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Trump Melts Down Over Not Being Able To Rig His Own Trial

Trump was bordering on incoherent as he angrily spoke outside of the courthouse after jury deliberations … Trump Melts Down Over Not Being Able To Rig His Own TrialRead more

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Justice Alito Refuses To Recuse Himself On 1/6 Cases

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has rejected a request from top Senate Democrats to recuse himself … Justice Alito Refuses To Recuse Himself On 1/6 CasesRead more

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House Democrats Demand Answers From Chief Justice Roberts On Alito And SCOTUS Ethics Rules

House Democrats sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts demanding that he answer questions about … House Democrats Demand Answers From Chief Justice Roberts On Alito And SCOTUS Ethics RulesRead more

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Trump Sounds Like He Knows He’s Going To Be Convicted

Trump didn’t sound confident as he left the courtroom, but instead seemed to already be trying … Trump Sounds Like He Knows He’s Going To Be ConvictedRead more

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A Conviction Could Wreck Trump With Senior Voters

GOP strategist and CNN contributor Scott Jennings said that a conviction could harm Trump with senior … A Conviction Could Wreck Trump With Senior VotersRead more

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John Fetterman Cuts Though The Media BS On The Biden/Trump Election

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) made the choice clear for voters who are trying to decide between … John Fetterman Cuts Though The Media BS On The Biden/Trump ElectionRead more

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Robert De Niro Takes Down Trump Supporter Who Called 1/6 Police Traitors

Actor Robert De Niro took down a Trump supporter after he called 1/6 police officers Michael … Robert De Niro Takes Down Trump Supporter Who Called 1/6 Police TraitorsRead more

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Even Trump’s Allies Admit That A Guilty Verdict Would Hurt Him

Former Trump deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said that a guilty verdict would change the minds … Even Trump’s Allies Admit That A Guilty Verdict Would Hurt HimRead more

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Ominous Sign For Trump As Jury Is Locked In On Prosecution During Closing Argument

The jury is described as attentive and locked into what prosecutors say during the closing arguments … Ominous Sign For Trump As Jury Is Locked In On Prosecution During Closing ArgumentRead more

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Robert DeNiro Shows Up At The Courthouse And Destroys Trump

Robert DeNiro showed up via the Biden campaign outside the courthouse to call Trump a money … Robert DeNiro Shows Up At The Courthouse And Destroys TrumpRead more

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Aileen Cannon May Get The Boot After Rejecting Trump Gag Order Request

Aileen Cannon became the first judge in a Trump case to reject a gag order request, … Aileen Cannon May Get The Boot After Rejecting Trump Gag Order RequestRead more

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Trump Can Only Get Tiffany Trump To Show Up At His Trial

On the day of closing arguments at the hush money trial, Trump’s only family in the … Trump Can Only Get Tiffany Trump To Show Up At His TrialRead more

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Former Trump Lawyer Expects Ex-President To Be Found Guilty

Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb explained why he expects the jury in Manhattan to … Former Trump Lawyer Expects Ex-President To Be Found GuiltyRead more

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Trump Spends Memorial Day Completely Melting Down Over His Trials

Donald Trump paid tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice to their country by attacking … Trump Spends Memorial Day Completely Melting Down Over His TrialsRead more

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Republicans Attack Biden For Talking About His Veteran Dead Son On Memorial Day

Republicans attacked President Biden for mentioning his late son Beau on Memorial Day. Video of Biden: … Republicans Attack Biden For Talking About His Veteran Dead Son On Memorial DayRead more

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Clueless Congressional Republicans Want Trump To Pick Nikki Haley For VP

Some Republicans in Congress are clamoring for Trump to pick Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, or Marco … Clueless Congressional Republicans Want Trump To Pick Nikki Haley For VPRead more

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Pete Buttigieg Devastates Trump On EVs

Pete Buttigieg devastated Trump for putting America last on EVs. Buttigieg said on CBS’s Face The … Pete Buttigieg Devastates Trump On EVsRead more

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Trump’s Lawyer Is Already Trying To Blame MSNBC And CNN For His Conviction

Trump lawyer Alina Habba went on Fox News and claimed that the jury may convict Trump … Trump’s Lawyer Is Already Trying To Blame MSNBC And CNN For His ConvictionRead more

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Tim Scott Gives A Delusional Answer To Libertarians Booing Trump

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said that Donald Trump’s popularity is growing when asked about the Libertarian … Tim Scott Gives A Delusional Answer To Libertarians Booing TrumpRead more

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Shrinking Trump: Dr. Gartner and Dr. Segal about Trump

Background Dr. Gartner is a leading psychologist, psychotherapist, author, activist, and long-time former part-time assistant professor … Shrinking Trump: Dr. Gartner and Dr. Segal about TrumpRead more

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    Claims about celebrity donations to Texas spread on Facebook

  • Scott Jennings - Are 5 million able-bodied Medicaid recipients watching TV all day? That’s unsupported

    Almost 5 million able-bodied Medicaid recipients “simply choose not to work” and “spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.”

