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The Fight Over Trans Girls" Sports Participation Moves to the November Ballot
8+ hour, 6+ min ago (1226+ words) This story was originally reported by Brooke Migdon of The 19th. Meet Brooke and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Legislatures in left-leaning states have consistently rejected bills that would bar transgender student-athletes from participating in sports…...
Trump Admin Aims New Threats at States Over Election Rules
5+ hour, 2+ min ago (650+ words) A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM's Morning Memo. In a pre-election blitz, the Trump administration has issued sweeping new threats to red and blue states alike if they don't fall in line…...
The Brief: State Party Wants Platner to Have "No Role" in Picking Replacement
7+ hour, 50+ min ago (269+ words) Unfortunately, Graham Platner's team has repeatedly reached out to us in an attempt to put their thumb on the scale of what this process looks like, Devon Murphy-Anderson, the executive director of the Maine Democratic Party, said in a video…...
READ: Detroit Responds to DOJ Sending Election Monitors to Three Blue Michigan Cities
21+ hour, 22+ min ago (396+ words) Detroit election officials accused the Justice Department of using "thin gruel" to create a "pretext" to justify sending voting monitors to the city for Michigan's August 4 primary, letters exclusively obtained by TPM show. That includes what city officials suggested was…...
The Brief: Graham Platner's Exit Would Set Up a Busy Few Weeks in Maine
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (603+ words) Staring down the prospect of a candidate in a critical race having to be swapped out in July, with four months to go before the general election, Democrats might be feeling some PTSD. But even before multiple outlets reported a…...
1, 200 DOJ Alums Ask Senators to Reject Blanche, Who Has "Utterly Failed to Abide By" His Oath
23+ hour, 15+ min ago (694+ words) The Justice Department alumni group, Justice Connection, has sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee urging senators to reject acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination to be AG ahead of his confirmation hearing next week. The letter focuses primarily…...
Dam Breaks As Elected Dems Withdraw Support, Urge Platner to Drop Out of Maine Senate Race
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (347+ words) Immediately after Politico published a rape allegation against Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner Monday, elected Democrats began to withdraw their support, with party leaders urging Platner to step down immediately. "I've been very clear that sexual assault or violence against…...
FCC Chief Carr's Threats of Retribution Seem To Be Working
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (855+ words) We've got a new datapoint that feeds that hypothesis, courtesy of new reporting from Semafor today. The daytime talk show "The View" reportedly turned down an offer from the office of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to have two…...
What Would and Should Court Reform Look Like?
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (154+ words) Talking Points Memo What Would and Should Court Reform Look Like? I've been beating the drums for years about reforming the Supreme Court to bring its corruption and anti-democracy to heal. In general I've avoided getting very detailed about what…...
Johnson Has a Not So New Plan For Passing GOP's Voter Suppression Bill
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (421+ words) Trump, aided by MAGA lawmakers on Capitol Hill, have slowed down or scuttled attempts to finalize several GOP priorities, in the process torpedoing their own party's agenda and beclowning colleagues ahead of what is expected to be a critical midterm…...