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• Emine Yücel

Lindsey Graham, Longtime South Carolina Senator, Dies From ‘Brief And Sudden Illness’

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died Saturday evening from a “brief and sudden illness,” according to a statement from his office....

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• Josh Marshall

Give This A Listen (or a View)

If you’re a podcaster listener, I want you to check out The TPM Social Club, our second podcast which is...

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• Allegra Kirkland, Kate Riga and Derick Dirmaier

Conspiracy Theories Around Lawmakers’ Health Are Going to Keep Spiraling

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• David Kurtz

Grim New Details of Fatal ICE Shooting Make It Even Worse

A Case of Mistaken Identity The ICE shooting of an unarmed immigrant in Houston — who had lived in the...

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• Mike Rothschild

How Butler Assassination Attempt Conspiracy Theories Became the New Dallas 1963

In Rough Edges, Mike Rothschild writes about fringe groups, conspiracy theories and how the Internet broke our brains. This column is part...

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• John Light

The Brief: Trump Seizes on SCOTUS Decision to Mess With the Midterms

Trump Fires Three EAC Commissioners A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court handed down a pair of decisions finding that...

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• Jen Fitfield

Trump Pushes Out Remaining Members of Bipartisan Election Commission Ahead of Midterms

This article first appeared at ProPublica. President Donald Trump has pushed out the three remaining members of the Election Assistance...

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• Josh Marshall

Why the Democratic Party Has No ‘Base’ and Why That Matters

We’re now in the midst of one of these now and again collective Democratic meltdowns, filled with dooming laments, drama,...

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• Josh Marshall

A Big Milestone Is In Sight

We’re looking good to hit $200,000 by the close of day tomorrow in this year’s Annual TPM Journalism Fund Drive....

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• Josh Marshall

Stop What You’re Doing!

We’re now more than a third of the way toward our goal of raising $500,000 in this year’s Annual TPM...

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• Hunter Walker, Kate Riga and Nicole LaFond

A Pro-Trump Christian Group Wants to Put a Cross on the Moon 

The Christian right has been gaining traction in Washington, D.C. under President Donald Trump. And now, one Trump-aligned religious group...

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• Khaya Himmelman

FBI Demands Backup As It Tries to Substantiate Trump’s 2020 Delusions

Hello, and welcome back to The Franchise! The FBI is ramping up its probe into the 2020 election in Fulton...

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• David Kurtz

E. Jean Carroll on the Verge of Prying $5M from Trump

Time to Pay Up, Bub President Trump’s last-ditch bid to avoid having to cough up $5 million to pay the...

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• Josh Marshall

TPM Readers Tell Us Why They Contribute #5

From TPM Reader OM … I’ve been reading TPM since my junior year of college (I graduated in 2003, so pretty early...

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• Allegra Kirkland

Come Nerd Out About Politics With TPM and The Handbasket

When news breaks — about, say, Graham Platner’s Senate campaign imploding over sexual assault allegations or Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization —...

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• Josh Marshall

TPM Readers Tell Us Why They Contribute #4

From TPM Reader BC … I am a long time reader, since the early aughts.  I have been giving to...

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• John Light

The Brief: Two-and-a-Half-Week Race to Replace Graham Platner Begins

Maine Dems Piece Together Plan to Help Party Hold Senate Graham Platner is finally out. In a defiant statement last...

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• Khaya Himmelman

All The Places Election Deniers Could Be in Charge of Elections After the Midterms

In an increasingly ominous trend, there are currently hundreds of election deniers on the ballot for the 2026 midterm elections....

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• Kate Riga

Graham Platner Drops Out of Maine Senate Race, Leaving Dems to Find Replacement

Embattled Maine Democrat Graham Platner dropped out of the Senate race Wednesday, giving Democrats less than a month to find...

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• Josh Marshall

Help Us Hit This Number Tonight

Your contributions are helping us make good progress toward our goal in this year’s Annual TPM Journalism Fund Drive. We...

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• Nicole LaFond

Johnson Looks for Meaningless Ways To Satisfy Trump, Far-Right on Birthright Citizenship

Buying Himself Time House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) went on Fox News on Sunday to speak to an audience of...

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• Josh Marshall

A Response to Matt Yglesias About ‘Fight’ in Democratic Candidates

This morning on Bluesky Politico’s Josh Gerstein flagged to me and others a piece by Matt Yglesias in which, he...