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We won't know whether one of Trump's signature economic policies worked to help low and middle income tax filers because Treasury appears to be holding up the data release, which is prohibited by law. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...

After refueling in Ireland (yes, Irish people called the gardaí), this ICE removal flight landed in India. Migrant passengers onboard were shackled at the ankles, wrists, and waist for at least 20 hours. Expecting two more private jet ICE flights to leave Mesa, AZ today. Follow this thread.

New: In 2019, *1 day* after Trump rally crowd chanted "send her back!" abt Ilhan Omar, Schumer decried GOP "silence" over "despicable" chant Now, *14 days* after raid on Omar home, part of Trump attempt to literally "send her back," Schumer is silent. My story: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chuck-s...

TPM is going live at 1 pm!! Hide your wife. Hide your kids. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/tpm-l...

Matt Schlapp, CEO of CPAC, speaking at event w/ Marshall Rawson tonight Again: Rawson was active w/ white supremacist group League of the South; marched at infamous Nazi rally in Charlottesville; advocated killing LGBTQ people; wrote "lynchings worked" Has not denounced/apologized for any of it

Meanwhile, the MAGA mediaverse is mostly gung ho. Megyn Kelly eagerly speculates that the ad might be as effective as Willie Horton talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ohio-re...

We attempt to pinpoint races that tell the story of where America is at this November, and look ahead to the conversation we'll be having in coming months.

NEW from me: Beth Fuller was a 10-year CDC contractor when she was DOGE'd last year by Trump + Elon Musk, a mass layoff process cheered by the GOP. Now she's a candidate in a key swing district that could end the GOP’s decades-long grip on total power in Georgia. www.huffpost.com/entry/beth-f...

at this point every story about the trump admin is starting to feel like "criminals commit crime."

New: Bernadette Greene-Placentia would like you to know the story of her rape is not an "October Surprise" or a "hoax," as prominent MAGA influencers have suggested, concocted to win votes My interview w/ the congressional candidate, for @talkingpointsmemo.com talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dem-can...

The Trump Regime and much of Silicon Valley's disregard for data governance, accountability, and transparency is a huge issue. Rational decision making and trust amongst groups and individuals depends on knowing both what and why actions are taking place. Thank you @laylaayanna.bsky.social

Data that would have told us what impact the One Big Beautiful Bill had on Americans — scheduled for release by the IRS in July — never became public.

A data release that would’ve shown the efficacy of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill has been delayed indefinitely in one of the latest examples of the Trump administration compromising public trust in the federal statistical system.

Trump aides are preparing to impose financial penalties on millions of Americans in default on their federal student loans next year The plans are unlikely to be announced before the midterm elections, according to this report

Tom Homan Shares the Omar Plan talkingpointsmemo.com/the-brief/to...

The Omar Case Encapsulates MAGA’s Attack on Citizenship

Like Goldilocks and the three bears, most Republicans think America’s level of ~economic inequality~ is juuust right, according to a new report from Pew Research Center. Also... side-eyeing the 14% of Dems who think we could use *more* economic inequality 👀

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It was an honor to help work on this book. "Essential" covers America's hidden Latino history and individual stories of the community during the Trump era. My friend Enrique Acevedo shares from his life and his reporting in the White House and on the border. www.harpercollins.com/products/ess...

A White House ballroom donor who organized meetings for Don Jr. and 1789 Capital in Europe has had a good year: he's been named as chair of a $201 million government-backed enterprise fund, received a waiver on sanctions, and more. Meet Konstantin Sokolov talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-ballr...

Big important story from my @tpmsocialclub.bsky.social running mate @joshkovensky.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-ballr...

“That’s the problem, Mike. It’s not just that you hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office, and you have promoted neo-Nazi content online,” Ossoff said. “It’s that you’re robbing your constituents to subsidize your donors.” talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/s...

Initial thoughts on the Ossoff-Collins debate is: It's a massacre. Collins is fighting a losing battle, forced to defend his support for the president's unpopular policies. But he doesn't even seem prepared to defend the GOP record. He's hardly able to intelligibly challenge Ossoff on anything???

Two more individuals with ties to a white nationalist group have turned up in Mike Collins' orbit.

We're launching a special limited-run version of the TPM Show With Josh and Kate ahead of the midterms. Introducing: the Polltober Show. Send us all your pressing questions about specific races, candidates, chamber control, the courts, the polls, whatever! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/were-...

Despite Trump's agitating, 'There's no universe where it would make sense' for the Fed to cut interest rates at the end of the month.

Because of federal rules, children covered by Medicaid won't be able to access vaccines that are no longer recommended by the federal government, even as children with private insurance will.

A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

remarkable piece of journalism. really worth reading.

“.. We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

First there was "the negro problem." Now racists are trying to coin a new version: "the Indian question." one of endless examples of why solidarity among Black people and other people of color, along with any socially vulnerable group, would benefit everyone.

this whole federal student loan thing is a MESS. I opted into a new, approved plan, and yet just got a "FINAL NOTICE" from my servicer about needing to switch plans? seriously just leave me alone!!!

Bill Pulte Guts the IG Office That Investigated Him talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

What I find significant about today's jobs report is not only the paltry 29,000 jobs added in September but the downward revisions for the two previous months. July's revision takes that month from 21k jobs gained to 10k jobs lost. www.bls.gov/news.release...

A proposed change to a key tax form could be used to accomplish a long-time Republican objective: to shift power in Congress by excluding most immigrants from the process that determine's a state's congressional representation

Glad to share this 1st piece by @educationwork.newamerica.org's Virginia Spinks about how the Trump admin is messing with the #Census, threatening rural areas, democratic representation, & civil rights enforcement. Shoutouts to reporting from @hansilowang.bsky.social and @laylaayanna.bsky.social!

In the Weekender: I break down the different flavors of GOP midterms cope @laylaayanna.bsky.social on Republicans blaming data center opposition on China -The Nvidia CEO not knowing his own address -The cancelation of Freedom Fest w/Kid Rock and more talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...

TPM Reporter @letsgomathias.bsky.social just did a video going through all the highlights of his latest investigation www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8TPMwmb/

NEW: Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped publishing the narratives.

NEW: Missouri Dismisses Hail-Mary Lawsuit to Gain More Political Power, Confident Trump Admin Will Do *What it Wants *What it Wants is to 1) violate the 14th Amendment 2) exclude immigrants from the census and 3) take political power and federal funds from Democratic states.

EXCLUSIVE: Census Bureau ordered staff to halt all external events related to the 2030 Census amid the agency’s release of a controversial, unprecedented rule proposal aimed at excluding immigrants from the count, according to a copy of an email obtained by TPM. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...

The Census Bureau has ordered staff to halt all external events related to the 2030 Census amid the agency’s release of a controversial and unprecedented rule proposal, according to a copy of an email obtained by TPM. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...

“At first, I thought it was a mistake because it seemed like such a bad idea,” said a tax expert about the Census Bureau's new plan to change who gets counted in the census and where: