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Text • Josh Marshall

Democratic Activism in an Anti-Institutional Age

A few days ago I wrote about popular constitutionalism and Slate’s new podcast series on that topic. This is a...

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Text • David Kurtz

What’s Really Behind Trump’s Corrupt US Attorney Scheme

Only Loyalists Need Apply A new and ironic development in the first-of-its-kind legal challenge to President Trump’s U.S. attorney scheme...

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Text • Nicole LaFond

Lindsey Graham’s Sister Pledges Her Allegiance to Trump by Way of SAVE Act

Freshly sworn-in Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) made her loyalty to President Trump and the rest of the MAGA movement...

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Text • Hunter Walker

A Key House Dem Breaks Down the White House’s ‘Unfathomable’ Iran War Funding Requests

Weeks after the Iran War began, Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY) predicted to TPM that it would become a billion-dollar-a-day “mess.”...

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Text • Josh Marshall

Is This Really a “Forever War”

With the US and Iran now clearly back to “war” from “ceasefire” we’re seeing a host of stories arguing that...

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Text • Emine Yücel and Josh Kovensky

Cornyn Threatens to Block Trump Noms Over Unreleased PEPFAR Funds — And Quickly Relents

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Tuesday threatened to vote against President Donald Trump’s ambassador nominees for Jamaica and Slovakia unless...

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Text • Layla A. Jones

5 Points on Trump’s Loyal Labor Secretary Nominee

Keith Sonderling has been acting Secretary of Labor since ex-secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid a flurry of misconduct allegations ranging...

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Text • Allegra Kirkland

Only a Handful of Tickets Left

We’re one week out from our upcoming event in Brooklyn, and there are only a handful of tickets left. On...

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Text • David Kurtz

New Attack Launched Against Trump’s Corrupt U.S. Attorney Scheme

A Low-Key U.S. Attorneys Scandal Eighteen months in, President Trump’s strategy to circumvent the Senate on the appointment of U.S....

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Text • Mike McIntire

The Right’s New Country Club: Inside the Bizarre World of Luxury Gun Clubs

This book excerpt is part of Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. The story of modern gun culture...

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Text • Josh Marshall

Trump is an Angry, Violent Man … And Canada is His Battered Wife

Donald Trump has announced that he will impose in 30 days a new round of tariffs on Canada. Those tariffs...

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Text • Nicole LaFond

Trump Has to Beg Two GOPers He’s Spurned to Get Blanche Over Finish Line

Republicans Can’t Afford to Lose One Vote The White House is being forced to court a Republican senator who President...

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Text • Josh Marshall

LOL

I’ve got to give Mike Lindell credit for engaging our questions about whether he’s actually registered to vote in Minnesota,...

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Text • Emine Yücel

Hegseth Sidesteps Murkowski Question About Backdoor War Authorization

Almost five months into President Donald Trump’s war on Iran, the Trump administration still has not asked for authorization from...

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Text • Khaya Himmelman

Mike Lindell Is Not Registered to Vote in Minnesota. He Claims His Temp ID Registers Him.

Pillow magnate and election denier Mike Lindell, who is also the Trump-endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota, is reportedly not...

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Text • Josh Marshall

Curious to Hear More Details Here

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill held a press conference today in which she announced that the state had just discovered...

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Text • Josh Marshall

Tough Slogging

We’re now in the toughest part of this year’s Annual TPM Journalism Drive. That’s the part between $300,000 and $400,000....

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Text • David Kurtz

Conceding Major Screwups, DOJ Pauses NYT Subpoenas

A Huge Clusterf*** The Trump administration’s Air Force One leak investigation targeting the New York Times is encountering severe turbulence...

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Text • Madiba K. Dennie

The Supreme Court Is Helping ICE Agents Get Away With Murder

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

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Text • Hunter Walker and Nicole LaFond

From Red Cards to Photobombs, Donald Trump Tried to Make the World Cup About Himself 

Spain Edits Trump Out of Instagram Post Ahead of the World Cup’s Round of 16, President Donald Trump literally interfered...

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Text • Josh Marshall

The End of Search

A few weeks ago I wrote this post about how Google, once a foundation of the open web, had shifted...

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Text • Layla A. Jones

States Are Feeling the Economic Toll of Trump’s War on the Federal Government 

A new report shows how President Donald Trump’s administration is harming state economies nationwide as several states that rely on...

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Text • Melinda Haas

The Trump Admin’s Global Campaign Against ‘Radical Left Terrorism’ Is Built on a National Security Memo Without Congressional Approval

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. A little-noticed presidential...

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Text • Emine Yücel

Trump Comes to Terms With the Fact That the Entire SAVE Act Can’t Be Stuffed in Budget Bill 

President Donald Trump posted on his favorite social media platform Monday morning, seemingly acknowledging that the entire SAVE America Act...

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Text • Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Sharon Lerner

Trump Officials Want to Use Human Rights Aid to Advocate for White South Africans and Right-Wing Causes in Europe

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Sign up to receive their biggest stories as soon as they’re published. For decades, the...

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Text • Josh Marshall

The People Own the Constitution, Not the Court

I wanted to direct your attention to this podcast episode from Slate. It’s actually the first episode of a series...

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Text • Charles Tiefer

The Outrageous House Republican Move to Enact Trump’s Vote Suppression Proposals By the Backdoor of Budget Reconciliation

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. House Republicans will bring forward this...

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Text • David Kurtz

The Lawless Trifecta of Trump’s Mass Deportation Apparatus

Retribution, Destruction, and Corruption President Trump’s mass deportation operation continues to embody all of the worst elements of his second...

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Text • Josh Marshall

Getting Close to 300k

First, thank you again to everyone who has contributed to keep us moving forward toward our goal in this year’s...

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Text • Allegra Kirkland and Emine Yücel

Fraudsters, Politicos and Trump Pals: Ranking Trump’s Most Egregious Pardons