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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 11h

Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Democratic cities in blue states serves only to terrorize their populations and usurp power from state governors. From @gurleygg.bsky.social‬:
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Governors Plunged Into Constitutional Crisis

State power brokers step up as a paralyzed Congress bows out.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 12h

Trump’s hostage-for-ceasefire plan in Gaza offers tentative hope for the war, but the future of Gazan governance and the land’s reconstruction are still big question marks. Robert Kuttner reports:
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Trump’s Peace Plan and Real Estate Deal

Today on TAP: Strong-arming Bibi into a hostage/cease-fire agreement is the easy part.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 13h

Big Tech practices have been swirling down the ethical toilet for well over a decade, as Cory Doctorow covers in his 2025 book “Enshittification.” Maureen Tkacik reviews the downfall of American tech companies:
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Brown Stage Capitalism

Cory Doctorow’s ‘Enshittification’ describes how tech platforms (and everything else) went down the sewer. Hint: It rhymes with ‘deshmegulation.’

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 13h

Trump’s Treasury secretary announced he would not penalize entities who fail to report beneficial owners of shell corporations, allowing oligarchs to continue to hide about a trillion dollars in uncollected taxes each year. Robert Kuttner reports:
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How Scott Bessent Enables Oligarchy

The Treasury secretary has gutted the most important anti-corruption reform legislation in a generation—the 2020 Corporate Transparency Act.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 14h

Markets have always needed regulation and will continue to for the foreseeable future. Ryan Cooper proposes a socialist argument for anti-trust laws:
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The Socialist Case for Antitrust

Markets need regulating. Always have, always will.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 14h

Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Democratic cities in blue states serves only to terrorize their populations and usurp power from state governors. From @gurleygg.bsky.social‬:
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Governors Plunged Into Constitutional Crisis

State power brokers step up as a paralyzed Congress bows out.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 15h

Trump finally bullied Netanyahu into taking a hostage-for-cease-fire deal. Now comes the hard part: who governs Gaza, how far will Israel withdraw, and how many Palestinian prisoners will be released. From Robert Kuttner: trib.al/47H1qYd

Trump’s Peace Plan and Real Estate Deal

Today on TAP: Strong-arming Bibi into a hostage/cease-fire agreement is the easy part.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 15h

Every tech product is getting shittier, and it’s making tech barons richer. Bezos and his peers have made themselves into post-risk tollbooth operators, skimming profits off the economic activity of others. Maureen Tkacik reviews “Enshittification.” trib.al/nyvLlbL

Brown Stage Capitalism

Cory Doctorow’s ‘Enshittification’ describes how tech platforms (and everything else) went down the sewer. Hint: It rhymes with ‘deshmegulation.’

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 16h

Tech CEOs loathe former FTC chair Lina Khan for breaking up their monopolies and protecting consumers. Antitrust could play an even larger role, with subsidized or state-owned stepping in to increase competition. From Ryan Cooper: trib.al/8OkqU1R

The Socialist Case for Antitrust

Markets need regulating. Always have, always will.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 16h

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent boasts of “reining in burdensome regulations,” including the rule that would force shell companies to reveal their true owners. Under Trump, oligarchs are raking in even more money. From Robert Kuttner: trib.al/fc5K2LJ

How Scott Bessent Enables Oligarchy

The Treasury secretary has gutted the most important anti-corruption reform legislation in a generation—the 2020 Corporate Transparency Act.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 17h

“The constitutional crisis is not on its way. It is here, and we all better start acting like it.” Democratic governors are starting to fight back against Trump as he declares war on America’s cities. From @gurleygg.bsky.social: trib.al/1GeWK36

Governors Plunged Into Constitutional Crisis

State power brokers step up as a paralyzed Congress bows out.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 1d

Trump insists on keeping national parks open during the shutdown, which might be nice for Americans who had a trip booked, but is proving to be just another way this administration is crushing the National Parks Service. From @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social:

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Opening Parks During Shutdown Part of Plan to Ruin Them

The Trump administration is selling out America’s national parks. Keeping them open during the shutdown makes them dangerous, filthy, and easier to seize.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 1d

A proposed 2% wealth tax in France might be overwhelmingly popular, but it seems Macron would rather make it easier for his archrival Le Pen to take power than tax the super-rich. From Robert Kuttner:

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Taxing the Rich and the Survival of Emmanuel Macron

Today on TAP: A crucial political meeting in Paris today will force a choice between a popular wealth tax and a deepening political crisis.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 1d

“ICE uses bureaucracy and location transfers to isolate detainees from both their families and their lawyers.” In this era of immigration enforcement, due process rights are being ignored at every turn. From @emmarjanssen.bsky.social:

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How ICE Hides Detainees From Their Lawyers

‘It seems like cruelty is the point,’ one attorney said.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 1d

Democrats have been consistent with framing the shutdown as a fight for healthcare, but they could win the shutdown by switching the narrative to be about stopping the assault on Congress’s power of the purse. @ddayen.bsky.social argues a farm bailout is the leverage they need.

