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few publications i've been more impressed with in recent years. If you're looking for a job like this I'd check this one out.

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Here's my best understanding of the current state of play in the Senate D caucus as of this morning/noon. There's clearly been some movement overnight. I try to give as much detail as I can here abt what counts and what doesn't, what people can do. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/my-be...

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Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bigge...

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insider threat

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On the off chance we're moving out of Kabuki mode, this was my thought on what the Ds core demand should be. Perhaps you negotiate down to this. But this is the key I think. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/this-...

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This seems pretty clear. We cld go into whether he wants to do this or that in what order. But at the moment if/when we found him voting Yes on cloture, I think his constituents wld be in a good position bringing this vid to him.

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If 12 babies were exposed, 10 of them will get measles. You really don’t want to risk being unprotected from measles right now.

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this is like a dystopia confluence of the worst story and the stupidest story. and unlike reeces they don't taste great together.

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Judge Alsup just now, on Ezell's evasion: "The government has tried to frustrate the judge’s ability to get at the truth of what happened here. It set forth a sham declaration, then withdrew it, then substituted another. That’s not the way it works in the U.S. District Court."

submitted 3 hours ago • 50 comments

Folks, DOGE wants unfettered access to your personal tax records real REAL bad www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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We Ain't Foolin, People ... Just cracked open the live blog Kracken for the big decision Sen Dems are going to have to make today, with @kateriga.bsky.social and @emineirmakyucel.bsky.social at the helm. talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/se...

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@juddlegum.bsky.social's MuskWatch rolls out the DOGE tracker, showing that $96B of DOGE's claimed savings are bullshit. doge.muskwatch.com

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@joshtpm.bsky.social makes an important point: "the current executive orders call for reducing the government to the size of what is left open during a shutdown." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/here-...

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Every single Ways & Means Republican voted today to block transparency and protect DOGE's access to your sensitive information. Why are they so afraid to defend the rule of law and stand up to President Trump and Elon Musk?

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U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

submitted 19 hours ago • 289 comments

The first step to being able to win is the willingness to lose well. If you're not prepared to lose well you will usually lose badly. This is a fact that applies across so many of life's challenges.

submitted 18 hours ago • 37 comments

So if Dems had actually decided to go to the mat over this or if something changes dramatically and they decide to, here's my idea of what their ask should be. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/this-...

submitted 16 hours ago • 23 comments

honestly seems like a pretty appropriate spiritual advisor for Trump

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We're 8 days into our Annual TPM Membership Drive and we're 64% of the way toward our goal of adding 2500 new members. We have a great team which is doing great work, many people are saying. Right now is a great time to subscribe! talkingpointsmemo.com/memberships?...

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NEW: Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bigge...

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The WSJ is now comparing Trump to Herbert Hoover. www.wsj.com/economy/is-t...

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A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to at least temporarily halt the unprecedented penalties it levied on a powerful law firm that has represented clients whom President Donald Trump considers his political enemies.

submitted 20 hours ago • 30 comments

If this is the transition what’s the full thing gonna be like?

submitted 22 hours ago • 56 comments

I've been out so didn't know we had this piece coming. But our new write-up explains how this switcheroo will work. Dems give up 60 vote threshold in exchange for being allowed to offer amendments that will fail. That's what they're doing. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/after-h...

submitted 20 hours ago • 264 comments

Social Security admin is already having to scale back services because of the DOGE cuts. And this is only the beginning.

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I don't know who the Senate Ds were trying to fool here. If they decided that this wasn't worth fighting over OR that it was a fight they were destined to lose then just be clear about that. They got elected. I didn't. You didn't. But I don't like being lied to or having people try to ...

submitted 20 hours ago • 31 comments

Okay, Schumer's speech was a head fake. This is the Senate D caucus trying to fool their own supporters. Sorry to say that but that's what's happening.

submitted 20 hours ago • 199 comments

As I've said several times, nothing is over till it's over. With enough pressure, perhaps they'll shift. But right now, this is the plan. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/after-h...

submitted 19 hours ago • 53 comments

I try to explain here what's happening. A bit of choreography to allow Senate Dems to fold without seeming to fold. They give up the 60 vote threshold and that's the end of the story. See below and the separate piece by TPM hill reporter @emineirmakyucel.bsky.social who gives more in depth detail.

submitted 19 hours ago • 38 comments

It's probably premature to suggest Musk is cooked but I wrote about the dangerous game he's playing. how the protests are working, how people are mad, and how you can really see the contours of how the whole thing could collapse for him www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

submitted 21 hours ago • 110 comments

With everything I've said tonight about the Senate Dems head fake, nothing is over until it's over. This is 100% the plan right now. But if people aren't happy with it they should continue to make crystal clear to Dem senators have they feel about this. Enough pressure could change it.

submitted 18 hours ago • 24 comments

Oh Leana

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One of the many revelations in this piece is that routine tech crashes are ALREADY happening on Social Security Administration computers after DOGE canceled various tech contracts. www.propublica.org/article/reco...

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Demolishing The Dept. Of Education Dumps Fuel On A Public Ed Crisis Already Underway talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/trump-d...

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JUST IN: Citibank reveals in a court filing that it has been asked to freeze funds for a Biden-era climate program by: -The FBI -The EPA administrator -The EPA IG -Treasury www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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VERY IMPORTANT: This is just a trick. It's a way for Democratic senator to say they oppose the bill while letting it pass. It's not much of a trick. I mean, everyone will see it. But still this is simply a way of hoodwinking constituents. If they want to vote for it just vote for it.

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“We never see the crises that the government averts, only the ones it fails to prevent. Preparing for them may seem wasteful—until suddenly, tragically, it doesn’t.” My latest, on how Musk is courting catastrophic risk: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Tesla, by the day, month and year-to-date:

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Every few years (as a federal worker), I had to take required training in preservation of government documents and records. This was definitely not in the training

submitted 2 days ago • 66 comments

Definitely did not predict a call to MAGA world to go buy Teslas

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True story - on the air the day after Election Day 2016 I quoted a listener asking me how it had happened, and would things be alright. I said - again, on the air - that things would be okay, because I believed institutions and people would hold. 1/2

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So good. 👏👏

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The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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