John Light

New: In 2019, *1 day* after Trump rally crowd chanted "send her back!" abt Ilhan Omar, Schumer decried GOP "silence" over "despicable" chant Now, *14 days* after raid on Omar home, part of Trump attempt to literally "send her back," Schumer is silent. My story: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chuck-s...

QAnon believers celebrating the nine year anniversary of Hillary Clinton not getting arrested by hoping this is the actual year Hillary Clinton gets arrested.

"It’s difficult to overstate how much billionaires dominate Republican campaign funding. We’re talking about a few dozen families and, at the highest tier, a small handful of men." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/three...

This is a fairly common gender gap, kind of holding the middle between that of conservative and far-right parties, reflecting the Bolsonaro coalition.

Tina Peters will apparently be on 60 Minutes, and is strangely described in this press release as a “top” election official.

Lights are reflected off a bulletproof screen as President Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina. More photos of the week: reut.rs/4yGkBNh 📷 Evan Vucci

An explainer on Court packing/expansion/unpacking: talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/clearin...

Laura Loomer is picking a fight with the DOJ, accusing officials of not delivering for veterans.

We won't know whether one of Trump's signature economic policies worked to help low and middle income tax filers because Treasury appears to be holding up the data release, which is prohibited by law. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...

When this story published, was unaware of Ramaswamy's campaign using Acton's estranged mom in ad to deny her own account of sexual abuse For all MAGA's transphobia, Islamophobia, & ugly racism targeting Haitians, Somalis & Indians this election cycle, it's also embracing explicit, ugly rape denial

New: Bernadette Greene-Placentia would like you to know the story of her rape is not an "October Surprise" or a "hoax," as prominent MAGA influencers have suggested, concocted to win votes My interview w/ the congressional candidate, for @talkingpointsmemo.com talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dem-can...

Data that would have told us what impact the One Big Beautiful Bill had on Americans — scheduled for release by the IRS in July — never became public.

Democrats say they are planning to extensively probe the DOGE rampage that kicked off Donald Trump's second term if they retake a chamber of Congress and obtain subpoena power.

The administration's two big challenges for the next month: 1. Cancel the midterms, declare martial law, arrest all Democrats, and annoint Trump as American God King Forever. 2. Hire a press secretary who can make it a week.

As usual, the same cluster of groups targeted talkingpointsmemo.com?p=1560475&ut...

Reuters now confirms much of what Josh reported.

Seven years ago

A few weeks ago when Chris Rufo devoted a podcast episode to "The Indian Question," Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi denounced the racist "question" as dangerous. On Sunday, Krishnamoorthi was inside a Hindu temple when a white supremacist attempted to mass murder Indian Americans inside

White nationalist tries and fails to carry out mass shooting at a Hindu temple while a member of Congress is present. The right has been chin stroking about South Asian assimilation and "the Indian Question" for weeks.

Russ Vought's think tank muses on the question of whether Congress can refuse to seat members of the DSA.

January 6 returns to the Supreme Court in the form of John Eastman.

Big important story from my @tpmsocialclub.bsky.social running mate @joshkovensky.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-ballr...

Big reporting from @joshkovensky.bsky.social. Pls read & share! A lot of stuff can coincidentally fall into yr lap after u write a big check for the ballroom. A Ballroom Donor, a Sanctions Waiver, $201 Million in Public Money: The Mystery of Konstantin Sokolov talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-ballr...

Hundreds of Judges Found Trump’s Mass Detention Scheme Unlawful. Will the Supreme Court? talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/hundred...

A White House ballroom donor who organized meetings for Don Jr. and 1789 Capital in Europe has had a good year: he's been named as chair of a $201 million government-backed enterprise fund, received a waiver on sanctions, and more. Meet Konstantin Sokolov talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-ballr...

Who is Konstantin Sokolov? talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-ballr...

@mattshuham.bsky.social's byline makes its return to TPM with an analysis of one of the most important cases before the Supreme Court.

The Mystery of Konstantin Sokolov. @joshkovensky.bsky.social has been working for months on this.

Look, let’s put it this way - if you were going to plan a foreign intelligence operation, why would you put it in a place that would make it easy to trace back instead of, you know, anywhere else?

Great @onthemedia.bsky.social interview with @letsgomathias.bsky.social digging into Chris Rufo's recent musing on "the Indian Question" and why Rufo is so damn slippery.

Two of my good friends are doing a livestream at 1 on the unelected Silicon Valley weirdos who increasingly run America.

New: Vivek Ramaswamy campaigned with a pastor in Ohio who has preached that Muslims are growing a “caliphate” in the U.S., & that the global “rebellion of Islam” is led “by the Devil himself.” The Pastor has also called modern Judaism "fake." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ramaswa...

“What President Trump is doing here is legally questionable” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...

Trump is sending (relatively small) checks to people to make up for Republicans decimating healthcare in 2025.

The Trump administration has been, in the eyes of anti-abortion activists, dragging its feet on restricting the abortion pill since early 2025, seemingly concerned about the electoral implications. But now, in a court document, its laid out its plan.

ABC News Mysteriously Deletes Report on Trump Sons’ ‘$6B’ Business Dealings

Mike Collins professes it is just a coincidence all these extremists keep showing up around him, but his multiple jokes about "Pinochet Air" have me doubting that.

We're doing a special October-only, Youtube-only version of our podcast for the next four weeks where we answer all your questions about different races around the country, how polls work, whether they work and more. First ep from @kateriga.bsky.social and I will be out on YT this afternoon.

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