Josh Kovensky
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JTF Vanguard, the DOJ's task force implementing NSPM-7, took credit for this case against a Florida man sentenced to two years for threatening to kill President Trump, Jerome Powell, and Eric Swalwell www.justice.gov/usao-ndfl/pr...
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My latest for @talkingpointsmemo.com: How Netanyahu’s MAGA Evangelical Backers Are Grappling With Backlash Against Him talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/how-net...
How Netanyahu’s MAGA Evangelical Backers Are Grappling With Backlash Against Him
In Church, Merch, and State, Sarah Posner writes about the intersection of religion and...
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"And it pointedly raised the concern that most senior Democratic strategists in 2024 were 'financially secure' and thus removed from the challenges facing many Americans." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Author of Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Says Party Left Out Key Chapter (Gift Article)
A dispute over the chapter between the author and the Democratic National Committee has added to the party’s turmoil as it tries to look forward, not backward.
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"The atmosphere was better than what he experienced in U.S. detention, he said, with some Russian officials relating to him as a human, even if they berated the soldiers as “traitors.”" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/w...
The U.S. Deported Him to Jail in Russia. Then He Escaped.
Facing a long prison sentence or a forced trip to the front line of a war he opposes, Artyom Vovchenko believed it was worth taking a risk.
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TPM unpacks more of the centrality of far right criminals, including Jake Lang, to the Minnesota Antifa case. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jayden-...
Extremely Online: Minnesota ‘Antifa’ Cases Born of Internet Beef With Far-right Activists
In two cases this year, federal prosecutors announced that they had finally...
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People talk about the hollowing out of DOJ. But a lot of the slack has been taken up by online influencers and Twitter accounts. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jayden-...
How the DOJ sided with a far-right activist who celebrated Renee Good's killing in two cases it brought against "Antifa" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jayden-...
Extremely Online: Minnesota ‘Antifa’ Cases Born of Internet Beef With Far-right Activists
In two cases this year, federal prosecutors announced that they had finally...
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A far-right activist who cheered Renee Good's killing says Trump's DOJ has shown his side 'grace.'
Extremely Online: Minnesota ‘Antifa’ Cases Born of Internet Beef With Far-right Activists
In two cases this year, federal prosecutors announced that they had finally...
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NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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let he who hasn’t ever gotten so carried away illegally impounding federal funds that they killed hundreds of thousands of people cast the first stone
Elon Musk says he got ‘carried away’ with Trump – but still holds on to contentious political views
In interview, billionaire says instead of running ‘Doge’ he should’ve ‘worked on my companies’ and shares extreme predictions
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Newsletter: The Clarity Act cryptocurrency market structure bill may well be dead, as the crypto industry has spent $200 million to get a bill too corrupt for Democrats to pass and a president too corrupt to sign anything that might meaningfully limit his grift. www.citationneeded.news/issue-107/
Issue 107 – An unserious offer
The crypto industry has spent $200 million to get a bill too corrupt for Democrats to pass and a president too corrupt to sign anything that might meaningfully limit his grift.
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Sen. Cornyn's office said he got “confirmation that all unobligated PEPFAR funds expiring in September will be obligated as expeditiously as possible."
Cornyn Threatens to Block Trump Noms Over Unreleased PEPFAR Funds — And Quickly Relents
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Tuesday threatened to vote against President Donald...
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@kateriga.bsky.social joined @leahlitman.bsky.social of @strictscrutiny.bsky.social to break down the biggest decisions out of the recent Supreme Court term, which cases have flown under the radar, and the million dollar question: what happened to Sam Alito’s brain? www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUhE...
Sam Alito Has Gone Feral
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Was a national civics competition for high-school kids ... Rigged? Biased? Botched? I followed one family through Trump's patriotic contest and found a remarkable story about our age of suspicion. For @notus.com: www.notus.org/national/ame...
Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest
America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.
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The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it? www.ft.com/content/0e56...
The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?
Washington has given diverging accounts of where the earthquake-shattered country’s funds are going
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According to Lindell, proof that he is, in fact, registered in the North Star state is his temp MN license, a copy of which he shared with TPM in a text message. (The doc he shared with TPM had a Sept 19, 2025 app date and a Jan. 17, 2026 expiration date.) More from @khayahimmelman.bsky.social:
Mike Lindell Is Not Registered to Vote in Minnesota. He Claims His Temp ID Registers Him.
Pillow magnate and election denier Mike Lindell, who is also the Trump-endorsed...
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Last week @joshkovensky.bsky.social and I recorded an ep with @kateriga.bsky.social and then, Josh and I both got on a plane and flew to Idaho. You'll here more about Idaho in good time....For now make sure to check out this ep!
Sports and The Right | The TPM Social Club
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@joshtpm.bsky.social joined @arimelber.bsky.social to talk DOJ corruption and @joshkovensky.bsky.social's exclusive about a federal prosecutor who marched at Jan 6 now leading Trump’s task force targeting alleged left-wing political violence. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
Exclusive: Trump DOJ’s Top ‘Antifa’ Prosecutor Marched With Crowd on Jan. 6 talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
Exclusive: Trump DOJ’s Top ‘Antifa’ Prosecutor Marched With Crowd on Jan. 6
On Jan. 6, 2021, a man approached the Capitol who looked like...
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NEWS: The Trump administration has activated a secretive and never-before-used legal process to quickly deport foreign nationals deemed to be “alien terrorists” or their immediate family members. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
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NEW: Aurora Police say an ICE detention center employee shot a protester last night. She is expected to survive. 42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges.
Trump Media pitched $100,000 monthly fee for fast feed of president’s posts. What a shakedown www.ft.com/content/e466...
Trump Media pitched $100,000 monthly fee for fast feed of president’s posts
Family company has quoted the six-figure sum for high-speed access to Truth Social platform
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Only 15% of Americans "strongly support" Trump -- compared to 27% after the Jan. 6 coup attempt. And for the first time, "strongly support" is outnumbered by "somewhat support." www.cnn.com/2026/07/17/p...
Trump’s devoted base is really shrinking now | CNN Politics
Few factors have loomed over American politics for the past decade like President Donald Trump’s sway over his base.
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Smokejumper Sam Forstag's race in Montana is an intriguing test of the recent blue wave. He's also got a lot of harsh words for the Democratic Party about their efforts to embrace "affordability" messaging and working class men running for office. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/can-the...
Can the New Progressive Wave That’s Reshaping the Democratic Party Win in a Rural Red State?
As a smoke jumper, Sam Forstag fought a relentless game of inches. ...
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I feel like it’s been years since I saw a snake guy in NYC and now I’ve seen three in a week
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Josh Kovensky@joshkovensky.bsky.social · 3w agoThe prosecutor running the DOJ's big effort to clamp down on protesters under NSPM-7 marched on the Capitol on January 6 talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
