The American Prospect
Monetizing Regime Change
It is trivially easy for administration officials to use prediction markets to bet on the policies they authorize. We may have just seen it in Venezuela.
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26mThe KC Mafia
Behind Trump’s private equity–style bust-out of the Kennedy Center, a pack of billionaires and MAGA grifters have planned bigger heists, from Hollywood to Western Sahara.
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9mTime to De-Privatize
When the Democrats take back Congress, we need an agenda to return public functions to government and reverse decades of privatization.
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6mAIPAC’s Tiny Expenditure in Michigan’s Senate Race
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9mDemocrats Getting Cover From Republican Spending Surge—Even If They’re Progressive
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