Biden’s DOJ moves toward anti-monopoly enforcement and away from Merrick Garland.
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Three Ways Elizabeth Warren Would Reinvigorate U.S. Diplomacy
Where Trump destroys, Warren will build.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Official Secrets: A Conversation With Director Gavin Hood
The story of Katharine Gun, a whistle-blower who exposed NSA spying in the lead-up to the Iraq War, gets the Hollywood treatment.
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In the First Debates, the Candidates Didn’t Get Enough Time to Answer. Last Night, They Got Too Much.
The best way to avoid the curse of déjà vu would be for the moderators to turn the discussion to topics they’ve thus far scanted.
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Meet the Oligarchs Funding Campaign to Kill Anti-Poverty Programs
Top funders behind a campaign against food stamps and Medicaid include some well-known rightwing political megadonors.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Disrupting Democracy: When Big Tech Takes Over a City
Google partner Sidewalk Labs wants to remake the Toronto waterfront as a privately run digital development. It may really be a digital dystopia.
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Democratic Debate 2020: Live Updates
Tonight, 10 Democratic presidential candidates will take the stage in Houston. Below we have assembled a Twitter list of our staff, who will be commenting live as the debate happens. Get insights from our team: A Twitter List by theprospect
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Ed Rendell’s Sloppy Attempt to Dislodge Elizabeth Warren Backfires. Spectacularly.
The former Pennsylvania governor’s long track record makes it too easy to unearth examples of his own hypocrisy.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Uber Goes Back to Basics: Violating the Law
By announcing it would not comply with a California law reclassifying its workers as employees, Uber is returning to the company’s time-honored tradition as a scofflaw.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Warren Plan Would Close Tax Loophole Joe Biden Uses
Biden makes use of the “Gingrich-Edwards” loophole to avoid payroll taxes.