The administration is vindictively hacking away at veterans’ benefits.
Trump transition
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Republican Budget Madness
Today on TAP: It bookends Trump’s tariff madness, both for damage and dishonesty.
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No Personnel Is Policy
The Trump administration is accomplishing through layoffs what it couldn’t accomplish through Congress.
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Tariffs, Schmariffs
Today on TAP: Trump rewards the real offshorers with trillions in tax cuts.
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They’re Not Tariffs, They’re Sanctions
Stop trying to place coherence on a policy that’s really just a mob boss breaking legs and asking for protection money.
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Rule by Contractor
DOGE is not about waste and efficiency—it’s about privatization.
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Trump’s Tariff Fantasy
His projection of a U.S. manufacturing boom behind tariff walls leaves out retaliation by other countries and a trade war.
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The Democrats’ Liberation Day
Today on TAP: Cory Booker’s marathon speech showed the party that resistance might be good policy and politics.
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Trump’s Tariff Charade
Today is billed as ‘Liberation Day,’ as Trump plans to unveil his master tariff program at 4 p.m. The details are still obscure, even to Trump.
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How Corporate Pardons Create Monopolies
Rocket wants to became the only mortgage company in America. The CFPB found its tactics to be illegal—until Donald Trump let the company off the hook.