Ideas, Politics & Power: The American Prospect is an independent political magazine. We cover Washington and beyond like no one else does.
Washington, D.C.
- Tweets 115,120
- Following 2,620
- Followers 63,273
- Likes 1,934
Pinned Tweet
Apropos of nothing, billionaires don't tell us what to publish—and we're reporting on the stories they don't want you to know. Sign up for our newsletter today so you don't have to miss a single update: trib.al/O0oszFd
17
14
82
41,845
The Postal Service has informed states that they’ll need to pay first-class 55-cent postage to mail ballots to voters, rather than the normal 20-cent bulk rate. That nearly triples the per-ballot cost.
prospect.org/coronavirus/uns…
1,011
7,539
8,447
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's campaign has put together seminars on what to do if you’re being evicted or confronted by ICE agents and how to organize collective child care while schools are struggling to coordinate reopenings.
prospect.org/politics/politi…
99
638
3,574
An estimated 160 people died in Sheriff Arpaio's "concentration camps." Trump pardoned him on Friday. theprosp.ec/2wLTtlz
65
1,447
1,426
One of the measures being crammed into the omnibus is a proposal from Sen. Thom Tillis to turn unauthorized commercial streaming of copyrighted material like an album on YouTube, a video clip on Twitch, or a song in an Instagram post into a felony.
prospect.org/power/senator-t…
298
841
1,564
Following a decade of devastating cuts, 60 percent of U.S. counties now have no daily newspaper. But @AndrewYang (#YangGang) is the only presidential candidate so far to have put forward a policy proposal to address the crisis. prospect.org/article/public-…
31
244
1,148
“Why aren’t we attacking corporate profits in any way? Because that’s been estimated to be 30, 40 percent of inflation,” @jonstewart said on @TheProblem @AppleTVPlus. We agree. Our Great Inflation Myths series covers how corporate greed fuels inflation: prospect.org/greatinflationm…
Danger! Workers are doing too well! Call the Fed to shut that down! A conversation with former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. Watch the full interview in our latest episode, now streaming on @appletvplus.
18
200
757
256,409
"Studios burn people out, not because they need to, but because they can."
@athurlow writes about Hollywood workers' fight to get some of the richest companies in the world like Amazon, Apple, Disney, and Netflix to treat workers fairly: prospect.org/labor/why-im-re…
5
191
659
The FTC recently found that fracking CEO Scott Sheffield colluded with OPEC to fix oil prices, costing the average American over $2,100 a year. Sheffield is a GOP mega-donor, and has also contributed to some Democrats. @lukewgoldstein reports: prospect.org/power/2024-05-0…
23
412
461
94,515
According to Secret Service director, Trump's private force is currently operating in parallel to Secret Service: theprosp.ec/2iJyGZa
152
764
449
With his voter fraud conspiracies, Trump's telling one of the biggest lies a president ever told, says @JasonKander: theprosp.ec/2l1qKCD
26
277
447
Democratic senators are demanding answers on Carl Icahn's ethics conflicts and his role in policymaking theprosp.ec/2ne8Wpk
17
253
426
Daughter of immigrants, Gwen Ifill represented the most American of success stories, writes her cousin @Sifill_LDF: theprosp.ec/2gY3HVa
8
161
433
New York's @AGSchneiderman is one of the leaders of the resistance against Donald Trump: theprosp.ec/2kCpYsv
4
129
362
In 2020, the Republican party showed us the depths of their moral depravity.
prospect.org/politics/what-a…
9
125
372
So, @rkuttner got a phone call from Steve Bannon... theprosp.ec/2fMY3sc
21
280
411
New White House Chief of Staff Jeffrey Zients is a longtime health care profiteer who built his fortune off of Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Is this the direction the Biden administration wants to go in?
prospect.org/power/corporate…
30
194
378
46,283
For years, right-wing groups like PragerU strategized for the long game while the left focused on elections. @GravelInstitute wants to change that.
prospect.org/politics/gravel…
6
41
368
Even if just half of the deaths the agency found were thanks to Tesla Full Self-Driving technology, that still would make those cars dramatically more deadly than human drivers.
prospect.org/justice/06-13-2…
27
130
310
35,917
Republican disdain for the vast majority of American households has been laid bare: theprosp.ec/2zM1yEu
24
178
294
Thanks to young people, the argument that change is impossible is getting quieter and quieter: theprosp.ec/2Ge8td3
2
78
263
The crossover you didn’t know you needed: @hasanthehun and @ddayen are LIVE. Watch now: prospect.org/live
3
23
290
104,046
An immigrant farmworker died on the job, and his colleagues have begun to strike—at risk of deportation theprosp.ec/2wHOn5r
10
144
227
The UAW's strategy of refusing voluntary overtime reveals what the Big Three don't want you to know: they don't have enough workers to build cars in the first place. prospect.org/labor/2023-09-2…
5
92
259
22,814
While this year's survey from the Public Religion Research Institute revealed much of what we already know about Republicans' views on matters such as race, the numbers are still enough to make you sigh.
prospect.org/blogs/tap/how-r…
13
92
229
Through historic investments and record job creation, Joe Biden reflects on his past four years in office, writing that his “middle out, bottom up” approach to economics made an economy “that is stronger for all Americans.” trib.al/ztffDxK
68
88
268
711,572
Two Louis DeJoy allies on the Postal Service Board of Governors have terms set to end in December. Biden can fill those seats with DeJoy opponents, finally getting the majority needed to oust the controversial Trump holdover.
