‘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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• Nicole LaFond
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• Nicole LaFond
‘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 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
Hello, and happy Thursday! Welcome back to The Franchise. On Monday, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in...
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The Cold Civil War The ICE agent indicted for a shooting during Operation Metro Surge has reportedly been released from...
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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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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
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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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
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
When some stars or legends die, they spur outpourings and commemorations that appear to transcend the mere mechanics and scaffolding...
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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
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
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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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
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
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
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
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
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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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
First at TPM … In important development overnight, the Trump administration is now openly colluding with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott...
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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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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
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
House Democrats are gearing up for investigations into the Trump administration’s push to investigate left-wing political protests. House Oversight Committee...
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• Josh Marshall
The U.S.-Canada trade situation is so bleak (as I’ve been discussing in these three posts: 1, 2 and 3) that...
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An organization closely tied to the Trump administration seems to be collaborating with Enes Kanter Freedom, an ex-NBA player who...
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• Josh Marshall
Jewish Insider, the source of this passage, often has what I’d consider tendentious coverage of this issue. But these words...
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There’s been a blizzard of commentary about the breakdown of U.S.-Canadian trade talks. Friend of TPM Paul Krugman has a...
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• Emine Yücel
Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) are set to face off in Tuesday’s runoff election for the...