With the president asleep at the switch, all kinds of nutty provisions got snuck into the bill.
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How Trump Is Keeping Americans From Celebrating the Fourth of July
As ICE agents run amok, Latino cities and communities have been compelled to cancel their celebrations.
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Ezra Klein Meets Zohran Mamdani
Today on TAP: Abundance for working people blows away YIMBY.
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Republicans Are Cutting Medicare. Not Only Medicaid, Medicare.
Passage of the Big Beautiful Bill will force mandatory sequestration that will mean half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts.
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The MAGA Murder Bill Passes the Senate
Snatching food out of the mouths of poor people so Elon Musk can have a tax cut
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Laid Off by DOGE and Leaving D.C.
The federal government is the economic backbone of the District of Columbia, as well as Maryland and Virginia. The sudden mass layoffs have already had knock-on effects in the capital city.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Is the Republican Party a Chinese Communist Conspiracy?
The Senate GOP just voted to destroy the economies of their own districts and hand 21st century industry to a foreign adversary.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Trump’s War on Gay, Lesbian, and Trans People
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is gay and married. Hello?
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What Zohran Mamdani Can Learn From Bill de Blasio
New York City’s last progressive mayor had some successes but over intense opposition. Here’s what the next one should look out for.
Posted inWorking in America
Who Pushed Trump Into Halting Raids, and Is It for Real?
Farmworkers struggle against deportation and even lower wages.
