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Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
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Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
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“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
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Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
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Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
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“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
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Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
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The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
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The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
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The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon’s longtime press corps left their posts over a blatant new press policy that prevents journalists from “soliciting” even unclassified information that has not been authorized for release, thereby preventing them from performing the most basic aspects of their jobs. In a show of solidarity, journalists from major media outlets presented their credentials and left their longtime offices in the building together. Interestingly, as WaPo points out, some pro-Trump media outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News, Hegseth’s former employer, have also refused to adhere to the media policy.
—Allegra Kirkland
Some House GOPs can’t wait to return
The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
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In case you need another reason to distrust Pete Hegseth’s official Department of Defense line, the agency just announced the creation of a “new media” press corps made up of the furthest fringes of right-wing media. Gateway Pundit is one of them, as are Tim Pool’s Timcast, Turning Point USA’s Frontlines media organization and Jack Posobiec’s publication Human Events, according to the Washington Post. Lindell TV, die-hard Trump fan and streaming service from the CEO of MyPillow, is also in on the action, because why not.
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon’s longtime press corps left their posts over a blatant new press policy that prevents journalists from “soliciting” even unclassified information that has not been authorized for release, thereby preventing them from performing the most basic aspects of their jobs. In a show of solidarity, journalists from major media outlets presented their credentials and left their longtime offices in the building together. Interestingly, as WaPo points out, some pro-Trump media outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News, Hegseth’s former employer, have also refused to adhere to the media policy.
—Allegra Kirkland
Some House GOPs can’t wait to return
The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
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The latest from Trump’s red-state redistricting push: North Carolina GOP acts on Trump’s request, approves new map that flips their seat
Morning memo: How does Mike Davis know who a new federal grand jury will target?
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In case you need another reason to distrust Pete Hegseth’s official Department of Defense line, the agency just announced the creation of a “new media” press corps made up of the furthest fringes of right-wing media. Gateway Pundit is one of them, as are Tim Pool’s Timcast, Turning Point USA’s Frontlines media organization and Jack Posobiec’s publication Human Events, according to the Washington Post. Lindell TV, die-hard Trump fan and streaming service from the CEO of MyPillow, is also in on the action, because why not.
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon’s longtime press corps left their posts over a blatant new press policy that prevents journalists from “soliciting” even unclassified information that has not been authorized for release, thereby preventing them from performing the most basic aspects of their jobs. In a show of solidarity, journalists from major media outlets presented their credentials and left their longtime offices in the building together. Interestingly, as WaPo points out, some pro-Trump media outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News, Hegseth’s former employer, have also refused to adhere to the media policy.
—Allegra Kirkland
Some House GOPs can’t wait to return
The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
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Morning memo: How does Mike Davis know who a new federal grand jury will target?
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—Nicole LaFond
Troll and conspiracy theory websites make up the Pentagon’s ‘new media’ press corps
In case you need another reason to distrust Pete Hegseth’s official Department of Defense line, the agency just announced the creation of a “new media” press corps made up of the furthest fringes of right-wing media. Gateway Pundit is one of them, as are Tim Pool’s Timcast, Turning Point USA’s Frontlines media organization and Jack Posobiec’s publication Human Events, according to the Washington Post. Lindell TV, die-hard Trump fan and streaming service from the CEO of MyPillow, is also in on the action, because why not.
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon’s longtime press corps left their posts over a blatant new press policy that prevents journalists from “soliciting” even unclassified information that has not been authorized for release, thereby preventing them from performing the most basic aspects of their jobs. In a show of solidarity, journalists from major media outlets presented their credentials and left their longtime offices in the building together. Interestingly, as WaPo points out, some pro-Trump media outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News, Hegseth’s former employer, have also refused to adhere to the media policy.
—Allegra Kirkland
Some House GOPs can’t wait to return
The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
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Those who voted in favor overwhelmingly say one reason is that they oppose the Trump administration — which they say generally treats California worse than other states — and that they oppose national Republicans.
Overall, those who view their Prop 50 vote as a national issue support it, and this rationale in turn helps push the “yes” side of the measure to the front.
—Nicole LaFond
Troll and conspiracy theory websites make up the Pentagon’s ‘new media’ press corps
In case you need another reason to distrust Pete Hegseth’s official Department of Defense line, the agency just announced the creation of a “new media” press corps made up of the furthest fringes of right-wing media. Gateway Pundit is one of them, as are Tim Pool’s Timcast, Turning Point USA’s Frontlines media organization and Jack Posobiec’s publication Human Events, according to the Washington Post. Lindell TV, die-hard Trump fan and streaming service from the CEO of MyPillow, is also in on the action, because why not.
