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In case you missed it over the holiday, here's my interview with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social with his thoughts on ICE in NYC and some of what he told Trump about the raids. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani on His Family’s Experience With Immigration Court and His Plans for ICE in NYC
Zohran Mamdani has felt the fear that stalks the halls of New...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In case you missed it over the holiday, here's my interview with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social with his thoughts on ICE in NYC and some of what he told Trump about the raids. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
Passing the remaining appropriations bills or a new CR will, once again, require help from a group of Senate Democrats as funding bills are subjected to the filibuster in the upper chamber.
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Republicans Will Need Democrats’ Help to Fund the Government Again In Early 2026
Another possible standoff over government funding may be brewing on Capitol Hill....
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December 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Passing the remaining appropriations bills or a new CR will, once again, require help from a group of Senate Democrats as funding bills are subjected to the filibuster in the upper chamber.
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Since 2016, Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have passed law after law stripping powers from Democratic governors. These power shifts have left North Carolina’s governor ranked dead last among state chief executives.
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Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Decade-Long Push to Seize Power From the State’s Democratic Governors
This post first appeared at ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Since 2016, Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have passed law after law stripping powers from Democratic governors. These power shifts have left North Carolina’s governor ranked dead last among state chief executives.
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Two weeks after a Dem governor's win, the North Carolina legislature’s GOP supermajority fast-tracked a bill that would transform the balance of power in the state.
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Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Decade-Long Push to Seize Power From the State’s Democratic Governors
This post first appeared at ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of...
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December 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Two weeks after a Dem governor's win, the North Carolina legislature’s GOP supermajority fast-tracked a bill that would transform the balance of power in the state.
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Earlier this year, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social told me he was outside NYC's notorious ICE court for "four hours waiting not knowing what was going to happen."
His father was in the building, which is filled with masked agents.
Read the story here: talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
His father was in the building, which is filled with masked agents.
Read the story here: talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani on His Family’s Experience With Immigration Court and His Plans for ICE in NYC
Zohran Mamdani has felt the fear that stalks the halls of New...
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December 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Earlier this year, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social told me he was outside NYC's notorious ICE court for "four hours waiting not knowing what was going to happen."
His father was in the building, which is filled with masked agents.
Read the story here: talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
His father was in the building, which is filled with masked agents.
Read the story here: talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
A complicated dance is underway in the Abrego Garcia criminal case over his vindictive prosecution claim: We may not get to hear testimony from 3 top DOJ officials, but the judge may not need that testimony to rule in Abrego Garcia’s favor and dismiss the case.
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Judge Calls Trump DOJ’s Bluff On Todd Blanche’s Testimony
Put Up or Shut Up Time A complicated dance is underway in...
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December 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A complicated dance is underway in the Abrego Garcia criminal case over his vindictive prosecution claim: We may not get to hear testimony from 3 top DOJ officials, but the judge may not need that testimony to rule in Abrego Garcia’s favor and dismiss the case.
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“The kinds of statements that come from our health officials are unlike anything we’ve seen in the recent history of vaccination in the United States.”
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Parents and Doctors Are Left in the Dark Amid Trump Admin’s Murky Childhood Vaccine Guidelines
Dr. Jessica Weisz, a pediatrician in D.C., has seen more and more...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“The kinds of statements that come from our health officials are unlike anything we’ve seen in the recent history of vaccination in the United States.”
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“The kinds of statements that come from our health officials are unlike anything we’ve seen in the recent history of vaccination in the United States.”
Parents And Doctors Are Left in the Dark Amid Trump Admin’s Murky Childhood Vaccine Guidelines
Dr. Jessica Weisz, a pediatrician in D.C., has seen more and more...
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December 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“The kinds of statements that come from our health officials are unlike anything we’ve seen in the recent history of vaccination in the United States.”
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“… Immigrant New Yorkers, undocumented New Yorkers, are not simply living the challenges pertaining to their status,” Mamdani told @talkingpointsmemo.com’s @hunterw.bsky.social. “… They’re living both the affordability crisis and a crisis of dignity on the question of people’s immigration status.”
NEW: For the latest story in my series on ICE and mass deportation in NYC, I spoke to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social who talked to me about his family's experience at 26 Federal Plaza and his meeting with Trump. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani on His Family’s Experience With Immigration Court and His Plans for ICE in NYC
Zohran Mamdani has felt the fear that stalks the halls of New...
