Today on TAP: A new poll finds that most people who voted for Biden in 2020 but stayed home in 2024 are economic progressives who were looking for leadership but didn’t find it.
Robert Kuttner
Robert Kuttner is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect, and professor at Brandeis University’s Heller School. His latest book is Notes for Next Time: Surviving Tyranny, Redeeming America. Follow Bob at his site, robertkuttner.com, and on Twitter.
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Another Trump Sellout to China and Big Tech
Today on TAP: The administration reverses long-standing controls on sales of advanced AI chips to Beijing.
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Gutting the Student Loan Program
Today on TAP: The budget bill’s assault on universities, students, parents—and gift for Wall Street
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Reclaiming the Public Realm
Trump’s destruction and the needed rebuilding should be a theme in every election between now and 2028.
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Tariff Tantrums
Today on TAP: Don’t look for a grand strategy in Trump’s tariff policy—it’s mainly about impulsivity and bravado.
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Hijacking the Fed
Today on TAP: Trump may succeed in isolating Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell and taking over the Fed himself, but the result would crash the economy.
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The Supreme Court as Enabler of Dictatorship
Today on TAP: The Court uses a backdoor procedure to allow Trump to get rid of civil service employees at will.
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MAGA’s Gift to China
Trump’s tariffs aren’t helping America. But they are helping someone else.
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Trump’s Ultimate Cure for an Unpopular Budget Bill
Today on TAP: Republicans are worried that voters will punish them in 2026. What if voters can’t?
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Ezra Klein Meets Zohran Mamdani
Today on TAP: Abundance for working people blows away YIMBY.
