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  The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 12, 2026 at 10:01 AM

A new challenge the Paramount deal

Coughing up details about Trump-supported mega-acquisitions.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **MAY 12, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] The Freedom of the Press Fou…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM

Wall Street’s Favorite Democrat

Rahm Emanuel is back, running for president as a corporate Democrat. His timing is terrible.Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] [link removed] MAY 11, 2026 On the **Prospect** website [link removed] [link removed] Surveillance Reform Hinges on How Congress D…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 11, 2026 at 6:04 PM

Inside the June issue of the Prospect

Stephen Miller’s dark vision for America. Take a sneak peek at our next issue.Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] **Dear John,** The June issue of **The American Prospect** goes to press in the coming weeks and I want to give our newsletter subscribers a sneak peek at …
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 11, 2026 at 10:01 AM

Three visions in San Francisco

A working-class voice, a policy wonk, and a champion of political revolution.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **MAY 11, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] Armed with …
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 9, 2026 at 11:01 AM

Five stories to read this weekend

Iran, monopolies, corporate power—your classic Prospect stuff.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get Weekend Reads every Saturday. [link removed] Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] [link removed] Meat Industry Price Fixer Sentenced to Make Money [link re…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM

An Epic Collapse for Britain’s Labour Party

Britain’s centrist Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer crashes while Spain’s Socialist Pedro Sánchez shows how to lead from the left. Could there be a lesson here?Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] [link removed] MAY 8, 2026 On the **Prospect** website [link remove…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 AM

The corporate hospitals bilking Americans

The GOP destroys health care as hospitals rip off patients. Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **MAY 8, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] Corporate hospital executives…
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM

The Court didn’t just disenfranchise Blacks. It also disenfranchised cities.

The Republican redistrictings strip cities of congressional representation.Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] [link removed] MAY 7, 2026 On the **Prospect** website [link removed] [link removed] ICE Wants to Reopen the Crumbling Federal Prison Dubbed ‘Rape …
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 7, 2026 at 10:01 AM

The mother of all David vs. Goliath fights is in South Florida

He challenged the “DeSantis Democrat.” Then DeSantis vaporized the district.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **MAY 7, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] Oliver Larkin…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM

A billion in taxpayer money for Trump’s ballroom

In his vanity, Trump seems determined to alienate Republicans in Congress from most voters.Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] [link removed] MAY 6, 2026 On the **Prospect** website [link removed] [link removed] Establishment Dems and the Self-Fulfilling Pro…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM

Will John Fetterman go full Benedict Arnold?

He has two years left. Will he complete his betrayal of his own constituents?Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **MAY 6, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] John Fetterm…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 5, 2026 at 10:18 PM

The complacent class

The Milken Conference in Los Angeles is designed for the global financial elite. Their thinking about the Iran war is childish.Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] Thank you to the generous readers who believe in our mission and have stepped up to support this spring campaign.…
  Mitch Grummon, The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM

Thank you, readers.

The journey does not stop hereView this email in your browser [link removed] [link removed] **Dear John,** When we first discussed eliminating programmatic advertising from our website, I was nervous. As the resident person on staff who stresses out about finances, electing **not** to …
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 5, 2026 at 10:01 AM

The demise of Spirit Airlines

The budget airline is the first corporate casualty of the Iran war.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **MAY 5, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] This is a special edit…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 4, 2026 at 7:09 PM

The mifepristone ruling revives pro-choice politics

A federal court’s ban on the mailing of abortion medication once again demonstrates the unpopularity of anti-abortion zealotry.Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] Thank you to the generous readers who believe in our mission and have stepped up to support this spring campaign.…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 4, 2026 at 10:01 AM

Another independent senator?

