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Private Equity Power Play in Minnesota

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months 1 week 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?

2 months 1 week 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

2 months 1 week ago
The Trump administration’s determination to force states to shoulder disaster funding burdens guarantees more deaths and destruction.
Gabrielle Gurley

H-1B Disruption

2 months 1 week ago
Today on TAP: It’s the right target, but a $100,000 visa fee is a characteristically bizarre Trumpian remedy.
Robert Kuttner