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  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
February 9, 2021 at 5:08 PM

First 100: House Sets Marker on Two Contentious Issues in the Relief Bill

Preview David Dayen reports on the new president, policy and all things political View this email in your browser February 9, 2021 The House Sets the Marker Two main outstanding issues in t…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
February 8, 2021 at 8:06 PM

Kuttner on TAP: A Radical Idea: Give People Money

  View this email in your browser FEBRUARY 8, 2021 Kuttner on TAP A Radical Idea: Give People Money Thanks to the pandemic, Joe Biden and the Democrats have stumbled on the best income-eq…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
February 8, 2021 at 5:09 PM

First 100: Research Driving Stimulus Checks Debate is Based on Untested Data

David Dayen reports on the new president, policy and all things political View this email in your browser February 8, 2021 The Superstar Research Driving the Checks Debate Has a Problem It’…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
February 5, 2021 at 8:05 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Larry Summers’s Churlish Payback to Biden

Preview  View this email in your browser FEBRUARY 5, 2021 Kuttner on TAP Larry Summers’s Churlish Payback to Biden Larry Summers was quietly dumped from Joe Biden’s economic team last year.…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
February 5, 2021 at 5:07 PM

First 100: Exempting the Unemployed from Surprise Tax Bills

Preview David Dayen reports on the new president, policy and all things political View this email in your browser February 5, 2021 Exempting the Unemployed from Surprise Tax Bills Rep. Cindy …
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
February 4, 2021 at 10:19 PM

Meyerson on TAP: Spy on One, Spy on All! A Suggestion for Amazon.

View this email in your browser   FEBRUARY 4, 2021 Meyerson on TAP Spy on One, Spy on All! A Suggestion for Amazon. News reports this week have documented that Amazon pla…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
February 4, 2021 at 5:08 PM

First 100: The Wonk Case for Limiting Eligibility on Relief Checks Is Wrong

Preview David Dayen reports on the new president, policy and all things political View this email in your browser February 4, 2021 The Wonk Case for Limiting Eligibility on Relief Checks Is Wr…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
February 3, 2021 at 8:04 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Student Debt Cancellation and the Working Class

  View this email in your browser FEBRUARY 3, 2021 Kuttner on TAP Student Debt Cancellation and the Working Class There is an important debate among Democrats on whether canceling all student…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
February 3, 2021 at 5:07 PM

First 100: Democrats Should Keep Doing Popular Things, A Continuing Series

Preview David Dayen reports on the new president, policy and all things political View this email in your browser February 3, 2021 Democrats Should Keep Doing Popular Things, A Continuing Serie…
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
February 2, 2021 at 9:45 PM

Meyerson on TAP: Trump’s Upcoming Defense: A Prospect Exclusive!

View this email in your browser   FEBRUARY 2, 2021 Meyerson on TAP Trump’s Upcoming Defense: A Prospect Exclusive! In the preliminary brief that they presented today, Donal…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
February 2, 2021 at 5:07 PM

First 100: Filibuster Is Actively Harming COVID Relief Policy

Preview David Dayen reports on the new president, policy and all things political View this email in your browser Groundhog Day, February 2, 2021 The Senate Filibuster Is Actively Harming COVID …
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
February 1, 2021 at 8:05 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Biden’s Progressive Appointees: Watch Out Below the Radar

  View this email in your browser FEBRUARY 1, 2021 Kuttner on TAP Biden’s Progressive Appointees: Watch Out Below the Radar Progressives are feeling pretty good that reformers have gotten major…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
February 1, 2021 at 5:42 PM

First 100: CBO May Determine Wages for 32 Million Workers | Biden Rescinds Trump’s Rescission

Preview David Dayen reports on the new president, policy and all things political View this email in your browser February 1, 2021 How the Congressional Budget Office May Determine Wages for 32 M…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 29, 2021 at 8:04 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Red Alert: The Return of Cass Sunstein

  View this email in your browser JANUARY 29, 2021 Kuttner on TAP Red Alert: The Return of Cass Sunstein When I wrote a piece last spring called "The Biden Do Not Reappoint List," it did not even…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 29, 2021 at 5:06 PM

First 100: Democrats Are Reconciling to Reconciliation | Another Vaccine Is Coming

Preview David Dayen reports on the new president, policy and all things political View this email in your browser January 29, 2021 Democrats Reconcile Themselves to Reconciliation Also, another v…
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 28, 2021 at 10:28 PM

Meyerson on TAP: Put the Republican Party on the Domestic Terrorist Watch List

View this email in your browser   JANUARY 28, 2021 Meyerson on TAP Put the Republican Party on the Domestic Terrorist Watch List Go to the Facebook account of newly elected R…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 28, 2021 at 5:12 PM

First 100: Biden Could Force Production of Vaccines | Gary Gensler Can’t Wait to Police Stock Market

