Today on TAP: Literally firing ‘the libs’ is now the strategy and obsession of DeSantis and the Republican House, whether or not it’s legal.
Executive Branch
2023: A Year for Executive Action
Legislative progress will take a back seat in the next couple of years. The executive branch will have to implement the Biden agenda on its own.
Ashish Jha and the Moral Horror of Too Little Progress
The new position of White House pandemic preparedness director requires boldness on intellectual property.
Coalition Asks: Where Is Biden’s NLRB?
There were high hopes when a Democratic majority returned to decide labor law, but more than a year in, critical rulings have not been issued, a group of labor lawyers and organizers say.
The Continued Survival of Louis DeJoy
Failure to nominate replacements for the Postal Service Board of Governors could give the postmaster general another year of job security.
How Governing Can Motivate Politics
An alternate vision for how Democrats could bring the fight to the midterms by taking action in Congress and the White House
President Biden Is Right About MAGA Republicans
A Trump-appointed judge is attempting to protect the former president from a criminal investigation.
Presidential Climate Malpractice
Joe Biden’s mishandling of the many episodes of the Joe Manchin follies imperiled a burning planet—and the executive actions he should take have not materialized.
Good Guys With Guns?
If a good guy with a gun is the answer to gun violence, then why has the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives relied on interim directors for nearly a decade?
Susan Rice Criticized for Creating ‘Abusive and Dehumanizing’ Workplace
Current and former White House officials say that Rice routinely berates colleagues, including Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.