  • Timeline: What the Trump administration has said about Epstein files release

    What the Trump admin has said about Epstein files release

  • Social Media - Texas floods fact-check: NWS and NOAA cut jobs, but Trump hasn't ‘defunded’ them

    The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.”

  • Hakeem Jeffries - Permanent tax breaks for billionaires, temporary for everyone else? That’s exaggerated

    President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.”

The Atlantic

  • He Spent His Life Trying to Prove That He Was a Loyal U.S. Citizen. It Wasn’t Enough.

    How Joseph Kurihara lost his faith in America

  • Zohran Mamdani’s Lesson for the Left

    The New York City mayoral primary showcased a better kind of politics than progressives are used to.

  • What Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Understand About Soldiers

    Lethality alone doesn’t win wars.

  • Trump’s New Favorite General

    Dan “Razin” Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, doesn’t want the spotlight—but with this White House, there’s no avoiding it.

  • The Man Who Thinks Medicaid Cuts Won’t Cut Medicaid

    In Kevin Hassett, the Trump administration has picked an especially unfortunate spokesperson.

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  • Why the Big Bill Might Not Be the Elixir Dems Imagined

    Democrats' initial optimism is fading as the bill's political reality sets in.

  • Trump Nobel Nomination Deserves Serious Consideration

    President Donald Trump's nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize shouldn't be laughed at. His accomplishments this year are extraordinary.

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  • The Emptiness of AI Ethics

    What happened to Grok? Recent updates to the X website's built-in chatbot have caused shockwaves, with Grok referring to itself as MechaHitler, propagating antisemitic talking points, fantasising about rape, and blaming Mossad for the death of Jeffrey Epstein. The offensive posts have now been removed. At the time of writing, Grok seems unable to respond [...]Read More...

  • Tom Wolfe's Sociology of the Weird

    Halfway into their famous 1964 road trip from La Honda, California, to New York City, Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters pulled up to a beach on Lake Pontchartrain and dropped acid. For the intrepid travelers, worn out by the July heat after days on the road in their exuberantly decorated Universal Harvester school bus, which wasn't air-conditioned, the tepid Louisiana lake water was a welcome relief

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  • He Spent His Life Trying to Prove That He Was a Loyal U.S. Citizen. It Wasn’t Enough.

    How Joseph Kurihara lost his faith in America

  • Zohran Mamdani’s Lesson for the Left

    The New York City mayoral primary showcased a better kind of politics than progressives are used to.

  • What Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Understand About Soldiers

    Lethality alone doesn’t win wars.

  • Trump’s New Favorite General

    Dan “Razin” Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, doesn’t want the spotlight—but with this White House, there’s no avoiding it.

  • The Man Who Thinks Medicaid Cuts Won’t Cut Medicaid

    In Kevin Hassett, the Trump administration has picked an especially unfortunate spokesperson.

Talking Points Memo

  • Welp

    Neil Jacobs, the nominee to run National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (which includes the National Weather Service), pledged to work...

  • There’s Always Going to be a Conspiracy Theory

    There are plenty of legitimate questions swirling around the devastating flooding in Texas last weekend that left at least 100...

  • The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come

    This article first appeared at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive...

  • Only KBJ Recognizes the Historic Stakes of Trump’s Purges

    A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version....

  • How the ‘Seven Mountains Mandate’ Is Linked to Political Extremism in the US

    This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. Vance...

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  • Hawley moves to block China's buy-up of US farmland as Trump admin sounds alarm

    Sen. Hawley's bill aims to counter Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland, especially near military bases, which officials call a security concern.

  • 10 reasons the DOJ and FBI face backlash over Epstein files flop

    DOJ leaders are facing criticism and resignation calls from one-time supporters after they ended their inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case without releasing new files.

  • Massachusetts bill would force ICE agents to unmask

    New Massachusetts legislation targeting masked ICE agents joins similar Democratic proposals at the federal level, drawing criticism from President Trump.

