Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]

August 10, 2020 at 8:12 PM

Still Time to Register | Set the Night on Fire: LA in the 1960s | Thurs, Aug 13, 4 pm eastern

Harold Meyerson and Melina Abdullah in conversation with Mike Davis and Jon Wiener on the 55th anniversary of the Watts uprising   Set the Night on Fire: LA in the '60s You're invited to join us for a Prospect virtual event... Thursday, August 1…

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  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]

August 10, 2020 at 7:02 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Postal Traumatic Stress

  AUGUST 10, 2020 Kuttner on TAP Postal Traumatic Stress Last week, I wrote a blog item concluding that with the pandemic, voter suppression, and the cynical Trump attack on an already underfunded Postal Service, maybe going all in for postal…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

August 10, 2020 at 4:04 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Trump Orders Up a Poor Substitute for Relief, But Dem’s Bad Strategy Led Us Here

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  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]

August 7, 2020 at 7:02 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Did Summers Jump, or Was He Pushed?

  AUGUST 7, 2020 Kuttner on TAP Did Summers Jump, or Was He Pushed? On Thursday, Larry Summers told a virtual forum hosted by the Aspen Institute: "I am very, very happy being able to speak freely. My time in government is behind me and my tim…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

August 7, 2020 at 4:02 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Federal Benefit Extension Looks Remote as Anger Mounts | Post Office Tries to Stick Up States

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  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]

August 6, 2020 at 8:53 PM

Meyerson on TAP: Lebanon and America: Two Failed States

  August 6, 2020 Meyerson on TAP Lebanon and America: Two Failed States "Lebanon knew of danger for years. It didn’t act." That’s the front-page headline in today’s New York Times, atop a story detailing how 2,750 tons of explosive ammon…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

August 6, 2020 at 4:02 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Testing Delays Have Us Flying Blind | Deal Hopes Fade

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  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]

August 5, 2020 at 6:07 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Why Brooks Brothers Can Use Bankruptcy and Argentina Can’t

Preview  August 5, 2020 Kuttner on TAP Why Brooks Brothers Can Use Bankruptcy and Argentina Can’t You’ve probably read that one iconic retailer after another is going bankrupt. You may think this means they are going out of business. But mo…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

August 5, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | What It Will Take to Make Schools Safe | Congressional Maneuvering

Preview David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for Aug. 5, 2020 AFT’s Randi Weingarten on Making Schools SafePlus, Congressional Maneuvering   Classes begin in Godley, Texas, a rural district in Johnson County, …

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  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]

August 5, 2020 at 11:57 AM

Join us for Set the Night on Fire: LA in the 1960s | Thurs, Aug 13, 4 pm eastern

Preview Harold Meyerson in conversation with Mike Davis and Jon Wiener on the 55th anniversary of the Watts uprising   Set the Night on Fire: LA in the '60s You're invited to join us for a Prospect virtual event... Thursday, August 13, 4 p.m. Eas…

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  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]

August 4, 2020 at 8:32 PM

Meyerson on TAP: Trump and TikTok: Where’s My Cut?

Preview  August 4, 2020 Meyerson on TAP Trump and TikTok: Where’s My Cut? President Trump’s declaration—at once, unsurprising (given Trump) and astonishing—that the government should get “a lot of money” from the sale of TikTok to Microso…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

August 4, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | The Virus Heads to Where Hospital Beds Are Scarce | Small Biz Collapse | Breaking the USPS Backfires

Preview David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for Aug. 4, 2020 The Virus Heads to Where Hospital Beds Are ScarcePlus, small business collapse, and breaking the post office backfires   A makeshift isolation area …

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  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]

August 3, 2020 at 7:02 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Going Postal: Be Careful What You Wish For

Preview  August 3, 2020 Kuttner on TAP Going Postal: Be Careful What You Wish For Ever since Oregon pioneered universal vote-by-mail—it began as an option for local elections in 1981 and became mandatory in 2000—the idea seemed a brilliant …

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

August 3, 2020 at 4:23 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Why a Relief Bill Is So Elusive This Time | Phantom Teacher Hirings | The World’s Largest Biker Rally

Preview David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for Aug. 3, 2020 Why a Relief Bill Is So Elusive This TimePlus, phantom teacher hirings, world’s largest biker rally   Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer address the medi…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

August 1, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | State Unemployment Systems Need to Be Federalized and Overhauled

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  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 31, 2020 at 7:03 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Whiplash Day: Obama, Lewis, Trump

  JULY 31, 2020 Kuttner on TAP Whiplash Day: Obama, Lewis, Trump Yesterday, Barack Obama eulogized John Lewis as the champion of voting rights, while Donald Trump sought to annul the 2020 election. Whiplash doesn’t begin to describe the exper…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 31, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Fed’s Emergency Lending is a Killer | Still No Deal on Relief Bill

