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Norms, Shnorms
07.03.25 | 7:32 pm

Late this afternoon, the Social Security Administration sent out an email, seemingly to all recipients, cheering the passage of the President’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”

House Speaker Confirms Legislative Branch Is Now Just A Prop
This is your TPM evening briefing.
07.03.25 | 5:51 pm
Hundreds of Jan 6ers Are Hoping For Big DOJ Payday
Ashli Babbitt's case showed how willing the Trump admin is to pay out claims that feed into conspiracy theories related to January 6.
07.03.25 | 2:15 pm
Your Taxpayer Dollars at Work—on Trump Campaign Ads Prime Badge
07.03.25 | 12:24 pm

AdImpact is the canonical source that many journalists use to track political ad spending, where ads are running, the ability to see the actual ads and so forth. A few times I’ve considering subscribing for TPM during the peak of the big election cycles. (These are very high-dollar price points.) So I’m on their mailing list for the data overviews that are basically teasers for subscribing. I got one of those today and something immediately jumped out at me. The top political advertiser by spend this cycle is the Department of Homeland Security.

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