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon’s longtime press corps left their posts over a blatant new press policy that prevents journalists from “soliciting” even unclassified information that has not been authorized for release, thereby preventing them from performing the most basic aspects of their jobs. In a show of solidarity, journalists from major media outlets presented their credentials and left their longtime offices in the building together. Interestingly, as WaPo points out, some pro-Trump media outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News, Hegseth’s former employer, have also refused to adhere to the media policy.
—Allegra Kirkland
Some House GOPs can’t wait to return
The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
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Only 38% of respondents indicated they would vote “no” on the ballot measure. What’s more interesting, according to CBS News, is that an overwhelming majority of those who support the measure (75%) see it as an opportunity to oppose Donald Trump:
Those who voted in favor overwhelmingly say one reason is that they oppose the Trump administration — which they say generally treats California worse than other states — and that they oppose national Republicans.
Overall, those who view their Prop 50 vote as a national issue support it, and this rationale in turn helps push the “yes” side of the measure to the front.
—Nicole LaFond
Troll and conspiracy theory websites make up the Pentagon’s ‘new media’ press corps
In case you need another reason to distrust Pete Hegseth’s official Department of Defense line, the agency just announced the creation of a “new media” press corps made up of the furthest fringes of right-wing media. Gateway Pundit is one of them, as are Tim Pool’s Timcast, Turning Point USA’s Frontlines media organization and Jack Posobiec’s publication Human Events, according to the Washington Post. Lindell TV, die-hard Trump fan and streaming service from the CEO of MyPillow, is also in on the action, because why not.
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon’s longtime press corps left their posts over a blatant new press policy that prevents journalists from “soliciting” even unclassified information that has not been authorized for release, thereby preventing them from performing the most basic aspects of their jobs. In a show of solidarity, journalists from major media outlets presented their credentials and left their longtime offices in the building together. Interestingly, as WaPo points out, some pro-Trump media outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News, Hegseth’s former employer, have also refused to adhere to the media policy.
—Allegra Kirkland
Some House GOPs can’t wait to return
The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
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The latest from Trump’s red-state redistricting push: North Carolina GOP acts on Trump’s request, approves new map that flips their seat
Morning memo: How does Mike Davis know who a new federal grand jury will target?
Hunter Walker, on the ground in Manhattan: Federal agents arrest a mix of protesters and migrants during a massive sweep in Manhattan
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A new CBS News poll found that 68 percent of respondents in California, an overwhelming majority, support Proposition 50, the redistricting proposal put before voters this fall in a special election. The measure asks voters to support temporary redistricting in California through 2030 to help the state gain five Democratic seats in the House of Representatives. It is designed to offset the impact of new Texas maps, which the Republican state legislature passed at Trump’s request to help Republicans maintain control of the House in the 2026 midterms.
Only 38% of respondents indicated they would vote “no” on the ballot measure. What’s more interesting, according to CBS News, is that an overwhelming majority of those who support the measure (75%) see it as an opportunity to oppose Donald Trump:
Those who voted in favor overwhelmingly say one reason is that they oppose the Trump administration — which they say generally treats California worse than other states — and that they oppose national Republicans.
Overall, those who view their Prop 50 vote as a national issue support it, and this rationale in turn helps push the “yes” side of the measure to the front.
—Nicole LaFond
Troll and conspiracy theory websites make up the Pentagon’s ‘new media’ press corps
In case you need another reason to distrust Pete Hegseth’s official Department of Defense line, the agency just announced the creation of a “new media” press corps made up of the furthest fringes of right-wing media. Gateway Pundit is one of them, as are Tim Pool’s Timcast, Turning Point USA’s Frontlines media organization and Jack Posobiec’s publication Human Events, according to the Washington Post. Lindell TV, die-hard Trump fan and streaming service from the CEO of MyPillow, is also in on the action, because why not.
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon’s longtime press corps left their posts over a blatant new press policy that prevents journalists from “soliciting” even unclassified information that has not been authorized for release, thereby preventing them from performing the most basic aspects of their jobs. In a show of solidarity, journalists from major media outlets presented their credentials and left their longtime offices in the building together. Interestingly, as WaPo points out, some pro-Trump media outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News, Hegseth’s former employer, have also refused to adhere to the media policy.
