A passel of program authorizations and funding expire in September. There isn’t really a path yet to deal with them all.
Ukraine
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The Case for Radical Public Options
Today on TAP: There are too many realms with public consequences where the private sector is inefficient and rapacious. Some might call the remedy socialism.
Posted inPolitics
Congressional Spending Battle Is an Intra-Republican Affair
It’s become a proxy for Republican battles about both national security and Kevin McCarthy’s job security.
Posted inPodcasts
Putin’s War Goes Sideways
Ukraine is starting the summer campaign, and his pet mercenary warlord marched on Moscow.
Posted inTAP
On Russia, Where the Past Is Never Past
Today on TAP: The Wagner Group mutiny re-enacted aborted coups of yore.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans in Disarray
The temper tantrum on House floor votes masks a much more consequential lack of consensus on upcoming spending bills—which could give Democrats an opportunity.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Spending Cap in Name Only
In our final X-Date, we note how Congress is already scheming to avoid restrictions on military spending.
Posted inPodcasts
Ukrainian Solidarity
Bill Fletcher argues that the American left should support efforts to fend off Russian aggression.
Posted inPolitics
The Real Tucker Carlson
A neofascist who opposes corporate globalism is still a neofascist—and a threat to democracy.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Fossil Fuels Are a Clear and Present Danger to National Security
Joe Manchin has protecting America exactly backwards.