The Unfathomable Mystery
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Posted inTAP
Could Trump’s Derangement Cost Him the Nomination?
Today on TAP: Nikki Haley has astutely made Trump’s impairment an issue. Let’s see how it plays.
Posted inEconomic Policy
An Unequal Tax Trade
The business tax credits in the Wyden-Smith deal are five times as generous as the Child Tax Credit expansion, according to government scorekeepers.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Florida Abortion Rights Supporters Mean What They Say
A proposed constitutional amendment pending before the state supreme court puts direct democracy in the dock again.
Posted inPolitics
Metaphors Journalists Live By (Part II)
The conclusion of our story of the bad things that can happen when journalists refuse to criticize themselves
Posted inPolitics
Metaphors Journalists Live By (Part I)
One of the reasons political journalism is so ill-equipped for this moment in America is because of its stubborn adherence to outdated frames.
Posted inPolitics
Trump Wins Iowa, Sun Rises in East
An aging, distempered electorate votes for their favorite aging, distempered candidate.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Ten Percent of the Way to a Deal on the Child Tax Credit
The minor tweak proposed to the CTC is less important than what the Democrats want to do after the Trump tax cuts expire in 2025.
Posted inPolitics
First They Came for Harvard
The right’s long and all-too-unanswered war on liberal institutions claims a big one.
Posted inPolitics
Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
Mike Johnson got almost precisely the same appropriations deal as Kevin McCarthy.
