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Morning Memo Trump II Sends Democracy Worldwide Into a Tailspin What the World Is Saying About Us Sometimes it helps to hear what our friends are saying about us to... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trump-ii-sends-democracy-worldwide-into-a-tailspin

Whistleblower Claims Fed Agents ‘Likely’ Broke State Laws in Pursuit of Trump’s Conspiracy Theories Agents Instructed To ‘Misrepresent Themselves’ Hello, and welcome back to The Franchise! Democrats released another damning whistleblower disclosure this week.... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/the-franchise/new-whistleblower-report-finds-fed-agents-likely-broke-state-laws-in-pursuit-of-trumps-conspiracy-theories

GOP Mad at Candidate For Doing Xenophobia The Wrong Way Bo French wasn’t always this way. When he first ran for statewide office in Texas in 2016, he was an... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/gop-mad-at-candidate-for-doing-xenophobia-the-wrong-way

ABC Unleashes: Carr Wants a ‘Media Industry Too Fearful of Official Reprisal to Report the News Freely’ Get in Line or ‘Pay the Price’ In a scathingly-written regulatory filing posted on the Federal Communications Commission’s website on... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/abc-unleashes-carr-wants-a-media-industry-too-fearful-of-official-reprisal-to-report-the-news-freely

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.... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/senators-urge-sec-to-investigate-truth-social-plan-to-sell-access-to-wall-street

Blue States Sue DHS and FEMA Over Coercive Election Changes Hello, and welcome back to The Franchise! Last week, a coalition of officials from 25 Democratic-led states and Washington D.C.... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/the-franchise/blue-states-sue-dhs-and-fema-over-coercive-election-changes

El-Sayed Looks Set to Trounce Stevens Tomorrow is primary day in a number of states. Michigan is the state that will get the most attention. There... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/el-sayed-looks-set-to-trounce-stevens

Bizarre Texts, Gifted Guns, 30 Types of Ice Cream: Rep. Faces Censure Following Sexual Harassment Allegations The bipartisan House Ethics Committee on Monday recommended that Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) be censured for his behavior towards two... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/house-ethics-committee-chuck-edwards-censure-sexual-harrassment

Truth Social’s Audacious Plan to Sell Banks Early Access to Trump’s Posts Goes Live The ‘Depraved Essence of Insider Trading’ An API built by Truth Social, offering financial institutions faster access to the most... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/the-brief/truth-socials-audacious-plan-to-sell-banks-early-access-to-trumps-posts-goes-live

Extremely Online: Minnesota ‘Antifa’ Cases Born of Internet Beef With Far-right Activists In two cases this year, federal prosecutors announced that they had finally done it: charged the “antifa” cells and its... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jayden-scott-minnesota-antifa-cases

Morning Memo A Huge Win for the NYT In Air Force One Subpoena Debacle Blanche and Clayton Own This Mess The responsibility for the Trump DOJ’s unlawful use of subpoenas as a tool of... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/a-huge-win-for-the-nyt-in-air-force-one-subpoena-debacle

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-rights-new-country-club-inside-the-bizarre-world-of-luxury-gun-clubs

Is Blanche Vow to Make Dobbs Permanent in ‘Every Single State’ Tied to Cornyn, Tillis Appeasement? Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and a handful of women’s rights and reproductive freedom groups are sounding the alarm over recent... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/is-blanche-vow-to-make-dobbs-permanent-in-every-single-state-tied-to-cornyn-tillis-appeasement

After Some Early Trump Retribution Wins, Pirro Has Fallen Out of His Good Graces President Trump spent the weekend raging on Truth Social against Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia,... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/after-some-early-trump-retribution-wins-pirro-has-fallen-out-of-his-good-graces

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/this-maga-influencer-runs-a-charity-to-teach-kids-civics-much-of-the-money-goes-to-him-instead

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/sherrill-signals-she-wont-hand-over-names-of-noncitizens-who-voted-as-doj-seeks-scapegoats

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:... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-trump-admins-new-teen-pregnancy-prevention-plan-hinges-on-maha-and-abstinence

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/senate-poised-to-once-again-collapse-into-chaos-over-save-act

Are Politicians Ready to Stop Turning Back the Clock? https://talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekender/are-politicians-ready-to-stop-turning-back-the-clock

Troy Jackson Cruises Towards Maine Senate Nomination Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson is on track to become the official Democratic Senate nominee as the Saturday convention... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/troy-jackson-maine-senate-nomination

