Today on TAP: You could be forgiven, based on his recent behavior, for concluding that Trump is completely incoherent. Let’s look a little deeper.
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Some Democrats Endorse Bill Allowing Elon Musk to Create His Own Currency
The GENIUS Act is the first pro-crypto bill Republicans want to rush through this Congress. Thanks to industry money, several Democrats are ignoring the bill’s major problems.
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Trump Rips Up the Government’s Agreement With Its Workers
Airport security screeners had a contract, signed just last year. On Friday, Trump trashed it.
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The Impending Government Shutdown
Today on TAP: Will the Democrats have the savvy and unity to outplay Trump?
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Throwing Lifelines to Federal Workers
Some state and local leaders are trying to recruit suddenly jobless U.S. government employees.
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Here’s Your Government-Slasher on Drugs
Today on TAP: Elon Musk’s drug use has been widely reported—but not since he’s become deputy president.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Social Security Administration Cuts Affect You
A timely research paper looking at SSA staff cuts in the 1980s found that it led to tens of thousands of Americans not getting their earned benefits.
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Elon Musk’s Next Potential Self-Enrichment
His Starlink internet service could benefit from a proposed Republican fire sale of the government’s wireless spectrum.
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The Case for a Shadow Cabinet
High-energy progressives can provide a compelling daily account of everything going wrong and coordinate opposition to the Trump-Musk nightmare.
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Trump Trumps His War on the Administrative State
Today on TAP: When courts rule against him and he’s already neutered an agency, it’s that agency, not the courts, that his lawyers say should rule.