Preview David Dayen reports on the new president, policy and all things political View this email in your browser January 28, 2021 Biden Could Force Drugmakers to Produce Approved Vaccines Also, Ga…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 27, 2021 at 8:05 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Nurse Burnout—Connecting the Dots

  View this email in your browser JANUARY 27, 2021 Kuttner on TAP Nurse Burnout—Connecting the Dots In between cheering our heroic nurses, the press has been filled with accounts of the increasing …
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 27, 2021 at 5:07 PM

First 100: Biden’s Executive Actions Just Scratch the Surface

Preview David Dayen reports on the new president, policy and all things political View this email in your browser January 27, 2021 Biden’s Executive Actions Just Scratch the Surface Implementing Con…
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 26, 2021 at 8:05 PM

Meyerson on TAP: Bringing It All (Well, Some of It) Back Home

View this email in your browser   JANUARY 26, 2021 Meyerson on TAP Bringing It All (Well, Some of It) Back Home What with all the purported concern over the gutting of American…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 26, 2021 at 5:07 PM

First 100: Rep. Pascrell Asks Biden to Fire the Postal Service Board | Senate Dealing and More Vaccines

Preview David Dayen reports on the new president, policy and all things political View this email in your browser January 26, 2021 Congressman Pascrell to Biden: Fire the Postal Service Board Plus, S…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 25, 2021 at 8:04 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Trump’s Patriot Party—Bring It On!

Preview  View this email in your browser JANUARY 25, 2021 Kuttner on TAP Trump’s Patriot Party—Bring It On! I’ve been pessimistic about the long predicted Republican crack up. My sense was that few Republican s…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 25, 2021 at 5:08 PM

First 100: Vaccine Rollout Supply Snag | Relief Talks Point to Checks and Shots

David Dayen reports on the new president, policy and all things political View this email in your browser January 25, 2021 Vaccine Rollout Moves Toward a Supply Snag Plus, relief talks point to a che…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 22, 2021 at 8:03 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Say It Ain’t So, Joe: Tweets?!?

  View this email in your browser JANUARY 22, 2021 Kuttner on TAP Say It Ain’t So, Joe: Tweets?!? One of the myriad things I was relishing, as Trump exited the stage, was the merciful end of presiden…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 22, 2021 at 5:07 PM

First 100: Eviction Moratorium Extension Empowers Corporate Landlords

Preview David Dayen reports on the new president, policy and all things political View this email in your browser January 22, 2021 The Eviction Moratorium Should Have Been Improved, Not Just Extended T…
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 21, 2021 at 9:58 PM

Meyerson on TAP: Biden and Workers: A Good Start

View this email in your browser   JANUARY 21, 2021 Meyerson on TAP Biden and Workers: A Good Start With the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 rising relentlessly toward half a millio…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 21, 2021 at 5:07 PM

First 100: The Checks and Shots Strategy | Biden Dons His Firing Sunglasses

David Dayen reports on the new president, policy and all things political View this email in your browser January 21, 2021 The Checks and Shots Strategy Plus, Biden gets out his firing sunglasses …
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 20, 2021 at 8:08 PM

Kuttner on TAP: The Power of Compassion

  View this email in your browser JANUARY 20, 2021 Kuttner on TAP The Power of Compassion Joe Biden did something at the Lincoln Memorial last night that was remarkable partly because his predecessor w…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 20, 2021 at 3:56 PM

First 100: Senate Leaders Negotiate the Biden Presidency

Preview David Dayen reports on the new president, policy and all things political View this email in your browser January 20, 2021 Senate Leaders Negotiate the Biden Presidency Plus, the inauguration th…
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 19, 2021 at 9:21 PM

Meyerson on TAP: Let Republicans Be Republicans!

View this email in your browser   JANUARY 19, 2021 Meyerson on TAP Let Republicans Be Republicans! The tactical debate over whether President Biden and congressional Democrats shou…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 19, 2021 at 5:06 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | The Battle of Los Angeles

Preview David Dayen’s update on the effects of COVID-19, and all things political View this email in your browser Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for Jan. 19, 2021 The Battle of Los Angeles The nation’s biggest…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 18, 2021 at 5:05 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Biden’s Vaccine Plan v. The More Contagious Variant

Preview David Dayen’s update on the effects of COVID-19, and all things political View this email in your browser Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for Jan. 18, 2021 Biden’s Vaccine Plan v. The COVID Variant The bi…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 15, 2021 at 8:05 PM

Kuttner on TAP: On Civil Disobedience

  View this email in your browser JANUARY 15, 2021 Kuttner on TAP On Civil Disobedience By a grim convergence, Dr. King’s birthday weekend this year coincides with plans by far-right armed militias to in…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 15, 2021 at 5:06 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Joe Biden’s $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan

