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Samuel Alito: Disenfranchising Millions of Voters Is No Big Deal If Mister Trump Wants It

Samuel Alito: Disenfranchising Millions of Voters Is No Big Deal If Mister Trump Wants It

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. For months,...

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Talking Points Memo

Jay Willis

The Supreme Court’s Ballroom Decision Gave Trump the Only Thing He Cared About

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Last fall,...

01.09.2026 8

Talking Points Memo

Jay Willis

Sophie Cunningham and the cynical economics of the anti-trans athlete

The conservative media machine is turning WNBA athletes into well-compensated culture-war assets.

01.09.2026 5

Fast Company

Jay Willis

The Supreme Court Thinks You Are Stupid

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. A key component of...

25.08.2026 10

Talking Points Memo

Jay Willis

The Justice Department Is a Glorified Pro-Trump Law Firm Now

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Earlier this week,...

13.08.2026 10

Talking Points Memo

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The Push to Elect Kansas Supreme Court Justices Is a Cynical Anti-Abortion Power Grab

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. On Tuesday, voters...

04.08.2026 30

Talking Points Memo

Jay Willis

Kash Patel’s Ambitious Defamation Lawsuit Foiled By Basic Civil Procedure Doctrine

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Kash Patel, the...

30.07.2026 20

Talking Points Memo

Jay Willis

Trump Media’s $100k-a-month Truth Social scheme is the president’s most desperate grift yet

Truth API is what happens when a historically unpopular lame-duck president needs to lock in a revenue stream before he leaves office.

23.07.2026 10

Fast Company

Jay Willis

Taking Back Your Democracy for Dummies

This is part of Amicus and Slate’s “By the People” series, which explores how the American people can reclaim the Constitution—and the...

20.07.2026 30

Slate

Jay Willis

How Lindsey Graham Built the Trump Supreme Court

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. I will say this...

14.07.2026 30

Talking Points Memo

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Samuel Alito Is the Supreme Court’s Leading Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theorist

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.  It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Months before...

29.06.2026 30

Talking Points Memo

Jay Willis

Prediction markets are fueling a new era of political graft

Kalshi and Polymarket say they leverage the wisdom of the crowd. Instead, they’ve created a lucrative way for politicians and campaign staffers to...

05.06.2026 20

Fast Company

Jay Willis

Kalshi’s $22 billion problem

The prediction market giant just hit a massive valuation. But state gambling regulators are coming after its sports business—and using Kalshi’s...

08.05.2026 40

Fast Company

Jay Willis

John Roberts Is Always a Republican First

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.  It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Over the...

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Talking Points Memo

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This Trump Judicial Nominee Has a Pretty Alarming Twitter History

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Earlier this year,...

13.03.2026 60

Talking Points Memo

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The X algorithm really is trying to radicalize you—researchers just proved it

A new study shows that X’s ‘For you’ algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes traditional media, effectively shifting users’ opinions.

12.03.2026 40

Fast Company

Jay Willis

Why a Tennessee proposal to ban sports betting on campus is too little, too late

31.01.2026 30

Fast Company

Jay Willis

The Real Reason the Supreme Court Reversed Its Position on Trans Rights

15.01.2026 70

Slate

Jay Willis

Why Elon Musk is laughing off Grok’s flood of deepfake AI porn

10.01.2026 60

Fast Company

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Emil Bove Went to a Trump Rally Because He Supports Donald Trump

11.12.2025 70

Talking Points Memo

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The NBA’s betting scandal shows who really runs sports now

28.10.2025 40

Fast Company

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Why Trump Expects the Justice Department to Cut Him a Quarter-Billion-Dollar Check

23.10.2025 40

Talking Points Memo

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The Story of This Supreme Court Term Is Already on YouTube

02.10.2025 40

Slate

Jay Willis

This Brett Kavanaugh Opinion Was Too Dumb for the Justices Who Agreed With Him to Join

10.09.2025 50

Slate

Jay Willis

Kalshi found a backdoor to sports gambling, and is throwing it open to everyone

06.09.2025 40

Fast Company

Jay Willis

John Roberts Is Responsible For America’s Embarrassing Gerrymandering Mess

22.08.2025 40

Talking Points Memo

Jay Willis

Trump Can’t Actually Ban Mail Ballots. He Can Still Do a Ton of Damage.

21.08.2025 40

Slate

Jay Willis

How crypto billionaires took over Trump’s political machine

07.08.2025 40

Fast Company

Jay Willis

Republicans Just Confirmed Trump’s Most Ghastly Nominee. Democrats Made It Possible.

30.07.2025 40

Slate

Jay Willis

Gold phones, meme coins, and instant pots: Trump’s MAGA economy is taking shape

21.06.2025 50

Fast Company

Jay Willis

Trump’s Judicial Nominees Can’t Say Whether Jan. 6 Happened. Where Are the Democrats?

18.06.2025 30

Slate

Jay Willis