It is uncommon for Donald Trump to observe within the footsteps of anybody apart from his personal, particularly these of his solely semi-serious rival Ron DeSantis, however the former president has jumped on the shutdown bandwagon, maybe satisfied of its effectiveness as a marketing campaign technique. Earlier this month, DeSantis reportedly spoke with some present… Read More »
In right this moment’s Morning Be aware, David factors out that Donald Trump’s newest ravings have been so excessive that they’ve managed to interrupt by way of, at the least partially, the wall of apathy within the mainstream media. Trump pledges to close down Comcast (proprietor of MSNBC) for “treason” if he returns to workplace,… Read More »
The fifth Circuit Court docket of Appeals this morning abruptly withdrew a Monday order giving crimson states an opportunity at a much bigger win in a case that has blocked a lot of the Biden administration from reporting misinformation on social media websites. The clerk of the Fifth Circuit Court docket instructed TPM that the… Read More »
In final evening’s column, I famous that whereas Bob Menendez Dam in D.C. was principally holding out, it was a really completely different story in New Jersey the place almost everybody within the state get together institution referred to as for him to resign. In simply the previous two hours the capital’s dam appears to… Read More »
Extra Democratic senators have joined rising requires Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign from workplace after he was indicted on federal bribery and corruption prices final week. Over the weekend, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) turned the primary Democratic senator to publicly name on Menendez to resign. Since then an increasing number of of his Democratic… Read More »
The Supreme Court docket on Tuesday denied Alabama’s request for a keep, the primary signal that it’s going to not gladly abide by state officers’ makes an attempt to undo the Supreme Court docket’s June ruling that struck down its maps. There was no public opposition, nor any further clarification past a single sentence denial… Read More »
Amid the gold bullion, Mercedes-Benz, and meat allegations, it is easy to miss a central cost in Sen. Robert Menendez’s (D-N.J.) indictment: It is about international affect. Menendez faces three counts of public corruption within the indictment, however prosecutors spend the primary 30 paragraphs specializing in the senator’s alleged relationship with the Egyptian authorities. Prosecutors… Read More »
Many issues occurred. Listed here are a few of the issues. That is TPM’s morning memo. subscription For e mail copy. “Work exhausting to withstand numbness.” In the identical method that the US is just not resistant to the ravages of political violence, it doesn’t have a particular potential to place the toothpaste of political… Read More »
In the event you watch politics lengthy sufficient you will notice that the key to not being pressured to resign is easy: do not resign. frequent sense? Certain, in a approach. However for numerous politicians, this stays unusually elusive. It’s the sort of political scandal that may solely be absolutely revealed to those that have… Read More »
One of many few instruments that far-right Home Republicans must maintain Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) of their clutches is their skill to pressure a vote to oust him as Speaker. It is certainly one of many concessions he made to safe the gavel, which is why many anticipate McCarthy to maintain returning to the hostage… Read More »