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Today on TAP: The Democratic rank and file is much more aligned with Bernie, AOC, and Zohran than it is with Chuck and Hakeem.

By refusing to defend a ban on noncompete agreements in court, the Federal Trade Commission enables employers to suppress wages.

With all of Trump’s alarming moves toward authoritarianism, it’s easy to overlook that he is also an ordinary plutocrat.

The expanded definition has justified assaults on journalists who have documented detentions of immigrants.

Today on TAP: The self-inflicted damage to Trump’s economy is deepening. Will he get away with it politically?

Their ask in exchange for avoiding a government shutdown is an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies. What happens when Republicans say no?

Since POTUS is hostile to democracy at home and indifferent to it abroad, it’s not clear that the West still exists.

ICE carries out largest immigration raid of Trump’s second term, and most of the workers were not supposed to be conducting manual labor, according to their visa status.

On our live show, David talks with Bryan McMahon and Dylan Gyauch-Lewis about the limits and hazards of the current state of artificial intelligence, and what politicians should do about it.

Today on TAP: The question isn’t whether our president is a bullshitter; it’s why so many people either believe or ignore his bullshit.

Many elite MDs spread grotesque misinformation during the pandemic. They’re now in charge of American public health.

From the Havemeyer Sugar Trust to Allen Dulles to Jeffrey Epstein, the MAGA billionaire Fanjul family are the welfare barons of all time.

Cower before a bully, and he’ll only hit you harder. Stand up to him, however…

As currently constructed, AI is an oligarchy-enriching, worker-immiserating, energy-depleting, brain-rotting economic bubble in waiting. Democrats can get on the public’s side here.

Today on TAP: Retargeting an old anti-war chant to meet current threats

Justice Democrats today endorsed Angela Gonzales-Torres, who is challenging incumbent Jimmy Gomez for his seat in California’s 34th District.

The technological struggles are in some ways beside the point. The financial bet on artificial general intelligence is so big that failure could cause a depression.

In a letter to the Commerce Department, Warren blasts the actual deal between the Trump administration and Intel, even as she supports the concept of equity stakes.

Judge Amit Mehta found Google guilty of illegally monopolizing search, and then allowed the company to keep doing it.

Deteriorating services, moms forced back from maternity leave, and more as federal workers lose formal union protections.