Today on TAP: That will depend on whether two justices, Chief John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett, are offended by a whole new level of dictatorial overreach.
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Posted inPolitics
Trump Almost Deleted Medicaid
These are not bright guys, and things got out of hand.
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Elon Musk Offers Federal Workers an Unauthorized Buyout
The alleged eight-month ‘deferred resignation’ contradicts federal rules.
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Trump’s Most Lawless Action Yet
Pausing funds appropriated by Congress is a deliberate taunt to draw a legal challenge that the White House’s most radical architects think will give them unilateral spending power.
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Dropping the Big One
Will some serious pushback set in before Trump blows us and the Constitution to hell?
Posted inEconomic Policy
We Found the $2 Trillion
Elon Musk wants to cut government spending. But the waste in the system goes to elites like him. Here’s a better way to bring down deficits.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Rohit Chopra Still Has a Job
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head has not been fired. Apparently, it’s because the Trump team can’t find anyone to replace him.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Will the Courts Enforce the Constitution Against President Trump?
If they don’t, the checks and balances that have defined our government since its inception will give way to one-man authoritarian rule.
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Memo to Term Appointees: Stay Put!
Today on TAP: Trump wants to oust the Fed chair and the IRS commissioner. They need to stay, as checks against autocratic power and hack appointees.
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Trump at the Lobbyist Trough
The unifying thread of the team around the president is that they sell their services to corporations for money.
