A packet of curiosities and ‘propaganda’ raises the curtain on how Trump administration deploys the absurd against reality.
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Posted inDay One Agenda
Wait a Minute, Could John Roberts Block All of This?
How the Supreme Court might frustrate the effort to use statutory authority to advance a progressive agenda, and why the next president should follow through anyway
Posted inDay One Agenda
Create a More Progressive Tax Policy
Congress writes the laws, but the IRS interprets them, and they can do so in ways that make the system more fair.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Force Drug Companies to Lower Prices
Presidents have two powerful sticks that could weaken the pharmaceutical industry’s power to rake in astronomical profits.
Posted inDay One Agenda
The Little Agency That Could (Block All Good Regulations)
The Day One agenda is dependent on the functions of OIRA, an obscure federal agency that acts as a bottleneck for agency rules and regulations.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Surprisingly Good News at the Consumer Product Safety Commission
The Republican outgoing chair cast the deciding vote to have a Democrat temporarily replace her.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump Launches Aggressive Poverty Disinformation Campaign
The middle class is starting to look poor, but the president’s Council of Economic Advisers now argues that not even the poor are poor—all the better to cut programs that serve both groups.