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Nov 23, 2025
He is clearly weaker—and also more dangerous. But the more Republicans are willing to stand up to him, the more his threats ring hollow.
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Nov 15, 2025
It’s long past time to jettison Summers as hopelessly contaminated. But there are far more serious reasons to dump Summers than his gross connections with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nov 12, 2025
The Democrats’ problem is not age—it’s corporate and centrist Democrats of all ages. What distinguishes some of the most successful young Democrats is not just their youth but...
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Oct 21, 2025
The more that young people focus on supposed generational injustices rather than the real injustices of class and power, the less likely they are to embrace a politics that might...
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Oct 14, 2025
Could the cure be more economic populists running as independents?
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Sep 27, 2025
Today on TAP: Will his brutal murder bring Americans together—or create justification for more vilification, vengeance, and violence?
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Sep 23, 2025
Today on TAP: Will his brutal murder bring Americans together—or create justification for more vilification, vengeance, and violence?
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Sep 16, 2025
The more authoritarian Trump becomes, the more he provokes effective opposition.
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Sep 6, 2025
Today on TAP: The question isn’t whether our president is a bullshitter; it’s why so many people either believe or ignore his bullshit.
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Aug 16, 2025
So far, he has played off one country against another—and played on everyone’s fears. It’s a classic collective-action problem. But the ultimate winner is not the...
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Jul 24, 2025
Is it alarmist to point out the parallels?
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Jul 10, 2025
Today on TAP: The Court uses a backdoor procedure to allow Trump to get rid of civil service employees at will.
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Jul 6, 2025
Today on TAP: Abundance for working people blows away YIMBY.
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Jun 21, 2025
Today on TAP: Dare we hope for audacity?
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Apr 30, 2025
The longtime head of the World Economic Forum resigns in disgrace. Is nothing sacred?
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Apr 22, 2025
Sooner or later, dictators shut down the free press. In America that might not be so easy, but it pays to be prepared.
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Apr 15, 2025
Today on TAP: The Democrats are an easier target than Trump.
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Apr 1, 2025
That challenge is key to winning back voters who deserted the Harris-Walz ticket in 2024. Some rank-and-file members are calling for something new.
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Mar 25, 2025
Today on TAP: Appeasing dictators only invites more of the same. More university presidents should know that.
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Mar 15, 2025
Today on TAP: He has defied the will of the vast majority of Senate Democrats and played right into the hands of Trump. Time for a new leader.
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Feb 25, 2025
Restoration of democracy will require containing both Trumpism and corporate excess, which feed on each other.
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Feb 20, 2025
Today on TAP: It’s a promising concept, but the devil is in the details.
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Feb 6, 2025
America needs a true opposition party.
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Feb 4, 2025
The attempted hostile takeover of the U.S. government by Trump and Musk is beginning to hit a wall. Let’s see if the wall holds.
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Jan 17, 2025
Today on TAP: And the strategic challenge facing the always-conflicted Donald Trump.
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Jan 11, 2025
Today on TAP: Increasing damage from fires, hurricanes, and floods will destabilize a lightly regulated industry—and spill over into broader financial markets.
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Jan 7, 2025
Federal regulators, under Democrats and Republicans alike, help them do it.