To Win the Shutdown, Democrats Need a Big Switch

Basing the shutdown on health care is risky. Republicans want a farm bailout too, and that could provide a path to reframing the shutdown as about stopping Trump’s power grabs.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 1d

California tenants who racked up rent debt real estate giant Equity Residential are refusing to pay, hoping to win debt cancellation and spur regulatory action to better hold corporate landlords accountable. From Michael Friedrich:

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Rent Debtors Strike Against Abusive Corporate Landlord

The Debt Collective is leading the charge against the real estate behemoth Equity Residential.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 1d

A debtors strike organized by the Debt Collective seeks to relieve the over 5 million people who owe back rent and seek legal action to curb the abuse of corporate landlords. From Michael Friedrich:
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Rent Debtors Strike Against Abusive Corporate Landlord

The Debt Collective is leading the charge against the real estate behemoth Equity Residential.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 1d

Unless Macron decides to back a popular tax on the rich, he may risk ceding power to his rival Marine Le Pen in the wake of France’s political stalemate. From Robert Kuttner:
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Taxing the Rich and the Survival of Emmanuel Macron

Today on TAP: A crucial political meeting in Paris today will force a choice between a popular wealth tax and a deepening political crisis.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 1d

ICE’s tactics of transferring detainees between states and hiding them from legal representation allow the agency to ignore proper due process laws. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social reports:
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How ICE Hides Detainees From Their Lawyers

‘It seems like cruelty is the point,’ one attorney said.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 1d

Democrats are blaming the government shutdown on disputes over healthcare funds, but to win the shutdown, they need to focus on the issue they’re fighting for in private: a No Kings budget. From @ddayen.bsky.social:
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To Win the Shutdown, Democrats Need a Big Switch

Basing the shutdown on health care is risky. Republicans want a farm bailout too, and that could provide a path to reframing the shutdown as about stopping Trump’s power grabs.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 1d

A debtors strike organized by the Debt Collective seeks to relieve the over 5 million people who owe back rent and seek legal action to curb the abuse of corporate landlords. From Michael Friedrich:
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Rent Debtors Strike Against Abusive Corporate Landlord

The Debt Collective is leading the charge against the real estate behemoth Equity Residential.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

Making the shutdown about the thing that actually responds to the problem with appropriations (Trump impounds & rescinds them) & not healthcare won't be easy. But there's now something Trump needs Congress to vote for—a farm bailout—& healthcare can be traded for that. From me:

To Win the Shutdown, Democrats Need a Big Switch

Basing the shutdown on health care is risky. Republicans want a farm bailout too, and that could provide a path to reframing the shutdown as about stopping Trump’s power grabs.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 2d

Republicans are using the shutdown as a cover for DOGE 2.0. Trump is firing who he wants and withholding funding at will – it’s business as usual for this administration. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/yPCERTf

The ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ Phase of the Shutdown

Russ Vought has no authority during the shutdown to implement DOGE 2.0 to extract political pain from Democrats. In fact, he’s admitted that outright.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 2d

Trump is endangering visitors and wildlife by keeping national parks open during the shutdown.“Now is not the time to use the parks and public lands as pawns in political games.” From @whitneycwimbish.bsly.social: trib.al/b6ShVLC

Opening Parks During Shutdown Part of Plan to Ruin Them

The Trump administration is selling out America’s national parks. Keeping them open during the shutdown makes them dangerous, filthy, and easier to seize.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 2d

A proposed 2% wealth tax in France would affect 1800 people, and bring in $20 billion a year. It’s overwhelmingly popular, but it seems that Macron would rather let the far-right take power than tax the super-rich. From Robert Kuttner: trib.al/Snv1jbR

Taxing the Rich and the Survival of Emmanuel Macron

Today on TAP: A crucial political meeting in Paris today will force a choice between a popular wealth tax and a deepening political crisis.

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