21+ hour, 19+ min ago   (776+ words) Talking Points Memo Trump To Order Redesign of Aircraft Carriers Because They Don’t Look Right This probably won’t get the attention or, frankly, outrage that it deserves because it’s kind of technical. But it’s stunning and a ‘Caligula making his…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (822+ words) Political labels are increasingly meaningless. As Josh Marshall has been writing, fewer people these days are inclined to identify as “centrist” or “moderate.” So-called independent voters often espouse wildly incoherent views (see: those insane-making New York Times voter surveys). Donald…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (624+ words) It’s 1920, Republicans feel their government trifecta melting away. They’ve decided forcing a constitutional crisis is the only way to maintain that stronghold. Rural states have identified foreign immigration into urban, Democratic population centers as a top concern. The decennial Census,…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (840+ words) A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. It took chipping away at it by the The Guardian, the New York Times, and others before the Washington Post blew the story wide…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (184+ words) Talking Points Memo Background on the Breakdown of the Trump-Netanyahu Love Affair A follow up to last night’s post on Mike Huckabee, now U.S. Ambassador to Israel. Axios reports that Donald Trump is pretty conspicuously declining to endorse Benjamin Netanyahu…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (433+ words) This article is part of Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. In “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” when Indiana Jones is asked how he intends to single-handedly stop a Nazi caravan he mutters, “I’m making this up as…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (563+ words) Talking Points Memo What’s Huckabee Up To? Here’s something to keep a close eye on. Mike Huckabee, who as part of Trump’s fun house diplomacy is now the US ambassador to Israel, went on Twitter yesterday and called the siege…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (470+ words) I’ve been operating under the assumption that the Trump administration’s interest in cracking down on “fraud” in how states spend federal funding that is dispersed for programs like Medicaid, Medicare and the federal nutrition program SNAP was just another excuse…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (799+ words) The Republican nominee in the Pennsylvania gubernatorial race is engaged in a delicate balancing act as she attempts to appeal to President Trump and his base of supporters while also trying to win over undecided voters or those who elected…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (380+ words) Federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security sent undercover agents to observe a climate group and into churches, and obtained financial records for labor unions, as they sought to crack down on mass protests in Minneapolis following the Trump…...