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tpm talking points memo breaking news and analysis 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 send tips editors blog back to top help us reach 1000 new members get 25 off all memberships editors blog no it s really not a race to the bottom on redistricting by josh marshall 05 08 26 05 08 26 by josh marshall the backchannel callais combined with today s court ruling in virginia has jolted democrats and sent commentators into bemoaning an accelerating race to the bottom and to paraphrase jeff zeleny on cnn this afternoon the end to norms that have organized american politics and redistricting for generations i d like to offer a significantly different view of the situation what we have seen over recent months is that democrats have largely abandoned the mode of the last decade plus in which with one hand they fought the partisan battles of the day and with the other assume the mantle of defending the political norms republicans have already destroyed in other words it was the responsibility of democrats both to be contestants and referees republicans violated norms democrats tried to uphold them that of course meant no partisan battle was ever on equal terms and republicans almost always won them join the ironies of racial redistricting by john b judis 3 27 p m 3 27 p m by john b judis the supreme court s decision in louisiana v callais probably closes the book on the use of the voting rights act to ensure black voting rights in the south the decision is being taken as a blow to black voting rights and even as indicative of the court s racist leanings but i wouldn t jump to those conclusions the redistricting effort that callais ends may not have been of unequivocal benefit to the southern blacks it was designed to aid and while it could damage democratic prospects in 2026 it might help them in the longer run read more insta pod coming by josh marshall 05 08 26 05 08 26 by josh marshall with the big news out of virginia this morning in addition to the fallout from the callais decision we decided that an insta pod edition of the podcast was important to bring you up to date with what all this means kate and i recorded one about an hour ago and it should be in your podcast feeds this afternoon so if you re eager to unpack this barrage of news kate and i will be answering those questions in this emergency edition of the podcast are democrats warming to reforming the supreme court by josh marshall 05 07 26 05 07 26 by josh marshall the backchannel yesterday lauren egan who authors the bulwark s newsletter about democrats sent out a newsletter edition entitled get ready for the dem court expansion litmus test egan tends to be fairly dismissive of democrats intentions with a kind of mainstream media vibe today chief justice john roberts is complaining that the public is misinformed thinking that the supreme court is made up of corrupt political actors as i ve written repeatedly there are deep inertia pools of opposition to supreme court reform it s a much heavier though just as critical lift than contesting the gerrymandering wars or abolishing the filibuster but these and other hints show that a movement and a coherent push are beginning to take shape join the annals of self womping by josh marshall 05 07 26 05 07 26 by josh marshall yesterday i wrote a post basically arguing for a broad resistance to allowing the avalanche of corrupt and criminal conduct under the second trump administration to take on the color of normality and acceptability the answer to that is broad criminal accountability the post was entitled the law is coming this was partly a reference to a phrase i used frequently during the first trump administration after which the cause of accountability was at best uneven and ultimately a failure a story we all know well and from bitter experience read more the law is coming by josh marshall 05 06 26 05 06 26 by josh marshall the backchannel i m hoping to bring you some news on the doj in exile front in the not too distant future it was probably simply too early in the spring and summer of 2025 it s not too early now but the doj in exile idea was and is part of a more general ambition and agenda to create a baseline record a predicate and an expectation of future accountability for the trump administration s criminal conduct some of that effort is a kind of opposition therapy resisting the authoritarian aim of convincing the public that the law the ecosystem of criminal accountability has disappeared it heartens people it provides a framework of expectation the law hasn t disappeared we re in an interregnum it will return as will accountability the battle over expectations about the future is a central battle in any authoritarian takeover but it s not solely a matter of heartening strengthening the morale of the opposition it is also very directly and literally laying the groundwork for criminal accountability for a renegade executive and all the corrupt actors and criminals who now populate the executive branch join assume doj criminal conduct by josh marshall 05 06 26 05 06 26 by josh marshall and there you have it as the white house licks its wounds after virginia s successful move to redistrict its house map and net democrats as many as four new seats the leader of that effort and most high profile advocate has her office raided by the fbi in some hitherto unknown federal investigation the fact that the feds tipped fox news to the raid on state senate president pro tempore louise lucas s office probably tells us all we need to know about this fbi action show more something went wrong please refresh the page and or try again the weekender the youth swing for trump was always overblown by allegra kirkland hunter walker kate riga and derick dirmaier young voters never liked trump all that much alito says the atmosphere in dc gave his dog mental illness democrats can still win the house but courts have made it harder has anyone figured out what tucker carlson believes yet live blog virginia democrats signal they re taking their map to the supreme court 6 26 p m by kate riga and khaya himmelman cafe there s an obvious reason why the republican justices sound so nervous persuading the public that a republican controlled court issuing republican friendly decisions is not a republican body has never been more difficult 05 08 26 05 08 26 by madiba k dennie morning memo the great whitening comes without irony or shame inside samuel alito kash patel todd blanche 05 08 26 05 08 26 by david kurtz fbi questions wisconsin election official about 2020 presidential vote milwaukee journal sentinel by john light campaign staffers tell npr they make thousands betting on their own candidates npr by allegra kirkland federal and state officials discuss closing florida s alligator alcatraz over costs nyt by allegra kirkland the u s job market blew past expectations again in april adding 115 000 jobs across industries including retail transportation and warehousing and healthcare wall street journal by john light some gop lawmakers not excited about the 1 billion for trump s ballroom in reconciliation package it may be stripped out punchbowl by john light featured u s workers are getting record low compensation based on their productivity trump s anti immigration crackdown corporate tax cuts and anti labor movement policies are exacerbating a decades old trend by layla a jones by layla a jones the red state scramble to gerrymander away black electoral power has been more blatant than you d expect by khaya himmelman by khaya himmelman dallas republicans warned that texas was turning blue then they wrecked an election by josh kovensky by josh kovensky podcasts the josh marshall podcast ft kate riga emergency virginia pod 05 08 26 05 08 26 by jackie wilhelm in this break glass mini sode kate and josh react to the virginia supreme court s ruling invalidating the recently passed redistricting referendum the tpm social club how is ai affecting culture with leif weatherby 05 08 26 05 08 26 by jackie wilhelm an honest conversation about ai language and culture with leif weatherby the josh marshall podcast ft kate riga trump s revenge 05 06 26 05 06 26 by jackie wilhelm kate and josh talk election results abortion reaching the supreme court again and continuing fallout from callais the josh marshall podcast ft kate riga alito kills the vra 05 01 26 05 01 26 by jackie wilhelm kate and josh discuss the callais ruling and need for supreme court reform tps oral arguments and james comey s second indictment recent news virginia state supreme court strikes down dem redistricting proposal updated 05 08 26 05 08 26 by khaya himmelman where things stand fcc chair brendan carr is target for congressional oversight if dems defy odds take senate 05 07 26 05 07 26 by nicole lafond news court permanently blocks trump s newest tariffs orders more tariff refunds 05 07 26 05 07 26 by layla a jones news louisiana asks scotus for immediate oral arguments over mifepristone restrictions lifted three years ago 05 07 26 05 07 26 by kate riga morning memo gop races to entrench structural power advantages 05 07 26 05 07 26 by david kurtz news gorka fumes against the left in new counterterrorism strategy 05 06 26 05 06 26 by josh kovensky show more something went wrong please refresh the page and or try again creating the enemy within by josh kovensky trump crackdown on terrorist left notches a victory in texas jury finds eight members of a supposed antifa cell guilty of material support for terrorism by josh kovensky what s happening on the ground after scotus radical rebalancing of 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