Couple Thoughts on What’s Next
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In one of the DC newsletters this morning, Mike Allen largely streamed the Trump campaign's inner monologue about the "brutal attack" they plan to unleash on Kamala Harris if and when she becomes the…
on Fri, 4PM
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Hello, it’s the weekend. This is The Weekender ☕ As Democrats grapple with a crisis atop their ticket of the sort not seen in generations, Republicans seem to be trying to figure out what they want…
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Trump Tries To Claim He Has No Idea What The Deal Is With Project 2025
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Former President Donald Trump attempted Friday to publicly distance himself from Project 2025 — an initiative referred to as the “presidential transition project,” spearheaded by the conservative…
#Trump #theocracy #project2025 #authoritarianism
on Fri, 8PM
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m going to put almost all of this post under the fold because it's just some general observations about the UK election. See below for U.S. stuff. With that aside, you've certainly seen that the…
#uk #ukpol #ukelection #ukpolitics #ukelection2024
on Fri, 7PM
The Inside Story Of Barack Obama’s 2024 Campaign Calculations
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Barack Obama is worried about America in 2024. This is an "all hands on deck moment,” a source close to former President Obama told TPM, describing his thinking. “He's going to do everything he can to…
on Jan 24
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on Jan 5
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This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It first appeared at The Conversation. The rise of the radical far right in Europe poses a threat not only to the continent…
on Fri, 4PM
Yes, Hamilton Thought John Roberts Was Full Of it Too
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I noted earlier how Thomas Jefferson very clearly disagreed with the idea that the President was or should be immune to prosecution under the law or above the law in any way. I also mentioned that as…
on Fri, 2PM
Where We Are on July 4th and One Week After
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I wanted to take a moment to share with you, as well as I'm able, where I think we are with President Biden, the 2024 nomination and the fallout from last week's debate. Not where I think we should be…
on Thu, 10PM
Thomas Jefferson Disagrees with John Roberts About Presidential Immunity
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Thomas Jefferson played no direct role in authoring the federal Constitution. He wasn't even in the country at the time. He was living in France as the US Ambassador. Indeed he was at least equivocal…
on Thu, 8PM
Inside The Supreme Court’s Massive Power Grab This Term
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While the Supreme Court imbued the presidency with untold power, hobbled federal agency power and hollowed out the administrative state this term, it was actually amassing power to itself. In Trump v.
on Thu, 4PM
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This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. In Oklahoma, the start of the school year is just six weeks away. But one closely watched school that had planned to open in…
on Thu, 4PM
Trump Appoints Fake Elector As Campaign Advisor In Nevada, A State He Still Claims He Won In 2020
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Donald Trump named election denier and indicted fake elector Michael McDonald as senior advisor to his Nevada campaign earlier this week, signaling that the battleground state will continue to be an…
on Thu, 4PM
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Whatever else happens in the coming days with the presidential election, the whole saga will permanently affect my understanding of the culture of The New York Times. It is not the first time that in…
on Thu, 1PM
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Kate and Josh sift through the debate wreckage, discuss what comes next, and process the Supreme Court's immunity decision.
on Thu, 1AM
The American Experiment Has Gone Off The Rails
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INSIDE: Donald Trump ... Juan Merchan ... Joe Biden
on Thu, 1AM
The State-Level Effort To Protect Abortion Marches Forward Through Chaos
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Abortion advocates' ballot initiative in Arizona, to enshrine abortion access in the state's constitution, is well on its way toward getting on the ballot in the fall. Today, the organizers behind the…
on Thu, 1AM
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I don't normally push people to our podcast. Maybe I should. But if you're interested in what we think about the crisis at the top of the presidential ticket and, to a lesser degree…
on Wed, 10PM
SCOTUS, 18th Century Kings and The Dangers of an Unbound Presidency
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This may seem like a minor point. But I thought it's worth saying because I have seen a minor rearguard argument to this effect: that the SCOTUS immunity decision doesn't actually change any laws…
on Wed, 9PM
Continuing Thoughts on the Turmoil
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Two thoughts on our current predicament. The first is that while people are seizing on this or that bad poll — and there are some — we now have seven polls in which we have before and after data from…
on Wed, 4PM
The American Experiment Has Gone Off The Rails
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The collision of the Supreme Court’s radical end-of-term rulings with President Biden’s catastrophic debate performance is one of those quirks of timing that only history can provide.
on Wed, 4PM
The Supreme Court Term That Fundamentally Changed America
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As the dust settles from Trump v. United States, those paying attention look out over the wreckage, contemplating an unbounded future President Trump, a system of checks and balances toppled, a super-executive free to commit crimes with impunity.
