The incoming president has a plan to eviscerate the Senate’s ability to confirm nominees. We’ll soon see if it will work.
Trump transition
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Stop Equating Trump With Hitler! This Week, He’s More Like Stalin.
Today on TAP: Purging generals, putting intelligence in the hands of a Putin-phile, turning Justice over to an alleged predator—we’re almost back in the USSR!
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The Cabinet Doesn’t Matter
The second Trump administration will have a Potemkin cabinet and centralized power among the czars in the White House.
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Trump’s Worst Enemy
Today on TAP: His clumsy attempts at autocracy are already backfiring as Senate Republicans refuse to name Trump’s choice, Florida Sen. Rick Scott, as majority leader.
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How to Hear a Fascist
Trump was supposed to be in decline, losing it. He lost it all the way to the White House.
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Trump Voters Are About to Learn He Meant What He Said
His first administration was a farce. The second will be a tragedy.
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Resistance 2.0
Both the circumstances and tactics will necessarily be different from the anti-Trump resistance of 2017, and there is little room for error.
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The Triumphant Return of Corruption
A look at the biggest stock gainers since Trump’s election shows that paying tribute to the next president will have its benefits.
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Get Ready for Trump-flation
Trump won the election in part because of a backlash against consumer price inflation on Biden’s watch. Several Trump policies will make inflation much worse.
