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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax — The Secret IRS Files — In 2007, Jeff Bezos, then a multibillionaire and now the world's richest man, did not pay a penny in federal income taxes. He achieved the feat again in 2011.
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Why We Are Publishing the Tax Secrets of the .001% — We are disclosing the tax details of the richest Americans because we believe the public interest in an informed debate outweighs privacy considerations. — Today, ProPublica is launching the first in a series of stories based …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Your Tax Return Is Confidential... Until It Isn't
Your Tax Return Is Confidential... Until It Isn't
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Rich Americans Like Bezos, Musk, Buffett Avoided Income Tax
Rich Americans Like Bezos, Musk, Buffett Avoided Income Tax
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White House infrastructure talks with Capito collapse, leading to fingerpointing as Biden shifts strategy — The negotiations had stalled amid major disagreements over the size of any package and how to pay for it. — President Biden and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.a) …
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Democrats, Stop Negotiating With Traitors — The average consumer of political news can be forgiven for not being entirely sure how much to panic about the state of our democracy. On the one hand, one can read in the mainstream press that “more than 100 scholars of democracy have signed …
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Biden's infrastructure talks with GOP collapse amid irreconcilable differences … WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's infrastructure talks with Republicans collapsed on Tuesday, the lead GOP negotiator said. — “I spoke with the president this afternoon, and he ended our infrastructure negotiations …
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Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Negotiations with Congress
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Biden ends infrastructure talks with Senate GOP, starts engaging bipartisan group
Biden ends infrastructure talks with Senate GOP, starts engaging bipartisan group
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Biden seeks new coalition for infrastructure bill as talks with key GOP senators fall apart
Biden seeks new coalition for infrastructure bill as talks with key GOP senators fall apart
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden ends infrastructure talks with key Republican
Biden ends infrastructure talks with key Republican
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Capitol Police had intelligence indicating an armed invasion weeks before Jan. 6 riot, Senate probe finds — The U.S. Capitol Police had specific intelligence that supporters of President Donald Trump planned to mount an armed invasion of the Capitol at least two weeks before the Jan. 6 riot …
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A damning Senate report on Jan. 6 shows what Republicans want to keep buried
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate GOP blocks bill to combat gender pay gap
Senate GOP blocks bill to combat gender pay gap
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‘Does Anybody Have a Plan?’ Senate Report Details Jan. 6 Security Failures.
‘Does Anybody Have a Plan?’ Senate Report Details Jan. 6 Security Failures.
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Senate approves sprawling $250 billion bill to curtail China's economic and military ambitions — The bill, adopted on a bipartisan vote, invests heavily in U.S. science and technology while threatening a host of punishments against Beijing — The Senate voted on Tuesday to adopt …
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EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden addressed his white lawyer as ‘n***a’ multiple times, used phrases like ‘true dat n***a’ and bantered 'I only love you because you're black,' in shocking texts unearthed days after Joe's emotional Tulsa speech decrying racism — Text messages obtained …
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Hunter Biden repeatedly called his white lawyer the N-word, texts show
Hunter Biden repeatedly called his white lawyer the N-word, texts show
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Sidney Powell Just ‘Eviscerated’ Her Own Legal Defense, Experts Say — “That seems like an extremely damaging admission from Ms. Powell,” a top lawyer says. — Sidney Powell lost the plot. — To protect herself from a billion-dollar defamation lawsuit, the Trumpist lawyer was supposed …
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Pretending that what's happening isn't happening — I want to highlight a comment DamnYankeesLGM made in Scott's post about Merrick Garland's decision to have the DOJ continue to substitute the United States for Donald Trump as the defendant in E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit.
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Alyssa Milano says she could ‘potentially run’ for House in 2024 — Actor-turned-activist Alyssa Milano may seek to transition from Hollywood to the House, saying she's “considering” a congressional run in 2024. — “I'm looking at California's 4th District to potentially run against …
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Florida Covid whistle-blower Rebekah Jones hopes to unseat scandal-scarred Rep. Matt Gaetz … The scientist who said she was fired by Gov. Ron DeSantis for refusing to censor Florida's Covid-19 numbers said Tuesday she's hoping to unseat another high-profile Republican politician in the state — Rep. Matt Gaetz.
