4+ hour, 39+ min ago   (108+ words) Join and get The Backchannel member newsletter along with unlimited access to all TPM articles and member features. You've read 0 article this month We're happy you've been reading TPM, but would be thrilled if today was the day you became…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (116+ words) Talking Points Memo We’re one week out from our upcoming event in Brooklyn, and there are only a handful of tickets left. On Wednesday July 29, independent journalist and The Handbasket founder Marisa Kabas will join us at Crystal Lake bar…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1552+ words) Talking Points Memo God’s Country: America250 History Comic Book Has Very Strong Opinions About the Constitution By now it’s clear Donald Trump has ruined America’s semiquincentennial. From the corporate cage fight on the White House lawn to the unloved American State…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1514+ words) It’s clear that online video, especially short-form clips, is crucial for reaching the public. That’s particularly true since traditional internet traffic is rapidly drying up for most media outlets. The sharp audience dropoff is largely attributable to an AI takeover…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (791+ words) June brought a strange new chapter in the ongoing PR effort to pinkwash AI. Trae Stephens, Silicon Valley venture capitalist and co-founder of AI defense company Anduril Industries, joined Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop podcast for an hour-long conversation about the divisiveness…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (697+ words) When President Trump won his second election, MAGA celebrated as much a cultural victory as a political one. Right-wing glee was met with left-wing despondency — this moment couldn’t be considered as a fluke, a grievous mistake only recognized later by…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (183+ words) In Rough Edges, Mike Rothschild writes about fringe groups, conspiracy theories and how the Internet broke our brains. This column is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. Before COVID-19 had reached the United States in…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (66+ words) Talking Points Memo Watch the Latest TPM Show on YouTube Be sure to check out and follow our new YouTube page where you can find video episodes of both The TPM Show and The TPM Social Club. Following our channel…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (590+ words) For the publisher of a book that is both derided as racist drivel and lauded as deeply influential among Trump administration immigration restrictionists, there’s nothing more valuable than being able to claim you’ve been cancelled. In this case, far-right activists…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (138+ words) Talking Points Memo Becoming a member not only helps provide the financial resources to enable this work but, perhaps more importantly, is a sign of solidarity that you are with us on this mission. Who Pays the Bills? What Drives…...