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One revealing aspect of the pardons is the non-fake electors who made the list.
DOJ Throws Weight Behind 2020 Conspiracy Theories
Here’s the thing: none of the fake elector arguments make sense if...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
One revealing aspect of the pardons is the non-fake electors who made the list.
The shutdown deal shows us that Democrats still don’t have the caucus they need for this fight that will be going on at least through this decade, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes. But the shutdown also accomplished a lot.
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With a Day to Think About It
I wrote last night’s post fresh off the news that at least...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The shutdown deal shows us that Democrats still don’t have the caucus they need for this fight that will be going on at least through this decade, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes. But the shutdown also accomplished a lot.
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A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit.
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‘No Separation Between Church and State’: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
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November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit.
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Let the record show that President Donald Trump issued mass preemptive pardons to those involved in his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election five years to the day since the Four Seasons Landscaping debacle in Philadelphia.
Trump Completes Jan. 6 Autocoup With Mass Preemptive Pardons
For My Friends, Everything … Let the record show that President Donald...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Let the record show that President Donald Trump issued mass preemptive pardons to those involved in his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election five years to the day since the Four Seasons Landscaping debacle in Philadelphia.
After 40 days of the government shutdown, a small — but large enough — group of Democrats has caved.
Group of Senate Dems Joins With GOP to End Shutdown Without Extending Obamacare Funding
After 40 days of the government shutdown, a small — but large...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
After 40 days of the government shutdown, a small — but large enough — group of Democrats has caved.
After 40 days — during which Dems incessantly demanded the GOP get on board with their effort to protect expiring Obamacare subsidies — at least 8 Senate Dems now appear to be prepared to break ranks with their caucus, setting in motion an end to the shutdown.
Group of Senate Dems Prepared To Vote With GOP to End Shutdown Without An ACA Extension Guarantee
After 40 days of the government shutdown — in which Democrats incessantly...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
After 40 days — during which Dems incessantly demanded the GOP get on board with their effort to protect expiring Obamacare subsidies — at least 8 Senate Dems now appear to be prepared to break ranks with their caucus, setting in motion an end to the shutdown.
At TPM's 25th anniversary event, staff and alums reflected on 25 years of US politics, and how we always believed the fringe extremists were the driving force of the American right rather than the titular Republican party.
Read @joshtpm.bsky.social ky.social's dispatch:
Read @joshtpm.bsky.social ky.social's dispatch:
Watching the History of TPM and Its View Over the Horizon from the Far Seats
I want to thank everyone who came out for our TPM 25th...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
At TPM's 25th anniversary event, staff and alums reflected on 25 years of US politics, and how we always believed the fringe extremists were the driving force of the American right rather than the titular Republican party.
Read @joshtpm.bsky.social ky.social's dispatch:
Read @joshtpm.bsky.social ky.social's dispatch:
From losing the DC sandwich guy case to violating a court order on SNAP to winning on its anti-trans passport initiative, just another day in Trump II paradise.
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The Absurdity and the Abuse: Another Day In Trump II
DC Sandwich Guy Acquitted Setting aside all the bad puns and the...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
From losing the DC sandwich guy case to violating a court order on SNAP to winning on its anti-trans passport initiative, just another day in Trump II paradise.
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In a Trump-stacked federal judiciary, conservative activists don’t need Matt Kacsmaryk to find a receptive audience.
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A Brand-New Trump Judge Will Hear the Right’s Latest Attack On Medication Abortion
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November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In a Trump-stacked federal judiciary, conservative activists don’t need Matt Kacsmaryk to find a receptive audience.
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"It’s become a nexus of consternation between him and Senate Republicans."
More from @kateriga.bsky.social in tonight's edition of Where Things Stand:
More from @kateriga.bsky.social in tonight's edition of Where Things Stand:
Trump Wants to Scrap the Filibuster Because He Doesn’t Care About the Republican Party
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November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"It’s become a nexus of consternation between him and Senate Republicans."