Tennessee Gerrymandering Challenge Fails, Just as Supreme Court Intended A panel of judges on Thursday unanimously rebuffed Black Tennesseans’ attempt to block the state’s new 9-0 Republican gerrymander. The... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/tennessee-gerrymandering-fail-callais

From a Correspondent in Wisconsin #2 Another take on the governor’s race in Wisconsin, from TPM Reader BC … Just listened to this week’s podcast and... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/from-a-correspondent-in-wisconsin-2

Trump Is Reshaping Immigration Courts With Help From a Brutal Comic Book Character This story was originally reported by Candice Norwood of The 19th. Meet Candice and read more of their reporting on... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-is-reshaping-immigration-courts-with-help-from-a-brutal-comic-book-character

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/democratic-activism-in-an-anti-institutional-age

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-is-an-angry-violent-man-and-canada-is-his-battered-wife

Trump Has to Beg Two GOPers He’s Spurned to Get Blanche Over Finish Line Republicans Can’t Afford to Lose Votes The White House is being forced to court a Republican senator who President Trump... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/trump-has-to-beg-two-gopers-hes-spurned-to-get-blanche-over-finish-line

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-trump-admins-global-campaign-against-radical-left-terrorism-is-built-on-a-national-security-memo-without-congressional-approval

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/states-are-feeling-the-economic-toll-of-trumps-war-on-the-federal-government

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-people-own-the-constitution-not-the-court

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.... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/tough-slogging

Congress May Actually Try to Put a (Temporary) Limit on Trump’s Latest Power Grab With the prospect of another government shutdown looming, the Senate Appropriations Committee released the text of a continuing resolution (CR)... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/congress-may-actually-try-to-put-a-temporary-limit-on-trumps-latest-power-grab

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-paramount-merger-and-the-power-of-the-states

LOL I’ve got to give Mike Lindell credit for engaging our questions about whether he’s actually registered to vote in Minnesota,... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lol-10

Colorado Republicans Attack Jewish Gov Candidate With AI ‘Cartoon Devil Horns’ Graphic Colorado Republicans are using an image showing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser with “devil horns” to mock him on social... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/colorado-republicans-attack-jewish-gov-candidate-with-ai-cartoon-devil-horns-graphic

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/5-points-on-trumps-loyal-labor-secretary-nominee

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cornyn-threatens-to-block-trump-noms-over-unreleased-pepfar-funds-and-quickly-relents

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/appeals-court-trump-mail-in-voting-midterms

We’ll Be Hearing About This Michigan Senate Race for Years to Come The increasingly acrimonious Senate primary between Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) and public health official Abdul El-Sayed draws to a close... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/michigan-senate-primary-stevens-el-sayed

How Netanyahu’s MAGA Evangelical Backers Are Grappling With Backlash Against Him In Church, Merch, and State, Sarah Posner writes about the intersection of religion and politics in the United States. This column is part... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/how-netanyahus-maga-evangelical-backers-are-grappling-with-backlash-against-him

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-west-bank-electoral-strategy

Morning Memo Faux Deal Ends Faux Fight Over Blanche Nomination Wet Noodle Award: Cornyn and Tillis Trump is Lucy. GOP senators are the football. D.C. political reporters are Charlie Brown.... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/faux-deal-ends-faux-fight-over-blanche-nomination

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 of race armies overrunning... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/thoughts-on-immigration-rhetoric-and-the-gnashing-of-teeth

The Brief: Right-Wing Influencers Go to War With Each Other and Trump The Vibe Shifts Again After the 2024 election, there was quite a bit of focus on the increasingly right-wing ecosystem... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/the-brief/the-brief-right-wing-influencers-go-to-war-with-each-other-and-trump

Judge Blocks Trump’s ‘Ban’ on Three News Outlets White House’s After-the-Fact Justification For Ban Falls Apart Overnight, U.S. district court judge Timothy Kelly granted the temporary restraining order... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/the-brief/judge-blocks-trumps-ban-on-three-news-outlets

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/hegseth-sidesteps-murkowski-question-about-backdoor-war-authorization

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-brief-trump-threatens-thunes-job-in-renewed-bid-to-suppress-the-vote

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mike-lindell-is-not-registered-to-vote-in-minnesota-he-claims-his-temp-id-registers-him

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-brief-trump-admin-concedes-a-blunt-truth-about-russ-voughts-omb

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... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-real-logic-behind-the-gops-new-push-for-judicial-elections

Morning Memo New Attack Launched Against Trump’s Corrupt US 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.... https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/new-attack-launched-against-trumps-corrupt-u-s-attorney-scheme