  • 'Gut check time': Dissent among Senate GOP ranks threatens to reduce Trump's spending cut demand

    Republican senators divided on $9.4 billion cuts to USAID and public broadcasting as leadership plans amendment process for the White House's rescissions package.

  • New book reveals what Obama and 'conqueror' Trump chatted about in viral moment during Carter's funeral

    President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama shared a friendly chat about golf during President Jimmy Carter's funeral, creating a viral moment of bipartisanship before Trump's return to office.

The Hill

  • House Democrat to Jennings: Medicaid caregivers 'working much harder than you are'

    Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) sparred with CNN commentator Scott Jennings over comments he made Wednesday on Medicaid and steep cuts to the program included in President Trump's "big, beautiful" bill. As Torres blasted House Republicans for supporting cuts to Medicaid with the legislation signed into law on July 4, Jennings said "according to the [Congressional...

  • Brennan on reported DOJ scrutiny: 'I've had no contact'

    Former CIA director John Brennan on Wednesday commented on reported scrutiny he has faced from the Justice Department (DOJ), saying he’s “had no contact" with federal officials. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the DOJ saud that former FBI director James Comey and Brennan were facing a “criminal investigation." “I don't know whether or not...

  • Raskin points to Musk remarks in demanding release of Epstein files

    Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) doubled down on his call for the Trump administration to release more material on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, pointing to tech billionaire Elon Musk’s claims that President Trump is implicated in the alleged files. “Elon Musk said that Donald Trump is in the Epstein files, and that’s the real reason they...

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    Mamdani is channeling the very same discontent Trump tapped into on his way to the White House.

  • Woman denied entry at JFK describes 'nightmare' stay at New Jersey ICE facility

    Jane says her recurring nightmares and bruises are reminders of her hours-long detention after being denied entry into the United States.

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  • Judge to weigh blocking Trump on birthright citizenship despite supreme court ruling – US politics live

    US district judge to grant class action status to a lawsuit seeking to represent any babies whose citizenship status would be threatened Erez Reuveni, a fired Justice Department attorney, has provided text messages to the Senate Judiciary committee supporting his whistleblower complaint involving Emil Bove, a top department official who is currently being considered for a seat on the federal bench.Reuveni’s initial complaint, filed last month, included the explosive allegation that Bove had told DoJ lawyers “would need to consider telling the courts ‘fuck you’ and ignore any such court order” blocking efforts blocking attempts to remove immigrants to El Salvador. In May 2023, when Linda Yaccarino, an NBC advertising executive, joined what was then still known as Twitter, she was given a tall order: repair the company’s relationship with advertisers after a chaotic year of being owned by Elon Musk. But just weeks after she became CEO, Musk posted an antisemitic tweet that drove away major brands like Disney, Paramount, NBCUniversal, Comcast, Lionsgate and Warner Bros Discovery to pause their advertising on the platform. Musk delivered an apology for the tweet later at a conference – which he called the worst post he’s ever done – but it came with a message to advertisers, specifically the Disney CEO Bob Iger: “Go fuck yourselves”. Yaccarino was in the audience of the conference. Continue reading...

  • Trump officials axed an online portal for its key climate report. Read it in full here

    Guardian makes legally mandated gold standard report widely available after administration deleted websiteThe future of the US government’s premier climate crisis report is perilously uncertain after the Trump administration deleted the website that housed the periodic, legally mandated assessments that have been produced by scientists over the past two decades.Five national climate assessments have been compiled since 2000 by researchers across a dozen US government agencies and outside scientists, providing a gold standard report to city and state officials, as well as the general public, of global heating and its impacts upon human health, agriculture, water supplies, air pollution and other aspects of American life. Continue reading...

  • Bhutan tried to erase us. Now, Trump’s America is helping | Lok Darjee

    The administration has deported over two dozen refugees back to the very nation that tried to erase us. Democrats must speak upIn mid-March 2025, I sat quietly in the back of a small, crowded room at the Asian Refugees United center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, surrounded by members of the Bhutanese diaspora. The silence was heavy, thick with fear and uncertainty. This modest office, once a vibrant hub for refugee youth, cultural celebrations, and literary competitions, had become an impromptu crisis center, where community leaders scrambled to make sense of the Trump administration’s escalating immigration crackdown on Bhutanese refugees across the country.Robin Gurung, the organization’s executive director, briefly outlined our legal rights. Another organizer then read aloud the names of those detained, awaiting deportation – or worse, already deported to Bhutan, the very country that once expelled them. Continue reading...