New from @david_dayen:
prospect.org/politics/dejoys…
15
88
223
The @ACLU wants to recruit you in the resistance to the Trump administration. theprosp.ec/2myizy2
5
79
208
Winning the public debate about voter suppression will be just as important as the legal fight: theprosp.ec/2l1qKCD
3
106
206
On Twitter and Reddit, dozens of students are saying that their teachers are assigning right-wing content from PragerU. In some cases, its students' first introduction to issues like tax policy, immigration reform, or healthcare. From @ameliajpollard:
prospect.org/education/right…
18
48
226
"He has no intention of leaving. It’s not hard to understand what Trump wants. He wants money, power, and immunity from prosecution."
@heffnera speaks to @sarahkendzior about the rising threat of authoritarianism in the United States.
prospect.org/politics/instit…
19
125
203
ICYMI: Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna Pressley are trying to stop student loan servicer Navient from misleading borrowers into refinancing their loans, which would make them ineligible for debt cancellation.
prospect.org/education/warre…
12
88
210
Nearly half the states have made it harder for minorities & young people to vote. bit.ly/1vx7tXh
72
560
213
No democracy can function under a continuous bombardment of unmediated lies, writes @RBReich theprosp.ec/2LfCdMh
8
97
199
Many of the representatives that came out most forcefully against Ocasio-Cortez have close ties to oil and gas.
prospect.org/politics/establ…
4
46
218
"I have news for you," writes @RBReich. "We’re already in a 'constitutional crisis.'” theprosp.ec/2LC9vFm
6
86
183
Masrour Barzani, the prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan, is using Delaware’s corporate secrecy laws to hide assets in the United States. Without a whistleblower, It's impossible to know how many others are doing the same thing. Read @ZackKopplin's latest prospect.org/power/cowboy-dr…
18
86
192
A two-tier system predicated on state liberalization and federal criminalization cannot stand. Biden shouldn't let it.
prospect.org/day-one-agenda/…
3
43
206
Despite warnings, the Democratic party fails to recognize the warning signs of American fascism
prospect.org/culture/books/w…
3
63
197
Ticketmaster's rise to power over the live music sector has been marked by decades of corruption, threats, and political maneuvering.
prospect.org/power/ticketmas…
103
221
23,878
From the moment Trump launched his campaign, journalist Sarah Kendzior feared for the state of democracy
prospect.org/politics/instit…
4
74
167
The Founders felt that violating the emoluments clause was an impeachable offense, and while Trump mocks it as "phony", its become the basis of impeachment.
prospect.org/impeachment/wou…
16
43
173
Faced with GOP-drawn electoral maps, Democrats are pouring millions into a campaign to fight back. theprosp.ec/2rtBI72
11
91
161
The story of chained CPI may be the most damning part of Biden’s record on Social Security.
prospect.org/politics/biden-…
6
100
176
When economic models are wrong, our public policy falters. From our April issue, @SenWarren makes the case for better modeling, better data, and policies that reflect American values.
prospect.org/economy/2023-04…
23
39
169
94,376
"Capitalism as we know it today is badly broken and—rightfully—under attack. The sooner we confront that, the sooner we can strip it to the studs and build something better," argues @RepJoeKennedy: theprosp.ec/2X6cMzA
4
49
154
Congress’s new progressives, including @AOC and @RepMaxineWaters, are taking on the big banks.
@ddayen reports, with artwork by Victor Juhasz: theprosp.ec/2FCy5lF
13
39
161
New Jersey Continues to Add Abortion Protections trib.al/wq1hUZW
29
16
202
73,329
Did the president oversee an operation where his campaign traded information with Putin? theprosp.ec/2li8Bki
19
142
146
NEW: The Progressive Caucus is threatening to vote down a drug pricing bill important to Nancy Pelosi. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have backed them up.
