Mitch Grummon

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How Congress Refused to Save the NCAA From Itself - The American Prospect Colleges want exemptions from antitrust and labor laws, so they can continue to hoard billions in cash from sports and deny the players their rights. So far, they’ve failed.

NCAA executives and university administrators will continue seeking to hoard the money college sports generate, even though fans pack stadiums and arenas to see the players. buff.ly/NaU28cO

Board of Peace Is a Board of Profits - The American Prospect Corporate interests dominate the organization planning the reconstruction of Gaza.

I am pretty used to corporate self-interest, but even I'm shocked by what Ellen Ioanes dug up about the Board of Peace and its designs in Gaza.
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Organized Money: White Collar Crime Enforcement in the Age of ICE - The American Prospect White collar crime enforcement at the Department of Justice in the age of ICE.

The latest episode of Organized Money is out. Trump has rushed tens of billions to ICE, and DOJ/FBI has prioritized immigration enforcement. What does this shift mean for prosecuting white-collar crime? We talk to Richard Powers, a former top antitrust division official.
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Is literally anyone asking for this?

Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report The president implied that the BLS commissioner, longtime federal employee Erika McEntarfer, manipulated the data "for political purposes."

What happens when we start fudging critical economic data? www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

Attorneys baffled by federal court order with factual errors - Mississippi Today U.S. District Judge Henry .T. Wingate filed a corrected order after attorneys raised concerns about factual errors in the first one.

We're descending into AI slop chaos mississippitoday.org/2025/07/28/a...

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The Two Movements While Trump wants to break apart everything decent about America, the people are rebelling—and giving powerful opponents to Trump the will to resist.

"The task at hand is to reassure elites who oppose Trump that the public is behind them, and instill in them the will to fight."
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The Last Abundance Agenda In the 1980s, Wall Street vowed to make housing more affordable through deregulation of housing finance. The result was the 2008 crisis.

@ddayen.bsky.social with a fair and compelling critique of Abundance. "The Klein-Thompson view is that Democrats clogged the building channel with unnecessary or just burdensome rules. My view is that powerful forces profit off choke points and want them to remain" prospect.org/infrastructu...

Nice remembrance of Kevin Drum in the form of Friday catblogging with a cameo from Taco Cat (my sister's cat, I am allergic). prospect.org/politics/202...

Sad news about my former Mother Jones colleague. Rest in peace, Kevin. jabberwocking.com/health-updat...

Social Security Administration Could Cut Half Its Workforce Sources tell the Prospect that a meeting called for a 50 percent reduction in an agency that millions rely on for benefit implementation.

“’Not touching Social Security’ is not the reality of this administration,” said a source familiar with the discussions at SSA in a message obtained by the Prospect. “Looking for government to fail and be replaced by private industry appears to be the goal.”

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it was me

It might not be live for every reader just at this moment, the changes we pushed to fix the error take a little time to impact all readers. Let me know if you still have issues.

This was my fault. Sorry Prospect readers, I will do better next time.

From the Quetico this summer with Sam. Best fishing I've ever done, you and Max should make a trip one of these years.

I love how into fishing you've gotten. Nice one!

The Trump Administration’s Plan to Seize Control of Spending Trump and his advisers want to bring back impoundment, enabling them to cancel spending appropriated by Congress.

We've known about Trump's plans to unlawfully suspend federal spending for months and somehow the Dems are caught flat footed? Who is running the party? prospect.org/politics/202...

We're hiring over at @theprospect.bsky.social. Two writing fellow positions are open. Those are perfect for early career journalists. We're also hiring a managing editor. Take a look over at prospect.org/careers. DM me if you have any questions or interested candidates.

Read @timothypmurphy.bsky.social on Billionaires’ Row: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Government Is Shutting Down Because Elon Musk Has Factories in China There’s a mundane reason for the late-term chaos, and it’s called a conflict of interest.

"This is going to be a constant theme of the next four years. Personal business interests are going to constantly take precedence over governance in the Trump/Musk White House. The word for this is oligarchy, and oligarchs don’t think about the country first."

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Journalist request !!

I'm looking to speak to folks who are making plans to protect themselves/their undocumented loved ones before Trump takes office. Specifically hoping to hear from couples considering marriage to get documentation for their partners.

(312) 989-2992 or ejanssen@prospect.org

What We Have Here Is a Rudderless Ship Thoughts on the Democratic post-election drift

The leadership is too damn old prospect.org/politics/202...

Remembering Janie Ekere 1998–2024

This is a post I never thought I'd have to write. One of our writing fellows, Janie Ekere, suddenly passed away last week. Everyone on staff is devastated. Read @ddayen.bsky.social on Janie's impact on our organization. Give your loved ones a hug or a call today. prospect.org/culture/2024...

We will miss you @rickperlstein.bsky.social!

I wonder how much of the Wall Street/Main Street disconnect is directly attributable to gambling etc, which is positive for Wall Street in the aggregate and negative for Main Street

Seems like there will be a lot more of this coming in the next 4 years. qz.com/hawk-tuah-me...