Today on TAP: Why does the mainstream media keep depicting lunatic-right Republicans and normal Democrats as equidistant from the center?
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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Biden, Student Debt, and the 2024 Election
Today on TAP: The president could make generational justice a big winner for basic decency—and for his re-election.
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A China Reset?
It’s already happening—mostly to the advantage of Beijing.
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Centrist Democrats and Biden’s Debt Deal
Today on TAP: Biden’s debt negotiations are now caught between two contradictory strategies. Corporate Democrats add to the problem.
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The Global Race to the Bottom
Today on TAP: Will the Biden administration help Big Tech undermine consumer regulation by the EU and Asian nations?
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Our Glacially Improving Economic Prospects
Today on TAP: Even if we can avert ill-advised budget concessions as part of a debt ceiling deal, it will take more radical policies to improve the life prospects of workaday Americans.
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Elizabeth Warren at Her Everyday Best
Today on TAP: The senator exposes the corrupt connection between the biggest banks and their docile regulators.
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How Wall Street Feeds Itself
Today on TAP: Stock buybacks hit new records last year. They should be banned outright.
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The Budget Farce: A Travesty in Two Acts
On today’s X-Date: Watch out for Act II, the annual budget process for the new fiscal year that begins October 1, when Democrats will be playing a weaker hand.
