Trump’s new VA secretary is a bigger threat to veterans’ care than Elon Musk.
Elon Musk
Posted inWorking in America
The Federal Employee Red Wedding
This is not about who’s been fired, but who’s still working in the government.
Posted inTAP
The Queensberry Dilemma
Today on TAP: Should liberals and federal judges take the high road against Trump and get pummeled?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Trump’s DEI Purge Sweeps Up Race-Neutral Environmental Justice Program
The administration’s indiscriminate attacks on so-called ‘DEI’ will also harm his own base.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Yes, the Price of Eggs Matters
Consumer sentiment is falling off a cliff in the early Trump period.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The DOGE Czar’s Plan to Loot Medicare
Elon Musk’s coup plotters cut their teeth at an obscure Obamacare agency that burned $10 billion testing bogus cost savings initiatives.
Posted inTAP
Laying Off Empiricists
Today on TAP: The Trump-Musk war on federal workers zeroes in on agencies that document facts that may run counter to Trump’s fantasies.
Posted inPodcasts
The Tech Oligarch Consent Machine
What happened to Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi?
Posted inPolitics
Elon Musk, General Secretary of DOGE
The richest man on Earth is setting himself up as dictator of the United States.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How DOGE Could Spark a Financial Crash
Playing with fragile commercial real estate is like playing with fire.