Today on TAP: Hill Republicans want to oust FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg, citing sexual harassment elsewhere in the agency. The real issue is Gruenberg’s tough regulation of banks.
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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Train Wreck of a Trade Deal
Today on TAP: The Biden administration has to slow-walk a marquee agreement, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. That might even be a blessing in disguise.
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The Next Insulin Scandal
A generic cold medicine available in Europe also turns out to have benefits for Parkinson’s. Biden could prevent the usual effort to patent it and jack up the price.
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Free Speech: Brandeis vs. Brandeis
Today on TAP: Does student support for Palestinian rights promote violence at home?
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What a Difference a Day Makes
Today on TAP: Democrats ran the table yesterday, but does that portend good news for 2024?
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Varieties of Extermination
The slaughter of bison, Israelis, Gazans, and Native Americans
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About That New York Times Poll
Today on TAP: Lazy journalism allows flawed polls to become the narrative—but that doesn’t mean Biden is doing fine.
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Biden’s Weird Nomination of Kurt Campbell
Today on TAP: The president’s choice for deputy secretary of state is badly at odds with Biden’s own policies on trade.