—Allegra Kirkland
Some House GOPs can’t wait to return
The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
In case you missed it
New episode of the Josh Marshall podcast with Kate Riga: No kings, no cover
The latest from Trump’s red-state redistricting push: North Carolina GOP acts on Trump’s request, approves new map that flips their seat
Morning memo: How does Mike Davis know who a new federal grand jury will target?
Hunter Walker, on the ground in Manhattan: Federal agents arrest a mix of protesters and migrants during a massive sweep in Manhattan
The latest in TPM’s 25th anniversary essay series on digital media: This post should have been shorter
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Trump candidate Paul Ingrassia’s mother tried to meet with lawmakers who criticized her son
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ICE’s “athletically allergic” recruits
A new CBS News poll found that 68 percent of respondents in California, an overwhelming majority, support Proposition 50, the redistricting proposal put before voters this fall in a special election. The measure asks voters to support temporary redistricting in California through 2030 to help the state gain five Democratic seats in the House of Representatives. It is designed to offset the impact of new Texas maps, which the Republican state legislature passed at Trump’s request to help Republicans maintain control of the House in the 2026 midterms.
Only 38% of respondents indicated they would vote “no” on the ballot measure. What’s more interesting, according to CBS News, is that an overwhelming majority of those who support the measure (75%) see it as an opportunity to oppose Donald Trump:
Those who voted in favor overwhelmingly say one reason is that they oppose the Trump administration — which they say generally treats California worse than other states — and that they oppose national Republicans.
Overall, those who view their Prop 50 vote as a national issue support it, and this rationale in turn helps push the “yes” side of the measure to the front.
—Nicole LaFond
Troll and conspiracy theory websites make up the Pentagon’s ‘new media’ press corps
In case you need another reason to distrust Pete Hegseth’s official Department of Defense line, the agency just announced the creation of a “new media” press corps made up of the furthest fringes of right-wing media. Gateway Pundit is one of them, as are Tim Pool’s Timcast, Turning Point USA’s Frontlines media organization and Jack Posobiec’s publication Human Events, according to the Washington Post. Lindell TV, die-hard Trump fan and streaming service from the CEO of MyPillow, is also in on the action, because why not.
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon’s longtime press corps left their posts over a blatant new press policy that prevents journalists from “soliciting” even unclassified information that has not been authorized for release, thereby preventing them from performing the most basic aspects of their jobs. In a show of solidarity, journalists from major media outlets presented their credentials and left their longtime offices in the building together. Interestingly, as WaPo points out, some pro-Trump media outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News, Hegseth’s former employer, have also refused to adhere to the media policy.
—Allegra Kirkland
Some House GOPs can’t wait to return
The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
In case you missed it
New episode of the Josh Marshall podcast with Kate Riga: No kings, no cover
The latest from Trump’s red-state redistricting push: North Carolina GOP acts on Trump’s request, approves new map that flips their seat
Morning memo: How does Mike Davis know who a new federal grand jury will target?
Hunter Walker, on the ground in Manhattan: Federal agents arrest a mix of protesters and migrants during a massive sweep in Manhattan
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Added to this are legally unverified presidential powers, ambiguously written statutes and a bloodthirsty president: troops without clear safeguards on the force they can use against citizens. To use the proper legal terminology, yeah.
-Kate Riga
Proposition 50 enjoys majority support in California
A new CBS News poll found that 68 percent of respondents in California, an overwhelming majority, support Proposition 50, the redistricting proposal put before voters this fall in a special election. The measure asks voters to support temporary redistricting in California through 2030 to help the state gain five Democratic seats in the House of Representatives. It is designed to offset the impact of new Texas maps, which the Republican state legislature passed at Trump’s request to help Republicans maintain control of the House in the 2026 midterms.
Only 38% of respondents indicated they would vote “no” on the ballot measure. What’s more interesting, according to CBS News, is that an overwhelming majority of those who support the measure (75%) see it as an opportunity to oppose Donald Trump:
Those who voted in favor overwhelmingly say one reason is that they oppose the Trump administration — which they say generally treats California worse than other states — and that they oppose national Republicans.
Overall, those who view their Prop 50 vote as a national issue support it, and this rationale in turn helps push the “yes” side of the measure to the front.
—Nicole LaFond
Troll and conspiracy theory websites make up the Pentagon’s ‘new media’ press corps
In case you need another reason to distrust Pete Hegseth’s official Department of Defense line, the agency just announced the creation of a “new media” press corps made up of the furthest fringes of right-wing media. Gateway Pundit is one of them, as are Tim Pool’s Timcast, Turning Point USA’s Frontlines media organization and Jack Posobiec’s publication Human Events, according to the Washington Post. Lindell TV, die-hard Trump fan and streaming service from the CEO of MyPillow, is also in on the action, because why not.
