A Few Notes from Your Emails About ‘Why TPM?’

I want to thank all the members (new and old) who’ve written in in response to my request for answers to “Why TPM?” I’m going to re-ask the question below. So if you didn’t get a chance to send in a note you still can and I’d appreciate it if you could. I’ve been a bit more hesitant than I’d anticipated in publishing too many of them because they tend to be pretty praiseful and it seems like we’re bragging. But a key reason we’re doing this is audience research. We’re in the midst of TPM. We have things we’re trying to do. But in a way it’s hard for us to know what’s getting through. I’m also very interested in news as service — a particular news organization helps you navigate the news, keep you up to date on the news in a certain way.

So with all that I wanted to mention a few things that came up repeatedly in your emails.

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Ginni Thomas Repeatedly Urged Meadows To Push Big Lie Efforts After 2020 Election

Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist and the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, reportedly urged then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to pursue Big Lie efforts in a series of text messages in the weeks after the 2020 election, according to the Washington Post and CBS News.

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Where Things Stand: Fox News Won Out On Network Ratings During Hearings This Week

It’s as if four particularly loud-mouthed Republicans knew the extent to which they were being watched.

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Threatened GOP Boycott Over Pre-Sentencing Reports Collapses After Some Members Show Reluctance

It would only take one Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee to thwart a boycott of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing — and as of Thursday, there are at least four.

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Jan. 6 Panel To Consider Criminal Contempt Charges Against Peter Navarro And Dan Scavino

The Jan. 6 Select Committee on Thursday announced that it will hold a business meeting next week to consider a report recommending criminal contempt charges against former Trump White House officials Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino.

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Trump Sues Everyone Who Ever Offended Him Over 2016 Election

Former President Donald Trump was the true victim of the 2016 election, Trump argued in a federal lawsuit filed against Hillary Clinton, the DNC, Christopher Steele, several former federal officials, private citizens, corporations, and others.

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Georgia Voters Aim To Disqualify MTG For Her Role In Fueling Jan. 6 Insurrection

A group of Georgia voters filed a bid on Thursday to get far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) disqualified from office for her role in fomenting the violent Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

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