Today on TAP: Trump’s order to ICE to seize California’s undocumented, ignoring those in Texas or Florida, is profoundly partisan.
Republicans
Republican Spending Bill Throws $156 Billion at Defense Contractors
Experts say its military spending isn’t grounded in strategy, would line the pockets of defense corporations, and would redirect the military to domestic deportations.
Senate Finance Committee Endangers Even More Medicaid Patients
The Senate draft makes changes that will annoy House moderates and conservatives. But on Medicaid, it goes further than the House, threatening the lives of more Americans.
The Real Democratic Civil War
It’s not so much about ‘abundance’ as it is about how to reconnect with a justifiably angry working class.
Trump’s Reverse Robin Hood Agenda Hits Home Stretch
The Big Beautiful Bill will benefit the rich and hurt the poor, while reducing economic growth and causing mass death. Other than that, it’s perfect.
Virginia’s Chill Primary Season
With the governor’s race a done deal, attention has settled lightly on the two other statewide contests.
Republicans Have a Solution for Their Deficit Problem: Flagrant Lies
Rejecting reality, they substitute their own.
Trump’s Brotherhood of the Corrupt
Why the president displays an affection for the world’s crooks: If nobody is corrupt, then Trump is not corrupt.
Here Lies Regular Order (2025-2025)
As soon as Senators tried to do their jobs to propose amendments to legislation, their colleagues didn’t like it. So that’s the end of amendments.
It’s Grade-School Graduation Week in L.A. Send in the Marines!
Today On TAP: Los Angeles schools try to safeguard their ceremonies from the threat of deportation raids.