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon’s longtime press corps left their posts over a blatant new press policy that prevents journalists from “soliciting” even unclassified information that has not been authorized for release, thereby preventing them from performing the most basic aspects of their jobs. In a show of solidarity, journalists from major media outlets presented their credentials and left their longtime offices in the building together. Interestingly, as WaPo points out, some pro-Trump media outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News, Hegseth’s former employer, have also refused to adhere to the media policy.
—Allegra Kirkland
Some House GOPs can’t wait to return
The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
In case you missed it
New episode of the Josh Marshall podcast with Kate Riga: No kings, no cover
The latest from Trump’s red-state redistricting push: North Carolina GOP acts on Trump’s request, approves new map that flips their seat
Morning memo: How does Mike Davis know who a new federal grand jury will target?
Hunter Walker, on the ground in Manhattan: Federal agents arrest a mix of protesters and migrants during a massive sweep in Manhattan
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“I do not believe that this language would negate Section 12406’s express authority to execute the laws,” responded Eric McArthur of the Justice Department.
Added to this are legally unverified presidential powers, ambiguously written statutes and a bloodthirsty president: troops without clear safeguards on the force they can use against citizens. To use the proper legal terminology, yeah.
-Kate Riga
Proposition 50 enjoys majority support in California
A new CBS News poll found that 68 percent of respondents in California, an overwhelming majority, support Proposition 50, the redistricting proposal put before voters this fall in a special election. The measure asks voters to support temporary redistricting in California through 2030 to help the state gain five Democratic seats in the House of Representatives. It is designed to offset the impact of new Texas maps, which the Republican state legislature passed at Trump’s request to help Republicans maintain control of the House in the 2026 midterms.
Only 38% of respondents indicated they would vote “no” on the ballot measure. What’s more interesting, according to CBS News, is that an overwhelming majority of those who support the measure (75%) see it as an opportunity to oppose Donald Trump:
Those who voted in favor overwhelmingly say one reason is that they oppose the Trump administration — which they say generally treats California worse than other states — and that they oppose national Republicans.
Overall, those who view their Prop 50 vote as a national issue support it, and this rationale in turn helps push the “yes” side of the measure to the front.
—Nicole LaFond
Troll and conspiracy theory websites make up the Pentagon’s ‘new media’ press corps
In case you need another reason to distrust Pete Hegseth’s official Department of Defense line, the agency just announced the creation of a “new media” press corps made up of the furthest fringes of right-wing media. Gateway Pundit is one of them, as are Tim Pool’s Timcast, Turning Point USA’s Frontlines media organization and Jack Posobiec’s publication Human Events, according to the Washington Post. Lindell TV, die-hard Trump fan and streaming service from the CEO of MyPillow, is also in on the action, because why not.
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon’s longtime press corps left their posts over a blatant new press policy that prevents journalists from “soliciting” even unclassified information that has not been authorized for release, thereby preventing them from performing the most basic aspects of their jobs. In a show of solidarity, journalists from major media outlets presented their credentials and left their longtime offices in the building together. Interestingly, as WaPo points out, some pro-Trump media outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News, Hegseth’s former employer, have also refused to adhere to the media policy.
—Allegra Kirkland
Some House GOPs can’t wait to return
The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
In case you missed it
New episode of the Josh Marshall podcast with Kate Riga: No kings, no cover
The latest from Trump’s red-state redistricting push: North Carolina GOP acts on Trump’s request, approves new map that flips their seat
Morning memo: How does Mike Davis know who a new federal grand jury will target?
Hunter Walker, on the ground in Manhattan: Federal agents arrest a mix of protesters and migrants during a massive sweep in Manhattan
The latest in TPM’s 25th anniversary essay series on digital media: This post should have been shorter
Yesterday’s most read story
Lindsey Halligan gets her own signal chat fiasco
What we read
Trump candidate Paul Ingrassia’s mother tried to meet with lawmakers who criticized her son
Taxi TV is MAGA now
ICE’s “athletically allergic” recruits
Paraphrasing California’s argument, Judge Mark Bennett asked, “Even members of the Guard called to duty are subject to all laws and regulations, etc., that would include the PCA. So what’s your response to that?”
“I do not believe that this language would negate Section 12406’s express authority to execute the laws,” responded Eric McArthur of the Justice Department.