More from @kateriga.bsky.social in tonight's edition of Where Things Stand:
More from @kateriga.bsky.social in tonight's edition of Where Things Stand:
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Fine! Scrap it!
Trump Wants to Scrap the Filibuster Because He Doesn’t Care About the Republican Party
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November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Fine! Scrap it!
A year ago today, Trump was reelected.
@joshtpm.bsky.social wrote that he + the GOP would "institute the whole MAGA agenda," causing chaos + immiseration.
The question, then, was “what kind of society we want to live in and what we’re going to do about it.”
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@joshtpm.bsky.social wrote that he + the GOP would "institute the whole MAGA agenda," causing chaos + immiseration.
The question, then, was “what kind of society we want to live in and what we’re going to do about it.”
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Thoughts on the Day After
Our publishing interface tells me I’ve written well over 40,000 posts in...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A year ago today, Trump was reelected.
@joshtpm.bsky.social wrote that he + the GOP would "institute the whole MAGA agenda," causing chaos + immiseration.
The question, then, was “what kind of society we want to live in and what we’re going to do about it.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/thoug...
@joshtpm.bsky.social wrote that he + the GOP would "institute the whole MAGA agenda," causing chaos + immiseration.
The question, then, was “what kind of society we want to live in and what we’re going to do about it.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/thoug...
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"In a country built on anti-Black violence, for the media — one of the perpetrators of that violence — to truly reckon with the harm it has done would require dismantling itself as we know it. But too few journalists were willing to risk their own comfort"
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The Summer the Internet Found Empathy — And How Quickly We Lost It
In May 2020, a nation already cracked by a pandemic convulsed further...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"In a country built on anti-Black violence, for the media — one of the perpetrators of that violence — to truly reckon with the harm it has done would require dismantling itself as we know it. But too few journalists were willing to risk their own comfort"
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In the wake of Tuesday's elections, DC's insider politics sheets are rushing to cover the unpopularity of Trump and his policies. But as @joshtpm.bsky.social notes, these facts aren't new.
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The Insider Politics Sheets Are Scurrying for New Conventional Wisdom
One of the most important things to understand about politics is the...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In the wake of Tuesday's elections, DC's insider politics sheets are rushing to cover the unpopularity of Trump and his policies. But as @joshtpm.bsky.social notes, these facts aren't new.
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Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts’ initial defense of Tucker Carlson’s interview with the raging antisemite Nick Fuentes has now ignited an open revolt at the venerable right wing think tank.
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Heritage Foundation Implodes Over Carlson-Fuentes Lovefest
The Groyper Takeover of the GOP Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts’ initial...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts’ initial defense of Tucker Carlson’s interview with the raging antisemite Nick Fuentes has now ignited an open revolt at the venerable right wing think tank.
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It's an epiphany stemming from Democrats’ nationwide victories on Tuesday evening, when voters roundly rejected what’s been going on during the first nine months of Trump’s second term.
More here!
More here!
MAGA Suddenly Worried It’s Not Talking About Affordability Enough
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November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It's an epiphany stemming from Democrats’ nationwide victories on Tuesday evening, when voters roundly rejected what’s been going on during the first nine months of Trump’s second term.
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More here!
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Nonetheless, a few prominent MAGA voices suggested Wednesday that the party’s anti-trans vitriol and demonization of immigrants may not make for a winning campaign platform.
November 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Nonetheless, a few prominent MAGA voices suggested Wednesday that the party’s anti-trans vitriol and demonization of immigrants may not make for a winning campaign platform.
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It might be too much to expect MAGA world to realize that its incessant attacks on its enemies and welcoming embrace of the fringiest of figures might not play well with voters. What, after all, would MAGA be without enemies and fringe figures?
