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Allegra Kirkland

@allegrak.bsky.social
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Politics @ TPM // Previously @ Teen Vogue

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 03/10/2026
The Bizarre AI Ad Trying to Make an Extremist Candidate Look Like Jesus
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The Bizarre AI Ad Trying to Make an Extremist Candidate Look Like Jesus
[Essay] This election cycle is rife with “slopaganda” — that is, AI-generated “slop” used for political propaganda. In a fascinating recent piece in the…
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026
not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
why does the WaPo print headline on the botched TN execution read like The Onion
Drugs Fail to Kill Woman
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rufo gets to position himself as "respectable." Polite sit-down interview w/ Ezra Klein. Celebrated by Substack as one of platform's "best" writers. Senior fellow at Manhattan Institute. His "Indian Question" podcast is pretty explicitly white nationalist talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
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Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In her response, Angie Nixon referred to Vance as "the most ordinary man imaginable." talkingpointsmemo.com/the-brief/jd...
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JD Vance Says Black, Socialist Candidate for Senate Doesn’t ‘Belong in America’
A New Chapter in Vance’s Effort to Police Who’s American JD Vance...
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 02/10/2026
Rufo often gets treated as a "respectable" conservative. His latest podcast episode — framing Indian-Americans as a problem in need of solving — is more evidence that he shouldn't be.
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 01/10/2026
What Hoskins did was not Trumpian fire and brimstone, bellowing about the criminality of Democrats and immigrants to try to overturn elections. It’s the unsexy, quietly effective cheating made possible by placing party loyalists in key bureaucratic positions.
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Old-School Republicans Are Responsible for Trump’s Attempts to End American Democracy 
Hello, and welcome back to The Franchise The Missouri gerrymandering fight felt...
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Becca Good spoke publicly: ”I'm devastated by how many other lives have been destroyed, in this the darkest of times. From so many families dealing with the loss of their owned loved ones, to everyone who has to witness it, the pain of this moment extends so far beyond our family." (cont)
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The average SNAP benefit across the U.S. is about $6.25 per person per day, or roughly $190 per month, according to FRAC. That isn't enough to cover a typical meal in about 99% of U.S. counties, according to a 2025 analysis from the nonpartisan Urban Institute."
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"About 5.2 million Americans like Covelli have lost SNAP benefits since the OBBBA was enacted..."
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Millions of Americans are losing SNAP benefits: "It feels as though people are being punished"
More than 5 million Americans have lost food-stamp benefits since 2025. "I have to prove that I'm sick," one SNAP recipient said.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
ICE plans to hire 5,000 employees before year’s end to bolster President Trump’s deportation campaign, even as thousands of earlier recruits await background checks.
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ICE to Launch Another 5,000-Person Recruitment Surge This Year
The expansion would boost ICE’s workforce by about 17%.
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Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"If I could just bring a politician with me to stand in the front hall of a nursing home” and see how people react when they realize they can vote again, a disability rights attorney said. “I wish they could see that and realize how important the work is.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-massi...
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‘A Massive Power Grab’: White House Proposal Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates...
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 29/09/2026
@emineirmakyucel.bsky.social and @jragazzo.bsky.social talk about Mike Johnson's claim that this was the "most productive" Congress ever, GOP infighting, and what will happen if the Dems retake the House: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS05...
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Congress Is Leaving Town. What Do Lawmakers Have to Show for Themselves? | TPM Live
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal).
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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This was a great episode of a great pod.
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Check out yesterday’s episode and follow the links in the description to see the great work done on this topic by our guest, @joshkovensky.bsky.social. The figures we discussed are sure to be critical in stirring chaos and confusion around 2026 midterms. Learn who they are before they make news!
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 28/09/2026
@joshkovensky.bsky.social joined @jaredlholt.bsky.social and @michaelehayden.bsky.social of the Posting Through It podcast to talk about the influencer grifters boosting the Trump admin's agenda open.spotify.com/episode/59Tb...
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144: Content Creators for the Authoritarian State feat. Josh Kovensky
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What do Nick Shirley, Nick Sortor, Cam Higby, Katie Daviscourt, Savanah Hernandez, and Tyler Oliveira have in common? They make clickbait in service of, and sometimes collaboration with, the Trump Admin. Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/59Tb...
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144: Content Creators for the Authoritarian State feat. Josh Kovensky
Podcast Episode · Posting Through It · September 28 · 1h 12m
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Consumer sentiment dropped in September close to the lowest level ever recorded in the 74-year history of the University of Michigan's monthly survey, fresh data on Friday showed. abcnews.com/Business/con...
