Join us on Jan. 29 for our first Morning Memo Live event! @davidkurtz.bsky.social will lead a discussion on the Trump administration's politicization of the Justice Department, featuring @annabower.bsky.social and more special guests. Get tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/morning-me...

Emil Bove’s notorious “Fuck you” to the federal courts made it into a judicial opinion for the first time. Boasberg, the first judge to get the admin’s “Fuck you” when it defied his orders to stop the AEA deportations, didn’t bother to redact the curse word: talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Zohran Mamdani is all about affordability but immigration is one issue where he doesn't want to talk in economic terms. He says "we have to begin at a moral level." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...

NYC's immigration courthouses have loomed large in our reporting on ICE. Routine hearings now inspire terror for immigrants, who might be aggressively detained in the halls. However, I didn’t realize, until TPM spoke to him, that Mamdani’s father was there this spring for a citizenship interview.

26 Federal Plaza is ground zero for New York's unprecedented courthouse detentions. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's own family passed through the building earlier this year. He talked to me about the experience for an exclusive @talkingpointsmemo.com interview. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...

Zohran Mamdani talked to TPM about his family's time inside a notorious immigration court, his White House meeting with Trump, and his plans for ICE in NYC. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...

The head of an outspoken legislative branch watchdog agency could soon be "replaced with a Trump lackey.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/one-age...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains in a “literal double bind,” with a bracelet on one ankle from his criminal case in Tennessee and an ICE bracelet on the other ankle from his immigration case in Maryland. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis of Maryland is in a bind, too: talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/abreg...

Trump’s second-term nominees are younger and more uniformly partisan than ever. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/how-tru...

The AI built into new iPhone models tries to shape your text messages to an "almost absurd level," @joshtpm.bsky.social writes. It's yet more evidence that the AI boom "is overwhelmingly a supply- rather than a demand-driven revolution." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ready...

In an unprecedented last-minute intervention, rookie CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss spiked a 60 Minutes segment on the experiences of Alien Enemies Act detainees at CECOT in El Salvador. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

After ICE barred her from a detention hotspot in Manhattan immigration court, @velazquez.house.gov told me, "I stayed there listening to some bullshit." A judge later ruled ICE was out of bounds for preventing members of Congress from visiting these facilities talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/how-...

It began in the spring, when @repdangoldman.bsky.social went to work and “saw a dozen masked ICE agents in the lobby” of his office building. He responded by turning his office into a "whole triage center" for detainees. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/how-...

The latest story in our @talkingpointsmemo.com series on mass deportation in NYC looks at the congressman who turned his office into an emergency rapid response center for ICE detainees. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/how-...

One wild thing that's probably not gotten enough attention this year is the administration refusing to let members of Congress inspect immigration detention facilities, a violation of the law. This story has some details on how that's played out. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/how-...

This spring, @repdangoldman.bsky.social went to work and “saw a dozen masked ICE agents in the lobby” of his office building.  He has since turned that office into the headquarters for a legal operation that has secured the release of nine ICE detainees. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/how-...

One of the most haunting moments of this reporting came for me as I sat with this mother right after her son was taken. She just kept repeating how people are disappeared in Venezuela and said ICE left her "with the same impression." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...

If you are looking for a weekend read, I hope you will consider my @talkingpointsmemo.com series on the realities of mass deportation and the emerging Undocumented Underground that is fighting back. talkingpointsmemo.com/undocumented...

Blanche said that the DOJ will release only some of the Epstein files Friday, a move members of Congress slammed as a violation of the law Trump signed last month. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/impeach...

A Trojan horse FOIA case in which Stephen Miller’s old group was trying to get a court to declare that the admin functions of the judicial branch are part of the executive branch has been dismissed by District Judge Trevor McFadden of D.C., a Trump appointee. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Data is beginning to reveal the devastating cumulative effects of the Trump administration’s policies for workers of color. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...

@hunterw.bsky.social follows a Venezuelan family from the point when their son is taken from them by federal agents in the halls of immigration court to when he is freed, days later, through the work of activists and a member of Congress.

The Trump White House is threatening to dismantle a critical scientific research center in Boulder to free Big Lie supporter Tina Peters from a Colorado prison.

When ICE agents snatched Andrés Jr., 20, the "habeas machine" kicked into action. Volunteers found a Spanish speaking advocate, coordinated with the man's family + @repdangoldman.bsky.social + submitted required documents. Thanks to their efforts, he was freed. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...

