• Sections
  • Newsletters
  • Podcasts
  • Support TPM
  • Shop Merch
  • Site Info
  • About
  • Sections
  • Editors' Blog
  • News
  • Live Blog
  • Cafe
  • Muckraker
  • Morning Memo
  • Where Things Stand
  • The Weekender
  • The Franchise
  • Features
  • Support TPM
  • Memberships
  • The TPM Journalism Fund
  • Site Info
  • FAQ
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Site Status
  • About
  • About TPM
  • Mission
  • Masthead
  • Financials
  • Careers
  • Pitch Us
Follow TPM
© 2026 TPM MEDIA LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Talking Points Memo Logo
Send Tips TPM 25th Anniversary Badge
Editors' Blog

Gulf Coast Fever Dreams

by David Kurtz
05.18.15 | 8:43 am

My favorite part of the latest installment in the Jade Helm hysteria is that Keesler Air Force Base is located smack dab in the middle of Biloxi, so if the military wanted to impose martial law it wouldn’t need to sneak in under the guise of using an abandoned casino and closed school for “training.”

Send Tips
David Kurtz is TPM's editor at large.
LATEST
Cafe
What a 2006 Anti-Immigrant Panic Tells Us About Texas in 2026
04.23.26 | 8:00 am
Cafe
Senate Republicans Have a Plan to Suspend Congressional Oversight of ICE for Trump’s Whole Term
04.23.26 | 7:00 am
Where Things Stand
RFK Jr. Is Consistent on One Thing: Denying Cuts Have Been Made to Medicaid 
04.22.26 | 5:41 pm
Morning Memo
The Latest DOJ Travesty Is a Dire Warning of the Grave Dangers Ahead
04.22.26 | 10:31 am
Talking Points Memo
© 2026 TPM MEDIA LLC.
Masthead Contact Privacy Policy
  • About
  • Memberships
  • Careers
  • Advertise
  • Site Status
  • FAQ
  • Newsletters
  • Pitch Us
  • Terms of Use
  • CCPA Notice