Today on TAP: Jack Smith’s prosecution for conspiracy has led to a familiar blowback defense: prosecute the powerful and everyone will get hurt.
Executive Power
Posted inPolitics
Donald Trump Is Plotting to Make Himself Dictator
His plan is to make the federal government his plaything, and many Republican elites are behind him.
Posted inEducation in America
President Biden’s Most Powerful Student Loan Tool
Income-driven repayment can be used to forgive as much student debt as he wants.
Posted inEducation in America
The Biden Administration Begins Student Debt Relief Plan B
The path they have taken includes a potential lengthy negotiated rulemaking process.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Supreme Court Decides Fake Plaintiffs Are Good Plaintiffs
The result is that student debt cancellation for 43 million borrowers has been wiped away.
Posted inPolitics
How to Cover a Presidential Campaign
Hollowing out government capacity and leveraging executive power to harm political enemies is at the heart of the Trump-DeSantis project. Will we hear about that?
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Judicial Deus Ex Machina Debt Ceiling Option
On today’s X-Date, liberals look to the courts to solve their intractable political problem. That spells trouble.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Introducing X-Date: A Debt Ceiling Newsletter
Democrats could have tried to abolish this pointless and dangerous economic time bomb, but failed to do it.
Posted inTAP
Who Cares About Care?
Today on TAP: Biden’s latest order is well-intentioned, but the caring economy needs a lot more money.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Free-Trade Deals Lite
To appease industrialized allies, the White House could undermine the delicate coalition backing domestic green manufacturing.
