Equity stakes, loophole closures, and protecting domestic industries might make sense in someone else’s hands. Not from a president with no strategy or plan.
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How John Roberts Can Help Trump Control the Fed
Today on TAP: Trump didn’t give a reason for firing other members of independent agencies. Roberts can say he gave one here.
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Trump Attempts to Take Over Fed
It won’t work, but it sure will rattle the economy.
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Trump’s Hit Job Against Fed Governor Lisa Cook
Today on TAP: The real fraud here is the misuse of confidential government data.
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Shooting the Messenger at BLS
Today on TAP: Could Trump’s new commissioner, E.J. Antoni, succeed in disguising the worsening economic realities?
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Cooking the Inflation and Jobs Numbers
Today on TAP: There are some genuine problems with BLS methods. A hack Trump appointee is not the answer.
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The Bleak Future of Trumponomics
Donald Trump is destroying the world’s faith in America and the dollar. We will pay dearly for that.
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Crypto Week Revealed the Dittohead Congress
There are no ‘hard-liners’ in the Republican conference. And nobody interested in standing up for the institution of Congress either.
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Hijacking the Fed
Today on TAP: Trump may succeed in isolating Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell and taking over the Fed himself, but the result would crash the economy.
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MAGA’s Gift to China
Trump’s tariffs aren’t helping America. But they are helping someone else.