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Iran Threatens New Offensive as Memorandum of Understanding with...

Trump Demands an AI Data Center in Every Pot

As many have noted, opposition to AI data centers is one of the very few issues that cuts across political...

Fine-Tuning the ICE Murder Machine

As I noted yesterday, after the killings of Good and Pretti in Minneapolis last winter, ICE/DHS shifted strategy, trying to...

Ahead of Blanche Hearing, Judge Says Trump Tried to ‘Manipulate the Judicial Process’ With IRS Settlement

A judge has reached the same conclusion as many others about President Trump’s attempt to loot the Treasury to line...

The ICE Murders Surge

We’ve discussed a number of times that the high-profile/high-violence occupations of blue cities in 2025 and early 2026 were never...

We Need Your Help to Do This

We had a solid first week of this year’s Annual TPM Journalism Fund Drive. But we have a long way...

The Unofficial List of Republicans Who May Throw Their Hat in the Ring to Replace Lindsey Graham 

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died Saturday evening from a “brief and sudden illness” at the age of 71. The longtime...

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