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CNN:
Trump's tax returns shed new light on former president's finances — Six years of Donald Trump's federal tax returns released on Friday show the former president paid very little in federal income taxes the first and last year of his presidency, claiming huge losses that helped limit his tax bill, among other revelations.
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Noah Bookbinder / The Atlantic:
The IRS Really, Really Should Have Audited Trump — Six years after Donald Trump should have disclosed his tax returns to the public, they have finally been released. This took advocacy, congressional action, and litigation that went to the Supreme Court—all to obtain basic financial transparency from a president.
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New York Times:
Trump Tax Returns Released by House Democrats — The publication of former President Donald J. Trump's private tax documents comes amid questions about why the I.R.S. failed to fully audit him during his presidency. … WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Friday released six years …
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Associated Press:
Trump's tax returns released after long fight with Congress — Democrats in Congress released six years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns on Friday, the culmination of a yearslong effort to learn more about the finances of a onetime business mogul who broke decades of political precedent …
Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Democrats release former President Donald Trump's tax returns
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CNN:
Key findings from the latest Jan. 6 panel transcripts, including from Donald Trump Jr. and others
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Matthew Sheffield / TYT Network:
Former Top Trump Aide: Republicans Thought Lying About 2020 Would Help Careers
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New York Times:
Santos, a Suburban House and $11,000 in Campaign Payments for ‘Rent’ — Representative-elect George Santos, under scrutiny after fabricating much of his résumé, also spent campaign funds on $40,000 worth of air travel. — The company was called Cleaner 123 …
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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
A tiny paper broke the George Santos scandal, but no one paid attention — Months before the New York Times published a December article suggesting Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) had fabricated much of his résumé and biography, a tiny publication on Long Island was ringing alarm bells about its local candidate.
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Media Nation and Maureen the Journalist, more at Mediagazer »
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
What Can the House Do to Address George Santos's Falsehoods? — The representative-elect's long list of fabrications has raised questions about whether he will even be allowed to take his seat next week. But House Republicans have shown little appetite for punishing him.
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Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Putin, unaccustomed to losing, is increasingly isolated as war falters — A new gulf is emerging between the president and much of the country's elite — When Vladimir Putin visited Minsk last week to discuss deepening cooperation, a sarcastic joke by his host, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, seemed to ring all too true.
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Associated Press:
Evidence of Russian crimes mounts as war in Ukraine drags on
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Shashank Bengali / New York Times:
Hard-Line Positions by Russia and Ukraine Dim Hope for Peace Talks
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Sudden Russian Death Syndrome
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Daily Pingu Newspaper and The Hill
Ben Dreyfuss / Calm Down:
Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because Of His Greta Thunberg Video — This is a lesson in media failure and misinformation. — Romanian authorities detained far-right misogynist internet troll Andrew Tate today on allegations related to sex trafficking. — Who is Andrew Tate?
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David Gelles / New York Times:
The U.S. Will Need Thousands of Wind Farms. Will Small Towns Go Along? — In the fight against climate change, national goals are facing local resistance. One county scheduled 19 nights of meetings to debate one wind farm. — MONTICELLO, Ill. — Depressed property values. Flickering shadows.
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American Greatness and Robert Bryce
Axios:
New election frontiers shake up 2024 map … - Wisconsin was the only Biden state where Republicans won a Senate race this year. … - Georgia was the closest battleground in the 2020 presidential race. … - Pennsylvania: Democrats cracked the Keystone State code in this year's midterms …
New York Times:
What's Gone at Twitter? A Data Center, Janitors, Some Toilet Paper. — Elon Musk has reduced the company to a bare-bones operation, and employees are under a “zero-based budgeting” mandate to justify any spending. — Kate Conger, Ryan Mac and Mike Isaac have reported on Elon Musk and Twitter since early this year.
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The Daily Beast, New York Post, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Washington Post, more at Techmeme »
Split Ticket:
Our 2022 House Wins Above Replacement Model — Our 2020 House wins-above-replacement (WAR) model showed that spending still matters in American politics. Among other things, the new 2022 edition proves that candidate quality, or the lack thereof, can fundamentally impact competitive races.
Reuters:
Lawyers exit Hong Kong as they face campaign of intimidation — Hong Kong's human rights lawyers are fleeing abroad amid an effort to cleanse the city of dissent. The pressure is part of a wider crackdown by the ruling Communist Party on lawyers across China, say activists, legal scholars and diplomats.
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