington D.C....

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Kash Patel’s Ambitious Defamation Lawsuit Foiled By Basic Civil Procedure Doctrine

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Kash Patel,...

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PHOTOS: TPM and The Handbasket Get Together in Brooklyn

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to our event at Crystal Lake bar last night in collaboration with...

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Just $3,017 To Go!

We’re right on the cusp of a big Drive milestone – $400,000, 80% of the way toward our goal of...

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Is John Cornyn Playing Us All For Fools in the Todd Blanche Nomination Fight?

Let’s See the Actual Language I harbor a growing suspicion that a collective hoodwinking is going on in the Senate...

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The Brief: Trump Threatens Thune’s Job in Renewed Bid to Suppress the Vote

Good morning. It was great to meet all of you who came out to our event in New York last...

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The Real Logic Behind the GOP’s New Push for Judicial Elections

This article is part of Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. On August 4, Kansas voters will decide whether...

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Senators Urge SEC to Investigate Truth Social Plan to Sell Access to Wall Street

Two influential Senate Democrats are pushing back on the nearly unfathomable idea that a company owned by the sitting U.S....

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Trump and Republicans Ensconce Themselves in 2020 in Lieu of Any 2026 Midterms Strategy

By now, you may have seen the headlines about Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) dragging former Trump and Biden administration health...

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Whose Assumptions Will Get Wrecked in the Michigan Senate Race?

It looks like we are going to get a big test of some cardinal (possibly outdated) assumptions about American politics....

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Sen. Cornyn Cancels Meeting With Blanche as Confirmation Vote Hangs in Balance

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation is stalled. A meeting that was scheduled to take place between Sen. John Cornyn...

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Juicy and Hilarious New Details About Trump’s Crusade Against Comey

Comey Offers Judge an Easy Way Out In new court filings last evening, James Comey unloaded a triple shotgun blast...

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This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.

This story was originally published by ProPublica In a private ceremony on Sept. 17, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stood at...

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The Brief: Trump’s Fixation on the SAVE Act Has Become a Defining Force in American Politics

How to Think About the SAVE Act The SAVE America Act is playing a few roles in our politics right...

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Jay Clayton Confirmed As DNI — A Position Trump Warped to Feed His Election Conspiracy Theories

Jay Clayton was confirmed as the Trump administration’s new Director of National Intelligence in a 51 to 47 vote along party...

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Help Us With This Milestone

Thank you to everyone who contributed yesterday. A big day of contributions that has gotten us near one of the...

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Now Cornyn’s Talking About a Potential Delay in Blanche Vote

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) told reporters on Tuesday that there’s a chance the confirmation vote to move Todd Blanche’s attorney...

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The Revolt of the Insiders

Here’s a brief follow up, genetically if not literally similar to my post from earlier today about AI bubbles. Axios...

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AI and Bubbles All the Way Down

Like many others, I continue to be baffled and unnerved at how transactions that seem like definitional signs of a...

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Text • Kate Riga

While One Challenge to Trump’s Election Order Reaches SCOTUS, He Notches Early Win in Parallel Case

Multiple challenges to President Donald Trump’s March “election integrity” executive order are moving through the federal judiciary simultaneously, including one...

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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for ‘Unlawful,’ ‘Unethical’ and ‘Unseemly’ Conduct

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Across the country, federal judges are calling out Department of Justice lawyers, questioning...

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Another ICE Protester Prosecution Bites the Dust

One of Dozens of Failed Prosecutions More than a year after arresting him, the Trump Justice Department moved Monday to...

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Text • Emine Yücel

Kentucky Gov. Demands McConnell Give Verbal Address as Proof He Can Serve

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) has once again formally requested proof of life from Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who has...

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The Brief: Majority Leader Thune Tries to Dismiss Trump’s Latest SAVE Act Demands

‘Yeah, That’s Not Going to Happen’ Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and other Senate Republicans are resisting two aspects...

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Grand Jury Skullduggery, Reflecting Pool Edition?

Lawyers for former Olympian David Hearn, charged with felony vandalism of Trump’s already falling apart Reflecting Pool refurb, went to...

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Sherrill Signals She Won’t Hand Over Names of Noncitizens Who Voted as DOJ Seeks Scapegoats

‘We Have Seen Them Weaponize It’ It appears as though New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) will not comply with...