An op-ed about net neutrality by two Obama veterans, later reported on as news, was based on a white paper funded by two industry lobbying groups.
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You Go to War (or Not) With the President You Have
Today on TAP: The debt ceiling idiocy tells us a lot about Joe Biden’s strengths and limitations.
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The Budget Farce: A Travesty in Two Acts
On today’s X-Date: Watch out for Act II, the annual budget process for the new fiscal year that begins October 1, when Democrats will be playing a weaker hand.
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Savvy Beltway Reporters’ Debt Ceiling Duplicity
Today on X-Date: Axios, CNBC, and Punchbowl News work to normalize Republican legislative terrorism.
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Twelve Years of Being the Most Responsible Guy in the Room
On today’s X-Date, the seeds for what is now a negotiation over how much of the budget to cut were sown during Obama’s ‘grand bargain’ phase.
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The Crypto-Reactionary Deficit Scolds
Today on X-Date: Squint at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and you see MAGA conservatives endorsing legislative hostage-taking.
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Rumored Fed Nominee Thinks Tim Geithner Did Right by Homeowners
President Biden may nominate Janice Eberly, former deputy to the mastermind of America’s foreclosure crisis.
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Joe Manchin’s Dumb Budget Idea Already Failed Before
In 2011, Congress created a ‘super committee’ to come to a bipartisan compromise on austerity. It didn’t work.
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The Myth of Jeffrey Zients
There is no reason to trust a longtime corporate stooge to serve as President Biden’s chief of staff.
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Is Kevin McCarthy’s Secret Weapon Joe Biden?
Today on TAP: Biden has a history of needlessly capitulating to Republicans in budget negotiations. His new chief of staff, Jeff Zients, is even worse.