MAGA Suddenly Worried It’s Not Talking About Affordability Enough
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November 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It might be too much to expect MAGA world to realize that its incessant attacks on its enemies and welcoming embrace of the fringiest of figures might not play well with voters. What, after all, would MAGA be without enemies and fringe figures?
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Wednesday's SCOTUS hearing about Trump's sweeping tariffs saw liberal justices troll conservatives using two of their own most favored legal doctrines -- most often employed against Democratic presidents -- to imperil the validity of the tariffs talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-i...
Liberal Justices Cheekily Use Conservatives’ Favorite Legal Theories to Push For a Ruling Against Trump On Tariffs
Wednesday’s Supreme Court oral arguments on President Donald Trump’s use of an...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Wednesday's SCOTUS hearing about Trump's sweeping tariffs saw liberal justices troll conservatives using two of their own most favored legal doctrines -- most often employed against Democratic presidents -- to imperil the validity of the tariffs talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-i...
Liberal justices somewhat trollishly embrace two legal theories most often deployed by the court’s right-leaning justices against Democratic presidents to convince conservatives that the president had significantly overstepped his authority.
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Liberal Justices Cheekily Use Conservatives’ Favorite Legal Theories to Push For a Ruling Against Trump On Tariffs
Wednesday’s Supreme Court oral arguments on President Donald Trump’s use of an...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Liberal justices somewhat trollishly embrace two legal theories most often deployed by the court’s right-leaning justices against Democratic presidents to convince conservatives that the president had significantly overstepped his authority.
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Democrats, of course, have been demanding a meeting with the president and congressional GOP leadership for weeks to negotiate a way out of the longest shutdown in U.S. history.
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Emboldened by Election Night Wins, Dem Leadership Asks Trump for Another Sit-Down to Discuss Shutdown
Emboldened by Tuesday’s Election Night wins for Democratic candidates and causes across...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Democrats, of course, have been demanding a meeting with the president and congressional GOP leadership for weeks to negotiate a way out of the longest shutdown in U.S. history.
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Stop fretting over whether Democrats should run moderates or progressives, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes.
The election takeaway is to "find candidates suited to their constituencies and focus on cost of living issues and opposition to Trump's autocracy."
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The election takeaway is to "find candidates suited to their constituencies and focus on cost of living issues and opposition to Trump's autocracy."
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A Few Day After the Election Thoughts
The clearest read of what happened last night is that, as far...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Stop fretting over whether Democrats should run moderates or progressives, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes.
The election takeaway is to "find candidates suited to their constituencies and focus on cost of living issues and opposition to Trump's autocracy."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
The election takeaway is to "find candidates suited to their constituencies and focus on cost of living issues and opposition to Trump's autocracy."
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TPM's @allegrak.bsky.social worked at Teen Vogue for several years before returning to TPM earlier this year. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-we...
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
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November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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@kateriga.bsky.social: Voters' voted against Trump's party "in whatever vessel was presented to them—moderate or Democratic socialist, judge or public service commissioner, redistricting initiative or vote-by-mail question"
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In First Chance For Voters to React to Trump II, All Kinds of Democrats Steamrolled Republicans
All kinds of Democrats won all kinds of races Tuesday night, as...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
@kateriga.bsky.social: Voters' voted against Trump's party "in whatever vessel was presented to them—moderate or Democratic socialist, judge or public service commissioner, redistricting initiative or vote-by-mail question"
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In voters’ first chance to act after nine months of Trump’s term, they voted against his party in whatever vessel was presented to them — moderate or Democratic socialist, judge or public service commissioner, redistricting initiative or vote-by-mail question.
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In First Chance For Voters to React to Trump II, All Kinds of Democrats Steamrolled Republicans
All kinds of Democrats won all kinds of races Tuesday night, as...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In voters’ first chance to act after nine months of Trump’s term, they voted against his party in whatever vessel was presented to them — moderate or Democratic socialist, judge or public service commissioner, redistricting initiative or vote-by-mail question.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/electio...
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