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Consumer sentiment drops near all-time low as prices weigh on shoppers
The monthly reading is the second lowest in the 74-year history of the survey.
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Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In the Weekender: I break down the different flavors of GOP midterms cope @laylaayanna.bsky.social on Republicans blaming data center opposition on China -The Nvidia CEO not knowing his own address -The cancelation of Freedom Fest w/Kid Rock and more talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...
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The Midterms Look Bad for Republicans. How Are GOP Candidates Coping?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 25/09/2026
Join TPM editor Allegra Kirkland and publisher Joe Ragazzo at 1 pm ET for a chat about the prospect of an AOC 2028 presidential run, the cancelation of MAGA's Freedom Fest and more:
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TPM Live: 2028 Dem Contenders, Tattoos, and How the GOP Is Grappling With Its Midterm Woes
In case you’ve missed it, we relaunched our Weekender newsletter earlier this...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction upbraiding ICE for mass arrests that have strained detention facilities and forced detainees all over the country into "overcrowded, squalid, and degrading rooms for excessive periods of time" www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/defaul...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
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DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 23/09/2026
@letsgomathias.bsky.social shares details from his investigation into the most extreme Republican candidate running in the 2026 midterms, who is all but guaranteed to win his seat: www.tiktok.com/@talkingpoin...
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TPM Reporter Christopher Mathias reveals the most extreme candidate running for office right now. #florida #politics #fl #investigation #exposed
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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I asked Greg Bovino about the killing of Alex Pretti yesterday. He blamed a "light touch" towards "anarchists and rioters" in Minneapolis that allowed "lawlessness" to "fester" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...
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In New York, Greg Bovino Says DHS’ ‘Light Touch’ Allowed Minneapolis ‘Lawlessness’
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Greg Bovino knows Minneapolis is a problem.  The...
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 19/09/2026
How GOP Infighting Put the Spotlight on a Far-Right Secret Society of Influential Christian Men
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How GOP Infighting Put the Spotlight on a Far-Right Secret Society of Influential Christian Men
It usually doesn’t take a lot, but Erick Erickson managed to do it this week: cause the far-right to melt down online. He published an article on his Substack…
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dirm.bsky.social @dirm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Also in The Weekender: @joshkovensky.bsky.social on Erick Erickson causing a far-right online meltdown @allegrak.bsky.social adds another entry to the Unqualified Ambassadors Hall of Fame Mitch McConnell returns in time for spooky season Trivia and more! talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...
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How GOP Infighting Put the Spotlight on a Far-Right Secret Society of Influential Christian Men
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dirm.bsky.social @dirm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
For a 24-year-old YouTuber who literally can’t spell “discipline,” Nick Shirley has already managed to have quite an impact on American politics. For The Weekender, I spent some time thinking about what might be motivating him. talkingpointsmemo.com/minipost/a-f...
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The IX Sports @theixsports.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Why is the American right obsessed with the WNBA? This week on the pod @classicjpow.bsky.social and @howardmegdal.bsky.social are joined by @kateriga.bsky.social to discuss why the American right has latched on to women's sports before the 2026 midterms. www.theixsports.com/features/ix-...
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Why is the American right obsessed with the WNBA? | The IX Basketball
This week our hosts are joined by Kate Riga from Talking Points Memo to discuss how the right has latched on to the WNBA as a wedge issue.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 18/09/2026
Iryna Zarutska’s killing has emerged as a persistent fixation and rallying cry for racist extremists on the far right. It's also become part of President Trump's midterms pitch.
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Trump’s ‘Willie Horton’ Moment Featured a Story White Nationalists Are Obsessed With
President Donald Trump painted a terrifying picture during his rally in North...
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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
When @hunterw.bsky.social told me he was writing about how Trump was using the "Willie Horton" strategy in North Carolina, I thought he was making an analogy. But, no, Trump basically says at a rally: I'm going to do some Willie Horton now. And then does.
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Trump’s ‘Willie Horton’ Moment Featured a Story White Nationalists Are Obsessed With
President Donald Trump painted a terrifying picture during his rally in North...
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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
University of Florida’s College Republicans chapter was disbanded after members were discovered doing Nazi salutes. The group has come back to life, and, as one of its first acts, hosted Marshall Rawson, the Florida legislature candidate who TPM revealed was at Charlottesville.
