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Tariffs are a good example of the fact-free abandon of today’s Republican Party.

Today on TAP: Kamala Harris did well in the debate but missed some opportunities to remind voters of Trump’s sheer craziness.

And normal wins by a knockout in Tuesday’s Harris-Trump debate.

Matthew Sheffield, a former rising star in the conservative movement, turned away from what he finally realized was an extremist, anti-truth agenda.

Today on TAP: On the eve of the Harris-Trump face-off, some further signs that Democratic economics delivered

Maybe, but we are still in for a close slog.

Karen Dunn is helping Kamala Harris and defending Big Tech from a lawsuit brought by the Biden-Harris administration. The case has spotlighted a brawl between Dunn’s law firm and DOJ.

Xockets, a company that created key architecture to power AI, alleges its patents were infringed upon and it was blocked by Big Tech from getting a fair price for its technology.

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Today on TAP: The money is not that huge, but the optics are terrible.

A labor-forward, no-nonsense style of Democratic campaigning is emerging in the Plains and Midwest. It’s unclear if it’ll actually work.

Both Trump and Harris unveiled a mix of new economic policies last week. Only some were appalling.

The big goal is to just fund the government through the end of September. Guess what, Republicans are going to make that a problem.

David Dayen and Robert Kuttner discuss Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

Today on TAP: Even Ben Bernanke and Alan Greenspan were less perversely hawkish than current Fed chair Jay Powell, as Barney Frank reminds us.

Far-right legal crusader Jonathan Mitchell thought that a local ordinance was key to create standing in the Supreme Court.

Kamala Harris has touted debt cancellation for defrauded students. But two years after cancellations were announced, some borrowers are still being harassed for payment.

Companies that belong to the California Trucking Association pay lip service to climate action, but CTA is suing to block the state’s clean fuels rule.

Today on TAP: Its CEO reacts to Biden’s rejection of its sale to Nippon by vowing to lay waste to Pittsburgh.

The Steward yacht collector tells Bernie Sanders that testifying next week could jeopardize ‘patient care,’ or something; meets bipartisan contempt.