Today on TAP: Who gains politically if the bipartisan border bill stays blocked? The losers are the vast majority of voters who want the crisis solved.
Republicans
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Why Alejandro Mayorkas Wasn’t Impeached
It may have had to do with his recent announcement on stopping goods made with forced labor, which potentially swayed a Republican China hawk to vote no.
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The REAL Threat at Our Border
Trump, Republican governors, and MAGA media have summoned their armed fanatics to the Rio Grande.
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Pre-Preemption
Conservative states have now taken to blocking liberal cities from even thinking about legislating on behalf of their residents.
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Biden Should Begin the Tax Wars Now
He needs to highlight his positions against the Republicans’. And not give away too much in interim deals.
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Mississippi’s Direct-Democracy Con in Progress
The ballot measure process died three years ago, but some Republicans working on a new, more restrictive framework hope that voters won’t notice.
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Breaking the Ballot
Republican state lawmakers are enthusiastic practitioners of direct-democracy backsliding. Can voters hold them off?
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Party Opposed to Immigration Changes Opposes Immigration Changes
The inevitable outcome of Republican anti-immigration sentiment
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It’s Trump’s Party, and America’s Problem
Republican fealty to their master demagogue is undiminished, as New Hampshire demonstrated yesterday.
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American Fascism
Author and scholar John Ganz on how Europe’s interwar period informs the present
