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It’s a bipartisan issue that elected officials are rushing to be on the right side of. Except Trump, who has actively insulted ppl who are suspicious of the new projects & whose admin is actively trying to change fed policy that allows for community input at the onset of new data center construction
Chicago Mayor Bets on Political Potency Of Data Center Resistance
‘We Are Not For Sale’ Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson officially kicked off...
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Several other cities across Illinois have already placed a pause on new construction of data centers as public backlash spreads.
Chicago Mayor Bets on Political Potency Of Data Center Resistance
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson officially kicked off his reelection campaign last Sunday...
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Who Knows What the Midterms Will Bring: But You Can Enjoy the GOP’s Sweet Agony Today!
Who Knows What the Midterms Will Bring: But You Can Enjoy the GOP’s Sweet Agony Today!
We don’t know what’s going to happen in the midterms. But we...
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@letsgomathias.bsky.social shares details from his investigation into the most extreme Republican candidate running in the 2026 midterms, who is all but guaranteed to win his seat: www.tiktok.com/@talkingpoin...
TPM Reporter Christopher Mathias reveals the most extreme candidate running for office right now. #florida #politics #fl #investigation #exposed
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Public comment closed Sunday on an HHS request that has public health experts and attorneys worried that RFK might do away with effective federal vaccine recommendations altogether.
The HHS Appears to Be Prepping for Big Changes to Childhood Vaccine Recommendations
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has escorted his dangerous vaccine skepticism into the...
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The fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America.
Brett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It...
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TPM Reporter @letsgomathias.bsky.social just did a video going through all the highlights of his latest investigation www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8TPMwmb/
TPM Reporter Christopher Mathias reveals the most extreme candidate running for office right now. #florida #politics #fl #investigation #exposed
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Ford's Theatre is is just one of several possibilities in an apparent move to line up new naming honors for Trump after he ran into a legal buzzsaw in his attempt to add his name to the Kennedy Center, a memorial for another slain president.
Will Ford’s Theatre of All Places Really Be Trump’s Next Renaming Project?
Scenes From a Personalist Regime The man who famously slapped his name...
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Josh Marshall: The best way to look at the current environment is that Democrats are almost certain to have a strong election. The extent and intensity is what's uncertain.
Are the Polls Accurate? (Are We Doing This Again?)
This won’t come as huge news to most. But I’m getting asked...
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Three Conservative Judges Lob SCOTUS Another, Long-Shot Chance to Jam Through Missouri Gerrymander The Supreme Court will weigh in a third time on Missouri Republicans’ attempts to ram through a maximal gerrymander after twice rejecting those efforts.
Three Conservative Judges Lob SCOTUS Another, Long-Shot Chance to Jam Through Missouri Gerrymander
The Supreme Court will weigh in a third time on Missouri Republicans’...
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Missouri earlier this year sued the Trump admin with an audacious demand: conduct apportionment in a way that excludes many immigrants, giving more power to Missouri in the House and less to blue states. But Missouri has now dropped its suit, convinced that the Trump admin plans to do just that.
Missouri Dismisses Hail-Mary Lawsuit to Gain More Political Power, Confident Trump Admin Will Do What it Wants
The state of Missouri early this year sued the Department of Commerce...
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Trump's polls are so bad that one election-denying Republican candidate now admits Biden won in 2020.
GOP Candidates Find Creative New Ways to Distance Themselves From Trump
Pay No Attention to That Man Inside the White House Florida gubernatorial...
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GOP candidates urge voters: Pay no attention to that man inside the White House!
GOP Candidates Find Creative New Ways to Distance Themselves From Trump
Pay No Attention to That Man Inside the White House Florida gubernatorial...
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Curtis is not up for reelection until 2030, so he does not fit neatly within the (minor) trend of Republicans gently bucking the president ahead of what polls say could be a dismal midterm election for the GOP.
Durbin Responds to GOP Sen’s Request for Don Jr Probe: ‘Corruption Must Never be Tolerated’
‘A Toaster Is a Wedding Gift’ A Republican member of the Senate...
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The GOP senator argued that his colleagues were being a little hypocritical about Don Jr. after turning the "subpoena machine" on Hunter Biden.
