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.
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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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.
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The Democrats’ Great Debates
Today on TAP: How to contain Trump and defend democracy? What to stand for affirmatively as an opposition party?
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A Wake-Up Call to British Labour
Today on TAP: As the West’s only majority left-of-center government dithers, the far-right Reform party makes big gains.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Did Trump Do Europe a Favor?
The EU must now look to its own political and economic interests. That could be good for European values and European union.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Davos and Other Hustles
The longtime head of the World Economic Forum resigns in disgrace. Is nothing sacred?
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Pressuring Republican Reps to Pressure Trump
Today on TAP: The strategy has been effective against one GOP legislator, David Valadao in CA-22, and it is going national.
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Trump Blinks
Today on TAP: The president has backed off his latest threats to fire Fed Chair Jay Powell and is now talking of a grand bargain with China.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Is the Press Next?
Sooner or later, dictators shut down the free press. In America, that might not be so easy, but it pays to be prepared.
