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This is an extraordinary reporting job by 2 Charleston journalists, meticulously fact-checking the Epstein victim who has accused Trump of abusive behavior.
Bottom line: Many details of what she told the FBI check out, though none relate directly to Trump.
www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...
So if you want to understand the end-times theology Weinstein is alleging was promoted to troops by their commanders, read this piece I published this morning at @talkingpointsmemo.com:
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Confused about why we went to war in Iran? You're not alone! Fortunately, evangelical influencers are offering "powerful new livestreams" with all the information you need the piece the puzzle together. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/iran-bl...
Activists are hoping to rile up Iowa Republican primary voters with claims that the abortion pill is causing water quality issues in the state. (Unsurprisingly, it's actually the agriculture industry causing the issues, a local expert explains.)
A new Texas terrorism registry law passed in 2023 is being used by state prosecutors for the first time — to expand the Trump administration's "antifa" prosecutions.
Candidates in Iowa's GOP gubernatorial primary are trying to race to the right on abortion.
One bragged about being "banned for life" from a fertility clinic. Another claimed abortion chemicals and fetuses are ruining the water supply.
It's wild stuff. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/pseudos...
My latest at @talkingpointsmemo.com:
War With Iran? A Blood Moon on Purim? For Some Christian Influencers, That Can Mean Only One Thing: The End Times talkingpointsmemo.com/news/iran-bl...
War With Iran? A Blood Moon on Purim? For Some Christian Influencers, That Can Mean Only One Thing: The End Times talkingpointsmemo.com/news/iran-bl...
Tony Gonzales and right-wing YouTuber "TheAKGuy" come within a few hundred votes of one another, again.
Talarico will be the standard bearer for the Dems, while the Republicans duke it out for 3 more months. His plan to succeed in a Senate race where so many other Dems have failed is premised on expanding a welcoming big tent to those led astray by Trump/apathy. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/talaric...
Talarico Wins Texas Senate Primary as He Tries to Bridge-Build His Way to 30-Year Upset talkingpointsmemo.com/news/talaric...
Breaking: AP calls that Paxton and Cornyn are into the runoff. This is the Dem dream: three more months of bruising (expensive!) Republican infighting. The pressure campaign on Trump to endorse Cornyn will only intensify, as Paxton is seen as weaker candidate talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cornyn-...
The Republican-appointed justices repeated nods to the idea that protections for minority voters are basically reverse discrimination do not bode well or the Voting Rights Act. A decision on Section 2 of the VRA could come as soon as tomorrow (though experts think it might not arrive before June).
In New York Case, Alito May Preview Rough Draft of Coming Blow to Voting Rights Act
Donald Trump walked so Brandon Herrera could run, Herrera (basically) tells TPM. Herrera is the YouTube gun influencer who is likely to unseat scandal-plagued Tony Gonzales tonight. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
Today we kick off @talkingpointsmemo.com 2026 Membership Drive.
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My report from Nashville on the Abrego Garcia case, where the Trump DOJ tried to keep the spotlight narrowly focused on the work of one U.S. attorney but, as hard as it tried, couldn’t keep some uncomfortable facts from sneaking into the glare of its spotlight: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-tru...
banner advertising Semafor's annual "trust in media" conference featuring a long list of people who are actually eroding trust in media, like Brendan Carr and Matt Murray and Mathias Dopfner
once a year the brunchlords at Semafor host a "restoring trust in news" conference where they unironically platform most of the people responsible for destroying trust in news, then lob softball questions at them
this year's lineup is a real doozy
(notice the complete absence of indie media)
Today we've sent TPM Editor at Large David Kurtz to Nashville for a really critical court hearing. Abrego Garcia's lawyer have responded to the govt's latest charges claiming vindictive prosecution. Judge says he's inclined to agree. Today's the hearing for the govt to prove otherwise.
JUST IN: Fulton County lawyers claim "abrupt flip-flop[s]" by specially-designated prosecutor Tom Albus in 2020-ballot-seizure case, including whether FBI agent would testify and whether original ballots could be returned to local officials. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...
As ever, it felt tonight as if Trump hoped American democracy could be made even more like a gameshow.
I wrote about the “major questions doctrine” talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...
I'm so confused about why congressional Republicans don't seem to understand? care about? how the SAVE Act will disenfranchise wide swaths of their own base -- primarily lower income, rural, middle America, working class voters.
On Substack Live, TPM reporter Hunter Walker walked us through some of the key figures behind the Fulton County election office raid and explained how the Trump admin is setting the stage to interfere in the midterms.
Doug Wilson, who once told me that he is trying to "get back to America in 1892," spoke at the Pentagon yesterday.
A few stories from the archive, including our scoop last year on when he first met Pete Hegseth
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To establish one defendant's connection to an alleged conspiracy, prosecutors accused her of having been part of a group that distributed what they memorably described as “insurrectionary materials called ‘zines.’”
