Senate Democrats Cave, Giving Up Only Real Point Of Leverage Until The Fall
Published: March 15, 2025 12:00
Hello itās the weekend. This is The Weekender āļø Much to the baseās chagrin, a handful of Senate Democrats voted...
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A Missed Opportunity
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-missed-opportunity
Published: March 15, 2025 01:18
I said like a week ago that Iām pretty confident the GOP is going to get wrecked in the 2026...
They Know the Score
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/they-know-the-score
Published: March 15, 2025 00:30
This speaks for itself. From NBC News ā¦ WASHINGTON ā Vice President JD Vance acknowledged Friday that Elon Musk has...
Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill To Protect Washington D.C. From House GOP Budget Slash
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/senate-bipartisan-washington-dc
Published: March 14, 2025 22:29
Senators moved quickly to cobble together a standalone bill to shield Washington D.C. from a $1 billion budget cut written...
Raskin Pushes DOJ To Rein In DC US Attorney Ed Martin
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/raskin-pushes-doj-to-rein-in-dc-us-attorney-ed-martin
Published: March 14, 2025 21:58
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, is calling for a DOJ Inspector General investigation...
Trumpās DOJ Takeover Complete: In Speech From DOJ Podium, Trump Declares Cases Against Him āBullshitā
Published: March 14, 2025 21:32
On Friday, another stunning sign of the complete White House takeover of the Justice Department arrived: President Donald Trump delivered...
EXCLUSIVE: Senate Dems Drop Demand For Amendment Vote On Clean, 4-Week CR
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusive-senate-democrats-amendment-vote-cr
Published: March 14, 2025 19:55
Senate Democrats dropped their push for a vote on an amendment to the GOPās continuing resolution that would keep the...
Looking Squarely at a Shutdown
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/looking-squarely-at-a-shutdown
Published: March 14, 2025 17:12
Itās hard to write clearly when youāre being flooded with new information. But here goes. Iāve heard people arguing the...
Taking Stock of Friday Morning
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/taking-stock-of-friday-morning
Published: March 14, 2025 15:36
Iām trying to bring together the latest information on the funding bill this morning, I have some but not all...
Trump Targets Higher Ed In Pure Authoritarian Move
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trump-targets-higher-ed-in-pure-authoritarian-move
Published: March 14, 2025 14:20
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPMās Morning Memo.Ā Sign upĀ for the email version....
Senate Democrats Expected To Help Pass House Republican CR
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/senate-democrats-republican-cr
Published: March 14, 2025 14:16
Following Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumerās (D-NY) announcement that he would help pass the Houseās far-right spending bill, a few...
Black Thursday in the Democratic Senate: An Explainer
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/black-thursday-in-the-democratic-senate-an-explainer
Published: March 14, 2025 01:21
I want to share a few thoughts on what happened today in the Senate. There was a steady drumbeat throughout...
Shutdown Or Not, Trump Admin Is Prepping New Ways To Ignore Separation Of Powers
Published: March 13, 2025 22:27
House and Senate Democrats on their chambersā appropriations committees have been saying for weeks that they want to negotiate bipartisan...
Rep. Grijalva Dead
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rep-grijalva-dead
Published: March 13, 2025 21:36
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D), 12 term Rep. from Arizonaās 7th district has died, aged 77, from complications from on-going cancer...
My Best Understanding of the Current Senate State of Play
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/my-best-understanding-of-the-current-senate-state-of-play
Published: March 13, 2025 17:04
Hereās my best read of where things stand right now up in the Senate. There does seem to have been...
Listen To This: Democratsā Big Test
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/listen-to-this-democrats-big-test
Published: March 13, 2025 16:45
A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Kate and Josh discuss Senate Democratsā tactics on...
Senate Democrats Decide Whether To Take A Stand On Republicansā Poison-Pilled CR
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/senate-democrats-cr-republicans
Published: March 13, 2025 15:16
We have less than two days to go before government funding runs out. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told...
Federal Judge Slams Trump Executive Order Targeting Perkins Coie
Published: March 13, 2025 13:52
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPMās Morning Memo.Ā Sign upĀ for the email version....
Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR
Published: March 13, 2025 01:10
Federal workers obviously donāt like government shutdowns. Most of them are furloughed. Others are forced to continue working without pay....
This Was My Idea Pre-Kabuki
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/this-was-my-idea-pre-kabuki
Published: March 13, 2025 00:33
In the half-hour or so that I thought Dems were actually going to go to the mat over the continuing...
The Kabuki Cave
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-kabuki-cave
Published: March 12, 2025 23:25
As you could see from my comments here and some occasional comments on Bluesky I felt pretty confident for most...
Marjorie Taylor Greeneās āDOGEā Subcommittee Rushed To Defend Elon Muskās Car Company
Published: March 12, 2025 22:31
Tech billionaire Elon Muskāās electric car company, Tesla, has faced a recent wave of protests, vandalism, and stock price drama...
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trumpās Vendetta Against Law Firm
Published: March 12, 2025 22:18
A federal judge blocked parts of Donald Trumpās executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie from the bench Wednesday,...
