These haphazard funding cuts and firings will only continue, because they are manifestly not tied to a shutdown
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.
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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
‘TrumpRx’ Is Another Pretend Solution for High Drug Prices
The proposed government website will just refer people to the drug companies, which use direct-to-consumer pricing to distract from continued high profits.
Posted inPolitics
The Government Has Been Shut Down for Months
Today is the day we stop pretending that it’s not.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Why Do We Assume TrumpTok Will Succeed?
Oracle has no history of creating compelling consumer-facing products. Their ability to run the most addictive algorithm in social media is questionable.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Justice Department Turmoil Bubbles Up to the Surface
While DOJ continues to weaponize the legal system, the resignation of Pam Bondi’s chief of staff, Chad Mizelle, signals possible accountability for pay-to-play corruption.
Posted inPolitics
Conservative Dem Compares Ad About Her Corporate Donations to ‘Political Violence’
Assemblymember Jasmeet Bains took PAC money from 53 corporations that also donated to the incumbent Republican she’s running against. She said a progressive challenger pointing that out is a form of violence.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Big Banks Behaving Badly
Decades of consolidation have made large financial institutions the primary partners for small businesses. Two case studies show how banks destroy businesses with automated systems, rather than personal relationships. Meanwhile, America’s relatively meager safeguards are being radically dismantled.
Posted inTAP
Trump Decides to Own the Shutdown
Today on TAP: Agreeing to and then canceling a meeting on government funding makes clear who’s immiserating the public with a costly shutdown.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats Offer a (Partial) No Kings Budget
Provisions in the counteroffer to a continuing resolution would prevent illegal withholding of funds and partisan budget cuts.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Plutonomy Is Still Going Strong
For the last 20 years, analysts have known that this is an economy by and for the rich.