Added to this are legally unverified presidential powers, ambiguously written statutes and a bloodthirsty president: troops without clear safeguards on the force they can use against citizens. To use the proper legal terminology, yeah.
-Kate Riga
Proposition 50 enjoys majority support in California
A new CBS News poll found that 68 percent of respondents in California, an overwhelming majority, support Proposition 50, the redistricting proposal put before voters this fall in a special election. The measure asks voters to support temporary redistricting in California through 2030 to help the state gain five Democratic seats in the House of Representatives. It is designed to offset the impact of new Texas maps, which the Republican state legislature passed at Trump’s request to help Republicans maintain control of the House in the 2026 midterms.
Only 38% of respondents indicated they would vote “no” on the ballot measure. What’s more interesting, according to CBS News, is that an overwhelming majority of those who support the measure (75%) see it as an opportunity to oppose Donald Trump:
Those who voted in favor overwhelmingly say one reason is that they oppose the Trump administration — which they say generally treats California worse than other states — and that they oppose national Republicans.
Overall, those who view their Prop 50 vote as a national issue support it, and this rationale in turn helps push the “yes” side of the measure to the front.
—Nicole LaFond
Troll and conspiracy theory websites make up the Pentagon’s ‘new media’ press corps
In case you need another reason to distrust Pete Hegseth’s official Department of Defense line, the agency just announced the creation of a “new media” press corps made up of the furthest fringes of right-wing media. Gateway Pundit is one of them, as are Tim Pool’s Timcast, Turning Point USA’s Frontlines media organization and Jack Posobiec’s publication Human Events, according to the Washington Post. Lindell TV, die-hard Trump fan and streaming service from the CEO of MyPillow, is also in on the action, because why not.
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon’s longtime press corps left their posts over a blatant new press policy that prevents journalists from “soliciting” even unclassified information that has not been authorized for release, thereby preventing them from performing the most basic aspects of their jobs. In a show of solidarity, journalists from major media outlets presented their credentials and left their longtime offices in the building together. Interestingly, as WaPo points out, some pro-Trump media outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News, Hegseth’s former employer, have also refused to adhere to the media policy.
—Allegra Kirkland
Some House GOPs can’t wait to return
The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
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A district court ruled last month that the Guard deployed to Los Angeles violated the PCA by participating in law enforcement activities. But the Trump administration is proposing such a broad definition of the statute that allows the president to federalize the Guard that its lawyers say there has been no such violation and that the troops are perfectly free to behave like a municipal police force.
Paraphrasing California’s argument, Judge Mark Bennett asked, “Even members of the Guard called to duty are subject to all laws and regulations, etc., that would include the PCA. So what’s your response to that?”
“I do not believe that this language would negate Section 12406’s express authority to execute the laws,” responded Eric McArthur of the Justice Department.
Added to this are legally unverified presidential powers, ambiguously written statutes and a bloodthirsty president: troops without clear safeguards on the force they can use against citizens. To use the proper legal terminology, yeah.
-Kate Riga
Proposition 50 enjoys majority support in California
A new CBS News poll found that 68 percent of respondents in California, an overwhelming majority, support Proposition 50, the redistricting proposal put before voters this fall in a special election. The measure asks voters to support temporary redistricting in California through 2030 to help the state gain five Democratic seats in the House of Representatives. It is designed to offset the impact of new Texas maps, which the Republican state legislature passed at Trump’s request to help Republicans maintain control of the House in the 2026 midterms.
Only 38% of respondents indicated they would vote “no” on the ballot measure. What’s more interesting, according to CBS News, is that an overwhelming majority of those who support the measure (75%) see it as an opportunity to oppose Donald Trump:
Those who voted in favor overwhelmingly say one reason is that they oppose the Trump administration — which they say generally treats California worse than other states — and that they oppose national Republicans.
Overall, those who view their Prop 50 vote as a national issue support it, and this rationale in turn helps push the “yes” side of the measure to the front.
—Nicole LaFond
Troll and conspiracy theory websites make up the Pentagon’s ‘new media’ press corps
In case you need another reason to distrust Pete Hegseth’s official Department of Defense line, the agency just announced the creation of a “new media” press corps made up of the furthest fringes of right-wing media. Gateway Pundit is one of them, as are Tim Pool’s Timcast, Turning Point USA’s Frontlines media organization and Jack Posobiec’s publication Human Events, according to the Washington Post. Lindell TV, die-hard Trump fan and streaming service from the CEO of MyPillow, is also in on the action, because why not.
