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Trump has no intention of tamping down the politics of provocation and aggression toward domestic enemies. But these policies are driving ever greater levels not only of opposition but intense opposition. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-a…
The Trump administration has been flip-flopping for months on the matter of whether the Department of Homeland Security will target farm laborers, as well as workers in the hotel and restaurant industries, with ICE raids. wherethingsstand.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/noem-settles…
The chief justice told a nonprofit founded by Stephen Miller in a court filing that he would not cede control of the courts to Trump. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/john-robe…
The Trump administration withheld funding from preschool programs that serve children from low-income families. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-s…
In the MAGA world, pedophilia isn’t a crime or abuse that needs to be stopped. It is more a legitimating tool which provides a license for cleansing acts of retributive violence. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/underst…
Citing conditions and legal issues at Governor Ron DeSantis’ “Alligator Alcatraz” facility in the Everglades, a Mexican diplomat issued a stark warning to anyone from his country thinking of traveling to Florida. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/consul-wa…
A major new development out of Los Angeles, where U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli has reportedly been no-billed by grand juries in some attempted prosecutions of ICE protestors. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/l…
This all, of course, flies in the face of Trump’s own public remarks on the matter. Earlier this month Trump was asked by an ABC News reporter if Bondi had told him whether his name appeared in the files. wherethingsstand.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/wsj-reports-…
Within a curiously short time of each other Wednesday afternoon, a federal judge in Tennessee cleared the way for Abrego Garcia to be released from DOJ custody & a federal judge in Maryland barred DHS from detaining him once he’s released. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-bar…
The conspiracy-addled MAGA backlash is undergirding the politics of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Without that fundamental weak spot, this story probably follows the familiar track of so many other would-be scandals of the Trump era. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/m…
Just as the House has been shut down to avoid more Epstein cover-up votes, the executive branch is now more or less exclusively focused on trying to shut down the Epstein story. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/house-a…
3+ months after the DC Circuit “temporarily” blocked contempt of court proceedings against the Trump administration in the original AEA case, it showed signs of life for the first time–but only after the CECOT detainees were repatriated to Venezuela. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/a…
Friday’s repatriation of the Venezuelan nationals that the Trump admin had consigned to the hellishness of El Salvador’s CECOT isn’t the end of the story. With a host of political, legal, and humanitarian issues unresolved, here are 3 cases to watch: talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/w…
Angie Gonzalez voted for Trump. Then he sent her husband to CECOT. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cecot-fam…
You’ve got questions. We’ve got answers. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/m…
The Trump DOJ continues to be ground zero of his second term. A White House-run DOJ dwarfs most other Trump II depredations precisely because it allows space for them to continue unchecked. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/n…
The measure would slash funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/republica…
The Senate is poised to confirm Bove on Thursday to a seat on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. It’s a victory for Bove’s ambition, but also for Trump’s. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/emil-bove…
One of the defining elements of the Trump DOJ’s boundless first few months has been the extravagant and absurd claims to secrecy it has made in court. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/t…
Top Florida Dems issued blistering responses following a TPM report Wednesday that detailed how Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted “disaster preparedness” resources in the rush to build the “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention camp. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dems-rip-…
