A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is now live. Josh and Kate discuss the fate of the January 6 commission as Kevin McCarthy struggles to unify his caucus.
Continue reading “Watch The New Episode Of The Josh Marshall Podcast: McCarthy’s Latest Mess”
Then-President Donald Trump was on the edge of ousting FBI Director Christopher Wray to install people he considered to be loyal to him in April 2020, according to Politico.
Continue reading “Report: Trump Almost Fired Chris Wray Last Spring Until Barr Threatened To Quit”
When impeachment was on the table, the House minority leader was all about putting together a Jan. 6 commission in lieu of a trial.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: McCarthy Specifically Asked For A Commission”
As I wrote in a story this morning, the Biden administration’s ultimate impact on the judiciary will be a question of both quantity and quality: how quickly Senate Democrats can help him fill the vacancies Biden is expected to have, and whether Biden will be able to fulfill a vision of advancing nominees that diversify the bench.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) on Wednesday railed against a bill for a bipartisan commission intended to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, suggesting he was at work on his own investigation into the events which he claimed had involved peaceful protests and a few “agitators.”
The New York attorney general’s office has reportedly been criminally investigating Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, for months over tax issues.
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President Trump was able to remake the federal judiciary by nominating a flood of young, conservatives judges. Now the Democratic counter-offensive is underway.
Continue reading “Biden’s Slog To Counter Trump’s Imprint On The Judiciary Is Just Beginning”
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) on Wednesday took aim at Republicans who opposed the formation of a Jan. 6 commission by accusing them of not “living in reality” after the deadly Capitol insurrection that former President Trump incited. Continue reading “‘Holy Cow! Incoherence!’: Dem Rep Rips GOP Opposition To Jan. 6 Commission”
A minor Republican jailbreak Wednesday afternoon catapulted the January 6 commission bill to a landslide passage, delivering an embarrassing blow to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
Continue reading “Wave Of Republican Defections Sweeps January 6 Commission Bill To The Senate”
We’ve covered an endless number of stories over the twenty year history of TPM. But if there’s one through-line, one consistent and especial focus throughout, it’s voting rights and democracy. The site started in a contested election, our big stories in 2002 were big voter suppression stories in South Dakota and New Hampshire. The US Attorney Firing scandal was in fact a voter suppression story. Firing those US Attorneys was just a step to get the suppression moving.
I’m proud to say there’s no publication in the United States that has devoted more of its resources to this issue over a longer period of time than TPM. The franchise is the central architecture of equality and the sheet anchor of the American republic. That’s always been the case. But people are especially attuned to that fact now after the shocking events of the 2020 election and the Republican party’s current effort to clamp down on voting across the country.
That’s why we’re launching The Franchise, a weekly newsletter devoted to democracy and voting rights in the United States.