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon’s longtime press corps left their posts over a blatant new press policy that prevents journalists from “soliciting” even unclassified information that has not been authorized for release, thereby preventing them from performing the most basic aspects of their jobs. In a show of solidarity, journalists from major media outlets presented their credentials and left their longtime offices in the building together. Interestingly, as WaPo points out, some pro-Trump media outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News, Hegseth’s former employer, have also refused to adhere to the media policy.
—Allegra Kirkland
Some House GOPs can’t wait to return
The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
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But Wednesday’s argument before a 9th Appellate Circuit panel — made up of two Trump appointees and one Biden appointee — showed the division isn’t as clear-cut.
A district court ruled last month that the Guard deployed to Los Angeles violated the PCA by participating in law enforcement activities. But the Trump administration is proposing such a broad definition of the statute that allows the president to federalize the Guard that its lawyers say there has been no such violation and that the troops are perfectly free to behave like a municipal police force.
Paraphrasing California’s argument, Judge Mark Bennett asked, “Even members of the Guard called to duty are subject to all laws and regulations, etc., that would include the PCA. So what’s your response to that?”
“I do not believe that this language would negate Section 12406’s express authority to execute the laws,” responded Eric McArthur of the Justice Department.
Added to this are legally unverified presidential powers, ambiguously written statutes and a bloodthirsty president: troops without clear safeguards on the force they can use against citizens. To use the proper legal terminology, yeah.
-Kate Riga
Proposition 50 enjoys majority support in California
A new CBS News poll found that 68 percent of respondents in California, an overwhelming majority, support Proposition 50, the redistricting proposal put before voters this fall in a special election. The measure asks voters to support temporary redistricting in California through 2030 to help the state gain five Democratic seats in the House of Representatives. It is designed to offset the impact of new Texas maps, which the Republican state legislature passed at Trump’s request to help Republicans maintain control of the House in the 2026 midterms.
Only 38% of respondents indicated they would vote “no” on the ballot measure. What’s more interesting, according to CBS News, is that an overwhelming majority of those who support the measure (75%) see it as an opportunity to oppose Donald Trump:
Those who voted in favor overwhelmingly say one reason is that they oppose the Trump administration — which they say generally treats California worse than other states — and that they oppose national Republicans.
Overall, those who view their Prop 50 vote as a national issue support it, and this rationale in turn helps push the “yes” side of the measure to the front.
—Nicole LaFond
Troll and conspiracy theory websites make up the Pentagon’s ‘new media’ press corps
In case you need another reason to distrust Pete Hegseth’s official Department of Defense line, the agency just announced the creation of a “new media” press corps made up of the furthest fringes of right-wing media. Gateway Pundit is one of them, as are Tim Pool’s Timcast, Turning Point USA’s Frontlines media organization and Jack Posobiec’s publication Human Events, according to the Washington Post. Lindell TV, die-hard Trump fan and streaming service from the CEO of MyPillow, is also in on the action, because why not.
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon’s longtime press corps left their posts over a blatant new press policy that prevents journalists from “soliciting” even unclassified information that has not been authorized for release, thereby preventing them from performing the most basic aspects of their jobs. In a show of solidarity, journalists from major media outlets presented their credentials and left their longtime offices in the building together. Interestingly, as WaPo points out, some pro-Trump media outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News, Hegseth’s former employer, have also refused to adhere to the media policy.
—Allegra Kirkland
Some House GOPs can’t wait to return
The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
In case you missed it
New episode of the Josh Marshall podcast with Kate Riga: No kings, no cover
The latest from Trump’s red-state redistricting push: North Carolina GOP acts on Trump’s request, approves new map that flips their seat
Morning memo: How does Mike Davis know who a new federal grand jury will target?
Hunter Walker, on the ground in Manhattan: Federal agents arrest a mix of protesters and migrants during a massive sweep in Manhattan
The latest in TPM’s 25th anniversary essay series on digital media: This post should have been shorter
Yesterday’s most read story
Lindsey Halligan gets her own signal chat fiasco
What we read
Trump candidate Paul Ingrassia’s mother tried to meet with lawmakers who criticized her son
Taxi TV is MAGA now
ICE’s “athletically allergic” recruits
The PCA prevents the military from enforcing the law, a bulwark rooted in American tradition against the military’s withdrawal against its citizens. Conventional wisdom holds that the Guard cannot act as regular law enforcement unless President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, an explicit exception to the PCA.
