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Bezos Attacks Toddler Safety
Today on TAP: Amazon sues to abolish the one federal agency empowered to identify and recall highly flammable little-kid PJs.
FTC Commissioners File Suit to Contest Trump’s Alleged Firing
Citing a century of precedent, Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter kick off a process destined for the Supreme Court.
Abundance Incoherence
The new book from Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson reviewed.
Trump’s Simple Racism
The real targets of the war on DEI include civil rights enforcement, federal outlays that serve Black communities, and Black workers in and out of government.
A Conversation With Randall Kennedy
How shall we redeem the deferred promise of civil rights and racial justice?
Exclusive: Intelligence Dossier Compares Luigi Mangione to ‘Robin Hood’
The document from a state fusion center cites high health care costs as a key source of instability in the country.
Michael Waltz’s Venmo Is Public, and It’s Full of Journalists
The figure who tagged a journalist into a Signal chat about the attack on Yemen also failed to set his Venmo to private, revealing his willingness to engage with reporters of all political stripes.
Where Are the Firebreaks?
Today on TAP: As Trump continues trying to rule by decree, wreck public institutions, and intimidate his opposition, we need to be strategic in restraining him.
Group Chat Warmongering
The dumbest administration in history has the worst communications protocol in history.
Trump’s Fox in the Social Security Henhouse
His nominee to head the SSA backs technology over people, and DOGE over seniors’ needs.
Bernie’s ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ Tour Is Organizing, Too
Capitalizing on a surge of Democratic energy, the Sanders team is hiring full-time organizers and pushing supporters toward critical local issues.
An Abundance of Credulity
They want abundance. But they ignore who profits most from scarcity.
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.
Paul, Weiss Appeased Trump. More Attacks on BigLaw Will Follow.
Fascists respond to capitulation with more aggression. Elon Musk has already started targeting firms himself.
Bubble Trouble
An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us.
Merchant of Menace: Trump and the Jews
The unholy alliance between history’s antisemites, Netanyahu, and Trump
The Existential Threat of Ultra-Billionaires
A handful of rich guys will burn human society to the ground rather than pay a dime in tax.
Columbia’s Capitulation, and Wesleyan’s Pushback
Today on TAP: Appeasing dictators only invites more of the same. More university presidents should know that.
The Blue State Power Index
We reviewed 17 states with Democratic trifectas to see what they did with that power.