Gorka's long-awaited and much-postponed counterterrorism strategy (he is the White House "counterterrorism czar," after all) is heavy on targeting the left, and anyone else "whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-transgender, and anarchist."

The new strategy is a really wild read that goes out of its way to target people holding common left-wing beliefs, giving them the same weight as cartels, ISIS, and more talkingpointsmemo.com/news/gorka-f...

The WH wants counterterrorism agencies to focus on the "neutralization of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-transgender, and anarchist." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/gorka-f...

At a press briefing on Wednesday, Gorka replied to a question about what impact the Iran war might have on terrorist threats by calling critics of the war "testicularly challenged."

It’s not just the evangelicals who were incensed and wringing their hands at President Trump’s blasphemy after he shared an AI-generated painting of himself healing the sick, depicted as Jesus Christ alongside a series of patriotic images and people praying to him.

It's not just the evangelicals who were incensed and wringing their hands at President Trump's blasphemy.

Post Callais, the southern states are being buffeted by crosswinds. On one side, the Trump White House is pressuring states to enact maximal gerrymanders, to eke out every possible Republican district. On the other, state Republicans anticipate a rough midterm cycle.

Some new details about this morning’s FBI raid on a Democratic Virginia state legislator, L. Louise Lucas, who played a prominent role in her state’s gerrymandering push.

Trump’s Revenge

@gabygoldstein.bsky.social: What's coming next "is a redistricting war unlike anything we have seen, fought not primarily in Congress, but in state capitols, where the stakes are higher and the spotlight dimmer." talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/we-aren...

We Aren’t Paying Enough Attention to What the SCOTUS VRA Decision Means for State Legislatures talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/we-aren...

We're following the national assault on black electoral power unleashed by the Supreme Court in the Calais decision, below: talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/sc...

@hunterw.bsky.social joined the Julie Mason show to talk about the congressional Dems who are mapping out how to confront Trump's election interference in the midterms. sxm-publish-clips.content-ingest.siriusxm.com/clip/3dc8d25...

It appears the Trump DOJ is 86-ing the campaign finance investigation into Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN). There were already signs that the investigation, which began before Trump was re-elected, had stalled out since his second inauguration. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

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Josh Marshall: The complement to killing the filibuster and reforming the Supreme Court has to be criminal accountability for the corrupt members of the Trump administration. There's simply no other way forward.

Assume DOJ Criminal Conduct

Most analysis since Callais has focused on Congress. But the devastation in state legislatures may be as bad or worse, and the consequences even more immediate for people's daily lives.

SCOTUS, unsurprisingly, denied request. No noted dissents. This was an interesting episode re: Alito & Jackson going after each other but didn't seem to matter much substantively. Neither the district court nor Louisiana leg was waiting for the certified decision, whether they should have or not

@hunterw.bsky.social joined the Julie Mason show to talk about the congressional Dems who are mapping out how to confront Trump's election interference in the midterms. sxm-publish-clips.content-ingest.siriusxm.com/clip/3dc8d25...

The war in Iran, which the United States and Israel launched two months ago, may turn out to be the push that dislodges fossil fuels’ place atop the world’s energy system.

It appears the Trump DOJ is 86-ing the campaign finance investigation into Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN).

The gutting of the Voting Rights Act is just one of about 150 election interference scenarios the House Dem task force we reported on this week has been preparing for. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/house-d...

The results of Tuesday’s primaries in Indiana show Indiana voters may still be influenced by Trump’s rhetoric.

Fulton County’s response to the subpoeana for election workers' personal info is righteously defiant, and officials have been vocal in pushing back on it, casting it as overreach that threatens elections far beyond Georgia.

Fulton County's response is righteously defiant, and officials have been vocal in pushing back on the subpoena for election workers' personal info, casting it as overreach that threatens elections far beyond Georgia.

The Strait crisis is looking like it may be a turning point in the climate/renewables energy transition, Josh Marshall writes.

Gonna be interesting to see how Alito et al navigate Alabama's request to lift the injunction on their one majority-minority district map. Alito insisted that Callais is different than 2023's Allen v. Milligan so as to not look stupid (which Kagan mocked mercilessly in her dissent)

In order to not look stupid, Alito had to differentiate the Court’s 2023 decision in Allen v. Milligan from Callais, despite the fact that they are virtually the same. talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog-up...

Louisiana makes its push to restrict mifepristone for the entire country two years after the anti-abortion movement's first post-Dobbs effort flopped.

Follow Up on Administration vs. Ownership

Two years ago, anti-abortion doctors' attempt to ban/restrict mifepristone flopped because they couldn't prove an injury. Attorney Erin Hawley said then that the effort would continue with red states swapped in as the plaintiffs. That's what's happening now talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mifepri...

Some of the appellants in Callais say they intend to ask for a rehearing, so they’re asking Alito to retract the certified judgment he rushed out. This is the one Jackson whacked him for, accusing him of appearing to help Louisiana rush its redraw.

New: Appellants in Callais are asking SCOTUS to recall Alito's expedited judgment so they can request a rehearing. Jackson criticized Alito for rushing to certify the judgment (rather than waiting the usual 32-day period) the better to help Louisiana erase at least one majority-Black district

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The Roberts Court has been wildly inconsistent in applying its own principle that federal courts should not intervene in redistricting cases too close to elections. The court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais came after mail-in voting in the House primary elections were already under way.

Destroying the Voting Rights Act wasn’t enough: SCOTUS gifted Republicans another partisan political advantage, deviating from its normal procedure by immediately certifying last week’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais and sending it back to the lower court. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Republicans Release Sweeping Legislation to Keep ICE Funded Through End of Trump’s Term talkingpointsmemo.com/news/republi...

Roberts Court Tosses GOP One More Midterm Gift talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

TPM’s @kateriga.bsky.social joined @heartlandsignal.bsky.social's @eisendrath.net to discuss the Supreme Court’s turn against democracy in recent years, culminating in last week's Voting Rights Act decision. Listen for a better understanding of how we got here and where we’re headed.

Gorsuch, non-partisanly, chose Fox News’ morning show to hawk his new children’s book over the weekend, celebrating the exceptionalism of the United States days after gutting voting rights for Black Americans. talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog-up...

One Big Beautiful Bill Round 2

Alabama is barred from redrawing its maps until 2030 according to a court order, but, following the Callais decision, GOP Attorney General Steve Marshall filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court to remove that injunction. talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog-up...

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The Supreme Court is helping Louisiana Republicans in their attempt to redistrict at breakneck speed, the better to obliterate one if not both of the state’s majority Black, Democratic congressional districts.

The Roberts Court's unique ability to be nakedly partisan and thin-skinned about it mirrors the Trumpian attitude of the current era: We will behave with impunity, and we don't want to hear a peep from you about it.

This budget reconciliation plan is the GOP’s workaround after Dems refused to fund ICE and CBP for fiscal year 2026, calling for meaningful reforms to be implemented after immigration enforcement agents killed Renée Good and Alex Pretti.

During the financial crisis, Obama missed a crucial opening to start rebuilding the Great Society coalition that Democrats since Lyndon Johnson had abandoned.

The wealthy are spending more now on everything simply because they have more money, and this has spawned the changes in spending patterns that have made it much more difficult for low- and middle income families to achieve basic life goals.