"It’s become a nexus of consternation between him and Senate Republicans." More from @kateriga.bsky.social in tonight's edition of Where Things Stand:

Fine! Scrap it!

A year ago today, Trump was reelected. @joshtpm.bsky.social wrote that he + the GOP would "institute the whole MAGA agenda," causing chaos + immiseration. The question, then, was “what kind of society we want to live in and what we’re going to do about it.” talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/thoug...

"In a country built on anti-Black violence, for the media — one of the perpetrators of that violence — to truly reckon with the harm it has done would require dismantling itself as we know it. But too few journalists were willing to risk their own comfort" talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/the-s...

In the wake of Tuesday's elections, DC's insider politics sheets are rushing to cover the unpopularity of Trump and his policies. But as @joshtpm.bsky.social notes, these facts aren't new. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-i...

Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts’ initial defense of Tucker Carlson’s interview with the raging antisemite Nick Fuentes has now ignited an open revolt at the venerable right wing think tank. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

It's an epiphany stemming from Democrats’ nationwide victories on Tuesday evening, when voters roundly rejected what’s been going on during the first nine months of Trump’s second term. More here!

Nonetheless, a few prominent MAGA voices suggested Wednesday that the party’s anti-trans vitriol and demonization of immigrants may not make for a winning campaign platform.

It might be too much to expect MAGA world to realize that its incessant attacks on its enemies and welcoming embrace of the fringiest of figures might not play well with voters. What, after all, would MAGA be without enemies and fringe figures?

Wednesday's SCOTUS hearing about Trump's sweeping tariffs saw liberal justices troll conservatives using two of their own most favored legal doctrines -- most often employed against Democratic presidents -- to imperil the validity of the tariffs talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-i...

Liberal justices somewhat trollishly embrace two legal theories most often deployed by the court’s right-leaning justices against Democratic presidents to convince conservatives that the president had significantly overstepped his authority. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-i...

Democrats, of course, have been demanding a meeting with the president and congressional GOP leadership for weeks to negotiate a way out of the longest shutdown in U.S. history. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/embolde...

Stop fretting over whether Democrats should run moderates or progressives, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes. The election takeaway is to "find candidates suited to their constituencies and focus on cost of living issues and opposition to Trump's autocracy." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...

TPM's @allegrak.bsky.social worked at Teen Vogue for several years before returning to TPM earlier this year. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-we...

@kateriga.bsky.social: Voters' voted against Trump's party "in whatever vessel was presented to them—moderate or Democratic socialist, judge or public service commissioner, redistricting initiative or vote-by-mail question" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/electio...

In voters’ first chance to act after nine months of Trump’s term, they voted against his party in whatever vessel was presented to them — moderate or Democratic socialist, judge or public service commissioner, redistricting initiative or vote-by-mail question. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/electio...

Mass repudiation of Trump...Trump's much ballyhooed realignment seems fragile...GOP redistricting suddenly very risky...DOGE/Russ Vought shutdown punishments coming back to bite him...shot in the arm for congressional Dems on the shutdown...and more: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/electio...

The one good thing I'll say about Dick Cheney is his deranged foreign policy provoked the Golden Age of Blogging, a period where antiwar voices were able to circumvent the mainstream media and change public opinion on key issues. talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/early...

The MAGA feedback loop: FBI provides Hill GOP with internal documents from the Trump probes->Hill GOP culls the docs for agent names->agents get put on blast by the MAGA propaganda machine->White House orders the agents to be fired->Kash Patel races to comply.

absolute bloodbath for Republicans. One easy takeaway: maybe don't send Virginia specifically sliding towards a recession if you're hoping to win there

The attempt to change Maine’s voting policies came as the state is poised to host one of the most significant Senate contests of next year’s midterms. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/voters-...

Along with challenges and threats from Donald Trump, Zohran Mamdani will be facing a media environment purveyors of conventional wisdom lean to the right and are eager to demonize socialism and even modest social programs as something akin to Soviet Russia. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nyc-may...