I stood in the hallways of 26 Federal Plaza as the masked ICE agents spent twenty minutes talking about meat. Then, they grabbed a young man. I was with his family for what came next. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...

“In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. In Venezuela, when they take you, you are dead. This left me with the same impression.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...

TPM was on the scene as a young man was detained and then reunited with his family by a "habeas machine" put together by activists, attorneys, and Rep. Dan Goldman talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...

In a twist, it was Sen. Kennedy (R-LA) who forcefully grilled a Trump nominee today on his preachings about marriage not being "intended" for disabled people, "transgenderism & homosexuality" being "sexual perversions" & wives' obligation to serve their husbands talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kennedy...

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), usually a fairly reliable Republican foot soldier, grilled a Trump judicial nominee Wednesday about his bigoted preachings. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kennedy...

In what appears to be a dramatic reversal from its reaction to other wrongful deportations this year, the Trump administration has quietly returned Faustino Pablo Pablo from Guatemala, according to court order issued in the case yesterday. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Breaking: Four House Republicans joined a Democratic discharge petition Wednesday morning to force a floor vote on Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/group-o...

In what appears to be a dramatic reversal from its reaction to other wrongful deportations this year, the Trump administration has quietly returned Faustino Pablo Pablo from Guatemala, according to a court order issued in the case yesterday.

Dr. Kirk Moore faked COVID vaccine cards and gave saline shots to children at their parents’ request to offer patients “choice” amid pandemic-era mandates. Pam Bondi dismissed all charges against him. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/pam-bon...

Venezuela’s opposition leader and MAGA activists are dusting off 2020 Stop the Steal fantasies as Trump threatens war with the country.

Josh Marshall breaks down the unreal new Vanity Fair interview with President Trump's chief of staff. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...

Tuesdays jobs report showed a 4.6% unemployment rate, the highest more than four years, while tariff-sensitive industries shed thousands of jobs. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/latest-...

While Susie Wiles’ admission is couched as a denial that retribution is occurring, the critical quote in the two-part Vanity Fair series by Chris Whipple includes key concessions that Trump is engaged in what at one point she calls “score settling”:

Rapid response networks, which have sprung up around New York and other American cities, are a key component of the Undocumented Underground that is resisting mass deportation. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/secr...

Rapid response networks have disrupted ICE activities in NYC In October, protesters confronted agents during a raid on Canal Street street vendors In November, protesters apparently stopped a planned raid by blocking a garage filled with government vehicles talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/secr...

Most of the people helping migrants at legal clinics are not lawyers or experts. They are self taught. They're using Youtube and Google Translate. They are regular people who just want to help and make a difference. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...

One of the shocking things I found is that the Trump administration has begun charging a fee for a program for undcocumented, abandoned youth to obtain visas. They are literally demanding money from children - many of whom are orphans - who they know can't work. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...

Along with the work being done in the courts, groups like @newsanctuarynsc.bsky.social and NYC 4 All are giving immigrants tools to represent themselves amid a swamp of shady lawyers and steps by the Trump administration to close legal pathways to citizenship. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...

Activists aren't the only ones making a difference fighting ICE inside Manhattan's immigration courts. @repdangoldman.bsky.social has partnered with advocates to build what one called a "habeas machine" that has been instrumental in freeing detainees. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...

Inside these spaces I have seen incredible things including the immigrants helping each other. One church has a program where men cut each other's hair. Neighbors are also stepping up. I have met high schoolers who now tutor the migrant community. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/insi...

There are obvious parallels between the movement currently fighting mass deportation and the Underground Railroad. In fact, some of the churches currently offering sanctuary to migrants are the very same ones that were hubs of the Abolitionist movement. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/insi...

For the past few months, I have been looking at what President Trump's mass deportation agenda really looks like on the ground in NYC for a TPM series. We're about halfway through it and I'd like to show you what we've done so far. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/life...

This three-part series is about the creation of the 2025 equivalent of the underground railroad—something in which my ancestors were a part of in the 1850s. It an essential read, and it will help restore your faith in the basic decency of humanity. Read it all.

Massie is one of the only elected Republicans who has been consistently willing to criticize the president. But Trump’s Truth Social post about Reiner was so deranged that others are speaking up.

Josh Marshall: "I don't think the tech boys have much sense that politics shifts both ways, that what happened in the winter of 2024/25 wasn't permanent. Indeed, it didn’t last through 2025." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/are-t...

Trump officials were told that cutting aid to South Sudan would exacerbate a deadly cholera epidemic. They did so anyway. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-o...