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Runaway Tren

3 months 4 weeks ago
How a Colorado slumlord’s psyop turned into a brand-new ‘forever war’ on Venezuela
Maureen Tkacik

Kat Abughazaleh Wants Dems to Fight Back

3 months 4 weeks ago
The 26-year-old congressional candidate was pigeonholed into being a younger voice. She’s really running against a culture of complacency and apathy in the Democratic Party.
Emma Janssen

The Permanent Tariff Damage

3 months 4 weeks ago
Trump tries to walk back his tariffs after supply chain collapse and threats of empty store shelves. But reversing course entirely may not be possible.
David Dayen

Trump Blinks

4 months ago
Today on TAP: The president has backed off his latest threats to fire Fed Chair Jay Powell and is now talking of a grand bargain with China.
Robert Kuttner

Francis and His Critics

4 months ago
Today on TAP: To the American and Catholic right wing, the Pope’s Christian humanism was all but heretical.
Harold Meyerson

Is the Press Next?

4 months ago
Sooner or later, dictators shut down the free press. In America, that might not be so easy, but it pays to be prepared.
Robert Kuttner

Google Faces Historic Breakup

4 months ago
A three-week trial began today that could force Google to sell off its Chrome browser, among other remedies for its illegal monopolization.
David Dayen