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

Josh Marshall: The redistricting wars have brought us a simple question: can Democrats learn how to acquire and use political power effectively and be willing to do so? It appears the answer may be yes, more than a lot of people thought. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-bac…

In March, the FBI began investigating NYT reporter Elizabeth Williamson after her February story on the use of bureau resources by Director Kash Patel's girlfriend.talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/f…

The far right is again pushing its Great Replacement conspiracy theory in Texas. But despite activists' hysteria, demographic change in America has been fairly continuous for more than 500 years, and is essentially irreversible. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-a-20…

The DHS reconciliation bill, Republican leadership has said, will go far beyond the expected year’s funding for ICE. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/senate-re…

“There’s no cut in Medicaid,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. yelled numerous times over the past couple days as he testified in front of a handful of different congressional committees. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-s…

Let's check in on the fight the president started... talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/so-hows…

We Need Your Help talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/we-need…

Josh Marshall: "The mainstream press is now saying more openly what's been clear almost since the beginning of the conflict. Trump started this war on an impulse. In strategic terms he lost almost immediately." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-sca…

The Latest DOJ Travesty Is a Dire Warning of the Grave Dangers Ahead talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/t…

Virginia voters approved a Democratic-led redistricting measure on Tuesday that will likely give Democrats four additional congressional seats and a chance to take control of the U.S. House this year. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fairness-…

DeSantis Is ‘Begging’ Trump for Something to Do With His Life talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-s…

How the publisher of a far-right book depicting a migrant invasion capitalized on Amazon briefly banning it. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/vauban-am…

The Florida Democrat, under indictment on charges of stealing federal funds, resigned just before the House Ethics Committee was set to hold a hearing on whether to recommend she be expelled. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/rep-sheil…

Democratic and Republican senators pressed Warsh on Trump’s own statements pressuring his next Fed Chair to embrace politically influenced monetary policy. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/warsh-fed…

In public, the chief justice loves talking about how the Supreme Court’s work is not political. Memos published by The New York Times show just how political the Supreme Court’s work actually is. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/john-robe…

Josh Marshall breaks down a bracing illustration of how the whole architecture of the D.C. para-government has rewired itself around the personalist aspirations and rule of Donald Trump. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/persona…

In office for more than a year, counterterrorism chief Sebastian Gorka has yet to issue a blueprint to combat threats. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-co…

Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway’s new Alito book, a simpering hagiography of the court's most open partisan, reveals a deep right-wing obsession with imagined leftist violence. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/alito-hem…

A rather unusual series of events over the past 48 hours has exposed the extent of the CIA's involvement in counternarcotics operations on the ground in Mexico. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/e…

The House Ethics Committee issued a rare call for information about any known instances of sexual misconduct by members. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-s…