House Republicans think that rooting out fraud will resonate as a win with voters in tackling the affordability crisis, rather than what it actually translates as: more cuts to programs that low-income and disabled Americans rely on to survive.

Republicans’ Plan to Convince Americans They Care About Affordability Is Cartoonishly Out of Touch

I’ve been operating under the assumption that the Trump administration’s interest in...

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Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 8h ago

Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators.

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DHS Spied on Churches, Libraries, and Union Halls in Minneapolis Protest Crackdown

Federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security sent undercover agents to...

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Josh Kovensky@joshkovensky.bsky.social · 9h ago

NSPM-7 Watch: federal agents sent an undercover informant to a Sunrise Movement meeting, obtained years of financial records for labor unions, and spied on churches during and after Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-spi...

Two media orgs are suing Trump over his social media company's $100k subscription service. The groups argue that selling fast access to the president's social posts to paid subscribers violates a First Amendment guarantee of "equal access to the President's" announcements www.npr.org/2026/08/12/n...

Trump sued over service selling faster access to Truth Social posts

The federal lawsuit alleges that the service from the president's media company violates the Constitution. Meanwhile, Trump Media executives say they have signed up more than 10 customers.

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NSPM-7 Watch: federal agents sent an undercover informant to a Sunrise Movement meeting, obtained years of financial records for labor unions, and spied on churches during and after Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-spi...

DHS Spied on Churches, Libraries and Union Halls in Minneapolis Protest Crackdown, Defense Attorney Alleges

Federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security sent undercover agents to...

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Read the plan for Trumps attack on the federal census and constitutional apportionment talkingpointsmemo.com/news/read-a-...

READ: A New Draft Rule for the Census Seeks Sweeping Changes to How Political Power Is Allocated

The Trump administration is planning to dramatically reshape the data the Census...

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TPM's @laylaayanna.bsky.social & @joshkovensky.bsky.social report on the docs that outline the admin's plan for changes to political apportionment and Census data collection. It revives a Trump I effort to exclude undocumented immigrants from the count used to determine congressional representation:

READ: A New Draft Rule for the Census Seeks Sweeping Changes to How Political Power Is Allocated

The Trump administration is planning to dramatically reshape the data the Census...

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Josh Kovensky@joshkovensky.bsky.social · 2d ago

W/@laylaayanna.bsky.social: We're exclusively publishing Trump admin plans to alter the 2030 Census in a way that, critics say, will systematically undercount the population of blue states, diminishing their Congressional delegations. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/read-a-...

W/@laylaayanna.bsky.social: We're exclusively publishing Trump admin plans to alter the 2030 Census in a way that, critics say, will systematically undercount the population of blue states, diminishing their Congressional delegations. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/read-a-...

READ: A New Draft Rule for the Census Seeks Sweeping Changes to How Political Power Is Allocated

The Trump administration is planning to dramatically reshape the data the Census...

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The Trump administration plans to exclude noncitizens from the Census count and stop collecting race and ethnicity data for the first time in Census history, according to documents obtained by TPM. from me with @joshkovensky.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/news/read-a-...

READ: A New Draft Rule for the Census Seeks Sweeping Changes to How Political Power Is Allocated

The Trump administration is planning to dramatically reshape the data the Census...

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Tiffany was one of the GOP lawmakers who signed onto Ken Paxton's lawsuit in 2020 attempting to throw out Wisconsin’s votes & have the state’s Republican-controlled state legislature decide the election.

Trump-Backed Election Denier Expected to Secure GOP Nomination for Wisconsin Governor

Facing little opposition, Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI), an established election denier who...

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Over the past 20 years, the gelato brand Talenti has changed from a small, independent brand to a part of a corporate conglomerate. Has that affected its quality? Our Wirecutter writer charts Talenti through the years to track its flavor and still-tasty options.

The White House told me Trump is prepared to act if foreign governments don't stick to their trade agreement terms. Foreign economic policy experts, however, told me some of the terms will be next to impossible to meet. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/one-yea...

One Year Later, Some of Trump’s Trade Deals Are Real. Others, Not So Much.

During a Cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday, President Donald Trump...

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Some trade agreement investments are already underway, while others have virtually no mechanism to be executed at all.

One Year Later, Some of Trump’s Trade Deals Are Real. Others, Not So Much.

During a Cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday, President Donald Trump...

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We’re now just over 80% of the way toward this year’s goal...

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Trump's Truth API -- which will sell faster access to his market-moving social media posts to Wall Street -- went live this weekend. Subscriptions are $100,000. The service has already raised 🚨 about potential insider trading issues. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/senator...

Senators Urge SEC to Investigate Truth Social Plan to Sell Access to Wall Street

Two influential Senate Democrats are pushing back on the nearly unfathomable idea...

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Under Trump's CFPB, two of the three major credit bureaus have sharply reduced the share of complaints they resolved in customers’ favor. In 2024, Experian’s relief rate was 20%. Last year, that figure fell to less than 1%: https://propub.li/3S3sflq (Published March)

A scoop from me: The Trump administration is about to release a proposed rule that would gut most of the quality standards that define Head Start while blocking undocumented immigrants from enrolling their kids www.thenation.com/article/soci...

A New Trump Rule Would Lower Standards at Head Start and Exclude Immigrants From the Program

The Trump administration is on the verge of releasing a proposed rule that would eliminate crucial quality standards at the nation’s preschool program for low-income children.

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Keith Sonderling's nomination for Labor Secretary was just advanced to the full Senate. As acting Secretary of Labor, Sonderling has weaponized the department against blue states. Here is a snapshot of the man to whom Congress could give a rubber stamp. talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/5...

5 Points on Trump’s Loyal Labor Secretary Nominee

Keith Sonderling has been acting Secretary of Labor since ex-secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer...

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Two influential Senate Democrats are pushing back on the nearly unfathomable idea that a company owned by the sitting U.S. president can sell Wall Street early access to that president’s thoughts and actions. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/senator...

Senators Urge SEC to Investigate Truth Social Plan to Sell Access to Wall Street

Two influential Senate Democrats are pushing back on the nearly unfathomable idea...

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The Fed voted to hold rates as expected. But the vote was split: 3 voting members wanted a rate hike, including Neel Kashkari, a Republican central banker who has defended Fed independence against Trump's attacks www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypoli...

Two small businesses are already suing the Trump administration to block its latest tariffs.

Trump’s New ‘Forced Labor’ Tariffs Were Set Under Sham Pretenses

President Donald Trump has made clear from very early in his second...

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Like other aspects of signature Trump administration policies, the stated reasons behind the administration’s freshest round of tariffs smell like a sham, a former trade official and international trade policy expert told TPM. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...

Trump’s New ‘Forced Labor’ Tariffs Were Set Under Sham Pretenses

President Donald Trump has made clear from very early in his second...

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Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling has weaponized the Department of Labor for Trump's retribution campaign against blue states talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/5...

5 Points on Trump’s Loyal Labor Secretary Nominee

Keith Sonderling has been acting Secretary of Labor since ex-secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer...

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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...

Maryland, with its concentration of federal workers, now has the second worst economy in America. And nationwide, states that rely heavily on federal spending saw their economic rankings drop.

States Are Feeling the Economic Toll of Trump’s War on the Federal Government 

A new report shows how President Donald Trump’s administration is harming state...

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