Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now

if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.

Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.

At TPM's 25th anniversary event, staff and alums reflected on 25 years of US politics, and how we always believed the fringe extremists were the driving force of the American right rather than the titular Republican party. Read @joshtpm.bsky.social ky.social's dispatch:

Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.

Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night. He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.

you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:

Wrote about Condé ending Teen Vogue as we knew it. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-we...

A judge today dismissed a criminal case against a man accused of injuring Greg Bovino's groin, keeping him out of commission for two weeks. Video evidence didn't match accusations from a DHS official; procs moved to drop the case yesterday. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/feds-dr...

This is the first time I've seen someone suggest so clearly that the Venezuela military buildup is at least partly linked to the belief that Maduro teamed up w Biden to steal the 2020 election youtu.be/71EB1dgvRwU?...

Immigration agents crashed into a U.S. citizen on her way to work—then dragged her out of her car and arrested her. Her family couldn’t find her for hours. She was later released without charges. Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

BACK. TO. BACK. The Dodgers are the first team to repeat as World Series champions since the 1998 to 2000 New York Yankees.

[Updating thread from last night.] The patently unlawful murders continue apace, but no one (e.g., in DoD, in Congress, among other nations) appears much to care. And now ... [1] @justsecurity.org @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social @charliesavage.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

Early October saw ICE and CBP officers clash with protestors on Chicago’s South Side. TPM obtained the audio of several 911 calls that illuminate the chaos. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/911-aud...

I’m here at Dirksen Federal Courthouse where U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino is set to testify over allegations that he violated a federal judge’s TRO when he used tear gas on protestors in Little Village last week. Follow this thread for updates. @courthousenews.bsky.social

Agents smashed a man's car window + dragged him out while he was waiting for his 8-months-pregnant wife. This all happened in front of a daycare. "I just keep thinking about the kids and how they had to witness that. I saw a couple of children at the windows.” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

What It’s Like to Watch An Internet-Based Ideology Break Containment talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/what-...

Also, Greg Bovino allegedly asked a reporter, “Did Judge Ellis get hit in the head by a rock like I did this morning? … Maybe she needs to see what that’s like before she gives an order like that.”

BREAKING: The Ninth Circuit administratively stays the panel’s 2-1 order staying the initial TRO in Oregon v. Trump through 5p PT Tuesday. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... The initial Oregon TRO is not stayed. A resolution on en banc consideration is expected(?) to happen by 5p Tuesday.

Byron Sigcho-Lopez, a Chicago alderman, screamed at Bovino during a protest this week that using tear gas would violate a court order. Worth watching the video in full to see how militarized the government response is, and how tense these scenes have become: www.instagram.com/reel/DQKEP_p...

"A D.C. police report described Norton, 88, as having the 'early stages of dementia,' and said Norton has a caretaker with power of attorney." www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...

Feds play more games over where to dump Kilmar Abrego Garcia on the global map. Now: Liberia. Reminder: Abrego's lawyers agreed that he'd go to Costa Rica, but feds' insisted on sending him to Uganda, Eswatini & Ghana. A judge's patience is running thin. www.allrisenews.com/p/abrego-gha...

DHS says that Bovino threw a chemical canister out of necessity, citing "commercial artillery shell fireworks" and rocks thrown at officers. It's true that the order makes an exception for officer safety/safety of others; the video that plaintiff attys included didn't appear to show rocks/fireworks

This is nearly a weekly occurrence

Note: judge who issued the order had already called DHS officials back into court to ask Qs about potential violations of the TRO *before* Bovino did this. Bovino had been named as someone to call up for questioning, which makes me wonder…did he do this despite knowing he would to talk to a judge?

As @joshkovensky.bsky.social has reported, CBP commander Greg Bovino is leading the Trump admin's campaign to escalate tensions in blue cities This week, he was accused of violating a court order for launching a gas canister at a crowd of Chicago protesters talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...

Greg Bovino returned to Chicago this week. Almost immediately, he was accused of personally violating a court order. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...

Military-Style Immigration Sweep Hits NYC as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...

Trump has -ordered that new federal structures be built in the “classical” style -paved over the Rose Garden -ordered that 2 DC Confederate statues be restored -proposed a triumphal arch in Arlington -demolished part of the WH to make room for his $200M ballroom talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-c...

Prosecutors ultimately declined to pursue charges against several Chicago protestors after video evidence apparently failed to sustain the original allegations. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/midway-...

#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to undo an order blocking deployment of National Guard troops within Illinois. "We conclude that the district court's factual findings … were not clearly erroneous, and that the facts do not justify the President's actions in Illinois."

Talking Points Memo is turning 25 and I wrote a little encomium to early blogging, which I sometimes miss: talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/what-...

There is no evidence that the man who murdered Kirk had any ties to any progressive nonprofits.

"The United States cannot remain a federalist system when soldiers from one state are sent to police another state against the explicit wishes of its elected leaders and when the justification for it is a lie.” @amandacarpenter.bsky.social

The story of NSPM-7 and its many tendrils continues not to get enough attention.

Sounds like Candace Owens but it's the Treasury Secretary. “We don’t know how much of the support is coming in from overseas, how much is being supported by U.S. nonprofits” and 501(c)3s that give money to 501(c)4s, he said. “This is mission-critical for us.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/big-tal...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “Charlie’s death is like a domestic 9/11. Just as after 9/11, and Osama bin Laden, the ultimate culprit, was captured, we are operationalizing the Treasury, and we are going to track down who is responsible for this.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/big-tal...

In the story the GOP justices told Wed, Louisiana’s cracking and packing of black voters to decrease their electoral power isn't racial discrimination - but remedying that theft is. Against white voters. It's the central grievance of Republican politics. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...

NSPM-7 watch: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said yesterday that Charlie Kirk's death was a "domestic 9/11" and that he's undertaking a commensurate response at home. Treasury is "compiling lists" and looking at funding streams, he said. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/big-tal...

Scott Bessent suggests that Treasury is "compiling lists" of advocacy groups after the "domestic 9/11" of Charlie Kirk's death. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/big-tal...

NEW: I took a long look at the Proud Boys and found some of their most extreme chapters are sharing ICE recruiting materials on encrypted apps and even suggesting members have joined up. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

Excited for the soft launch of this new podcast w/@jragazzo.bsky.social. We'll have guests and more to come. talkingpointsmemo.com/podcasts/the...

Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump’s Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...

the Brennan Center has a nice overview on the abuse that is NSPM-7 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Greg Bovino is the face of Trump's anti-immigration crackdown in blue cities, staging military-style raids to conduct civil immigration arrests. “The level of violence has changed since he was put in charge,” Chicago alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez tells TPM. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...

Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump’s Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...

A look at Greg Bovino, the man auditioning for the role of Wilhelm Keitel in Trump 2.0. A California jury recently heard Bovino's testimony about an alleged assault on ICE agents by demonstrators and concluded in just minutes that he was a flaming liar.