Dan Osborn is once more running for office in Nebraska. Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **MAY 4, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] Dan Osborn is a real anomaly: som…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 2, 2026 at 11:01 AM

The midterms cometh

Plus gas prices and AI surveillance, from The American Prospect.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get Weekend Reads every Saturday. [link removed] Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] [link removed] The Progressive Caucus Unveils Its Contract with America…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM

Turning civil rights inside out

The Supreme Court has now invited racial gerrymandering, as merely political and thus beyond judicial challenge.Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] Thank you to the generous readers who believe in our mission and have stepped up to support this spring campaign. We’re still 33…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
May 1, 2026 at 2:15 PM

Unions boost teacher pay more than anything else

Happy May Day! Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **MAY 1, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] I’ve reported on issues facing education in the U.S. many times before, bu…
  James Baratta, The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 30, 2026 at 7:01 PM

AI is supercharging the surveillance state

Warrants are at the center of the debate over government spying, and for good reason. But artificial intelligence is redefining the contours of that debate.Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] Thank you to the generous readers who believe in our mission and have stepped up to …
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 30, 2026 at 10:01 AM

How to launder campaign spending

It's another shady pro-Israel PAC.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **APRIL 30, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] When I was in Omaha a few weeks ago, you could see t…
  Ryan Cooper, The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 29, 2026 at 6:01 PM

I don’t usually do this

We’re almost there– help us meet our spring fundraising goal.View this email in your browser [link removed] [link removed] **Dear John,** We’re at the end of our spring campaign and I wanted to personally appeal to you for your support. We’ve taken an important stand this month by removing…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 29, 2026 at 3:48 PM

The Progressive Caucus Unveils Its Contract with America

Its architect sees it as a battle plan for the midterms.Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] Thank you to the generous readers who believe in our mission and have stepped up to support this spring campaign. We’re still 126 readers short of hitting our goal of 500 new monthly s…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 29, 2026 at 10:01 AM

The federal government's spying program

And the Dem pushing for itWas this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **APRIL 29, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] Through the government’s foreign intelligence surveillance p…
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 28, 2026 at 8:25 PM

Objective news coverage? Not on the Ellisons’ watch!

With their mega-purchase up for administration approval, they compelled CBS News to honor Trump last week.Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] Thank you to the generous readers who believe in our mission and have stepped up to support this spring campaign. We’re still 150 read…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 28, 2026 at 10:01 AM

The corporate defender vs. the union organizer

The race for Pennsylvania’s 7th District.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **APRIL 28, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] Ryan Crosswell is a celebrated GOP apostate w…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 27, 2026 at 7:01 PM

Spirit socialism: Trump’s vs. ours

The proposed bailout of Spirit Airlines is Trump’s worst deal yet. But in clean hands, socialized ownership sometimes makes sense.Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] Thank you to the generous readers who believe in our mission and have stepped up and support this spring campa…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 27, 2026 at 10:01 AM

The new insider trading

Prediction markets are no “truth machines.”Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **APRIL 27, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] The CEO of the prediction market company Po…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 25, 2026 at 11:01 AM

How to destroy Hollywood

And four more features from the Prospect.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get Weekend Reads every Saturday. [link removed] Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] [link removed] The Deal That Could Destroy Hollywood [link removed] Paramount’s purchase of…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 24, 2026 at 7:21 PM

Time to stop lionizing Powell

Resistance to Trump is too low a bar.Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] [link removed] APRIL 24, 2026 A number of you have stepped up to support our site free of programmatic advertising, but we’re still behind our campaign goal. A generous donor has stepped in to mat…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 24, 2026 at 5:29 PM

We only have a few days left

Double your gift to meet the momentView this email in your browser [link removed] [link removed] **Dear John,** I’ll be direct. We only have a few days left to take advantage of a generous offer to match every gift made by **Prospect**readers for our spring fundraising campaign. We’re …
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 24, 2026 at 10:01 AM

An irrelevant Congress

The sad spectacle Republicans managing DHS funding.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **APRIL 24, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] It’s faded into the background beca…
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 23, 2026 at 8:31 PM

Hegseth, Xi, Stalin

Paranoid purges of generals and admirals are common to dictators and tin-pot wannabes.Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] [link removed] APRIL 23, 2026 A number of you have stepped up to support our site free of programmatic advertising, but we’re still behind our camp…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 23, 2026 at 10:01 AM