@ddayen & @ryangrim
report: prospect.org/politics/sander… co-published with @theintercept
7
55
164
Opening an impeachment inquiry "is the right thing to do," @RBReich wrote in July.
prospect.org/justice/real-re…
8
24
154
A second term for Donald Trump would be a catastrophe for American healthcare. @ryanlcooper reports: prospect.org/health/2024-04-…
5
42
159
20,340
Senator Cory Booker has introduced federal legislation to make housing more affordable and less segregated. theprosp.ec/2MgBFmJ
11
48
153
"The army of the decent are coming together in a grand coalition to hopefully oust Donald Trump and his enablers"
@heffnera speaks with Lincoln Project founder John Weaver on why Biden will win come this November
2
29
147
Trickle-down economics crashed and burned in Kansas. Will other Republicans learn the lesson? theprosp.ec/2s1qMep
37
96
132
Big corporations are bragging about one-time bonuses to sway public opinion in favor of Republicans in 2018, so they can take a huge tax cut and run: theprosp.ec/2thqe95
8
136
124
Delegates being handed this list of quotes from and about Biden, with cameos from @ryanlcooper, @zachdcarter #CADEM19
12
56
133
Steve Bannon called the Prospect's @rkuttner with some things to say about trade — and his enemies: theprosp.ec/2fMY3sc
5
99
137
This presidential election, @RevDrBarber wants the poor to have a voice
prospect.org/politics/willia…
37
124
Clarence Thomas secretly took luxury vacations with and accepted expensive gifts from conservative mega-donor Harlan Crow, directly violating government ethics. If Congress fails to impeach him, it will only affirm that those in power can do no wrong. prospect.org/justice/2023-04…
3
38
133
13,943
NEW: @ZackKopplin and @basmoose identified nearly 300 properties, with a combined worth in the nine-figure range, connected to Iraqi Kurdistan’s Barzani family. It’s hard to imagine a licit reason for the layers of secrecy and smoke screens.
prospect.org/power/how-oliga…
6
72
117
Issues once considered fringe, carefully researched by Ramamurti and colleagues and put in play by Warren, are now considered mainstream.
prospect.org/politics/leadin…
1
28
136
But let’s be real. Trump will not be removed by impeachment. No president has been. With a Republican Senate controlled by the most irresponsible political hack ever to be majority leader, the chances are nil. theprosp.ec/2KYoQRD
129
38
108
If Trump follows through on slashing crucial government services, the understaffed and underpaid U.S. Forest Service won’t be able to keep up with the climate-fueled wildfires and Americans will pay the price. From @kenny_stancil with @RevolvingDoorDC:
trib.al/ThfFfdr
14
81
155
18,021
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has taken action to defend the “carried interest” tax loophole for private equity and real estate fund managers, who then donate to her campaign. prospect.org/power/2023-07-2…
11
61
112
34,321
An interview with @IronStache, who wants Paul Ryan to trade places and work the iron while he goes to Washington: theprosp.ec/2sJMPKH
7
46
111
"Nobody wants to work" didn't appear out of thin air.
It's a product of a concerted effort by conservatives to punish poor people, and a media apparatus that is practically copy and pasting stories that seldom actually talk to workers.
prospect.org/labor/fight-for…
2
48
116
Trump and the GOP are giving bountiful tax cuts to Wall Street while launching an aggressive attack on Dodd-Frank regulations: theprosp.ec/2DrDtrv
9
221
101
"Vote for segregation!" How racist housing policies made #Ferguson the city it is today. bit.ly/1CkGy1d
10
208
116
"The book argues that the Trump era has made it obvious that the Democratic Party has not learned the lessons of how a new “American fascism” could rise in the U.S."
@MikeElk reviews @NicholsUprising's book.
prospect.org/culture/books/w…
3
50
114
Workers must be given a stronger voice so that technological changes benefit everyone, not just managers and executives, says @RBReich. prospect.org/labor/five-ways…
7
59
123
Last July, @ryanlcooper wrote about how judicial review, or the ability of the Supreme Court to strike down any law it chooses, has no basis in the Constitution.
prospect.org/justice/the-cas…
2
37
127
18,519
We're having some server issues because of the increased traffic. In the meantime, here's a cache of the story: webcache.googleusercontent.c…
Steve Bannon called @rkuttner to discuss a hard line against China — and his enemies in the administration theprosp.ec/2fMY3sc
8
80
111
One of the biggest cons from the biggest conman to occupy the Oval Office is that he’s a dealmaker, writes @RBReich theprosp.ec/2L1GpyW
2
47
111
Today Bernie Sanders and John Fetterman are calling on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to levy fines on airlines cancelling flights they knowingly understaffed. Such a strategy was laid out by the Prospect's @rkuttnerwrites yesterday.
prospect.org/infrastructure/…
5
25
110
Elon Musk hopes to close 11 OSHA field offices—among them is the agency's only office in Louisiana, one of most dangerous states for workers in the U.S.
