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The Pentagon announced that it is investigating Sen. Mark Kelly, a combat veteran and elected Democrat from Arizona who recently upset Trump admin officials for stating publicly something that is in the Constitution — obviously a major offense in this era.
Pentagon Is Investigating a Member Of Congress Who Criticized Trump
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November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The Pentagon announced that it is investigating Sen. Mark Kelly, a combat veteran and elected Democrat from Arizona who recently upset Trump admin officials for stating publicly something that is in the Constitution — obviously a major offense in this era.
For almost a decade, Trump has exploited one loophole after another and managed to turn every legal ambiguity in his favor. So it’s worth noting that one relatively small structural guardrail held firm and provided a check today on one of Trump’s worst abuses.
One Small Guardrail Finally Held Up Against Trump
For almost a decade now, we’ve watched as Trump plowed through guardrails...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
For almost a decade, Trump has exploited one loophole after another and managed to turn every legal ambiguity in his favor. So it’s worth noting that one relatively small structural guardrail held firm and provided a check today on one of Trump’s worst abuses.
A federal judge has ruled that former insurance lawyer Lindsey Halligan was invalidly appointed as interim U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia and has dismissed the indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Comey and James Cases Dismissed Over Halligan’s Invalid Appointment
A federal judge has ruled that former insurance lawyer Lindsey Halligan was...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A federal judge has ruled that former insurance lawyer Lindsey Halligan was invalidly appointed as interim U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia and has dismissed the indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Incisive new reporting from Charlie Savage on the sprawling investigate the investigators charade going on in South Florida puts U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon back in the thick of things.
Aileen Cannon Is Back In A Bad Sequel To Her Trump Debut
Investigating The Investigators: Aileen Cannon Edition Incisive new reporting from Charlie Savage...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Incisive new reporting from Charlie Savage on the sprawling investigate the investigators charade going on in South Florida puts U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon back in the thick of things.
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Incisive new reporting from Charlie Savage on the sprawling investigate the investigators charade going on in South Florida puts U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon back in the thick of things.
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Aileen Cannon Is Back In A Bad Sequel To Her Trump Debut
Investigating The Investigators: Aileen Cannon Edition Incisive new reporting from Charlie Savage...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Incisive new reporting from Charlie Savage on the sprawling investigate the investigators charade going on in South Florida puts U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon back in the thick of things.
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Online influencers with millions of followers have promoted what was once a fringe theory to a large audience. It finds a ready audience among climate change deniers and anti-deep state agitators who fear government mind control.
Why the Chemtrail Conspiracy Theory Lingers and Grows — and Why Tucker Carlson Is Talking About It
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November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Online influencers with millions of followers have promoted what was once a fringe theory to a large audience. It finds a ready audience among climate change deniers and anti-deep state agitators who fear government mind control.
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As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, @johnalight.bsky.social & I co-moderated a discussion of TPM's history as a publication, featuring @davidkurtz.bsky.social as well as TPM alum NY Mag's Katie Thompson, ProPublica's @paulkiel.bsky.social & NOTUS' @evanmcs.bsky.social
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The One With the History of TPM
Take a trip into the Wayback machine in this bonus episode, as...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, @johnalight.bsky.social & I co-moderated a discussion of TPM's history as a publication, featuring @davidkurtz.bsky.social as well as TPM alum NY Mag's Katie Thompson, ProPublica's @paulkiel.bsky.social & NOTUS' @evanmcs.bsky.social
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The insecurity of ultra-wealth is a core driver of our current politics, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes — "the tightly bound together mixture of insecurity and aggression which is at the center of everything."
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The Brittle Grip of Ultra-Wealth
Just before I began writing this post, I saw this article from...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The insecurity of ultra-wealth is a core driver of our current politics, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes — "the tightly bound together mixture of insecurity and aggression which is at the center of everything."
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An asylum-seeker wrongfully deported to CECOT then repatriated to Venezuela may have succumbed to the violence he was fleeing, a federal judge says in a newly unsealed opinion that declines to hold the Trump admin in contempt of court for violating her orders
A Brutal Ending to One of the Worst Trump II Cases
A Thoroughly Unsatisfying Result U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher just unsealed this...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
An asylum-seeker wrongfully deported to CECOT then repatriated to Venezuela may have succumbed to the violence he was fleeing, a federal judge says in a newly unsealed opinion that declines to hold the Trump admin in contempt of court for violating her orders
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So basically, the U.S. no longer collecting race and ethnicity data is a major blow to medical advancement and directly harms Black American kidney failure patients. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
The Trump Admin’s War on Data Is Compromising Major Health Advancements for Black Americans
Thanks to a 2009 medical breakthrough, researchers could be on the precipice...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
So basically, the U.S. no longer collecting race and ethnicity data is a major blow to medical advancement and directly harms Black American kidney failure patients. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
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Trump's anti-DEI crusade hit healthcare when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, under Dr. Mehmet Oz, removed race questions from its kidney failure patient form. The problem is, those questions weren't about DEI. That data informed actual medical breakthroughs talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
The Trump Admin’s War on Data Is Compromising Major Health Advancements for Black Americans
Thanks to a 2009 medical breakthrough, researchers could be on the precipice...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Trump's anti-DEI crusade hit healthcare when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, under Dr. Mehmet Oz, removed race questions from its kidney failure patient form. The problem is, those questions weren't about DEI. That data informed actual medical breakthroughs talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
For more than a century, socialism has been integral to American progressivism, championing early many of the reforms that would eventually come into vogue on the center left.
