David Kurtz
David Kurtz is TPM's editor at large.
davidmkurtz@proton.me 
MORNING MEMO
Potential Disaster Averted as Bid to Undermine Judicial Branch Fails
INSIDE: Hannah Dugan ... Stephen Miller ... Jeffrey Epstein
12.19.25 | 11:09 am
MORNING MEMO
How The 2020 Big Lie Is Now Threatening a World-Class Research Center
INSIDE: Tina Peters ... Letitia James ... Jack Smith
12.18.25 | 11:07 am
MORNING MEMO
First at TPM: In Shift, Trump Admin Returns Wrongfully Deported Man
INSIDE: Hannah Dugan ... Tucker Carlson ... Jack Smith
12.17.25 | 10:51 am
MORNING MEMO
Trump Chief of Staff Admits to Retribution Campaign
INSIDE: Dan Bongino ... Mark Kelly ... Pete Hegseth
12.16.25 | 10:38 am
MORNING MEMO
The Dog That Hasn’t Barked in the D.C. Pipe Bomber Case
INSIDE: Tina Peters ... James Boasberg ... Rob Reiner
12.15.25 | 11:00 am
EDITORS' BLOG
MORNING MEMO
BREAKING: Judge Blocks ICE From Re-Detaining Abrego Garcia
INSIDE: Letitia James ... Tina Peters ... Mike Lindell
12.12.25 | 9:57 am
MORNING MEMO
Pam Bondi Is Low-Key Defying Federal Judges Over DQ’d US Attorneys
INSIDE: Alina Habba ... Lindsey Halligan ... Abrego Garcia
12.11.25 | 11:03 am
MORNING MEMO
The Grim Fate of the Sole Survivor of a Lawless U.S. Boat Strike
INSIDE: Pete Hegseth ... Donald Trump ... Emil Bove
12.10.25 | 10:45 am