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Global sting: Secure FBI-run messaging network tricks crooks — THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Criminal gangs divulged plans for moving drug shipments and carrying out killings on a secure messaging system secretly run by the FBI, law enforcement agencies said Tuesday, as they unveiled …
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The White House press corps's most useless reporter strikes again — Subservience. — 6 hr ago … For a brief moment this weekend, after conducting an embarrassingly sycophantic interview with White House press secretary Jen Psaki, CNN's Brian Stelter became the poster child for all that is wrong with legacy media.
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Joe Manchin is opposing big parts of Biden's agenda as the Koch network pressures him — The Koch network has been pressuring Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., to oppose key parts of the Democratic agenda, including filibuster reform and voting rights legislation. — That lobbying effort appears to be paying off.
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Farewell, Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy — The price for Ubers, scooters and Airbnb rentals is going up as tech companies aim for profitability. — A few years ago, while on a work trip in Los Angeles, I hailed an Uber for a crosstown ride during rush hour.
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Trump Impeachment Lawyers Are Now Representing Capitol Riot Defendants — Attorneys Michael van der Veen and Bruce Castor defended former President Donald Trump at his Senate impeachment trial for allegedly inciting the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection. — Even as van der Veen …
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A Ranked Choice Cheat Sheet We asked New Yorkers about their ranked-choice-voting strategies. — Picking who to vote for in an election with a crowded field, numerous scandals, and New York City's recovery at stake is already a difficult task — but picking five candidates?
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New Democratic focus groups find many voters aren't sure what the party stands for — WASHINGTON — New focus groups conducted by a prominent Democratic pollster warn that many voters “have trouble describing a clear positive vision of what the Democratic Party stands for.”
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Burning the midnight oil: Eric Adams' mysterious whereabouts off the campaign trail — Eric Adams announced he was living in Brooklyn Borough Hall to combat Covid last March. Now it seems he may have never left. — The mayoral hopeful has been staying overnight and keeping late-night …
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How America Fractured Into Four Parts — Nations, like individuals, tell stories in order to understand what they are, where they come from, and what they want to be. National narratives, like personal ones, are prone to sentimentality, grievance, pride, shame, self-blindness.
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SCOOP: The top Trump political fundraiser who helped plan his January 6 rally is out of Trumpworld — Trump advisors say they fired Caroline Wren, who they accused of trying to control access to donors. — A Republican familiar with Wren's departure from Trumpworld said she left on her own.
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Brad Lander for Comptroller — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. — The New York City comptroller serves as the fiscal watchdog …
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James Murdoch spent $100 million to help fund political causes during 2020 election cycle — James Murdoch, the son of billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, quietly invested $100 million into his nonprofit foundation, which then used a chunk of the money to fund political groups during the 2020 election cycle.
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‘Free Gaza’ Warsaw Ghetto vandaliser ‘supporting’ union antisemitism sessions — EXCLUSIVE: Ewa Jasiewicz, who caused outrage in 2010 by daubing graffiti on the walls of the former ghetto, is assisting with sessions for members of the National Education Union.
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In the U.S., vaccines for the youngest are expected this fall. — Coronavirus vaccines may be available in the fall for U.S. children as young as 6 months, drugmakers say. Pfizer and Moderna are testing their vaccines in children under 12 years, and are expected to have results in hand for children aged 5 through 11 by September.
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Erdan to AP CEO: Hamas worked on anti-Iron Dome tech in AP Gaza building — Hamas had intelligence, research and development offices in building Israel struck last month. — Hamas worked on a device to disrupt the Iron Dome missile defense system in the same building in Gaza …
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Why I Stopped Hiring Ivy League Graduates — Even those who aren't woke seem damaged by the experience, and they're deprived of role models. — I'm not inclined to hire a graduate from one of America's elite universities. That marks a change. A decade ago I relished the opportunity …
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