Talking Points Memo

We’re documenting our national crisis by tracking a handful of key storylines. Our hope is to cut through the noise + curate coverage that can help explain what the hell is happening in our country. If you appreciate this approach, please consider becoming a member: talkingpointsmemo.com/memberships

The preparation for increased oversight is an acknowledgment of a reality this administration rarely dwells on publicly. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-s…

Brian Beutler Speaks With TPM Reporters About Dems’ Response to Trump’s Threats talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/brian-b…

Bringing the Trump-Corrupted Presidency to Heel talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bringin…

Americans’ correct impression that it takes more and more income just to get by long predates recent bursts of inflation. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/inquality…

A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals effectively instituted an immediate nationwide ban on the prescribing of the abortion pill mifepristone by telemedicine and on sending it to patients by mail. Pill manufacturers immediately went to SCOTUS. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/5…

Former Border Patrol official Greg Bovino can't keep away from the limelight. talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekender/…

The Court’s Corruption Seeps Into Every Tissue of American Life talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-cou…

Kate and Josh discuss the Callais ruling and need for Supreme Court reform, TPS oral arguments and James Comey's second indictment on the latest episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast with Kate Riga. talkingpointsmemo.com/podcasts/the-j…

Trump Admin Discovers That War is Peace talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-a…

White House Claims Iran War Has Been ‘Terminated,’ Despite Ongoing Blockade. Experts Say That’s Absurd. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/experts-b…

More Thoughts on the Court’s Dire Corruption and the Necessity of Reform talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/more-th…

White House Conspiracy Dinner talkingpointsmemo.com/podcasts/the-t…

Over 100,000 mail-in ballots have already been sent out and absentee ballots have already been cast for the state’s primary congressional election, which was set to take place on May 16, with a potential runoff set for June 27. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/republica…

What Sam Alito Has Wrought on the Map of U.S. Politics talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/w…

Pete Hegseth is trying to distract everyone from what matters as the admin blows through Congress' deadline to end the War in Iran. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/experts-b…

Those Democratic-led states whose state leaders were willing to make changes ahead of the upcoming midterms to help fight Trump's overreach have already done so. So it appears Jeffries is looking ahead to 2028. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-s…

Several Republicans expressed concern about Casey Means’ answers during a confirmation hearing where she was asked about topics including routine childhood vaccines. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-wit…

Red states officials across the nation are already calling for changes to congressional maps to be made as soon as possible — meaning the decision can and likely will still have an impact on President Trump’s push to predetermine the results of the midterms. talkingpointsmemo.com/the-franchise/…

With a hard deadline bearing down on them, Trump and his allies are scrambling for a way to argue that contrary to the shooting, ship boardings, and an ongoing naval blockade, the U.S. is not engaged in hostilities with Iran.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-adm…

Josh Marshall: The Supreme Court's corruption runs so deep there is simply little effort any more to hide it. The Court no longer has any consistent or even comprehensible jurisprudence. It simply has political goals it seeks to achieve. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/you-can…