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December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“… Immigrant New Yorkers, undocumented New Yorkers, are not simply living the challenges pertaining to their status,” Mamdani told @talkingpointsmemo.com’s @hunterw.bsky.social. “… They’re living both the affordability crisis and a crisis of dignity on the question of people’s immigration status.”
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When I looked at mass deportation in NYC, I found fear + a robust resistance supporting migrants.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is part of that movement.
His legislative office held weekly asylum clinics that "served over a thousand undocumented New Yorkers." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is part of that movement.
His legislative office held weekly asylum clinics that "served over a thousand undocumented New Yorkers." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani on His Family’s Experience With Immigration Court and His Plans for ICE in NYC
Zohran Mamdani has felt the fear that stalks the halls of New...
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December 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
When I looked at mass deportation in NYC, I found fear + a robust resistance supporting migrants.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is part of that movement.
His legislative office held weekly asylum clinics that "served over a thousand undocumented New Yorkers." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is part of that movement.
His legislative office held weekly asylum clinics that "served over a thousand undocumented New Yorkers." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
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Marty Lederman's amicus brief did end up giving SCOTUS a way out on National Guard occupations. Risk now - does Trump invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy active duty military to blue cities? And if he does, will the Court stop him? talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s National Guard Occupation of Chicago
The Supreme Court upheld a block on the National Guard’s deployment to...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Marty Lederman's amicus brief did end up giving SCOTUS a way out on National Guard occupations. Risk now - does Trump invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy active duty military to blue cities? And if he does, will the Court stop him? talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
The Supreme Court upheld a block on the National Guard's deployment to Chicago Tuesday, dealing Trump a significant blow and embracing an interpretation of the laws that govern the Guard's activation that differs considerably from the administration's.
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Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s National Guard Occupation of Chicago
The Supreme Court upheld a block on the National Guard’s deployment to...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The Supreme Court upheld a block on the National Guard's deployment to Chicago Tuesday, dealing Trump a significant blow and embracing an interpretation of the laws that govern the Guard's activation that differs considerably from the administration's.
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New tranches of the Epstein files include mentions of Trump, while members of Congress debate how hard to come down on the DOJ officials slow-walking their production.
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The Epstein Files Keep Trickling Out. Here Are 5 Points on What’s Happening
In the five days since the Justice Department began releasing the Epstein...
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December 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
New tranches of the Epstein files include mentions of Trump, while members of Congress debate how hard to come down on the DOJ officials slow-walking their production.
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AI and the money being poured into it are shaping the world, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes. So it's important to have a clear understanding of how ultra-wealth is driving our authoritarian moment, and how AI is being deployed to advance the authoritarians' power
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AI: The Bright Shiny Object at the Crossroads of the Future
I got a host of very interesting responses to yesterday’s post about...
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December 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
AI and the money being poured into it are shaping the world, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes. So it's important to have a clear understanding of how ultra-wealth is driving our authoritarian moment, and how AI is being deployed to advance the authoritarians' power
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Join us on Jan. 29 for our first Morning Memo Live event!
@davidkurtz.bsky.social will lead a discussion on the Trump administration's politicization of the Justice Department, featuring @annabower.bsky.social and more special guests.
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@davidkurtz.bsky.social will lead a discussion on the Trump administration's politicization of the Justice Department, featuring @annabower.bsky.social and more special guests.
Get tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/morning-me...
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Join us on Jan. 29 for our first Morning Memo Live event!
@davidkurtz.bsky.social will lead a discussion on the Trump administration's politicization of the Justice Department, featuring @annabower.bsky.social and more special guests.
Get tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/morning-me...
@davidkurtz.bsky.social will lead a discussion on the Trump administration's politicization of the Justice Department, featuring @annabower.bsky.social and more special guests.
Get tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/morning-me...
