Elizabeth Warren Proposes Annual Wealth Tax on Ultra-Millionaires
The proposal would shrink the wealth of the superrich by $2.75 trillion over 10 years.
Politics
Kirsten Gillibrand Defends Filibuster: "If You Don’t Have 60 Votes Yet, It Just Means You Haven’t Done Enough Advocacy"
Maintaining the 60-vote threshold in 2021 would set Democrats up to fail to deliver on campaign promises, leading to the chance of a 2022 midterm wipeout.
The Plot Against George Soros Didn't Start in Hungary. It Started on Fox News.
Paranoid conspiracy theories about George Soros were first injected into the far-right imagination by Fox News, and the channel shows no signs of letting up.
Trump Administration Grants South Carolina Foster Care Agencies Authority to Discriminate Against Jewish and Muslim Families
The waiver allows Miracle Hill to turn away Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, agnostic, and atheist foster parents.
The Monopolist in the House: Rep. David Trone’s Wine Company Seeks to Overturn a Constitutional Amendment
Total Wine is embroiled in a Supreme Court case that challenges the 21st Amendment, which ended Prohibition, while its co-owner is a Democrat in Congress.
A Democratic Firm Is Shaking Up the World of Political Fundraising
Grassroots Analytics exploits an ambiguity in campaign finance law, which is whether the company has in fact “obtained” information from FEC reports.
Intercepted Podcast
Donald Trump and the Media Temple of BOOM!
Investigative journalist Michael Isikoff, economist Stephanie Kelton, educator Noriko Nakada, and journalist Sarah Jaffe are this week's guests.
The War on Immigrants
Trump's Shutdown Offer Creates a De Facto Asylum Ban for Central American Minors
The GOP offer to Democrats would require Central American minors to request asylum from their home countries and sets a cap for granting asylum.
With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Americans Finally Have a Politician Who Agrees With Them About Taxes
The idea of raising taxes on the rich and corporations is incredibly popular in America — and has been for a long, long time.
Could Joe Crowley End Up Being a Lobbyist for Big Console?
Joe Crowley is K Street’s biggest whale for 2019. He may wind up at the Entertainment Software Association, a video game industry lobby group.