Talking Points Memo

We're about a month out from the general election. It's a good time to take stock of things as we enter the home stretch. We've put together what you might call a playbook for monitoring the election, TPM style. Different people follow political news in different ways and here at TPM we try to offer a little something for everyone.

Every morning you can start your day with Executive Editor David Kurtz's Morning Memo, a round-up of critical political updates from TPM and elsewhere around the web with just a touch of whimsy. Yes, usually it will tackle the latest legal development in one of Trump's entanglements or contextualize some other political event, but you might also find DK's gumbo recipe or some such thing.

Throughout the day, you'll want to stay locked into either TPM's homepage or whatever social network you are currently perusing mindlessly. We have a presence on all of them (sort of). Here you'll get the original reporting from our staff that separates TPM from a lot of other sites. Yes, we have commentary, yes we have analysis, but we also investigate and report. We make calls, we get out of the office and ask people things. Our homepage also has a helpful section called LiveWire where we post stories from other publications that we are following but are not yet ready to add to. See, at TPM we know it's not all about us, it's actually about you and serving your needs.

If you do just want the analysis and the commentary, we've got you covered of course. The Editors' Blog is where it all began, where Josh Marshall has been breaking down politics with wit and erudition for nearly 25 years. He also has his own newsletter, The Backchannel, which gets emailed to members daily. Think of it as his most important, most salient essay of the day.

Deputy Editor Nicole LaFond finishes the day by telling us where things stand in her daily, appropriately titled Where Things Stand. Nicole provides insight into one big thing happening each day accompanied by a round up of anything important or newsworthy that's happened.

So far a lot of text. If you are more of an auditory learner, don't miss the Josh Marshall Podcast Featuring Kate Riga that (usually) comes out every Wednesday. We also post those on YouTube. Once a month, we also take you behind the scenes of TPM in a series called Inside TPM where we explore the inner workings of the organization by interviewing the people who work here.

Finally, there's The Weekender, where once again Nicole is in recap mode, this time with the help of the whole staff bringing you the best parts of TPM, but a bit more laid back — you know, for the weekend.

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