trib.al/qmvr67D
7
59
132
115,350
“Pelosi put her weighty thumb on the scale for Cuellar, a reliable anti-labor, pro-gun, anti-choice voter, and a marked obstacle for the “Democratic agenda” in her own chamber.” @alex_sammon on @JCisnerosTX’s loss on Tuesday. prospect.org/politics/tough-…
11
38
119
The normalization of evil in American politics and the role mainstream media played theprosp.ec/2cnkIoH
4
93
98
Academic tenure is under siege in states governed by Republicans. Defenders of tenure would have more credibility if they expended as much effort challenging precarious labor conditions for young academics, like the proliferation of adjunct work.
prospect.org/blogs-and-newsl…
3
30
114
39,152
"Americans today fight each other over the scraps of our system, instead of uniting to fight a system that finds them worthy of only scraps to begin with." From @RepJoeKennedy: theprosp.ec/2X6cMzA
2
28
99
In 2018, @AddieStan warned that Trump's was a neo-fascist. But, "Unfetter him with a Court and an attorney general poised to do his bidding, and you can kick that 'neo' part to the curb."
prospect.org/power/trump-ris…
35
109
"One could write an entire doctoral dissertation on the multiple, overlapping failures that have characterized most of the mainstream media coverage of the collapse of the 20-year war in Afghanistan."
From @Eric_Alterman in #Altercation: prospect.org/world/altercati…
3
48
93
Joe Manchin made sure the expanded Child Tax Credit didn't get extended.
Since the checks stopped coming in January, child poverty has spiked by two-fifths & polls show a 15-point swing to the Republican party among CTC recipients.
From @ryanlcooper: prospect.org/politics/joe-ma…
3
40
108
Largely lost so far in the coverage of Trump’s order reviving the global gag rule is its unprecedented sweep: theprosp.ec/2k0fqWT
2
79
99
.@ddayen has been unjustly detained in Twitter jail for 22 days and counting. Free our editor @TwitterSupport!
powr.io/count-up-timer/i/332…
5
26
113
"Everyone working for CNN should resign." - @ddayen. prospect.org/article/cnns-de…
10
26
91
.@RBReich on how the Republican tax plan has been used to redistribute wealth to the already wealthy: theprosp.ec/2EAc2wv
3
80
92
Senator Bernie Sanders is calling for a federal investigation into why the NIH licensed a very lucrative cancer drug to an obscure company linked to a former employee. @ddayen reports: prospect.org/health/sanders-…
2
40
105
39,867
It will take years for Kansas to recover from Brownback's devastating tax cuts theprosp.ec/2s1qMep
7
75
89
Labor unions have long been the target of smear campaigns by corporations and their enablers. Prospect co-founder @RBReich unpacks common misconceptions about the state of unions today.
prospect.org/article/5-bigge…
2
61
87
Democrats on the commission have been warning for years that foreign interference poses a threat to U.S. elections: theprosp.ec/2uV2YdM
7
66
84
An investigation unearths evidence that an ICE prosecutor has been posting incessantly about his fascist beliefs, which is generally not good professional move From @stevanzetti of @dallas_observer:
trib.al/lVjbSSo
6
51
105
39,327
“The language of peace had been cut and pasted, then put through a grinder, delivering an act of aggression dripping with the coarse syntax of racism. A hate plan, not a peace plan.”—Daniel Levy
prospect.org/world/dont-call…
Me: Jared Kushner, for his Palestine plan, read "25 books? Yeah right? What kind of books? Colouring books? Comic books?"
Also me: "Anti-Palestinian racism is one of the last acceptable forms of racism in" Washington DC.
I was on @MSNBC w/ @alivelshi on Sunday - do watch/share:
7
37
89
"From environmental crisis to economic exclusion, climate change exemplifies the far-reaching failures of a government that has refused to marshal its resources toward the common good," observes @RepJoeKennedy. #ClimateChange theprosp.ec/2X6cMzA
5
27
82
“If he wins, Osborn’s unapologetic anti-corporate message would throw a wrench into the business-friendly approach of both parties,” @austinahlman writes on Nebraska’s Senate race. trib.al/cb48iH8
1
29
97
47,325
Registration is the "gateway" to voting. Republicans are bent on closing that gate theprosp.ec/2j75Gby
2
74
84
New @LeftAnchor episode just dropped! This week, the hosts talked to @RottenInDenmark and Evan Urquhart of @assignedmedia about liberal media outlets' complicity in rising transphobic bigotry.
Listen here:
prospect.org/podcasts/02-20-…
4
15
95
153,866
“There’s nothing subtle here, no elegant scheme,” writes @addiestan. “Just a naked grab for the goods, and the whole of the Republican coalition is in on the take.” theprosp.ec/2oYqwQ8
63
82
David C. Williams, former vice chair of the USPS Board of Governors, testified before the Congressional Progressive Caucus today that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin played a direct and heavy-handed role in recent changes to postal policy.
prospect.org/politics/top-po…
14
56
76