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Today on TAP: After Kamala Harris’s defeat, the DNC chair should be a party-builder in the spirit of Howard Dean, whose service from 2005 to 2009 paved the way for Obama.

Exams to determine whether veterans qualify for certain benefits have been almost entirely privatized, and the companies conducting the exams have long been cited for poor quality.

Even though that perception is partly the creation of right-wing media, the Democrats surely need to hone their identity.

The billionaire class used the Gaza siege to purge leftists, and even left populism. Caught up in the wake were the cautious elites.

How did this happen? And what’s next?

A look at the biggest stock gainers since Trump’s election shows that paying tribute to the next president will have its benefits.

Evergreen State voters decide that the billions in revenues generated by the Climate Commitment Act are worth preserving.

Down-ballot candidates did well, and if they can get the state back on the path to a broader and more prosperous labor movement, the returns would be even greater.

Today on TAP: Shifting voting patterns suggest it’s possible, but only if they persist through subsequent elections.

Trump won the election in part because of a backlash against consumer price inflation on Biden’s watch. Several Trump policies will make inflation much worse.

The ‘liberal media’ was in the tank for Trump. Democrats should take their subscription dollars elsewhere.

On being defeated

The usual ‘blue shift’ means up to five seats are still in play, which is the margin of victory needed for Democrats.

How could this have happened? What now?

Inflation is bad.

And how the nation arrived at this perilous and tragic place

And how the nation arrived at this perilous and tragic place

Today on TAP: The inherently unappreciated core of Bidenomics

The Painters Union has driven a bus through swing states trying to turn out union members for Kamala Harris. It hasn’t been the smoothest ride.