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WASHINGTON D.C., USA - JANUARY 6: Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley, known as the QAnon Shaman, is seen at the Capital riots. On January 9, Chansley was arrested on federal charges of "knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds"Trump supporters clashed with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol in Washington D.C on January 6, 2021. Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images)
Where Things Stand: House GOPers Roll Out Bad Faith Spin On FBI Plan To Track School Threats Prime Badge
This is your TPM evening briefing.
By | November 18, 2021 6:30 p.m.

The DOJ announced in October that it would launch a task force aimed at helping local law enforcement track and investigate threats against teachers and school staff. We knew this.

But this week House Republicans released information about a new FBI tracking program reportedly designed to help the DOJ field these threats. The GOP campaign was, seemingly, part of a broader attempt to push a bad faith narrative: that the Biden administration is seeking to intimidate and silence parents and community members who disagree with local school policies.

That framing is, of course, not true or fair.

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Steve Bannon
Bannon Pleads Not Guilty To Contempt Of Congress
He also waived his right to arraignment.
By | November 17, 2021 1:50 p.m.
What Happened To Jeffrey Clark?
President of organization refuses to talk
By | October 14, 2021 1:17 p.m.
Jeffrey Clark, Trump DOJ official
4 Days In January: The Story Of Trump’s Ouster Of Atlanta’s Top Federal Prosecutor
How BJay Pak was forced to resign from the Justice Department.
By | October 9, 2021 7:00 a.m.
Jeffrey Rosen, Jeffrey Clark
Jeffrey Rosen, Jeffrey Clark
Rosen, Donoghue, And Clark: The Psychodrama That Nearly Subverted American Democracy
An account based on the Senate Judiciary Committee's report about Trump's efforts to pressure the DOJ.
By | October 7, 2021 5:21 p.m.
Donald Trump, Jeffrey Clark, Jeffrey Rosen
WASHINGTON D.C., USA - JANUARY 6: Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol in Washington D.C on January 6, 2021. Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images)
Where Things Stand: Garland Makes DOJ-White House Split Official Prime Badge
This is your TPM afternoon briefing.
By | July 22, 2021 1:38 p.m.
on May 10, 2016 in Washington, DC.

The Justice Department and the White House have been seeking to put some distance between each other since President Biden first took office. But Attorney General Merrick Garland made it official on Wednesday.

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Tom Barrack, former Deputy Interior Undersecretary in the Reagan administration, and CEO of Colony Capital, delivers a speech on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
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