Today on TAP: The question isn’t whether our president is a bullshitter; it’s why so many people either believe or ignore his bullshit.
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Q&A: ‘Still Pushing’: Alabama’s Complex Past and Nuanced Future
The New Yorker’s Alexis Okeowo charts the psychic battles of a resilient state.
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Back to Basics
A new book makes the case for a multigenerational commitment to rebuilding democracy.
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COVID Contrarians Are Wrong About Sweden
Trying to ‘let it rip’ in early 2020 was a disaster.
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How Apple Helped China Become a Tech Superpower
A new book details how Apple’s manufacturing strategy enormously benefited China.
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The Kaleckian Moment in 2024
The capitalist class revolted against full employment created by Bidenomics.
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Elon Is Out—Or Is He?
The leader of DOGE has created a humanitarian catastrophe, and he might not be done.
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Beating the Press
In a time of eroding journalistic freedoms, a new book chronicles the deliberate effort to use libel law to bankrupt the independent media we have left.
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Pyramid Schemes Are Eating American Capitalism
Multilevel marketing companies helped produce President Trump, and he is ruining everything.
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Kamala Could Have Won
She was poised to claim the presidency, but Joe Biden and a disastrous campaign defeated her.