Today on TAP: Come April, it will be time to celebrate—and renew—America’s 1775 revolt against usurping monarchs.
Elon Musk
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Federal Funding Must Flow
With Medicaid at risk, state officials could help put the brakes on DOGE and the chaos generated in Washington, but only with some decisive pushback.
Posted inTAP
Trump’s Coming War on the Press
Today on TAP: The big media outlets do themselves no favor by trying appeasement.
Posted inWorking in America
King Musk’s Government Purge Hits a Snag
Before Elon Musk can exercise authoritarian power, he must purge the federal bureaucracy. But federal workers aren’t playing ball.
Posted inWorking in America
The Musk-Bezos War on Collective Bargaining
When Biden’s NLRB began to restore workers’ rights, the world’s richest men moved to shut down the NLRB altogether.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Illegal Executive Spending Decisions Are Happening Now
With the rightful concern about collapsing the U.S. payment system, we’ve lost sight of the illegality happening in real time: presidential impoundment of funds for disfavored causes.
Posted inWorking in America
Vulnerable Federal Contractors Protest Terminations at USAID
The federal government relies on millions of contract workers who have minimal job protections.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Nothing Normal About This CFPB Takeover
All work at the agency has been shut down indefinitely.
Posted inPolitics
Will the Republic Strike Back?
The attempted hostile takeover of the U.S. government by Trump and Musk is beginning to hit a wall. Let’s see if the wall holds.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Lawsuit Takes On Musk Payment System Takeover on Privacy Grounds
Giving DOGE access to the Treasury Department’s payment system violates the Privacy Act of 1974 and IRS statutes, three plaintiffs allege.