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    The legislation may be the most regressive tax measure in US history – but at least Ice should be happy Continue reading...

  • Redrawing Texas: the Republican plan to stack the decks for the midterms

    Redistricting gives Republicans in the state the opportunity to ‘increase their strength and numbers’, experts sayExperts, politicians and concerned Texans say their state could be a blueprint for Republican efforts to stave off losses in next year’s elections, with some calling the GOP division a “festering wound” in Texas – all while Donald Trump stacks the deck against potential Democratic inroads.Last month, nearly 150 people showed up at a Tarrant county commissioners court meeting in north Texas. The packed building wasn’t used to such a high volume of visitors, but the day’s key vote had been hotly contested for weeks. Continue reading...

Politico

  • Josh Cowen is launching a congressional bid in a swing Michigan district

    The Michigan State University professor is making education and affordability central to his campaign.

  • Musk announces arrival of new ‘America Party’ after Trump split

    The billionaire donor has teased the launch of a third party ever since his megabill squabble with Trump.

  • The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

    Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.

  • Dems are gearing up to weaponize Trump’s megabill

    House Democrats see an opportunity to expand the battleground, going on offense into red areas across the country and recruiting candidates deep into Republican territory.

  • This Pennsylvania Republican withstood pressure on the megabill. Here’s why.

    Brian Fitzpatrick, who won his seat in 2016, faces a serious Democratic challenger next year.

NPR

  • DOGE keeps gaining access to sensitive data. Now, it can cut off billions to farmers

    DOGE recently gained high-level access to a database that controls government payments and loans to farmers and ranchers across the U.S.

  • What Makes Us Free?

    What's the role of government in society? What do we mean when we talk about individual responsibility? What makes us free? 'Neoliberalism' might feel like a squishy term that's hard to define and understand. But this ideology, founded by a group of men in the Swiss Alps, is a political project that has dominated our economic system for decades. In the name of free market fundamentals, the forces behind neoliberalism act like an invisible hand, shaping almost every aspect of our lives. This episode originally ran as "Capitalism: What Makes Us Free?" Please add the following after each blurb on podcast and webpages: To access bonus episodes and listen to Throughline sponsor-free, subscribe to Throughline+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/throughline.

  • U.S. issues sanctions against United Nations investigator probing abuses in Gaza

    The State Department's decision to impose sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, follows an unsuccessful campaign to force her removal.

  • Trump sets 50% tariff rate for Brazil, blasting treatment of former far-right president

    President Trump defended former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of plotting an attempted coup following his loss in the 2022 election.

  • Former White House doctor declines to testify in GOP probe of Biden's mental acuity

    Kevin O'Connor cited doctor-patient confidentiality and his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in deciding not to answer questions from Republicans on the House Oversight Committee.

Five Thirty Eight

  • What Americans Think Of The Biden Impeachment Inquiry

    Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly-ish polling roundup. It’s officially impeachment season again. On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced that he’s directing three House committees to start investigating whether President Biden benefited from his son Hunter’s business dealings overseas. McCarthy accused the Biden family of “a culture of corruption,” saying that the Biden administration

  • The Second GOP Debate Could Be Smaller, With Or Without Trump

    The second Republican presidential primary debate is less than two weeks away, so time is running out for GOP contenders to meet the Republican National Committee’s qualification criteria. To make the Sept. 27 debate, each candidate must have at least 3 percent support in two qualifying national polls, or at least 3 percent in one

  • The Senate Is Losing One Of Its Few Remaining Moderate Republicans

    On Wednesday, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney announced he would not run for reelection in 2024. On the surface, the electoral impact of Romney’s decision is minimal — his seat should stay safely in Republican hands. But it’s still notable because it represents the departure of one of the few remaining Republican senators who had a

  • Why ‘Bidenomics’ Isn’t Working For Biden

    Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. nrakich (Nathaniel Rakich, senior elections analyst): For a long time, the economy has been seen as a big liability for President Biden in his reelection bid. Inflation soared in 2021 and 2022, culminating at a rate of 9.1 percent last June. The same

  • Why Biden Is Losing Support Among Voters Of Color

    Among the most politically tuned-in, last week saw the kind of hand-wringing and accusations of bias surrounding the polls that you’d usually expect from the final two months of a campaign, not the final year and two months of a campaign. The focus was largely on general election polls: Whether a Wall Street Journal poll

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