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Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.

“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.

Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn

How Trump’s ‘Least Bad Outcome’ Trade Agreements Could Hurt Everyone A prevailing narrative has emerged about recent U.S. trade agreements: other countries...

“If anyone is losing, it’s us. It’s us, here in the U.S., that are gonna pay for it long-term.”

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Emil Bove Represents One Future of the Federal Judiciary It’s true: he won’t be like other judges. Emil Bove — whose...

Senate Republicans confirmed Emil Bove to a lifetime judgeship, 50-49, last night.

As @joshkovensky.bsky.social writes, Bove's appointment represents a new "attempt to mold the judiciary towards loyalty to Trump personally.”
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New WSJ poll: The Democratic Party is 30 points under water with registered voters, considerably worse than the GOP (-11). www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

Under Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis

Musk and Trump have often talked about the lawfare against them, but here's what happens when they use their influence and/or money to go after their opponents.

Media Matters is edging closer to the brink after years of legal battles and it's not getting easier: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/u...

Author of Texas Abortion Ban Denies He Paid for Abortions Amid Bombshell Allegations from Former Exotic Dancer Capriglione authored Texas’ “trigger ban,” which banned abortion when Roe v. Wade was overturned. He announced he wouldn’t seek reelection.

NEW bombshell allegations from the Texas Legislature today. The author of Texas’ abortion “trigger ban” has been accused by a former exotic dancer of paying for abortions. He has denied the claims and threatened to sue the outlet that ran them. More:

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Talked to a budgeting expert yesterday who said that Vought may want a shutdown because that gives him more power to shut down spending. Along with pocket recessions it would transfer more and more power away from Congress

John Roberts In Court Filing: I Manage the Judiciary, Not the President Back in May, a nonprofit with close ties to the Trump administration...

The chief justice told a nonprofit founded by Stephen Miller in a court filing that he would not cede control of the courts to Trump.

John Roberts In Court Filing: I Manage the Judiciary, Not the President Back in May, a nonprofit with close ties to the Trump administration...

MAGA legal group sues John Roberts, claiming that actually the courts belong to Trump.

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The headlines are more distressing than ever and it is a lot to keep up with. That is why TPM offers reporting like what you find in Where Things Stand and in our sister newsletter, Morning Memo.

If you follow me on bluesky, you might occasionally read my evening column, Where Things Stand. There, I often invoke the nightmare that is this political moment when asking readers to keep coming back to read my stuff each evening.

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in addition to controlling everyone’s information intake, billionaires can now raise private drone armies. cool!

big tech + defense: ex Google CEO Eric Schmidt makes Ukraine's most successful AI drone interceptor.

"His stories sound like plots from the Terminator movies," one Ukr military leader said.

This article is in Russian/Ukrainian, but worth translating to read

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Fire, Brimstone, and Hegseth: Idaho Christian Nationalists Establish a DC Beachhead WASHINGTON DC—This past Sunday, Pastor Jared Longshore looked out at his congregants,...

Fire, Brimstone, and Hegseth: Idaho Christian Nationalists Establish a DC Beachhead talkingpointsmemo.com/news/christ-... by @joshkovensky.bsky.social

i have been stuck on JD Vance's claremont speech for almost two weeks now because it is structurally identical to roger taney's opinion for the court in dred scott

16. The Article was published in The Wall Street Journal as an exclusive.' However, since publication, Defendants have widely disseminated it to hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

WSJ claimed the Trump–Epstein article was an “exclusive.” But what if I told you they fully intended to show it to people? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Two things both true:

The loved ones of Venezuelans are celebrating that they are no longer in CECOT; some are celebrating their return home.

And.

It is a violation of international law to cause someone to be returned where they’ll be persecuted. Most of them never got a chance to make that case.

People are complicated. She strongly opposes illegal immigration, voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020, didn’t vote at all in 2024 amid her declining trust in any institutions, met a Venezuelan migrant in 2024, and fell in love and got married to him, he got sent to CECOT, and now thinks the US is evil.

CECOT Family Members Rejoice and Worry as Relatives Finally Leave El Salvador Once Angie Gonzalez started to hear rumors that her husband might finally...

"I see how evil this country is, really — all I see is evil. And it’s sad that I’m part of it.”

— Angie Gonzalez, whose husband was rendered to CECOT

Must read story here

CECOT Family Members Rejoice and Worry as Relatives Finally Leave El Salvador Once Angie Gonzalez started to hear rumors that her husband might finally...

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CECOT Family Members Rejoice and Worry as Relatives Finally Leave El Salvador Once Angie Gonzalez started to hear rumors that her husband might finally...

Angie Gonzalez voted for Trump. Then he sent her husband to CECOT.

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CECOT Family Members Rejoice and Worry as Relatives Finally Leave El Salvador Once Angie Gonzalez started to hear rumors that her husband might finally...

TPM exclusive: Two family members of those deported to CECOT react to detainees' repatriation to Venezuela.

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Musk’s DOGE Cuts to the Federal Workforce Are Already Upending the D.C. Area Housing Market Melissa Harris had her future meticulously planned. But after more than 37...

and @laylaayanna.bsky.social, our newest reporter, has been digging into the admin's impacts, both on DC and through little-noticed parts of BBB

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