Durbin Responds to GOP Sen’s Request for Don Jr Probe: ‘Corruption Must Never be Tolerated’
‘A Toaster Is a Wedding Gift’ A Republican member of the Senate...
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In moving to dismiss its suit even prior to the finalization of the Census Bureau’s embattled rule, attorneys for Missouri appear to expect that the rule will move forward.
Missouri Dismissed Hail-Mary Lawsuit to Gain More Political Power, Confident Trump Admin Will Do What it Wants
The state of Missouri early this year sued the Department of Commerce...
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The comical new report from the WSJ — the substance of which Pulte denies — is the latest log on the fire of the rivalry between Pulte and Blanche.
LOL: Bill Pulte Dug Into Todd Blanche’s Mortgages
Pass the Popcorn, Please Bill Pulte — Trump’s posterboard-carrying golden retriever —...
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In 2024, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping pay-to-play investigation examining interactions between Sen. Susan Collins and a top donor, records and emails show.
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates...
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A new attempt to politicize NIH grants is the latest chapter in a theme that has defined the second Trump administration: expanding executive branch power and marginalizing Congress.
Congress Declares Its Opposition to Vought’s Latest Scheme
But Will Lawmakers Finally Act to Rein Vought In? Top appropriators in...
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The pool is a system that news outlets have been using for decades to help split the cost of having cameras follow the president's moves on a daily basis.
News Organizations Band Together in White House Boycott
The news outlets that make up the TV pool that covers the...
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It's a sign the admin is promoting its immigration crackdown to mobilize right-wing evangelical and Catholic voters in the midterms. More from Sarah here: talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/homan-s...
Homan Stumps for Georgia GOPers by Promoting ICE Brutality in Speech to Evangelicals
In Church, Merch, and State, Sarah Posner writes about the intersection of religion and...
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@sarahposner.bsky.social has a new piece out on TPM today about border czar Tom Homan's speech before an evangelical crowd in Georgia last week that was heavy on profanity & an overall celebration of Trump's anti-immigrant brutality:
Homan Stumps for Georgia GOPers by Promoting ICE Brutality in Speech to Evangelicals
In Church, Merch, and State, Sarah Posner writes about the intersection of religion and...
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Josh Marshall: The U.S. doesn't really have a policy. It has the mindset and top fears, on any given day, of Donald Trump.
Things Fall Apart (in the Middle East): The Donald Trump Story
One of the key arguments for a great power — other than...
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Homan's speech before the Georgia Faith and Freedom Coalition signals that the admin is promoting its immigration crackdown to mobilize right-wing evangelical and Catholic voters in the midterms.
Homan Stumps for Georgia GOPers by Promoting ICE Brutality in Speech to Evangelicals
In Church, Merch, and State, Sarah Posner writes about the intersection of religion and...
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Two ICE incidents over the weekend are reminiscent of the peak violence during mass deportation operations back in the winter PLUS a major court ruling should temper some of the worst elements of the administration's brutal third-country deportation policy.
ICE Involved in Two Violent Incidents Over the Weekend
Trump’s Mass Deportation Op Grinds On We start today with two incidents...
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The OMB director is, yet again, attempting to again assert control over grantmaking at the National Institutes of Health.
Russ Vought’s Latest Scheme to Tighten His Grip on Federal Grants
Russ Vought Wants to Veto NIH Funding The White House’s attempts to...
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How GOP Infighting Put the Spotlight on a Far-Right Secret Society of Influential Christian Men
How GOP Infighting Put the Spotlight on a Far-Right Secret Society of Influential Christian Men
It usually doesn’t take a lot, but Erick Erickson managed to do it this week: cause the far-right to melt down online. He published an article on his Substack…
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I asked Greg Bovino about the killing of Alex Pretti yesterday. He blamed a "light touch" towards "anarchists and rioters" in Minneapolis that allowed "lawlessness" to "fester" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...
In New York, Greg Bovino Says DHS’ ‘Light Touch’ Allowed Minneapolis ‘Lawlessness’
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Greg Bovino knows Minneapolis is a problem. The...
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