Trump Is Making It Impossible President Trump has made it impossible for Republicans to seize on a relatively easy, bipartisan...

In response to my post about this data center backlash outside of Kansas City (specifically Independence, Missouri), I’ve been fielding...

A once controversial issue pushed only by the most progressive members of the Democratic Party is seemingly becoming a more...

The Trump administration used a tool created in the early days of the War on Terror to obtain financial information...

This story was originally reported by Mel Leonor Barclay of The 19th. Meet Mel and read more of their reporting...

As you can see in my most recent post, yesterday evening TPM Reader BC flagged this news out of Independence,...

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Black and Female Officers Targeted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has blocked the elevation of seven Army officers to the rank...

Where Are We Three Months Out From the Election? Following last night’s election in Massachusetts — which, in the most...

Tonight in Independence, Missouri, hometown of Harry Truman, city councilman John Perkins got absolutely rocked, losing a recall election with...

Over the last week, there have been a number of examples popping up on social media of Republicans, often very...

‘The FCC Has No Authority to Punish Journalists’ President Trump has learned that Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr may...

I note Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in the title of this headline mostly because controversies tied to his campaign...

At the end of today’s Morning Memo, I tucked in a remembrance of Wendell Berry, who has died at 92....

It’s Too Easy to Blame Only SCOTUS The Roberts Court rightly gets heaped with opprobrium for its role in enabling...

A whistleblower complaint released this morning by the office of Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D) offers a detailed and alarming portrait...

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DHS Wades Into the Midterms CNN reported Monday that, starting Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security’s investigative arm, Homeland Security...

To hear him tell it, Victor Marx has done many, many incredible things. Over his years as a Christian nationalist...

Last week, after the death of Dolly Parton, I wrote about how Parton had aggressively and carefully preserved her various...

‘Backwards and Poor’ President Trump is leading his administration full steam ahead in supporting his friends in the tech industry...

Deep-Sixed One of the weirder side plots last week in the extradition fight between Minnesota and Texas over ICE agent...

DHS Stretches the Law to Surveil Journalists A host of new details have emerged in recent weeks about a sweeping...

Rep. James Clyburn (D) of South Carolina said today on Meet the Press that he supports adding 4 new Justices...

After the bruising Michigan Senate primary a new Fox News poll was published showing Abdul El-Sayed four points behind Mike...

The Trump administration wasted no time appealing a district judge’s Thursday night order temporarily keeping it from enforcing an executive...

DOJ Election Monitors Cross the Line At least two DOJ election monitors allegedly tried to interview voters and access voting...

Trump’s Mail-in Voting Order Is Blocked, Again, for Now As I wrote a few days ago, we’re particularly focused on...

This is a touch meta. But indulge me because I think it could have real world effects. When real world...