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Posted inEconomic Policy
The End of the Whole-of-Government Approach?
In the Biden administration, some officials actually tried to govern. The squealing from corporations made clear that this novelty was effective.
Posted inPolitics
Can Sherrod Brown Close the Deal in Rural Ohio?
The Democratic senator is in one of the tightest races of his career. Is his party’s brand to blame?
Posted inPolitics
In Philadelphia, It’s Kamala vs. the Couch
Among Black voters, Trump can’t beat her, but a key challenge is rallying voters who’d rather stay home.
Posted inTAP
Why So Much Hate?
Today on TAP: Trump has tapped into an undercurrent of crude hatred and encouraged his supporters to express it. Where does all this hate come from?
Posted inPolitics
What Will You Do?
Life-changing choices we may be forced to make if Donald Trump wins
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
What to Do About Elon Musk?
How did U.S. space and military communications programs become so dependent on one weird Trump ally whose actions border on treason?
Posted inTAP
Will Trump Save Us from Trump?
Today on TAP: His Madison Square Garden Nuremberg Rally marks an even more explicit embrace of fascism. How much difference will that make in the campaign’s final week?
Posted inPolitics
In Search of the Trump-Osborn Voters
Dan Osborn is forging a new path through red states with anti-corporate populism and working-class identity politics.
Posted inTAP
How Should Kamala Close?
Today on TAP: The need to preserve our democracy is objectively urgent, but economic populism is the message that works.
