Today on TAP: The Wall Street Journal editorial page joins reality.
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.
Posted inWorking in America
Solving the Shortage of Low-Wage Workers
Here’s the miracle cure: Pay them better.
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Ten Sneaky Sleeper Provisions in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill
Today on TAP: Yet more horrors are hidden in the fine print.
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Biden’s Prostate Cancer
Today on TAP: He followed bad official advice when he failed to get PSA tests.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump and the Tech Oligarchy
Trump seems to be destroying America’s innovation system, but he is really skewing it in favor of tech monopolies.
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Big Beautiful Bull
Today on TAP: The Republican budget reconciliation process has inched forward, but deep schisms remain. The course of least resistance is a massive increase in the deficit.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Broken China
Trump’s China policy is a chaotic mess that harms the U.S. far more than it harms the Chinese.
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Flying Blind
Today on TAP: Trump and his appointees are making the airport mess worse. But it would be a mistake to pin this crisis entirely on him.
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s Flagrant Racism
It’s the flip side of Trump’s DEI for incompetent white people.
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Trump’s China Charade
Today on TAP: It’s the usual script—create a crisis, then back off and claim victory.
