Josh Marshall
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Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Under Trump, More Than 1,000 Nonprofits Strip DEI Language From Tax Forms talkingpointsmemo.com/news/under-t...
Under Trump, More Than 1,000 Nonprofits Strip DEI Language From Tax Forms
This post first appeared at ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Under Trump, More Than 1,000 Nonprofits Strip DEI Language From Tax Forms talkingpointsmemo.com/news/under-t...
How a ‘Habeas Machine’ Reunited One Family That Was Pulled Apart by ICE talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
How a ‘Habeas Machine’ Reunited One Family That Was Pulled Apart by ICE
The agents were on the hunt, but as they staked out the...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
How a ‘Habeas Machine’ Reunited One Family That Was Pulled Apart by ICE talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
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I like the rhythm of this paragraph because each sentence is like Sideshow Bob stepping onto a new rake
December 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I like the rhythm of this paragraph because each sentence is like Sideshow Bob stepping onto a new rake
It's actually pretty impressive to go to the heads of the big oil companies with your big new idea and have them go, 'dude, that's a bit dark for our tastes. too much carnage, too many crimes'. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump administration asking US oil industry to return to Venezuela — but getting no takers
The administration’s outreach to the industry, previously unreported, is the latest sign the White House is dreaming of a post-Maduro future for Venezuela.
www.politico.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
It's actually pretty impressive to go to the heads of the big oil companies with your big new idea and have them go, 'dude, that's a bit dark for our tastes. too much carnage, too many crimes'. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’
First at TPM: In Shift, Trump Admin Returns Wrongfully Deported Man talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
First at TPM: In Shift, Trump Admin Returns Wrongfully Deported Man
Not How Abrego Garcia Was Handled In what appears to be a...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
First at TPM: In Shift, Trump Admin Returns Wrongfully Deported Man talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
indeed
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
indeed
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Naval blockades are old school but they are acts of war by definition.
December 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Naval blockades are old school but they are acts of war by definition.
Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’
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A quite startling overperformance for Democrats in tonight's special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky:
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
December 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A quite startling overperformance for Democrats in tonight's special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky:
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
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This is nuts. Sounds fairly close to a horrific midair catastrophe tied to whatevet the fuck trump thinks hes doing in venezuelan air space. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
JetBlue pilot narrowly avoids 'midair collision' with Air Force plane near Venezuela
A JetBlue Airways pilot said he narrowly avoided a "midair collision" with a U.S. military aircraft that entered his flight path.
abcnews.go.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is nuts. Sounds fairly close to a horrific midair catastrophe tied to whatevet the fuck trump thinks hes doing in venezuelan air space. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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Jared Kushner's Affinity exits Warner Bros takeover battle, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/4aeYswW
Jared Kushner's Affinity exits Warner Bros takeover battle, Bloomberg News reports
Jared Kushner's investment firm Affinity Partners has withdrawn from the takeover battle for Warner Bros Discovery , Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a representative for the firm.
reut.rs
December 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Jared Kushner's Affinity exits Warner Bros takeover battle, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/4aeYswW
Naval blockades are old school but they are acts of war by definition.
December 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Naval blockades are old school but they are acts of war by definition.
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I'm old enough to remember Paul Wellstone's death, and how Republicans led the dumbest pundit dickheads in a round of schoolmarm scolding after liberals celebrated Paul's life in partisan terms. All I can say is: Get over it. This is how we should pay respects to one of our own: Partisan as fuck.
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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COLLINS: What do you say to people who say Republicans have had 15 years to change the ACA and they haven't done it?
RICK SCOTT: Why didn't Democrats fix it?
RICK SCOTT: Why didn't Democrats fix it?
December 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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A week ago, I wrote that Democrats flipped 21% of all state legislative seats held by the GOP that were in play this year.
Republicans, meanwhile, had flipped none.
This KY seat was one of just a couple left before the end of 2025.
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
Republicans, meanwhile, had flipped none.
This KY seat was one of just a couple left before the end of 2025.
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
In 2025, Democrats Flipped 21 Percent of GOP-Held Legislative Seats - Bolts
At the start of Donald Trump’s first presidency, in 2017, large Democratic victories in New Jersey and Virginia, paired with overperformances in special elections, foreshadowed the blue wave of the......
boltsmag.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A week ago, I wrote that Democrats flipped 21% of all state legislative seats held by the GOP that were in play this year.
Republicans, meanwhile, had flipped none.
This KY seat was one of just a couple left before the end of 2025.
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
Republicans, meanwhile, had flipped none.
This KY seat was one of just a couple left before the end of 2025.
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
So uhhh what happens if the boss’s ratings keep tanking? www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...
December 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
So uhhh what happens if the boss’s ratings keep tanking? www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...
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What oil, what land, what assets did Venezuela steal from the US? And when? A social media post from an alternative reality.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
What oil, what land, what assets did Venezuela steal from the US? And when? A social media post from an alternative reality.
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🚨 House GOP Bill: No #ACA tax credit extension after all; CBO projects 300K to lose coverage due to end of #SilverLoading in mostly red states:
acasignups.net/25/12/16/hou...
acasignups.net/25/12/16/hou...
House GOP bill: No tax credit extension after all; CBO projects 300K to lose coverage due to end of Silver Loading in mostly red states
Welp. In a development which should surprise absolutely no one, GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson has announced that the bipartisan "Fitzpatrick Bill" which would include a 2-year extension of the enhanc...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
🚨 House GOP Bill: No #ACA tax credit extension after all; CBO projects 300K to lose coverage due to end of #SilverLoading in mostly red states:
acasignups.net/25/12/16/hou...
acasignups.net/25/12/16/hou...
‘Trump’s Totally My Bitch!’ and Other Wild Quotes From Susie Wiles talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
‘Trump’s Totally My Bitch!’ and Other Wild Quotes From Susie Wiles
Our bespoke piñata of the day is the Susie Wiles piece in...
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December 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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"not optimal" lol www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive’
The Coast Guard’s workplace harassment manual that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses quietly went into effect this week.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"not optimal" lol www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
‘Trump’s Totally My Bitch!’ and Other Wild Quotes From Susie Wiles talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
‘Trump’s Totally My Bitch!’ and Other Wild Quotes From Susie Wiles
Our bespoke piñata of the day is the Susie Wiles piece in...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
‘Trump’s Totally My Bitch!’ and Other Wild Quotes From Susie Wiles talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
Secretive Rapid Response Networks Are Operating in Communities ‘Terrorized’ By ICE Raids talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/secr...
Secretive Rapid Response Networks Are Operating in Communities ‘Terrorized’ By ICE Raids
The school was on lockdown. Nov. 12 was supposed to be an...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Secretive Rapid Response Networks Are Operating in Communities ‘Terrorized’ By ICE Raids talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/secr...
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that there are no 4th Amendment rights in your Google search terms. When you search on Google, you tell them your search terms; the government can get those queries without a warrant. The third-party doctrine applies.
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
December 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that there are no 4th Amendment rights in your Google search terms. When you search on Google, you tell them your search terms; the government can get those queries without a warrant. The third-party doctrine applies.
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
Latest Jobs Report Suggests Tariffs Harming Blue Collar Work, Counter to White House Narrative talkingpointsmemo.com/news/latest-...
Latest Jobs Report Suggests Tariffs Harming Blue Collar Work, Counter to White House Narrative
Tuesday morning gave us the latest set of data indicating that President...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Latest Jobs Report Suggests Tariffs Harming Blue Collar Work, Counter to White House Narrative talkingpointsmemo.com/news/latest-...