Consider the president’s self-defeating assault against Jerome Powell.
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Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Wild Wild Western Water Wars
As a changing climate bakes and dries up the Colorado River, the seven basin states can’t agree on how to share the declining water resources.
Posted inBooks
Vertical Vertigo
Brian Callaci’s book describes the deregulatory strategies franchisors use to protect their profits.
Posted inTAP
Trump’s Losing Streak in Court
Based on today’s oral arguments, the Supreme Court seems poised to block Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
Posted inPolitics
How the Republican Party Forgot It Was Conservative
And why, apparently, most Republicans don’t care
Posted inTAP
Stephen Miller: Too Cruel for School
The Don’s consigliere tells Texas Republicans to end undocumented children’s access to public schools.
Posted inTAP
How Trump Lost the Courts
With every passing day, another federal judge issues a scathing order to contain Trump’s autocracy and Trump keeps alienating the Supreme Court.
Posted inPolitics
Senate Democrats Should Kill the Filibuster
Republicans are trying to ram through Trump’s latest attack on voting rights. If they have to abolish the filibuster to do it, fine.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Looming Chaos of Tariff Refunds
Companies, consumers, and hedge funds all want a piece of the revenue from the tariffs the Supreme Court invalidated. That will create unnecessary economic damage.