Emil Bove’s notorious “Fuck you” to the federal courts made it into a judicial opinion for the first time. Boasberg, the first judge to get the admin’s “Fuck you” when it defied his orders to stop the AEA deportations, didn’t bother to redact the curse word:
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Major Ruling Offers Due Process to Alien Enemies Act Detainees
Morning Memo Live! Join me Jan. 29 in Washington, D.C., for our...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Emil Bove’s notorious “Fuck you” to the federal courts made it into a judicial opinion for the first time. Boasberg, the first judge to get the admin’s “Fuck you” when it defied his orders to stop the AEA deportations, didn’t bother to redact the curse word:
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Zohran Mamdani is all about affordability but immigration is one issue where he doesn't want to talk in economic terms. He says "we have to begin at a moral level." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani on His Family’s Experience With Immigration Court and His Plans for ICE in NYC
Zohran Mamdani has felt the fear that stalks the halls of New...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Zohran Mamdani is all about affordability but immigration is one issue where he doesn't want to talk in economic terms. He says "we have to begin at a moral level." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
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NYC's immigration courthouses have loomed large in our reporting on ICE. Routine hearings now inspire terror for immigrants, who might be aggressively detained in the halls. However, I didn’t realize, until TPM spoke to him, that Mamdani’s father was there this spring for a citizenship interview.
December 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
NYC's immigration courthouses have loomed large in our reporting on ICE. Routine hearings now inspire terror for immigrants, who might be aggressively detained in the halls. However, I didn’t realize, until TPM spoke to him, that Mamdani’s father was there this spring for a citizenship interview.
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26 Federal Plaza is ground zero for New York's unprecedented courthouse detentions.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's own family passed through the building earlier this year.
He talked to me about the experience for an exclusive @talkingpointsmemo.com interview. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's own family passed through the building earlier this year.
He talked to me about the experience for an exclusive @talkingpointsmemo.com interview. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani on His Family’s Experience With Immigration Court and His Plans for ICE in NYC
Zohran Mamdani has felt the fear that stalks the halls of New...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
26 Federal Plaza is ground zero for New York's unprecedented courthouse detentions.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's own family passed through the building earlier this year.
He talked to me about the experience for an exclusive @talkingpointsmemo.com interview. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's own family passed through the building earlier this year.
He talked to me about the experience for an exclusive @talkingpointsmemo.com interview. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani talked to TPM about his family's time inside a notorious immigration court, his White House meeting with Trump, and his plans for ICE in NYC.
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Zohran Mamdani on His Family’s Experience With Immigration Court and His Plans for ICE in NYC
Zohran Mamdani has felt the fear that stalks the halls of New...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Zohran Mamdani talked to TPM about his family's time inside a notorious immigration court, his White House meeting with Trump, and his plans for ICE in NYC.
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The head of an outspoken legislative branch watchdog agency could soon be "replaced with a Trump lackey.”
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One Agency Has Been Calling Out Trump’s Illegal Impoundment. That May Soon Change.
Throughout 2025, the Trump administration has, time after time, simply refused to...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The head of an outspoken legislative branch watchdog agency could soon be "replaced with a Trump lackey.”
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains in a “literal double bind,” with a bracelet on one ankle from his criminal case in Tennessee and an ICE bracelet on the other ankle from his immigration case in Maryland. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis of Maryland is in a bind, too:
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Abrego Garcia’s ‘Literal Double Bind’
GREENBELT, MD — For the first time since he was unlawfully deported...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains in a “literal double bind,” with a bracelet on one ankle from his criminal case in Tennessee and an ICE bracelet on the other ankle from his immigration case in Maryland. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis of Maryland is in a bind, too:
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Trump’s second-term nominees are younger and more uniformly partisan than ever.
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How Trump Is Making the Federal Judiciary Younger, Whiter, and More Republican
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December 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Trump’s second-term nominees are younger and more uniformly partisan than ever.
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The AI built into new iPhone models tries to shape your text messages to an "almost absurd level," @joshtpm.bsky.social writes. It's yet more evidence that the AI boom "is overwhelmingly a supply- rather than a demand-driven revolution."
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Ready or Not, Here They Come — Notes From the AI Force-Feed ….
I just got a new iPhone. I didn’t need a newer version....
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December 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The AI built into new iPhone models tries to shape your text messages to an "almost absurd level," @joshtpm.bsky.social writes. It's yet more evidence that the AI boom "is overwhelmingly a supply- rather than a demand-driven revolution."
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In an unprecedented last-minute intervention, rookie CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss spiked a 60 Minutes segment on the experiences of Alien Enemies Act detainees at CECOT in El Salvador.
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Bari Weiss Spikes 60 Minutes Segment At Last Minute
Black Rock Crumbles In an unprecedented last-minute intervention, rookie CBS News editor-in-chief...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In an unprecedented last-minute intervention, rookie CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss spiked a 60 Minutes segment on the experiences of Alien Enemies Act detainees at CECOT in El Salvador.
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