Preview David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for July 31, 2020 Fed’s Emergency Lending Programs Are Killing the Planet Also still no deal on a relief bill   The oil sector is too unstable and too environmenta…

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  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 30, 2020 at 7:03 PM

Meyerson on TAP: Mitt Romney and the Short Rope

  JULY 30, 2020 Meyerson on TAP Mitt Romney and the Short Rope In his role as the personification of the pre-Trump Republican Party, Mitt Romney has proposed a modification of the provision in Senate Republicans’ new COVID bill that immed…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 30, 2020 at 4:04 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | USPS is Being Torn Apart from Within | Day Traders Fly Into Kodak

Preview David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for July 30, 2020 Postal Service Being Torn Apart from Within Also the day traders fly into Kodak   A postal worker heads out on their appoi…

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  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 29, 2020 at 7:03 PM

Kuttner on TAP: What If Black Lives Matter Defended Federal Buildings?

  JULY 29, 2020 Kuttner on TAP What If Black Lives Matter Defended Federal Buildings? Here is an idea that comes from a 1960s hero, Barbara Garson, of whom more shortly: Trump and his stooge, Attorney General Bill Barr, disingenuously claim t…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 29, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | The Student Loan Hustle Inside the HEALS Act

Preview David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for July 29, 2020 The Student Loan Hustle Inside the HEALS Act This is an example of why that bill should be made inactive   Proposed student…

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  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 28, 2020 at 8:20 PM

Meyerson on TAP: Forefathers’ (and Foremothers’) Flaws

  JULY 28, 2020 Meyerson on TAP Forefathers’ (and Foremothers’) Flaws A couple of years ago, when I was researching the 1970s just-transition legislation to protect loggers who’d lost their jobs when the Redwood National Park was expanded…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 28, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | The HEALS Act Emerges, and It’s Absurd

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  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 27, 2020 at 7:04 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Can Anarchists Get Organized?

  JULY 27, 2020 Kuttner on TAP Can Anarchists Get Organized? The future of the Republic may depend on it. Trump, with the aid of Bill Barr, has come up with the diabolically clever ploy of sending his private federal army into cities whose ma…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 27, 2020 at 4:05 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Newfound Dem Leverage on Relief Bill | Baseball on the Verge of Striking Out

Preview David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for July 27, 2020 Newfound Democratic Leverage on the Relief Bill Also, baseball on the verge of striking out   White House chief of staff Mark…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 25, 2020 at 4:12 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Republicans in Disarray this Time | Vaccine Insider Trading

Preview David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for July 25, 2020 Republicans in Disarray this Time Also, vaccine insider trading   White House chief of staff Mark Meadows (left), former slaye…

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  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 24, 2020 at 7:04 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Biden’s Cabinet and the Thin Progressive Bench

  JULY 24, 2020 Kuttner on TAP Biden’s Cabinet and the Thin Progressive Bench This is the point in the campaign when progressive groups begin assembling lists. What’s colloquially known as the Plum Book is the list of the more than 7,000 appo…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 24, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | The Fed’s Thumb is on the Bailout Scale | Updates on Social Security and Debt Collectors

Preview David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for July 24, 2020 How the Federal Reserve’s Thumb is on the Bailout Scale Also, updates on Social Security and debt collectors   Federal Reserve …

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July 24, 2020 at 1:58 PM

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  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 23, 2020 at 8:42 PM

Meyerson on TAP: Who Should Say When a Workplace Is Safe? The Workers, That’s Who.

  JULY 23, 2020 Meyerson on TAP Who Should Say When a Workplace Is Safe? The Workers, That’s Who. Back in April, Nelson Lichtenstein, the dean of American labor historians, wrote a piece for us arguing that states should establish workers…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 23, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Mitt Romney Wants to Cut Your Social Security

Preview David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for July 23, 2020 Mitt Romney Wants to Use the Crisis to Cut Your Social SecurityA Bowles-Simpson-style process to cut benefits could end up in the Republican economic relief bill …

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 23, 2020 at 11:17 AM

Last Chance to Register for the Keynes & Corporate Power Book Discussion | Friday, July 24, 1 pm eastern

Preview David Dayen and Zach Carter discuss their recent books. Attendance is limited, so register today.   Keynes and Corporate Power You're invited to join us for a Prospect virtual event... Friday, July 24, 1 p.m. Eastern Over t…

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  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 22, 2020 at 7:33 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Full-On Fascism

  JULY 22, 2020 Kuttner on TAP Full-On Fascism Trump has run out of other strategies, so he is pursuing a long-standing fantasy of having a personal secret police force that is beyond legal control. Last week, unidentified storm troopers disp…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 22, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | How the Pandemic Expands Corporate Power

