With each passing day, the two fundamental facts about our current political period become steadily clearer. The first is that the only presidential precedent for Donald Trump’s second term is that of the Confederate presidency of Jefferson Davis. The second is that the most crucial deterrent to the one-sided civil war that Trump is waging […]
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Trump’s Peace Plan and Real Estate Deal
Even if a deal is struck, there are multiple ways for things to go off the rails before it becomes a durable settlement.
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Taxing the Rich and the Survival of Emmanuel Macron
Macron, whose own popularity ratings have been languishing, has made it clear that he opposes a wealth tax.
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Who Picked the Crops?
Today on TAP: How ICE favored growers at the expense of farmworkers
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Why the Gaza Peace Plan Is Basically a War Plan
Today on TAP: The Trump-Bibi plan continues to let Israel run amok unless Hamas signs on.
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The Art of the Budget Deal
Today on TAP: With a government shutdown looming on Wednesday, will Trump screw Democrats, Republicans, the public, or himself?
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H-1B Disruption
Today on TAP: It’s the right target, but a $100,000 visa fee is a characteristically bizarre Trumpian remedy.
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Russ Vought’s Empty Shutdown Threat
Today on TAP: The OMB director says that if Democrats don’t cave, he will do mass layoffs. Imagine that.
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Bessent’s Bizarre Bailout
Today on TAP: Argentina will get U.S. help despite its perverse economic policies, only because fellow economic pervert Trump and Argentina’s Milei are soulmates. It won’t work.
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Trump Decides to Own the Shutdown
Today on TAP: Agreeing to and then canceling a meeting on government funding makes clear who’s immiserating the public with a costly shutdown.
