Stop trying to place coherence on a policy that’s really just a mob boss breaking legs and asking for protection money.
America and the World
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Germany Finally Gets Over Austerity
Nothing like a military crisis to break the fetish for balanced budgets.
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The Trump Factor in the Middle East
Alternately belligerent, self-enriching, militaristic, and realist, Trump’s haphazard path is different from the establishment’s slow road to obliterating Gaza.
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Global Working Conditions Matter for American Workers
The Trump administration has cut programs that help prevent forced labor and child labor. This will suppress wages everywhere, including the U.S.
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Norway’s State Investment Fund Should Dump Tesla
Its vast sovereign wealth fund owns nearly 36 million Tesla shares. Better get out while the getting is good.
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If Trumpworld’s Security Norms Had Been in Place Before
Today on TAP: Appoint a nest of birdbrains to top government posts and see what you get.
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Merchant of Menace: Trump and the Jews
The unholy alliance between history’s antisemites, Netanyahu, and Trump
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Schumer Surrender and Canada’s Hope
On our live show, David and Gabrielle Gurley discuss Chuck Schumer’s betrayal on the government funding bill, and the upcoming election by our neighbors to the north.
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Mark Carney Knows Trade, Must Master Politics
The new Canadian prime minister, a former international banker, can handle a crisis, but he’ll have to cope with the ups and downs of retail politics on the campaign trail.
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Who’s Deportable Now?
Today on TAP: If previous administrations had deported immigrants by Trump’s criteria, the U.S. would be a lot smaller than it is.
