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I am an editor at @TPM. Formerly @BillMoyers, @Grist, @WNYC, some other places.
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Chicago FBI Head Ousted; Official Account Claims He Wasn’t ‘On Board’ With Trump Original

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By John Light Verified
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Good morning! For the next few months (at least), I’m going to be posting a few stories every morning that TPM reporters are closely tracking. We’ll still be doing Morning Memo, our flagship daily newsletter, too. While Morning Memo captures all the stories you need to know, the yet-to-be-named thing you’re reading here will focus in on a couple of stories that TPM reporters are following — and, likely, reporting on — closely (as well as a few other odds and ends that captured my attention).
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God’s Country: America250 History Comic Book Has Very Strong Opinions About the Constitution Original

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By John Light Verified
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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 Fair on the Mall and the soldiers keeping people from contemplating the algae-choked allegory of corruption and incompetence that is the Reflecting Pool, Trump and his allies have made our country’s 250th an occasion for national embarrassment.
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A Second Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempted Federal Takeover of Vote by Mail

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6 hours ago The U.S. president once called cryptocurrency a "scam". It’s now a major moneymaker for him. Donald Trump made over $1 billion from cryptocurrency in 2026, with his business dealings laid out in a 927-page mandatory report released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. But what exactly are Trump's …
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