It's already getting weird. On Tuesday morning alone, the National Republican Senatorial Committee sent 7 press releases in just 11 minutes comparing different Democrats in Iowa, Georgia, Maine, North Carolina, Minnesota, Michigan, and Texas to Zohran Mamdani talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nyc-may...

For better or worse, Zohran Mamdani clearly just became one of the most prominent figures in the Democratic Party. He is walking into a dynamic where where his every move will be seen as a referendum on progressivism. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nyc-may...

According to the city’s Board of Elections, more than 2 million voters cast ballots — the biggest turnout in a New York mayoral race since 1969. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nyc-may...

Sherrill was favored to win, but her margin of victory is on track to be significant. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mikie-s...

Democrat Abigail Spanberger is projected to become the next governor of Virginia, securing a resounding win for her party in one of the most closely-watched races of 2025. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/democra...

wrote about it: talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Took .2 seconds for Schumer to be asked if he voted for Mamdani. He would not say that he voted for the Democratic candidate: "I voted and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help New York City" ...

It’s an interesting time-capsule artifact from when our memories of Bush II were fresher, the wounds no longer raw but also not fully healed. Not contemporaneous, but also not further clouded by the passage of another 13 years and the upheavals of the Trump era. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dick-...

It’s an interesting time-capsule artifact from when our memories of Bush II were fresher, the wounds no longer raw but also not fully healed. Not contemporaneous, but also not further clouded by the passage of another 13 years and the upheavals of the Trump era. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dick-...

Senate Democrats quickly raised the alarm about the president’s statement, saying he can not defy a court order. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-s...

Former Teen Vogue politics editor Allegra Kirkland pays homage to ... what ... OUUUUCH: 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...

What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue @allegrak.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-we...

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

"What stings the most is the loss of one of the only publications that allowed young people to share their own stories and took them seriously as political actors." Former Teen Vogue Politics Director @allegrak.bsky.social on the loss of the publication in a disintegrating media landscape.

Teen Vogue is getting folded into Vogue and losing most of its staff. It’s the end of one of the only publications that allowed young people to share their own stories and took them seriously as political actors. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-we...

The shrug in Cuomo’s direction is representative of the MAGA movement and the far-right in general’s interest in casting Mamdani as a new MAGA boogeyman. Accordingly, Trump and his allies have been trying to paint Mamdani as a “communist.” More here:

The disinfo wave around Mamdani reflects a confusion in both parties about exactly how to explain the 34-year-old insurgent candidate.

In a remarkable filing in both the Jim Comey and Letitia James cases, AG Pam Bondi declared more than a month after Comey’s indictment that she was retroactively ratifying everything that interim USA Lindsey Halligan had done to secure the 2 indictments. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

In a remarkable filing in both the Jim Comey and Letitia James cases, AG Pam Bondi declared more than a month after Comey’s indictment that she was retroactively ratifying everything that interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan had done to secure the 2 indictments. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

@jeetheer.bsky.social: "The real lesson of the blogging era is that journalism can always benefit from critical outside voices, who in a time of emergency are willing to tell the truths the powerful don’t want to hear." talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/early...

I wrote for @talkingpointsmemo.com's amazing 25th anniversary series--> Traditional Media Never Took the Christian Right Seriously talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/tradi...

Chicago federal prosecutors moved to drop their case against a man who allegedly dealt Greg Bovino a two-week groin injury.

It’s part of an unprecedented initiative to pool confidential data that the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-wan...

Ahead of election day, new national polls show Trump almost as unpopular as he has ever been. But, as @joshtpm.bsky.social notes, the picture is different on the generic ballot — and much more puzzling. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/makin...

The Trump administration told a federal judge on Monday that it plans to use the SNAP contingency fund to cover 50% of November allotments to current eligible households — but that it might take states “a few weeks to up to several months” to disburse the money. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/snap-50...

Wow - in new filing Trump admin tells judge it intends to give eligible recipients 50% of the SNAP benefits they'd usually get for the month of November — with the massive caveat that it might take some states "a few weeks to up to several months" to disburse the reduced money

A federal judge barred Trump from requiring proof of citizenship on federal voter registration forms: “The states have initial authority to regulate elections. Congress has supervisory authority over those regulations. The President does not feature at all.”