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AI, ‘Populism’ and the Centibillionaire Shangri-La
A few days ago I was looking at one of the many recent (post-hours) polls that show an increasingly gloomy ...
One Small Guardrail Finally Held Up Against Trump
For nearly a decade now, we've watched Trump overcome barriers designed to contain a rogue leader, exploit one loophole after ...
The Brittle Grip of Ultra-Wealth
Before I started writing this post I saw this article from The Washington Post on the rise of billionaires in ...
What to Make of That Mamdani-Trump Meeting?
So Trump did not reproduce Mamdani. They seem to be great friends now. What does it give? Here's my opinion ...
How James Comey’s Vindictive Prosecution Claim Fared In Court
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A hearing this morning on James Comey's motion to dismiss for vindictive and selective prosecution was largely ...
Post-Trump Reform Requires Reinvigorating American Democracy
After I wrote this”status interview“On Tuesday I heard from a TPM Reader AP who said, by general agreement, that he ...
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List
Over the past couple of days, I've argued that the end of the standoff with the shutdown was a mistake ...
Shutdown Standoff Update – TPM – Talking Points Memo
Now I'm seeing press reports confirming the chatter I heard this afternoon, namely that Senate Democrats have offered to vote ...
Will SCOTUS Rig the House?
Yesterday I read a group email from Capitol Hill essentially predicting the extinction of the Democratic Party following what is ...
‘Mass Layoffs’ Update – TPM – Talking Points Memo
Here's an update on Russ Vaught's “mass layoffs” and the threats he and Trump made before the shutdown. As far ...
