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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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Text • Steve Kennedy

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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Text • Layla A. Jones

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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Text • Nicole LaFond

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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Text • Josh Marshall

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It looks like we are going to get a big test of some cardinal (possibly outdated) assumptions about American politics....

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Text • Emine Yücel

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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Text • David Kurtz

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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Text • Kali Bomeli

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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Text • John Light

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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Text • Khaya Himmelman

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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Text • Nicole LaFond

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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Text • Josh Marshall

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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Text • Josh Marshall

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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Text • David Kurtz

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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Text • John Light

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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Text • Josh Marshall

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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Text • Nicole LaFond

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...

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Text • Emine Yücel

Senate Poised to Once Again Collapse Into Chaos Over SAVE Act 

President Donald Trump on Monday morning called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to cancel the upper chamber’s lengthy...

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Text • Josh Marshall

Please Stop What You’re Doing

Sorry for the brusque headline. But we really need your help here. We’re at the hardest part of our Annual...

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Text • Josh Marshall

The West Bank Electoral Strategy

This short passage in an article (paywalled) in Haaretz focuses on a point that hasn’t been sufficiently visible in the...

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Text • Kelcie Moseley-Morris, States Newsroom

The Trump Admin’s New Teen Pregnancy Prevention Plan Hinges on MAHA and Abstinence

This story was originally published by States Newsroom. The Trump administration has a new plan for teenagers learning about pregnancy:...

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Text • Josh Marshall

The Paramount Merger and the Power of the States

Yesterday I was reading this piece from Status about the agreement between Paramount and the states suing the company on...

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Text • David Kurtz

Another Abrego Garcia: Man Unlawfully Deported Twice

Now Lost in Salvadoran Prison System A new court order Friday in federal court in south Texas, first flagged by...

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Text • Kate Riga

Appeals Court Prevents Trump Administration from Messing with Mail-In Voting Before Midterms

A First Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld a lower court ruling Sunday that blocks the federal government from overhauling...

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Text • Josh Marshall

Thoughts On Immigration Rhetoric and the Gnashing of Teeth

Perhaps I’m flattering myself or my country. But the language and mindset of great replacement and race armies overrunning a...

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Text • John Light

The Brief: Trump Admin Concedes a Blunt Truth About Russ Vought’s OMB

Hello there. We’re back after a week away. Administration Explains to Court How It Has Weaponized Federalism  It’s becoming a...