Preview David Dayen’s update on the effects of COVID-19, and all things political View this email in your browser Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for Jan. 15, 2021 The American Rescue Plan Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillio…
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 14, 2021 at 8:05 PM

Meyerson on TAP: 1861 and 2021: A Troubling Resemblance

View this email in your browser   JANUARY 14, 2021 Meyerson on TAP 1861 and 2021: A Troubling Resemblance CNN reports that security officials have convinced President-elect Biden not…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 14, 2021 at 5:07 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | The Democratic Policy-Smorgasbord Mistake

Preview David Dayen’s update on the effects of COVID-19, and all things political View this email in your browser Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for Jan. 14, 2021 The Democratic Policy-Smorgasbord Mistake Democrat…
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 13, 2021 at 10:24 PM

Meyerson on TAP: Impeachment: Second Time Around

View this email in your browser   JANUARY 13, 2021 Meyerson on TAP Impeachment: Second Time Around One of the weirder sentiments expressed by Donald Trump’s Republican defenders during…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 13, 2021 at 5:06 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | The Great Race of Vaccination Versus Mutation

Preview David Dayen’s update on the effects of COVID-19, and all things political View this email in your browser Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for Jan. 13, 2021 The Great Race of Vaccination Versus Mutation Also,…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 12, 2021 at 8:05 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Lefties: Stay Away From This Weekend’s Disruptions

  View this email in your browser JANUARY 12, 2021 Kuttner on TAP Lefties: Stay Away From This Weekend’s Disruptions The left got very lucky when the far right laid siege to the U.S. Capitol. The whole thi…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 12, 2021 at 5:05 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Riot Was an Infection Point | Online Sales Tax Saves Local Budgets

Preview David Dayen’s update on the effects of COVID-19, and all things political View this email in your browser Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for Jan. 12, 2021 The Capitol Riot Was an Infection Point Also, the on…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 11, 2021 at 8:05 PM

Kuttner on TAP: Silver Linings

  View this email in your browser JANUARY 11, 2021 Kuttner on TAP Silver Linings After the insurrection at the Capitol, one is hesitant to look for silver linings. But Trump’s instigation of mob rule did pro…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 11, 2021 at 5:06 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Biden’s New Relief Package

Preview David Dayen’s update on the effects of COVID-19, and all things political View this email in your browser Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for Jan. 11, 2021 Biden’s New Relief Package The president-elect has ch…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 8, 2021 at 8:06 PM

Kuttner on TAP: When Trump’s Gone, Will Fascism Live On?

  View this email in your browser JANUARY 8, 2021 Kuttner on TAP When Trump’s Gone, Will Fascism Live On? American democracy has demonstrated—barely—that it’s possible to oust a fascist leader. But it’s harder…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 8, 2021 at 5:03 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Oh Yeah, That Other Crisis Burning Through America

Preview David Dayen’s update on the effects of COVID-19, and all things political View this email in your browser Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for Jan. 8, 2021 Oh Yeah, That Other Crisis The pandemic is burning thro…
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 7, 2021 at 8:33 PM

Meyerson on TAP: Trumpin’ Lumpen Republicans

View this email in your browser   JANUARY 7, 2021 Meyerson on TAP Trumpin’ Lumpen Republicans When The Washington Post runs its "Democrats Win Control of the Senate" piece on page 6, as …
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 7, 2021 at 4:25 PM

Unsanitized: Special Edition on the Insurrection at the Capitol

Preview David Dayen’s update on the effects of COVID-19, and all things political View this email in your browser Unsanitized: Special Edition, Jan. 7, 2021   U.S. Capitol Police with guns drawn stand near a barricaded door as supporters of President Tru…
  Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 6, 2021 at 8:05 PM

Kuttner on TAP: As Goes Georgia

  View this email in your browser JANUARY 6, 2021 Kuttner on TAP As Goes Georgia The likely victories in Georgia not only vindicate the strategy of deep, long-term organizing and increase the chances that the Bi…
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 6, 2021 at 5:06 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Time for $2,000 Checks

Preview David Dayen’s update on the effects of COVID-19, and all things political View this email in your browser Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for Jan. 6, 2021 Time for $2,000 Checks Democrats need to keep the follow…
  Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 5, 2021 at 8:51 PM

Meyerson on TAP: The Google Uprising in Context

View this email in your browser   JANUARY 5, 2021 Meyerson on TAP The Google Uprising in Context Don’t let this get around, but professionals are forming unions like crazy these days. In …
  David Dayen, The American Prospect · [email protected]
January 5, 2021 at 5:05 PM

Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report | Pandemic Recovery in a Plutonomy

Preview David Dayen’s update on the effects of COVID-19, and all things political View this email in your browser Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Report for Jan. 5, 2021 Pandemic Recovery in a Plutonomy The optimistic case for …