After Heated Dem Meeting, Schumer Says Dems Will Push For Vote On Short Term CR First
Published: March 12, 2025 21:52
With less than three days to go before government funding runs out, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is calling...
āThe President Wanted It And I Did Itā: Recording Reveals Head Of Social Securityās Thoughts On DOGE And Trump
Published: March 12, 2025 16:06
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The Last Day
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-last-day-3
Published: March 12, 2025 15:46
I feel pretty certain that today is the last day to have any impact on what Democratic Senators will do...
Demolishing The Dept. Of Education Dumps Fuel On A Public Ed Crisis Already Underway
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/trump-department-of-education-public-school-funding
Published: March 12, 2025 15:11
This article is part ofĀ TPM Cafe, TPMās home for opinion and news analysis.Ā As far as most American families were...
Behold The Golden Age Of Public Corruption In America
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/behold-the-golden-age-of-public-corruption-in-america
Published: March 12, 2025 14:12
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPMās Morning Memo.Ā Sign upĀ for the email version....
Here Are the Arguments for Why Senate Ds Should Vote Yes and Why Theyāre Wrong
Published: March 12, 2025 04:57
Over the last week a few TPM Readers have written in with contrary arguments about how to deal with the...
At Best, A Pointless Detour
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/trump-ukraine-ceasefire-vance
Published: March 11, 2025 22:36
Itās amazing what can happen without JD Vance in the room. American and Ukrainian negotiators agreed after a summit in...
Trump And Johnson Push Funding Bill Through House Amid Dem Outcry Over DOGE, Govāt Purges
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-johnson-continuing-resolution-shutdown-doge
Published: March 11, 2025 22:10
The House passed Speaker Mike Johnsonās (R-LA) continuing resolution 217-213 Tuesday afternoon, bringing Congress one step closer to avoiding a...
Judge Questions Where Trump Is Getting Authority For Firing At Africa AgencyāBut Is Inclined To Let It Stand
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-firing-africa-agency
Published: March 11, 2025 21:23
A federal judge expressed unease about President Trumpās attempted takeover of yet another agency, yet indicated that he was inclined...
Is NIH Brass Targeting South Africa?
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/is-nih-brass-targeting-south-africa
Published: March 11, 2025 19:00
A very odd query went out today through NIH: a āshort turnaround callā from the office of the Director looking...
Elon Musk and the the Threat of the Over-Mighty Subject, Part I
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/elon-musk-and-the-the-threat-of-the-over-mighty-subject-part-i
Published: March 11, 2025 16:56
In the era that I studied when I was still part of the academic world one recurrent topic was that...
Johnson Preps To Hold Vote On His And Trumpās Govāt Funding Bill
Published: March 11, 2025 16:32
With just days to go until government funding expires, the House is set to vote this afternoon on a stopgap...
Please Take a Moment To Read This
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/please-take-a-moment-to-read-this
Published: March 11, 2025 14:40
Weāre now one week into our Annual TPM Membership Drive, which we do every year in March. Memberships are our...
Trump DOJ Befools Itself Over Restoring Mel Gibsonās Gun Rights
Published: March 11, 2025 14:13
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPMās Morning Memo.Ā Sign upĀ for the email version....
Remembering Kevin Drum
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/remembering-kevin-drum
Published: March 11, 2025 01:58
Kevin Drum died on Friday. Many of you knew Kevinās blog. For those who didnāt he was one of the...
The Supreme Court Got Its Fourth Justice To Hear Challenge To Conversion Therapy Ban
Published: March 10, 2025 21:44
The Supreme Court on Monday announced that it would hear an attempt to overturn Coloradoās ban of conversion therapy for...
5 Points On The Funding Bill Johnson And Trump Want To Squeeze Through The House
Published: March 10, 2025 17:15
The week in which Republicans must find a way to fund the government has arrived. Without new legislation, a shutdown...
Tally
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/tally-3
Published: March 10, 2025 17:14
In this post I am collecting reports about where Democratic Senators are telling constituents they stand on the Trump/Elon bill....
Will Dems Pick Up Their Sword?
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/will-dems-pick-up-their-sword
Published: March 10, 2025 16:05
(Ed. Note: I go into a lot of detail below. The bottom line is Democrats have about 48 hours to...
Senior Ranks Of DOJ Hit With New Wave Of Trump Purges
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/senior-ranks-of-doj-hit-with-new-wave-of-trump-purges
Published: March 10, 2025 14:24
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPMās Morning Memo.Ā Sign upĀ for the email version....
My Other Life
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/my-other-life
Published: March 9, 2025 13:48
I usually go many years between writing anywhere else but TPM. But I got tempted by the opportunity to write...
Secretive DC Influence Project Appears To Be Running A Group House For Right-Wing Lawmakers
Published: March 9, 2025 12:30
This article was originally published at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. For a project explicitly designed to influence Congress,...
Sounds Like Senate Dems May Not Hold the Line
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/sounds-like-senate-dems-may-not-hold-the-line
Published: March 8, 2025 22:39
So it looks like at least Roll Call thinks Republicans will be able to pass their continuing resolution through the...