A collection of 35 posts
This is the second installment in the Notes on the Crises series on the IRS. While the first essay traced how the agency has become a political target and potential tool of authoritarianism,
How Trump, DOGE, and Project 2025 Are Turning the IRS Into a Tool of Authoritarian Rule Editor’s Introduction: Hello readers, it's Nathan Tankus and I am very happy to bring
Given recent events, I felt it was finally time to come back and publish this piece. Most of my writing was going to be devoted to piercing the ideology of central bank independence so that the Federal Reserve would be treated like an independent administrative agency like any other.
I have a confession to make. Two months ago I tried to crash the stock market. Let me explain.
It has been a little more than three weeks since my last piece, simultaneously published by Notes On The Crises and Rolling Stone, assessing the extremely alarming implications of the Federal Government taking 80.5 million dollars right out of New York City’s bank account.
I don’t really know what to say. I’ll figure out what to say another time. Paul Krugman, who recently left the New York Times, interviewed me for his newsletter and the transcript of the conversation, as well as the video, are being posted in both of our newsletters.
Notes on the Crises pivoted on February 1st into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025. Today is Day Twenty Two Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2,
Notes on the Crises pivoted on February 1st into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025 Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part
UPDATE 4:21 PM: MARKO ELEZ HAS RESIGNED. WALL STREET JOURNAL CLAIMS IT WAS OVER "RACIST POSTS". OBVIOUSLY NOT TRUE- WIRED, TALKING POINTS MEMO AND I GOT HIM. NEED TO REST,
Notes on the Crises pivoted over the weekend into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025 Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4
If you are a current or former career Bureau of the Fiscal Service Employee, especially if you’re a legacy IT programmer with years of experience and especially if you are a COBOL
If you are a current or former career Bureau of the Fiscal Service Employee, especially if you’re a legacy IT programmer with years of experience and especially if you are a COBOL