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In Praise of Earmarks

3 years 2 months ago
Today on TAP: The reformed process for targeting community projects gets the balance of public spending and public accountability exactly right.
Robert Kuttner

A Personal History Along Route 28

3 years 2 months ago
Danica Roem, the nation’s first openly transgender state legislator, triumphed by owning her story and focusing on what voters care about.
Toby Jaffe

Lobbyist-Led Dark-Money Group Buys Pro-Schrader Ads

3 years 2 months ago
Better Jobs Together, which previously ran ads for Henry Cuellar and Kyrsten Sinema, is on the air for Rep. Kurt Schrader in his tightly contested Oregon primary contest against a progressive challenger.
David Moore

The Return of Michael Barr

3 years 2 months ago
Spurned for high-level positions on several occasions, he enters the conversation for a Fed slot at a time when progressives are wary of more personnel battles.
David Dayen

Summers Watch

3 years 2 months ago
Larry Summers is not only a self-promoter who is often wrong on his economics. He is disdainful of who suffers if his recommendations are taken seriously.
Robert Kuttner

Stratospheric Airfares

3 years 2 months ago
Today on TAP: Rising ticket prices are another facet of inflation that has nothing to do with overheated general demand, and everything to do with industry price-gouging.
Robert Kuttner