stLouISTStill Democracy’s Death Watch
Saving democracy does not resonate when the forces of reaction are gearing up for the next offensive.
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We Already Have Laws to Stop Crypto Fraud
Forget Washington’s urgency to design a regulatory regime for crypto. It’s better to treat it like any other illegal operation.
The Enduring Corporate Entrenchment in China
Contrary to Thomas Friedman, Wall Street still makes a killing from China at the expense of workers.
Bankman and the Bastardization of Bankruptcy
Today on TAP: He gets to cheat his customers, write off debts, and then keep control of his company? (Yup, that’s how bankruptcy often works for big dogs.)
The Biden Administration Does Not Need Another Wall Street Adviser
The White House is considering a finance recruit whose career has been directly at odds with all of President Biden’s accomplishments.
Manchin Decides to Torpedo Permitting Reform
By refusing to hold a hearing for the chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Joe Manchin is damaging an existing effort to improve permitting for electric transmission lines.
Republicans Are in for Two Years of Hell
Trump and the Freedom Caucus are going to unleash chaos in their own party.
Why Inflation Didn’t Wipe Out the Democrats
Today on TAP: How Bidenomics actually worked
Courts Use Increasingly Lawless Arguments to Block Student Debt Relief
In the latest ruling, the Eighth Circuit turned a non-plaintiff into a plaintiff.
The Rural Turnaround
Democrats have only begun to do better in rural America—but the road map is there.
Beyond the 12-Mile Limit
Why Democrats win the cities and lose the states, and what to do about it.
Sam Bankman-Fried: A Common Crook
Today on TAP: With luck, his fall will take the whole crypto sector with him.
Winners From the Midterms? The Supreme Court’s Right Wing.
The restraint of congressional overrides is probably gone.
Democrats Are Getting Their Act Together at the State Level
A long-overdue effort to contest Republican dominance of state legislatures is bearing fruit.
Will the Green Transition Build Worker Power? The IRS Will Help Decide.
The IRS and Treasury should ensure that companies receiving tax credits stick to the labor standards in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Working People and Climate Change
The path to climate stability lies only in inviting working people in partnership on solving this pressing challenge.
The 2022 Midterms
Ed Burmila comes on to discuss Democrats’ surprising performance.
Did We Just Save Democracy?
The 2022 midterms were stunning as much for what didn’t happen as for what did.
The Real Republican Dilemma
Check out this week’s exit polls: The party’s defining positions don’t command popular support.
Altercation: Wenner Fake All (Well, Much)
The newly released memoir from Rolling Stone’s guiding genius isn’t where you’d go for facts, as such, but if there were a Pulitzer for name-dropping, it’d win going away.