The Diplomat, the Fashion Channel, and Jeffrey Epstein

On ex-fashion mogul and U.S. Special Envoy Paolo Zampolli.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **APRIL 23, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] Seven years ago, I pitched m…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 22, 2026 at 8:13 PM

The Working Families Party goes national

The WFP has unveiled a national platform and is building party organizations in nearly two dozen states.Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] [link removed] APRIL 22, 2026 A number of you have stepped up to support our site free of programmatic advertising, but we’re sti…
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 22, 2026 at 6:43 PM

A brief digression on Dostoevsky

and why your matched gift matters more than everView this email in your browser [link removed] [link removed] **Dear John,** Let’s say you’re reading **The Brothers Karamazov**and wondering if Ivan will silently decide to let his illegitimate half-brother knock off their horrible old m…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 22, 2026 at 10:01 AM

Red state, blue dot

David Dayen visits Omaha’s swingy congressional district.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **APRIL 22, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] I was in Omaha, Nebraska for …
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 21, 2026 at 8:28 PM

Amazon and Trump’s NLRB: So happy together!

Trump’s appointee as the Board’s general counsel stops an NLRB trial likely to find the company guilty.Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] [link removed] APRIL 21, 2026 A number of you have stepped up to support our site free of programmatic advertising, but we’re stil…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 21, 2026 at 10:01 AM

No unscrambling the tariff egg

Americans are owed billions in refunds of Trump’s illegal tariffs.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **APRIL 21, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] The Supreme Court ov…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 20, 2026 at 4:13 PM

Trump sabotages his own much-exaggerated Iran deal

Did the president screw up a possible agreement with his own impulsivity? Or was the imminent deal that he touted on Friday an illusion all along?Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] [link removed] APRIL 20, 2026 On April 6th, **The** **American Prospect**removed…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 20, 2026 at 10:01 AM

American labor gets a strike fund

For the first time, the fund will put money in the hands of organizing workers.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **APRIL 20, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] [link r…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 18, 2026 at 11:08 AM

Taxing the rich on tax day

And four more stories from the Prospect.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get Weekend Reads every Saturday. [link removed] Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] [link removed] On Tax Day, Mamdani Taxed the Rich [link removed] Six months after Gov. Kathy…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 17, 2026 at 7:04 PM

How Trump undermines Trump

Consider the president’s self-defeating assault against Jerome Powell.Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] [link removed] APRIL 17, 2026 On April 6th, **The** **American Prospect**removed all programmatic advertising from our website. We think you and your person…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 17, 2026 at 10:04 AM

The Wild Wild Western Water Wars

The Colorado River is in trouble—as is the region that relies on its water.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **APRIL 17, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] In the West…
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 16, 2026 at 9:17 PM

Why Americans hate data centers: Let us count the ways

They fear AI. They fear higher electric bills. More reasons below.Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] [link removed] APRIL 16, 2026 On April 6th, **The** **American Prospect**removed all programmatic advertising from our website. We think you and your personal d…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 16, 2026 at 10:05 AM

Cutting utility assistance to pay for Iran

Trump thinks poor people's power bills are too low (again).Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **APRIL 16, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] You would think that sunset…
  Ryan Cooper, The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 15, 2026 at 7:07 PM

Tax day could be a breeze

I hate,??? hate,??? hate filing taxes.??? There is a better way.??? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????…
  The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 15, 2026 at 10:04 AM

Trump's green future?

How the chaos in Iran may give renewable energy a bump.Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Daily Prospect Monday through Friday. [link removed] [link removed] **APRIL 15, 2026** Click to read this email in your browser. [link removed] During the 2024 campaign, Donal…
  Mitch Grummon, The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM

Journalism that meets the moment

Dangerous times call for media organizations that can step upView this email in your browser [link removed] [link removed] **Dear John,** First, I want to thank you for your support. After I published **this article** [link removed] last week detailing why we decided to remove programmatic…
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
April 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM

A really bad week for the global right

And what is it about Christian nationalism that looks to produce kleptocratic regimes?Click to view this email in your browser. [link removed] [link removed] APRIL 14, 2026 On April 6th, **The** **American Prospect**removed all programmatic advertising from our website. We think you…