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FTC Comes for PBMs

9 months 1 week ago
Today on TAP: An interim report shows how pharmaceutical middlemen raise drug prices and damage care.
David Dayen

Could a Trump Dictatorship Be Resisted?

9 months 1 week ago
If he is the next president, we could see civil disobedience on an unprecedented scale. Better to keep him out of the White House in the first place.
Robert Kuttner

Escape From the Box

9 months 1 week ago
New technology and old tactics have made buying a car a death march of deception. Jase Patrick, who spent 15 years in the business, reveals the dealer secrets.
David Dayen

Did Macron’s Gamble Pay Off?

9 months 1 week ago
Today on TAP: Calling a snap election did humiliate the far right. It remains to be seen whether the result produces a governable France.
Robert Kuttner

J. Roberts et al. v. A. Lincoln

9 months 1 week ago
As the Supreme Court invents a law to negate all others, Chief Justice John Roberts now ranks just below Roger Taney.
Harold Meyerson

Say It Ain’t So, Joe

9 months 2 weeks ago
With democracy itself on the ballot, a statesman with character would know when to let go of power.
Rick Perlstein