Today on TAP: That nation’s legislators overturned their president’s attempt to seize power. Our Republicans played along with Trump’s.
Republicans
Posted inEconomic Policy
Billionaire Gifts and Cuts for Everyone Else
The numbers don’t work for Trump, and neither do the politics.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Missouri Lawmakers: Show Me a New Abortion Ban
The legislature could spend early 2025 debating how to upend the constitutional amendment on reproductive rights that voters just passed.
Posted inTAP
Some Guardrails Hold
Today on TAP: More Trump screwball nominations are going down, and he belatedly agrees to let the FBI vet nominees—meaning that still more will fall.
Posted inPolitics
Labor Nominee Chavez-DeRemer: More Trump Loyalist Than Union Ally
A cursory look at her record reveals the standard contemporary GOP positions.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Abortion Dislocations
Seven states passed constitutional amendments protecting abortion this year, but the backlash from anti-abortion forces has only just begun.
Posted inPolitics
How Democrats Can Regain the Working Class
It’s time to go after the nation’s real elite—not the Republicans’ largely fictitious one.
Posted inPolitics
The Harsh Realities Behind North Carolina’s Noncitizen Amendment
The successful ballot measure hasn’t gotten much notice in the wake of Trump’s victory, but it has dangerous implications.
Posted inPolitics
Dr. Strangekennedy
Or, how you should learn to worry more about illiberal politics in liberal guise
Posted inWorking in America
Labor in the Trump Years
Trump, Musk & Co. are gunning for unions. Herewith some strategies for survival.
