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Private Equity Power Play in Minnesota

11 months 2 weeks ago
BlackRock-owned Global Infrastructure Partners and a Canadian pension giant want to buy a Minnesota-based utility. Gov. Tim Walz’s agencies have been in on pushing the deal.
James Baratta

Left, Right, and Free Speech

11 months 3 weeks ago
With the martyrdom of Charlie Kirk, the right pretends to champion free speech while the left supposedly promotes censorship. It’s a classic Big Lie.
Robert Kuttner

Supermarket Shaping

11 months 3 weeks ago
Critics say Zohran Mamdani’s public grocery store proposal will never work. But Mamdani’s idea isn’t the problem—market consolidation is.
Emma Janssen

The Art of the Budget Deal

11 months 3 weeks ago
Today on TAP: With a government shutdown looming on Wednesday, will Trump screw Democrats, Republicans, the public, or himself?
Robert Kuttner

AI’s $600 Billion Blind Spot

11 months 3 weeks ago
A new report offers a legislative road map for creating a competitive and secure cloud computing market, without forcing policymakers to reinvent the wheel.
James Baratta

Why Do We Assume TrumpTok Will Succeed?

11 months 3 weeks ago
Oracle has no history of creating compelling consumer-facing products. Their ability to run the most addictive algorithm in social media is questionable.
David Dayen

FEMA’s Years of Living Dangerously

11 months 3 weeks ago
The Trump administration’s determination to force states to shoulder disaster funding burdens guarantees more deaths and destruction.
Gabrielle Gurley

H-1B Disruption

11 months 3 weeks ago
Today on TAP: It’s the right target, but a $100,000 visa fee is a characteristically bizarre Trumpian remedy.
Robert Kuttner