/api/rss/all.rss Informed analysis of public policy and the politics of power, from a progressive perspective en-us Copyright 2025 | casino world | All Rights Reserved Wed, 07 May 2025 09:30:00 -0000 David Dayen The cost-sharing requirements on beneficiaries above the federal poverty line is the most notable item in a menu of Medicaid cuts seen by the Prospect. /health/2025-05-07-medicaid-cuts-in-republican-bill-would-charge-poor-people/ /health/2025-05-07-medicaid-cuts-in-republican-bill-would-charge-poor-people/ Wed, 07 May 2025 09:30:00 -0000 Dayen-Medicaid cuts 050725.jpg Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Henry Burke The former congressman is the most employed man in D.C. /power/2025-05-07-senior-advisor-mchenry-at-your-crypto-service/ /power/2025-05-07-senior-advisor-mchenry-at-your-crypto-service/ Wed, 07 May 2025 09:15:00 -0000 RDP 050725.jpg Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Bryce Covert Delays in funding and new procedures to justify budgets have led to temporary closures and massive uncertainty for programs, workers, and families who rely on child care. /health/2025-05-07-congress-funded-head-start-trump-administration-holding-up-money/ /health/2025-05-07-congress-funded-head-start-trump-administration-holding-up-money/ Wed, 07 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Covert-Head Start 050725.jpg John McDonnell/AP Photo Robert Kuttner Today on TAP: As the West’s only majority left-of-center government dithers, the far-right Reform party makes big gains. /blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-05-06-wake-up-call-british-labour/ /blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-05-06-wake-up-call-british-labour/ Tue, 06 May 2025 19:00:00 -0000 Kuttner on Tap 050625.jpg Henry Nicholls/Press Association via AP Images Todd Phillips Democrats can use the Congressional Review Act to force votes on many Trump regulatory actions. A decision by Senate Republicans could widen the opportunity. /politics/2025-05-06-how-to-tie-up-most-precious-resource-in-washington-cra/ /politics/2025-05-06-how-to-tie-up-most-precious-resource-in-washington-cra/ Tue, 06 May 2025 09:30:00 -0000 Phillips-CRA 050625.jpg Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo Robert Kuttner The EU must now look to its own political and economic interests. That could be good for European values and European union. /world/2025-05-06-did-trump-do-europe-a-favor/ /world/2025-05-06-did-trump-do-europe-a-favor/ Tue, 06 May 2025 09:15:00 -0000 Kuttner-EU and Trump 050625.jpg Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP Janelle Carlson Avian flu outbreaks are exacerbated by the consolidated structure of the poultry industry. /health/2025-05-06-chickens-and-eggs-avian-flu/ /health/2025-05-06-chickens-and-eggs-avian-flu/ Tue, 06 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Carlson-Chickens and Eggs 050625.jpg Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images David Dayen Today on TAP: A stablecoin bill is stopped in its tracks after Trump’s organization starts a stablecoin. /blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-05-05-democrats-find-crypto-too-corrupt-to-collaborate/ /blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-05-05-democrats-find-crypto-too-corrupt-to-collaborate/ Mon, 05 May 2025 19:00:00 -0000 Dayen on Tap 050525.jpg May James/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images Harold Meyerson David Horowitz bequeathed his rage-filled and slanderous extremism to Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and MAGA world. /politics/2025-05-05-demonizers-david-horowitz-stephen-miller/ /politics/2025-05-05-demonizers-david-horowitz-stephen-miller/ Mon, 05 May 2025 09:30:00 -0000 Meyerson-David Horowitz 050525.jpg Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo Ryan Cooper The Loan Programs Office is one of the most successful government agencies in history—or it was until Elon Musk arrived. /environment/2025-05-05-doge-obliterating-american-industry/ /environment/2025-05-05-doge-obliterating-american-industry/ Mon, 05 May 2025 09:15:00 -0000 Cooper-Loan Programs Office 050525.png U.S. Department of Energy Colleen Scerpella Measures introduced in 13 states this year would impose criminal penalties on people who obtain an abortion. /justice/2025-05-05-abolitionists-push-legislation-criminalize-all-abortion/ /justice/2025-05-05-abolitionists-push-legislation-criminalize-all-abortion/ Mon, 05 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Center for Media and Democracy 050525.jpg X/@AbolitionistFAA Prospect Staff On our live show, David and writing fellow James Baratta look at private equity and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. /videos/2025-05-02-prospect-weekly-roundup/ /videos/2025-05-02-prospect-weekly-roundup/ Fri, 02 May 2025 19:05:00 -0000 Weekly Roundup David Dayen Today on TAP: The executive order purporting to cut NPR and PBS funding was supposed to go through Congress, but Trump had to go it alone. /blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-05-02-trumps-weakness-shows-through-pbs-npr-funding/ /blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-05-02-trumps-weakness-shows-through-pbs-npr-funding/ Fri, 02 May 2025 19:00:00 -0000 Dayen on Tap 050225.jpg Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo Kiren Gopal A former oversight staffer on how to generate attention from Capitol Hill for working-class issues /politics/2025-05-02-how-aoc-can-make-oversight-great-again/ /politics/2025-05-02-how-aoc-can-make-oversight-great-again/ Fri, 02 May 2025 09:30:00 -0000 Gopal-AOC Oversight 050225.jpg Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images David Dayen And within hours of a Wednesday court ruling, innovation on smartphones is exploding, showing private regulation can be more burdensome to markets than democratic rules CEOs like to condemn. /justice/2025-05-02-apples-monopoly-finally-held-accountable/ /justice/2025-05-02-apples-monopoly-finally-held-accountable/ Fri, 02 May 2025 09:15:00 -0000 Dayen-Apple monopoly 