The way Republicans are managing the Department of Homeland Security budget shows that Congress is now just something to work around.
David Dayen
David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He is the author of Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power and Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud. He co-hosts the podcast Organized Money with Matt Stoller.
He can be reached on Signal at ddayen.90.
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Live Nation Verdict Serves as a Warning
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Posted inTransportation
Aftermath: How the War Might Cancel Your Flight
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Organized Money: How AIPAC Tries to Dominate the Business of Politics
Are American voters changing their minds about the Israel lobby in American politics?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Out of the Chaos, a Green Future?
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