But Wednesday’s argument before a 9th Appellate Circuit panel — made up of two Trump appointees and one Biden appointee — showed the division isn’t as clear-cut.
A district court ruled last month that the Guard deployed to Los Angeles violated the PCA by participating in law enforcement activities. But the Trump administration is proposing such a broad definition of the statute that allows the president to federalize the Guard that its lawyers say there has been no such violation and that the troops are perfectly free to behave like a municipal police force.
Paraphrasing California’s argument, Judge Mark Bennett asked, “Even members of the Guard called to duty are subject to all laws and regulations, etc., that would include the PCA. So what’s your response to that?”
“I do not believe that this language would negate Section 12406’s express authority to execute the laws,” responded Eric McArthur of the Justice Department.
Added to this are legally unverified presidential powers, ambiguously written statutes and a bloodthirsty president: troops without clear safeguards on the force they can use against citizens. To use the proper legal terminology, yeah.
-Kate Riga
Proposition 50 enjoys majority support in California
A new CBS News poll found that 68 percent of respondents in California, an overwhelming majority, support Proposition 50, the redistricting proposal put before voters this fall in a special election. The measure asks voters to support temporary redistricting in California through 2030 to help the state gain five Democratic seats in the House of Representatives. It is designed to offset the impact of new Texas maps, which the Republican state legislature passed at Trump’s request to help Republicans maintain control of the House in the 2026 midterms.
Only 38% of respondents indicated they would vote “no” on the ballot measure. What’s more interesting, according to CBS News, is that an overwhelming majority of those who support the measure (75%) see it as an opportunity to oppose Donald Trump:
Those who voted in favor overwhelmingly say one reason is that they oppose the Trump administration — which they say generally treats California worse than other states — and that they oppose national Republicans.
Overall, those who view their Prop 50 vote as a national issue support it, and this rationale in turn helps push the “yes” side of the measure to the front.
—Nicole LaFond
Troll and conspiracy theory websites make up the Pentagon’s ‘new media’ press corps
In case you need another reason to distrust Pete Hegseth’s official Department of Defense line, the agency just announced the creation of a “new media” press corps made up of the furthest fringes of right-wing media. Gateway Pundit is one of them, as are Tim Pool’s Timcast, Turning Point USA’s Frontlines media organization and Jack Posobiec’s publication Human Events, according to the Washington Post. Lindell TV, die-hard Trump fan and streaming service from the CEO of MyPillow, is also in on the action, because why not.
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon’s longtime press corps left their posts over a blatant new press policy that prevents journalists from “soliciting” even unclassified information that has not been authorized for release, thereby preventing them from performing the most basic aspects of their jobs. In a show of solidarity, journalists from major media outlets presented their credentials and left their longtime offices in the building together. Interestingly, as WaPo points out, some pro-Trump media outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News, Hegseth’s former employer, have also refused to adhere to the media policy.
—Allegra Kirkland
Some House GOPs can’t wait to return
The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
In case you missed it
New episode of the Josh Marshall podcast with Kate Riga: No kings, no cover
The latest from Trump’s red-state redistricting push: North Carolina GOP acts on Trump’s request, approves new map that flips their seat
Morning memo: How does Mike Davis know who a new federal grand jury will target?
Hunter Walker, on the ground in Manhattan: Federal agents arrest a mix of protesters and migrants during a massive sweep in Manhattan
The latest in TPM’s 25th anniversary essay series on digital media: This post should have been shorter
Yesterday’s most read story
Lindsey Halligan gets her own signal chat fiasco
What we read
Trump candidate Paul Ingrassia’s mother tried to meet with lawmakers who criticized her son
Taxi TV is MAGA now
ICE’s “athletically allergic” recruits
The PCA prevents the military from enforcing the law, a bulwark rooted in American tradition against the military’s withdrawal against its citizens. Conventional wisdom holds that the Guard cannot act as regular law enforcement unless President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, an explicit exception to the PCA.
But Wednesday’s argument before a 9th Appellate Circuit panel — made up of two Trump appointees and one Biden appointee — showed the division isn’t as clear-cut.
A district court ruled last month that the Guard deployed to Los Angeles violated the PCA by participating in law enforcement activities. But the Trump administration is proposing such a broad definition of the statute that allows the president to federalize the Guard that its lawyers say there has been no such violation and that the troops are perfectly free to behave like a municipal police force.
Paraphrasing California’s argument, Judge Mark Bennett asked, “Even members of the Guard called to duty are subject to all laws and regulations, etc., that would include the PCA. So what’s your response to that?”