050225.jpg Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via AP Nic Suarez Gov. Ron DeSantis installs another far-right ally to lead one of the state’s top schools as he tightens his control over public universities and colleges. /education/2025-05-02-culture-war-comes-home-florida-international-university/ /education/2025-05-02-culture-war-comes-home-florida-international-university/ Fri, 02 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Suarez-FIU 050225.jpg Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo Harold Meyerson Today on TAP: 55,000 L.A. County workers just walked off the job. Striking was their only way to win raises commensurate with the cost of living. /blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-05-01-may-day-meditation-need-for-strikes/ /blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-05-01-may-day-meditation-need-for-strikes/ Thu, 01 May 2025 19:00:00 -0000 Meyerson on Tap 050125.jpg Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo James Baratta Kneecapping the consumer financial protection agency would do much to enable fraud, and next to nothing to reduce federal expenditures. /economy/2025-05-01-house-republicans-take-turn-ravaging-cfpb/ /economy/2025-05-01-house-republicans-take-turn-ravaging-cfpb/ Thu, 01 May 2025 15:30:00 -0000 Baratta-CFPB hearing 050125.jpg Aaron Schwartz/Sipa USA via AP Images Gabrielle Gurley Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney fought off Conservative Pierre Poilievre to keep his party in power. Governing will be a challenge of a different order of magnitude. /world/2025-05-01-canada-strong/ /world/2025-05-01-canada-strong/ Thu, 01 May 2025 09:30:00 -0000 Gurley-Canada 050125.jpg Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP Daniel Boguslaw Three cities have canceled federal-state Joint Terrorism Task Force partnerships for intelligence-gathering, which are being wielded to suppress dissent in the Trump era. /civil-rights/2025-05-01-policing-cities-fbi-joint-terrorism-task-force/ /civil-rights/2025-05-01-policing-cities-fbi-joint-terrorism-task-force/ Thu, 01 May 2025 09:15:00 -0000 Boguslaw-Joint Terrorism Task Force 050125.jpg Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle via AP Will Royce Andrea Beaty The consequences of gutting FOIA offices are both obvious and unknowable. /justice/2025-05-01-public-records-wreckers/ /justice/2025-05-01-public-records-wreckers/ Thu, 01 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000 RDP 050125.jpg Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto via AP David Dayen Today on TAP: It’s coming, and we know approximately when. /blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-04-30-waiting-for-the-supply-shock/ /blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-04-30-waiting-for-the-supply-shock/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:30:00 -0000 Dayen on Tap 043025.jpg Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo David Dayen The goal is to save money on higher-education assistance to pay for tax cuts for the rich. /education/2025-04-30-republicans-education-upper-class-privilege-student-loans/ /education/2025-04-30-republicans-education-upper-class-privilege-student-loans/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:30:00 -0000 Dayen-House student loans 043025.jpg Joy Asico-Smith/AP Content Services for The Debt Collective Ryan Cooper The House Judiciary Committee section of the GOP mega-bill is appalling. /politics/2025-04-30-republicans-declare-war-asylum-seekers-ftc/ /politics/2025-04-30-republicans-declare-war-asylum-seekers-ftc/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:15:00 -0000 Cooper-Judiciary bill 043025.jpg Qian Weizhong/VCG via AP Steve Early Suzanne Gordon How some (but not all) VA unions became a national-security threat /labor/2025-04-30-veterans-affairs-war-on-unions/ /labor/2025-04-30-veterans-affairs-war-on-unions/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Gordon-Early-VA unions 043025.jpg Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via AP Harold Meyerson Today on TAP: On Thursday, a diverse set of demonstrators will focus on working-class rights and concerns. /blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-04-29-may-day-age-of-trump-and-oligarchy/ /blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-04-29-may-day-age-of-trump-and-oligarchy/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:00:00 -0000 Meyerson on Tap 042925.jpg Michael Nigro/Sipa USA via AP Images David Dayen Declarations in a case reveal a haphazard hobbling of the consumer protection agency. /justice/2025-04-29-hatchet-job-cfpb-musk-doge/ /justice/2025-04-29-hatchet-job-cfpb-musk-doge/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:30:00 -0000 Dayen-CFPB 042925.jpg Melissa Bender/NurPhoto via AP Robert Kuttner The longtime head of the World Economic Forum resigns in disgrace. Is nothing sacred? /power/2025-04-29-davos-and-other-hustles/ /power/2025-04-29-davos-and-other-hustles/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:15:00 -0000 Kuttner-Klaus Schwab 042925.jpg Markus Schreiber/AP Photo James Baratta Regulators have been cracking down on consolidation just as dealmaking dries up and investors head for the exits. Can the lords of finance find a way out? /power/2025-04-29-private-equitys-do-or-die-moment/ /power/2025-04-29-private-equitys-do-or-die-moment/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0000 Baratta-Private equity 042925.jpg Omar Marques/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images Robert Kuttner Today on TAP: The strategy has been effective against one GOP legislator, David Valadao in CA-22, and it is going national. /blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-04-28-pressuring-republican-reps-valadao-trump-california/ /blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-04-28-pressuring-republican-reps-valadao-trump-california/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:00:00 -0000 Kuttner on Tap 042825.jpg Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images