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Are Zohran Mamdani and Katie Wilson Democratic Socialists or FDR Democrats? They Are Both
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November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
For more than a century, socialism has been integral to American progressivism, championing early many of the reforms that would eventually come into vogue on the center left.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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It is an escalation of Trump's retribution vows to investigate and punish his political foes by orders of magnitude.
House Dems Are in Touch With Capitol Police About Trump Death Threats
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November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It is an escalation of Trump's retribution vows to investigate and punish his political foes by orders of magnitude.
Ten months into the Trump II presidency, it’s become all too normal for his Justice Department to refuse to comply with direct court orders, to engage in bad faith charades in court, and to dare judges to do anything about it.
Trump DOJ Defies Another Court Order in Abrego Garcia Case
GREENBELT, MD—If the Justice Department had brazenly defied a judge’s order a...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Ten months into the Trump II presidency, it’s become all too normal for his Justice Department to refuse to comply with direct court orders, to engage in bad faith charades in court, and to dare judges to do anything about it.
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Trump’s Defense Department illegally overstepped its authority in deploying 2,000 local and out-of-state National Guard to Washington D.C., part of Trump’s crackdown on blue cities.
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Judge Rules That National Guard Deployment In DC Is Illegal, Concerned That 2,000 Troops May Become ‘Permanent’
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Trump’s Defense Department illegally overstepped its...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Trump’s Defense Department illegally overstepped its authority in deploying 2,000 local and out-of-state National Guard to Washington D.C., part of Trump’s crackdown on blue cities.
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The size of the incursion contributes to the harm, Judge Cobb writes: "The deployments at issue entail the day-to-day presence of more than 2,000 National Guard troops, about two-thirds the size of the MPD" with a risk that it may become "permanent"
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The size of the incursion contributes to the harm, Judge Cobb writes: "The deployments at issue entail the day-to-day presence of more than 2,000 National Guard troops, about two-thirds the size of the MPD" with a risk that it may become "permanent"
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Breaking: Judge rules deployment of National Guard into DC is illegal (puts her order on pause until 12/11 for appeals). "The Court finds that the District’s exercise of sovereign powers within its jurisdiction is irreparably harmed by Defendants’ actions in deploying the Guards," she writes.
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Breaking: Judge rules deployment of National Guard into DC is illegal (puts her order on pause until 12/11 for appeals). "The Court finds that the District’s exercise of sovereign powers within its jurisdiction is irreparably harmed by Defendants’ actions in deploying the Guards," she writes.
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Judge Boasberg wants to hear testimony from DOJ lawyers involved in the Alien Enemies Act case at the outset: Erez Reuveni, who became a whistleblower, and Drew Ensign, who’s rarely been seen in this case since his dubious representations to the court in March.
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Will Emil Bove Have to Testify in AEA Contempt of Court Inquiry?
The Most Important News of the Day While the James Comey case...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Judge Boasberg wants to hear testimony from DOJ lawyers involved in the Alien Enemies Act case at the outset: Erez Reuveni, who became a whistleblower, and Drew Ensign, who’s rarely been seen in this case since his dubious representations to the court in March.
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A 70 y/o Air Force vet was charged w/felony assault for brushing against an officer as he tried to hand off his phone while being arrested.
Prosecutors first downgraded that case to a misdemeanor. Today, they moved to dismiss the matter entirely.
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Prosecutors first downgraded that case to a misdemeanor. Today, they moved to dismiss the matter entirely.
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Trump Admin Retreats From ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Cases Against Chicago Protestors
Federal prosecutors are beating a broad retreat from cases they had brought...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A 70 y/o Air Force vet was charged w/felony assault for brushing against an officer as he tried to hand off his phone while being arrested.
Prosecutors first downgraded that case to a misdemeanor. Today, they moved to dismiss the matter entirely.
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Prosecutors first downgraded that case to a misdemeanor. Today, they moved to dismiss the matter entirely.
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After Marimar Martinez was shot 5 times by a Border Patrol officer, DHS officials accused her of being part of a convoy of cars that “rammed” agents.
Evidence contradicted their claims.
Today, hours before the hearing, prosecutors moved to dismiss the case.
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Evidence contradicted their claims.
Today, hours before the hearing, prosecutors moved to dismiss the case.
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Trump Admin Retreats From ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Cases Against Chicago Protestors
Federal prosecutors are beating a broad retreat from cases they had brought...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
After Marimar Martinez was shot 5 times by a Border Patrol officer, DHS officials accused her of being part of a convoy of cars that “rammed” agents.
Evidence contradicted their claims.
Today, hours before the hearing, prosecutors moved to dismiss the case.
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Evidence contradicted their claims.
Today, hours before the hearing, prosecutors moved to dismiss the case.
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Federal prosecutors are moving to abandon cases they had brought against people protesting the surge of CBP and ICE agents into Chicago. It's a "stunning comedown," writes @joshkovensky.bsky.social
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Trump Admin Retreats From ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Cases Against Chicago Protestors
Federal prosecutors are beating a broad retreat from cases they had brought...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Federal prosecutors are moving to abandon cases they had brought against people protesting the surge of CBP and ICE agents into Chicago. It's a "stunning comedown," writes @joshkovensky.bsky.social
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Federal prosecutors are beating a broad retreat from cases they had brought against people protesting the surge of CBP and ICE agents into Chicago.
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Trump Admin Retreats From ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Cases Against Chicago Protestors
Federal prosecutors are beating a broad retreat from cases they had brought...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Federal prosecutors are beating a broad retreat from cases they had brought against people protesting the surge of CBP and ICE agents into Chicago.
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