Prospect

On our live show, David and Ryan Cooper discuss Signalgate, which blue states are making the most of their power, and why Norway’s sovereign wealth fund should divest from Tesla.

Today on TAP: Opposition to Trump is growing. That will embolden more opposition.

First the gutted CFPB pronounced ‘Whites Only’ marketing legal again. Now Boeing wants to renege on the sweetheart deal of the century.

Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs are incoherent, but that should not discredit targeted tariffs paired with investment as a policy lever.

Its vast sovereign wealth fund owns nearly 36 million Tesla shares. Better get out while the getting is good.

A MAHA mom’s guide

Today on TAP: Amazon sues to abolish the one federal agency empowered to identify and recall highly flammable little-kid PJs.

Citing a century of precedent, Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter kick off a process destined for the Supreme Court.

The new book from Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson reviewed.

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.

How shall we redeem the deferred promise of civil rights and racial justice?

The document from a state fusion center cites high health care costs as a key source of instability in the country.

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.

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.

The dumbest administration in history has the worst communications protocol in history.

His nominee to head the SSA backs technology over people, and DOGE over seniors’ needs.

Capitalizing on a surge of Democratic energy, the Sanders team is hiring full-time organizers and pushing supporters toward critical local issues.

They want abundance. But they ignore who profits most from scarcity.

Today on TAP: Appoint a nest of birdbrains to top government posts and see what you get.

Fascists respond to capitulation with more aggression. Elon Musk has already started targeting firms himself.