About Us
Talking Points Memo (TPM) is an independent news organization that publishes reporting and analysis about American politics, public policy and political culture.
We are particularly focused on reporting on abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust. Our reporters have exposed scandals and driven coverage of major news stories across multiple administrations. TPM was the first web-native news organization to win the George Polk award for Journalism, for coverage of the 2007 U.S. Attorneys Firing Scandal. Our coverage of President Bush’s drive to privatize Social Security won numerous awards. TPM was one of the first news outlets to examine then-candidate Trump’s ties to Russia and later led reporting on his pressure campaign in Ukraine. When former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin opined about abortion in cases of legitimate rape,” TPM was the outlet to make it news.
February 1, 2021 3:50 p.m.
Back in the before times, TPM’s office was conveniently located a few short blocks away from Barnes and Noble. A glorious thing! Floors upon floors of books. Before you knew it your lunch hour is done and you had to grab your spoils and go. It was both a blessing and a curse for me at least.
Joe, TPM’s Publisher, and I sometimes talked about how we restrict ourselves from earthly indulgences like food, shopping, etc. But books are another story. Books are the one thing that you should always just buy, buy buy (or rent, rent, rent, but buying is essential during a pandemic when the NYPL is inaccessible at best).
December 22, 2020 12:00 p.m.
Cue up Vitamin C’s “Graduation” song, we did it. 2020 is [finally] coming to a close and it feels like some kind of an accomplishment that we’ve made it this far. It seems every year we talk about how time has that magical effect to both fly by and drag on but this year has somehow managed to feel like March for 300 days straight. I barely remember the month of August and somehow, Christmas is around the corner. Then we’re on to 2021, who knows what that has in store for us. I am tempering my expectations, to say the least. Cheers to surviving as best we could.