“I do not believe that this language would negate Section 12406’s express authority to execute the laws,” responded Eric McArthur of the Justice Department.
Added to this are legally unverified presidential powers, ambiguously written statutes and a bloodthirsty president: troops without clear safeguards on the force they can use against citizens. To use the proper legal terminology, yeah.
-Kate Riga
Proposition 50 enjoys majority support in California
A new CBS News poll found that 68 percent of respondents in California, an overwhelming majority, support Proposition 50, the redistricting proposal put before voters this fall in a special election. The measure asks voters to support temporary redistricting in California through 2030 to help the state gain five Democratic seats in the House of Representatives. It is designed to offset the impact of new Texas maps, which the Republican state legislature passed at Trump’s request to help Republicans maintain control of the House in the 2026 midterms.
Only 38% of respondents indicated they would vote “no” on the ballot measure. What’s more interesting, according to CBS News, is that an overwhelming majority of those who support the measure (75%) see it as an opportunity to oppose Donald Trump:
Those who voted in favor overwhelmingly say one reason is that they oppose the Trump administration — which they say generally treats California worse than other states — and that they oppose national Republicans.
Overall, those who view their Prop 50 vote as a national issue support it, and this rationale in turn helps push the “yes” side of the measure to the front.
—Nicole LaFond
Troll and conspiracy theory websites make up the Pentagon’s ‘new media’ press corps
In case you need another reason to distrust Pete Hegseth’s official Department of Defense line, the agency just announced the creation of a “new media” press corps made up of the furthest fringes of right-wing media. Gateway Pundit is one of them, as are Tim Pool’s Timcast, Turning Point USA’s Frontlines media organization and Jack Posobiec’s publication Human Events, according to the Washington Post. Lindell TV, die-hard Trump fan and streaming service from the CEO of MyPillow, is also in on the action, because why not.
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon’s longtime press corps left their posts over a blatant new press policy that prevents journalists from “soliciting” even unclassified information that has not been authorized for release, thereby preventing them from performing the most basic aspects of their jobs. In a show of solidarity, journalists from major media outlets presented their credentials and left their longtime offices in the building together. Interestingly, as WaPo points out, some pro-Trump media outlets, including Newsmax and Fox News, Hegseth’s former employer, have also refused to adhere to the media policy.
—Allegra Kirkland
Some House GOPs can’t wait to return
The House has been out of session for more than four weeks – ever since House Republicans narrowly passed their short-term spending bill. Since then, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has refused to bring the House back into session. It’s all part of an effort to get Senate Democrats to vote for the GOP CR.
Of course, it didn’t work and no funding resolution has passed the Senate because Republicans refuse to meet Democrats’ demand to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Now, 22 days after the shutdown began, some House GOPers are increasingly expressing their desire to return to work.
“If it were up to me, we would come right back,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday, according to NOTUS.
Cole said he respected Johnson’s decision, but said it prevented him from being able to send out appropriations bills to try to plan ahead. The CR adopted by the House was to finance the government until November 21. But with less than a month until that deadline, Cole now says he’d like to do a CR that would fund the government until mid-January. And the House would have to resume its work to examine such a measure.
Earlier this month, other members of the GOP expressed frustration with Johnson’s decision.
“I think everyone is frustrated,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Zero communication. There’s no planning, and we have no idea when we’ll come back, if we’ll come back. Everyone wants to work, and we can’t work.”
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) also expressed concern over the extended absence during a private GOP call on the House floor, the Washington Post reported.
Meanwhile, Democrats have continued to criticize Johnson and House Republicans for being “on vacation” as they try to negotiate a way out of the shutdown.
-Emine Yucel
In case you missed it
New episode of the Josh Marshall podcast with Kate Riga: No kings, no cover
The latest from Trump’s red-state redistricting push: North Carolina GOP acts on Trump’s request, approves new map that flips their seat
Morning memo: How does Mike Davis know who a new federal grand jury will target?
Hunter Walker, on the ground in Manhattan: Federal agents arrest a mix of protesters and migrants during a massive sweep in Manhattan
The latest in TPM’s 25th anniversary essay series on digital media: This post should have been shorter
Yesterday’s most read story
Lindsey Halligan gets her own signal chat fiasco
What we read
Trump candidate Paul Ingrassia’s mother tried to meet with lawmakers who criticized her son
Taxi TV is MAGA now
ICE’s “athletically allergic” recruits
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