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25 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Here are a couple pieces from our next print edition. @HaroldMeyerson looks at the two parties post-election, each a representative of a distinct world, neither commanding a political majority over the other. prospect.org/politics/the-s…
Take exit polls for what they're worth, but this set of statistics from the AP exit poll is incredible prospect.org/politics/the-s…
And here's @alex_sammon on the need for accountability for the Trump regime, and the tragic lack of it in recent history.
prospect.org/justice/prosec…
"The defining feature of a sickly democracy or a plain autocracy is crimes committed by the powerful going unpunished." -@alex_sammon prospect.org/justice/prosec…

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26 Nov
If Obamaworld wants to go to the mat to defend Deese as a climate champion, that's fine, but how about they explain this piece that I didn't put in my initial story:
Deese was the main Obama WH official pushing the JOBS Act, one of the worst pieces of legislation of the era
JOBS was an acronym for "Jumpstart Our Business Startups," but it really just reduced corporate accountability and transparency over a large and increasing level of securities.
Absolutely nothing in the JOBS Act ended up increasing jobs. But it has created a situation where only about 30% of all securities offerings are registered, with the rest having no reporting requirements. This helped create frauds like WeWork.
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24 Nov
The Prospect has learned that Brian Deese, an Obama official and now an executive with the asset management giant BlackRock, is the leading contender to direct the National Economic Council.

prospect.org/cabinet-watch/…
At BlackRock Deese was effectively in charge of brushing off activists concerned about the firm's prodigious investments in fossil fuel companies.

prospect.org/cabinet-watch/…
Deese promoted fossil fuel development as a climate adviser to Obama, and talked up deficit reduction when part of omb. Both would be seriously problematic now amid the Covid recession and the climate crisis

prospect.org/cabinet-watch/…
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24 Nov
We have a great feature today about the Supreme Court. Liberals are despairing the Court being in conservative hands for a generation. But there's an important tool available to prevent the judiciary from dominating policy: Congress. (1/)
prospect.org/justice/how-to…
Teaming up with @theintercept, @theprospect has found dozens of rulings that were not decided on constitutional grounds, but on interpretations of the statute. In those cases, Congress can just briefly change the statute and nullify the ruling. prospect.org/justice/how-to… (2/)
This was the subject of the very first bill Barack Obama signed, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. And @rmc031 and @Marcia_Brown9 looked at 8 major issue areas and found ways to reverse court rulings through statutory interpretations. prospect.org/justice/how-to…
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23 Nov
Great set of stories at @theprospect today. As I mentioned earlier, here I am on who Biden needs to fire on the way in the door prospect.org/cabinet-watch/…
This feature from our latest issue by Bob Kuttner is remarkable. It's about the tricky business of lowering the partisan temperature while solving our tremendous challenges, which will ultimately inflame the right even further. Essential reading. prospect.org/justice/healin…
"Fortunately, much of the work of national healing happens not in Washington but on the ground... If we can begin with active listening and acknowledgment of common humanity, the recognition of common interests and political depolarization may follow." prospect.org/justice/healin…
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3 Nov
Our writers are fanned out across the country. Follow @Marcia_Brown9 with canvassers in Philadelphia:
And @brittanyagibson is headed to Savannah, GA, to check out the energy at the polls there. She'll be in South Carolina this evening.
ICYMI here's Brittany's piece on Jaime Harrison and the infrastructure he's building in South Carolina. prospect.org/politics/jaime…
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19 Oct
Some choice passages from today's pieces released today from our family care issue (prospect.org/familycare):
"Every four years, Republicans and Democrats spar over which party will do more for working families... When it comes to helping people care for family members, though, the country is failing." prospect.org/familycare/why…
"We have a system where there is high demand for a highly valuable service, but in which the financial benefits flow not to the ones providing the service, but rather to the ones purchasing it." -@janellecj prospect.org/familycare/the…
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