on Wed, 12PM
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A TPM Reader wrote in this morning asking if it's just grasping at straws to make a big push to put not just yesterday's ruling but the Court itself at the center of the campaign. Is trying to change…
on Wed, 12AM
Before Being Disbarred Rudy Tried To Blame His 2020 Lies On ‘Postelection Stress’
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Much like the rest of us, Rudy Giuliani was apparently exhausted by the 2020 presidential campaign. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and personal attorney to ex-President Trump…
on Tue, 11PM
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Some things I write are not what I believe, think should happen, etc. They are merely statements of what is happening. Statements today from Nancy Pelosi and Jim Clyburn make me think that Biden may…
on Tue, 10PM
The Last Thing Maricopa Needs: Alleged Theft In Tabulation Center Sets Off Big Lie 2.0
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Last week, a temporary election worker in Maricopa County, Arizona was arrested after allegedly stealing a security fob and keys from the county’s voting tabulation center. The challenge for election…
on Tue, 9PM
Trump’s New York Judge Delays Sentencing Following Supreme Court Immunity Ruling
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Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday moved former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in the hush money case to Sep. 18, 2024, allowing him to hear arguments from Trump’s lawyers about how the Monday…
on Tue, 8PM
Taking the Time to Get it Right
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From TPM Reader JB … Per your correspondent WT’s comments posted this morning: I made a comment on Twitter before the Trump v. US ruling that the Court was taking so long because Republican Justices…
on Tue, 7PM
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From TPM Reader JG … Saw the front page NYT on the Dems "strong bench" that all took a pass on 2024 to avoid (as I would put it) Carter-Kennedy and "now we are stuck with Biden." So let'
on Tue, 7PM
SCOTUS Also Changed Constitution To Help Trump Overturn NY State Felonies
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In addition to a plainly corrupt and unconstitutional decision, SCOTUS appears to have added rules of evidence fine print which will likely invalidate Trump's felony conviction. Here's TPM Reader WT…
on Tue, 7PM
The Supreme Court Took A Sledgehammer To American Democracy
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The American presidency now exists beyond the reach of the criminal law. It’s unprecedented, and the consequences are almost beyond our ability to predict.
on Tue, 6PM
The Supreme Court Took A Sledgehammer To American Democracy
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INSIDE: A Elegy To The Rule Of Law
on Tue, 4PM
More Thoughts on the Debate and Its Aftermath
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As with my last post, a few thoughts not organized into a single argument but presented as a list of items. On the question of Biden dropping out, I hear people say, "surely there'
on Tue, 2AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene Helped Escort Steve Bannon To Prison
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Steve Bannon, the Republican strategist and former Trump White House adviser, added another title to his unique resume on Monday: federal prison inmate. Before surrendering himself to Federal…
on Tue, 1AM
The John Roberts Guide To Doing A Coup And Not Getting Caught
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Luckily for Trump, per the Court’s ruling, he seems to have led the Jan. 6 insurrection in a way that secures him near-blanket immunity.
on Mon, 10PM
One Awful Part Of Supreme Court Immunity Decision Proves Bridge Too Far For Barrett
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett broke with her conservative peers Monday on a part of the majority opinion that will kneecap prosecutors’ ability to make criminal cases against former presidents.
on Mon, 10PM
Why You Can’t Call The Roberts Court ‘Conservative’ Any Longer
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INSIDE: Donald Trump ... Steve Bannon ... Joe Biden
on Mon, 9PM
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If the Roberts' Court is right about the Constitution, it's hard to imagine what the authors of the Constitution had in mind when they proposed that a President could be guilty of "
on Mon, 8PM
‘Official Acts’ are Precisely What Matter Most
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One of the many things we have going for us at TPM is that we have two really talented reporters covering different aspects of the world of the law and the courts and we have an executive editor who…
on Mon, 6PM
What To Make Of The Sweeping Implications Of The SCOTUS Immunity Decision
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The Supreme Court released the final set of opinions of this term Monday morning — the most anticipated of which deals with whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution in…
on Mon, 4PM
Awaiting Trump Immunity Decision From SCOTUS
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Supreme Court poised to rule on Trump’s claim of immunity from criminal prosecution.
on Mon, 4PM
Why You Can’t Call The Roberts Court ‘Conservative’ Any Longer
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The Roberts Supreme Court is most consistent when it comes to consolidating power for itself.
on Mon, 4PM
Supreme Court Gives Trump Immunity For Official Acts, Threatening Jan. 6 Prosecution
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In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court Monday ruled that presidents get “presumptive immunity” for official acts they took as president.
on Mon, 4PM
Right-Wing Internet Cesspools Suspect A Trick
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Hello it's the weekend. This is The Weekender ☕ After listening to me mutter to myself and shout into the depths of my laptop for nearly three hours Thursday night, my roommate finally asked me a wild…
on Jun 29
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A few thoughts on last night's debate and the fallout, presented as a series of items. Last night really sucked. Someone said to me that it brought feelings of déjà vu for election night 2016. You'
on Jun 29
Sotomayor Sums Up Supreme Court’s New Ruling For The Homeless: ‘Stay Awake Or Be Arrested’
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In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that forbidding people without housing from sleeping with a blanket outside — even when they have nowhere else to go — does not run afoul of the 8th Amendment’s prohibition of “cruel and unusual punishment.”
on Jun 28
What Jamaal Bowman’s Defeat Does and Doesn’t Tell Us About The Future of The Left
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This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. In the 24 hours after left-leaning incumbent Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) was defeated by the more centrist George Latimer…
on Jun 28
Supreme Court Narrows Obstruction Charge Used In Jan. 6 Cases Along Odd Split
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The Supreme Court on Friday narrowed an obstruction charge that had been used in the prosecution of hundreds of Jan. 6 insurrectionists — and in the pending case against Donald Trump — with an unusual configuration of justices.
on Jun 28
How To Process Biden’s Debate Disaster
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INSIDE: Donald Trump ... Teddy White ... Don Draper
on Jun 28
Supreme Court Executes Massive Power Grab From Executive Branch In New Ruling
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The Supreme Court overruled a key pillar of federal agency authority Friday, appropriating a massive amount of executive branch power to itself.
on Jun 28