Today on TAP: The Speaker emerita demonstrated yet again why we always need smart and able pols.
Congress
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Democrats Complete the Big Crypto Reset
Chuck Schumer fully embraced crypto at an industry fundraiser for Harris, while his Senate candidates get showered with millions of dollars in crypto PAC donations.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Stopping Excessive Market Power Before It Grows Into Monopoly
The Robinson-Patman Act is mischaracterized as punishing low prices. It’s actually about preventing powerful monopolies that raise prices in the future.
Posted inPolitics
There Are Some Damned Good Reasons Why Joe Biden Moved to the Left
Contra Jon Chait, Biden’s economic progressivism has been both historic and (had he only been able to explain it) good politics.
Posted inPolitics
Outside Money and Dueling Claims of Working-Class Roots in Wisconsin Primary
Democrats are trying to pick up a seat in western Wisconsin. Two major candidates stress small-town values, but Rebecca Cooke was also a political fundraiser.
Posted inPolitics
This Election, the Intelligence Could Be Artificial
With Congress slow-rolling AI regulations, voters need to verify before sharing.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Elon Musk Thinks Advertisers Not Paying Him Money Should Be Illegal
America’s right-wing judicial tyrants face their most preposterous lawsuit yet.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Irrelevant Permitting Bill
A bipartisan measure to accelerate clean energy and fossil fuel projects has no constituency in Congress right now.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Anti-Monopoly Crusader Funded by Jeff Bezos
A mailer supporting New Hampshire House candidate Maggie Goodlander is from a pro-veteran PAC that Bezos and his parents gave millions to.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Kamala Harris Has Already Made the Case for Court Expansion
She just needs to remember the positions she took as a senator from 2017 to 2020.