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We Asked 28 GOP Officials If They’d Denounce the GOP Nominee Who Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville
This week I asked 28 current and former Republican Party officials in...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BY THE NUMBERS... 28: How many Florida GOP elected @letsgomathias.bsky.social contacted about Marshall Rawson, a GOP nom for state rep who marched in Cville 22: How many of those 28 had endorsed Rawson 3: How many responded 0: How many renounced Rawson. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/marshal...
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We Asked 28 GOP Officials If They’d Denounce the GOP Nominee Who Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville
This week I asked 28 current and former Republican Party officials in...
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Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“I’m not going to platform nonsense,” Newberry, FL mayor + Marshall Rawson endorser told @letsgomathias.bsky.social. "You don’t matter. I don’t matter. The voters do." Another endorser, Fort White's mayor, said “I personally hope he does win the election here” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/marshal...
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We Asked 28 GOP Officials If They’d Denounce the GOP Nominee Who Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville
This week I asked 28 current and former Republican Party officials in...
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New for @talkingpointsmemo.com: Marshall Rawson, GOP nominee for Florida legislature, marched w/ Nazis in Charlottesville, condoned slavery, & called for execution of gay people. Does GOP even care? Is there a limit to MAGA's "never punch right" ethos? talkingpointsmemo.com?p=1558029&pr...
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We Asked 28 GOP Officials If They’d Denounce the GOP Nominee Who Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville
This week I asked 28 current and former Republican Party officials in...
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Peter Montgomery @petemontdc.com · 15/09/2026
TPM's @letsgomathias.bsky.social on "the prospect that an unrepentant white supremacist will attain elected office in one of the country’s most populous states with no pushback from the Republican Party" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
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Layla A. Jones @laylaayanna.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Census Bureau wants to use your tax data to identify where you live even though officials from Treasury (IRS) told them not to. Census moved forward anyway. Why? To exclude most immigrants from being counted and shift political power to Republican states talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
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Exclusive: Commerce Overruled Treasury Concerns in Push to Narrow Census Count
Before the Trump administration issued its rule aiming to reshape the Census...
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In response to my @talkingpointsmemo.com story, the Florida Democratic Party issues statement calling on Florida GOP leaders — Ron DeSantis, Byron Donalds, and Ashley Moody — to take a stand against Marshall Rawson. "We don't need to send a Nazi to Tallahassee." floridadems.org/2026/09/flor...
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 15/09/2026
@letsgomathias.bsky.social joined @jragazzo.bsky.social on YouTube Live to talk about his piece, the modern GOP's "never punch right attitude," and "the screaming emergency" of having Charlottesville marchers as Republican state leg nominees. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/youtu...
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TPM Live: Chris Mathias on the Charlottesville Marcher Poised to Take Office in Florida
ICYMI, TPM’s new reporter Chris Mathias just published a new investigation revealing...
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Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Texas Republicans—and Bo French in particular—have spent the past year campaigning on demonizing Muslims, as @joshkovensky.bsky.social points out. But now Rs are coming out of the woodwork to condemn French's bigotry towards South Asian college students at UT talkingpointsmemo.com/news/gop-mad...
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GOP Mad at Candidate For Doing Xenophobia The Wrong Way
Bo French wasn’t always this way. When he first ran for statewide...
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 15/09/2026
STARTING NOW: Join Christopher Mathias and Joe Ragazzo on YouTube live for a chat about Chris' new investigation and the long shadow of Charlottesville:
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YouTube Live at 2 PM ET: Chris Mathias on the Charlottesville Marcher Poised to Take Office in Florida
ICYMI, TPM’s new reporter Chris Mathias just published a new investigation revealing...
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's my official first day as a reporter at @talkingpointsmemo.com! Hit me up with tips/ideas: chrism@talkingpointsmemo.com. & join me and @jragazzo.bsky.social at 2pm to hear us discuss my story abt the Charlottesville marcher poised to take office in Florida talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/youtu...
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YouTube Live at 2 PM ET: Chris Mathias on the Charlottesville Marcher Poised to Take Office in Florida
ICYMI, TPM’s new reporter Chris Mathias just published a new investigation revealing...
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 15/09/2026
After Rawson won his primary to represent Florida's House District 10, the state GOP congratulated him on X. “Ready to fight for North Florida and keep our state strong and free. Looking forward to a BIG win!” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 15/09/2026
Rawson is widely expected to win the general election in Florida's House District 10, raising the prospect that an unrepentant white supremacist will attain elected office in one of the country’s most populous states with no pushback from the Republican Party. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
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