CIRCLE WITH A DOT

MorningMemoThe Rank Racism of Pete Hegseth’s PentagonWhen a Christian Nationalist Runs DoD Military women and people of color somehow keep finding themselves in the crosshairs under...https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/the-rank-racism-of-pete-hegseths-pentagon

Now Trump Officials Are Choosing to Talk About ICE At the PollsNew Line Just Landed I mentioned in yesterday’s edition of Where Things Stand that the Trump administration border czar, Tom...https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/now-trump-officials-are-choosing-to-talk-about-ice-at-the-polls

Senate Republicans Send ‘Last and Final’ DHS Offer to DemsSenate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said Republicans sent Senate Democrats “our last and final offer” for the ongoing Department...https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/senate-republicans-send-last-and-final-dhs-offer-to-dems

Trump Casts His Drama-of-the-Day Spell While the World Moves OnI had a moment of insight or perhaps revelation early in this war when the blockage of the Strait of...https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-casts-his-drama-of-the-day-spell-while-the-world-moves-on

Trump Takes the TSA Hostage in Gambit to Pass the SAVE ActTrump Makes the Unexpected Choice to Fully Own Airport Chaos Senate Democrats and the Trump White House have been exchanging...https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/trump-takes-the-tsa-hostage-in-gambit-to-pass-the-save-act

I Homeschool My Kids, but I’m Repulsed by the Parental Rights MovementThis story is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.  My partner and I homeschool our...https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/i-homeschool-my-kids-but-im-repulsed-by-the-parental-rights-movement

What Joe Kent and Candace Owens Are Really Up to in Their Critiques of the Iran WarThis story is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.  At the Catholic Prayer For America...https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-joe-kent-and-candace-owens-are-really-up-to-in-their-critiques-of-the-iran-war

MorningMemoTrump Admin Stonewalls Another Judge With Incompetent WitnessesTrump Admin Wrongfully Deported More Than 100 Asylum Seekers The big news coming out of yesterday’s hearing in federal court...https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trump-admin-stonewalls-another-judge-with-incompetent-witnesses

Conservative Education Activists Have a New Target: Math ClassThis story was first published by Hechinger Report. It also appeared in Chalkbeat and South Dakota Searchlight. Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and...https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/conservative-education-activists-have-a-new-target-math-class

MorningMemoIt’s My War and I’ll Cry If I Want ToDenial and Self Pity With oil briefly topping at over $119 per barrel, Israel attacking Iranian oil facilities, and Iran...https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/its-my-war-and-ill-cry-if-i-want-to

ICE Was Once Barred From Schools and Hospitals. We’re Fighting to Kick Them Back Out.This story is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.  While the news cycle has largely...https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/ice-was-once-barred-from-schools-and-hospitals-were-fighting-to-kick-them-back-out

The One Real Lever Congress Has to Stop Trump’s Iran WarThe Trump administration is waging war on Iran without congressional authorization, violating a key constitutional principle while further sidelining a...https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/iran-war-illegal-congress-funding

Yet More on Tanker Shipping!Here’s another post following up on the earlier one about free passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the pinched off...https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/yet-more-on-tanker-shipping

Read: The ‘Emergency’ Executive Order Proposal That Trump Activists are Rallying BehindOn Thursday, the Washington Post reported that Trump-aligned activists are pitching the president on a draft executive order that would...https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/read-the-emergency-executive-order-trump-activists-are-rallying-behind