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- “Nobody, save miscreant manufacturers, really wants the public to unknowingly purchase dangerous cribs or flammable toddler PJs. Even the Klan wants safe sheets.” prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...
- Democrats hoped the Inflation Reduction Act would build a bipartisan constituency for climate policy by spreading out the benefits. Instead Republicans are attempting to repeal it almost entirely, goring the economies of their own districts. From @ryanlcooper.com: prospect.org/politics/202...
- “Trump, the relentless scourge of the world’s refugees, has made an exception for one country, actually for one ethnic group in one country:” The descendents of Dutch colonizers from South Africa. From Robert Kuttner: prospect.org/politics/202...
- In an interview, the author Naomi Klein outlines the threat that tech oligarchs play to our future and democracy, and how to fight back. From @cerisecastle.bsky.social of @capitalandmain.bsky.social prospect.org/culture/2025...
- Under the guise of the war on drugs, the U.S. government is continuing to expand surveillance on its own citizens, writes @drboguslaw.bsky.social: prospect.org/civil-rights...
- “If the party of the people is to regain credibility with the people, it needs to escape this corporate captivity.” @rkuttnerwrites lays out how Democrats can overcome a toxic neoliberal brand. prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...
- The GOP’s big beautiful bill on the verge of total collapse. From @ddayen.bsky.social: prospect.org/politics/202...
- Trump has defunded the financial crimes police while at the same time carrying out the most outrageous corruption in American history. From @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social prospect.org/economy/2025...
- @candicebernd.bsky.social of @texasobserver.org delves into the buzz attracting politicians to Texas Bitcoin: prospect.org/power/2025-0...