Preview David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for July 22, 2020 How the Pandemic Expands Corporate PowerAnd how we can fight back   Even the lemonade stands aren't safe from the reach of corpo…

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  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 21, 2020 at 8:27 PM

Meyerson on TAP: Murdoch, Goebbels, and Trump

  JULY 21, 2020 Meyerson on TAP Murdoch, Goebbels, and Trump The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum has termed as "performative authoritarianism" President Trump’s deployment of the Border Patrol and other federal agencies to Portland (the first, …

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 21, 2020 at 4:02 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Florida Teachers Are Suing DeSantis | And the Worst Relief Idea Yet

David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for July 21, 2020 Why Florida Teachers Are Suing the GovernorAlso, the worst coronavirus relief idea yet   Public schools in Florida are set to open as soo…

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  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 20, 2020 at 7:03 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Two Economic Ideas for Biden

  JULY 20, 2020 Kuttner on TAP Two Economic Ideas for Biden Not all big decisions are on policy. How you structure your presidency is just as important, since it dictates your policy path. First, get rid of the National Economic Council. It w…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 20, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | 1937 Revisited

Preview David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for July 20, 2020 1937 RevisitedAmerica prematurely pulled back on federal relief then. We’re planning to do so again   Bronze figures at the Frankli…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 18, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | USG Gives Out Negative $3 Billion in PPP Loans in Three Weeks

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  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 17, 2020 at 7:03 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Trump’s 54 Percent Approval on the Economy

  JULY 17, 2020 Kuttner on TAP Trump’s 54 Percent Approval on the Economy As general support for Trump keeps sinking, there is one anomaly. According to this July 15 Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, which finds Biden leading Trump by 11 points, …

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 17, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Cap Spending? OK, But Repeal Trump Tax Cuts | Pelosi Speaks on Bailout Oversight

David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for July 17, 2020 Cap COVID Spending? OK, But Repeal the Trump Tax CutsAlso, Pelosi speaks on bailout oversight   The Internal Revenue Service building in Was…

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  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 16, 2020 at 9:07 PM

Meyerson on TAP: The Only Scenario in Which Trump Could Resign

  JULY 16, 2020 Meyerson on TAP The Only Scenario in Which Trump Could Resign My fellow On-TAPPER Bob Kuttner has occasionally suggested, in this space and others, that Donald Trump might resign rather than face a set of unpleasant outcom…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 16, 2020 at 4:02 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | No Flood of Lawsuits Against Businesses | How Deaths Are Proceeding

David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for July 16, 2020 There Is No Flood of COVID Lawsuits Against BusinessesAlso, how coronavirus deaths are proceeding   The Supreme Court, one of many courtrooms…

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  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 15, 2020 at 7:02 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Biden’s Wall Street Undertow

  JULY 15, 2020 Kuttner on TAP Biden’s Wall Street Undertow I’ve been writing some flattering stuff about Joe Biden lately. His Made in America blueprint released last week was terrific, and his $2 trillion climate plan released Tuesday was ev…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 15, 2020 at 4:02 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Banks Judged On How They Treat People, For Once | Still No Bailout Oversight Chair

Preview David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for July 15, 2020 Banks Judged On How They Treat People, For OnceAlso, still no bailout oversight chair   JPMorgan Chase earned a "D" on the Committee fo…

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  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 14, 2020 at 8:36 PM

Meyerson on TAP: Trump, DeVos, Scalia, and the Depraved Indifference Presidency

  JULY 14, 2020 Meyerson on TAP Trump, DeVos, Scalia, and the Depraved Indifference Presidency To constitute depraved indifference, the defendant’s conduct must be ‘so wanton, so deficient in a moral sense of concern, so lacking in regar…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 14, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Again With the Closures | Tomorrow is the New Tax Day

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  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 13, 2020 at 7:08 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Elizabeth Warren and the Biden Veepstakes

Preview  JULY 13, 2020 Kuttner on TAP Elizabeth Warren and the Biden Veepstakes On Friday morning, we published my piece on Joe Biden’s surprisingly good Made in America plan. I could not help noticing that it looked a lot like Elizabeth…

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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]

July 13, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | CARES Act Induced Premature Reopening | Unemployment Claims Still Delayed

Preview David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for July 13, 2020 Yes, the CARES Act Really Did Induce Premature State ReopeningsAlso, state unemployment systems still delaying claims   If you're inte…

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July 11, 2020 at 4:12 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Just One Week to Stop a Calamity | Why a Bridge to a Vaccine Isn’t Built

Preview David Dayen's update on the effects of COVID-19 Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for July 11, 2020 Just One Week to Stop a CalamityAlso, why a bridge to a vaccine hasn’t been constructed   A rare photograph of Democratic and Republican le…

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