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Talking Points Memo, often referred to as TPM, is a politically-focused online journalism platform that leans liberal. It was founded by Josh Marshall, who is known for his work as a journalist, liberal blogger, and historian. The site launched on November 12, 2000. The name "Talking Points Memo" reflects the concept of a brief summary of key issues (or points) that are typically highlighted in discussions or used to advocate for a particular stance. By 2007, TPM was attracting around 400,000 page views each weekday.

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In Ukraine: Moving On From What?

5 days ago | talkingpointsmemo.com | Nicole Lafond

Secretary of State Marco Rubio started the day Friday by announcing that the United States might walk away from negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. “If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on,” he told reporters while on a trip to Paris. Rubio had just finished a meeting with European and Ukrainian officials about the war. We don’t know what it means to “move on” for this administration, or how much weight Rubio’s words should even carry.
Murkowski Calls Out Her Colleagues For Abandoning Their Constitutional Duties

1 week ago | talkingpointsmemo.com | Nicole Lafond

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is known as one of a few left in the Republican Party in 2025 who is not an unabated Donald Trump sycophant. She’s been willing to criticize Trump while working alongside her colleagues in the Senate to help pass elements of his agenda, both in the first administration and now.
Ed Martin Did Not Report Big Chunks Of His Right Wing Punditry To The Senate

1 week ago | talkingpointsmemo.com | Khaya Himmelman

President Trump’s nominee for D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin has not disclosed close to 200 far-right media appearances he’s made in the last two years when filing his mandated 27-page disclosure form to Congress, per a new report from CNN. Martin is no stranger to the MAGA media sphere.
5 Points On How Judge Boasberg Broke Down The Admin’s Alien Enemies Contempt

1 week ago | talkingpointsmemo.com | Josh Kovensky

In a withering 46-page opinion on Wednesday, D.C. Chief Judge James Boasberg laid out how he came to believe that the Trump administration was acting in bad faith during its Alien Enemies Act removals. Boasberg set the stage for potential contempt prosecutions in the order.
Ex-Jan 6 Prosecutors Demand Ed Martin Investigation: His ‘Client Is Not President Trump,’ It’s The US

1 week ago | talkingpointsmemo.com | Khaya Himmelman

A group of former January 6 prosecutors filed a letter this week with the Washington D.C. Bar’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel, calling on the office to open an investigation into President Trump’s nominee for D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin. In the letter, the former Jan. 6 prosecutors argue Martin is in violation of the Department of Justice’s rules, as he uses the office to carry out Trump’s retribution agenda.
For Big Law: Is That Your Final Answer?

1 week ago | talkingpointsmemo.com | Josh Marshall

Send comments and tips to talk at talkingpointsmemo dot com. To share confidential information by secure channels contact me on Signal at joshtpm dot 99 or via encrypted mail at joshtpm (at) protonmail dot com. Crain’s Chicago has a piece on the law firm deals. It focuses on Chicago-based Kirkland & Ellis. The conclusion is the same. There’s no written document. It’s only the bullet-pointed text they shared internally and which Trump posted on Truth Social.
The Abrego Garcia Case Is A Microcosm Of Everything Bad About Trump II

1 week ago | talkingpointsmemo.com | David Kurtz

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. Morning Memo is keenly focused on the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia because it has become a microcosm of the first three months of the second Trump presidency. Remember the context: As best we can tell, Abrego Garcia was on the third deportation flight from Texas to El Salvador on March 15.
A Nigerian Prince Canceled Your NEH Grant. No Really …

1 week ago | talkingpointsmemo.com | Josh Marshall

I mentioned earlier that I was speaking with a source who had an NEH grant canceled. These cancelations which happened a couple weeks ago have been widely reported but I wanted to share some of the atmospherics of those cancelations. By the standards of grants we’re hearing about at big research universities, the dollar value of the grant is quite small, not even that far into six figures. The specifics of the grant or the recipient or the nature of the work aren’t what I want to discuss.
White House Pivots Further Into Unreality: We Actually Did Mean To Deport Abrego Garcia

1 week ago | talkingpointsmemo.com | Nicole Lafond

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted to reporters on Tuesday that the White House is “complying with all court orders” just before delving further into the Trump administration’s latest misdirection in the case surrounding Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national married to a U.S. citizen and living in Maryland whom Trump officials initially argued, in court filings and in court, had been deported by mistake.
Judge Orders Expedited Discovery Over Administration’s Abrego Garcia Defiance

1 week ago | talkingpointsmemo.com | David Kurtz

GREENBELT, MARYLAND – A Maryland federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to make officials and documents available for an inquiry into whether they’re violating a court order to take steps to release a wrongly deported Salvadoran man from custody.