On Marijuana Tax, Colorado Asks: What’s Too High? If marijuana is legalized and properly regulated, its proponents have long said, it could generate millions of dollars in state tax revenue. But how the drug should be taxed has proved to be a thorny question. More
Senate planning vote on Internet sales tax bill The days of tax-free online shopping could finally be numbered. The Senate is planning to vote on a bill as soon as Monday that would give states the authority to collect sales taxes on all Internet purchases, handing local governments as much as $11 billion per year in added revenue that they are legally owed — but that hasn’t been paid to them for years. More
Where do more tax cheats live? South and West, IRS study shows Worried the Internal Revenue Service might target you for an audit? You probably should be if you own a small business in one of the wealthy suburbs of Los Angeles. You might also be wary if you're a small-business owner in one of dozens of communities near San Francisco, Houston, Atlanta or the District of Columbia. More
Obamas paid $112,000 in taxes in 2012 President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama paid more than $112,000 in taxes in 2012, an effective federal income tax rate of more than 18% for 2012, according to the White House. The Obamas and Vice President Biden and his wife released their tax returns Friday, three days before the April 15 tax filing deadline. More
Donald Trump Will Hate What Mitt Romney Just Said About The Hush Money Trial Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) managed to put the proper perspective on Donald Trump’s hush money trial ― and the former president will probably hate him for it. Trump is accused of hiding the ... 04/23/2024 - 10:52 am | View Link
Mitt Romney for president — of Harvard University? Hire retiring Utah Sen. Mitt Romney as president of the campus to "clean it up," the president of the American Jewish Congress, Daniel Rosen, proposed in a Washington Post op-ed published this week. 04/20/2024 - 3:51 am | View Link
Mitt Romney Signals He Could Vote With Democrats to Dismiss Mayorkas Impeachment — On One Condition Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) told Axios that he would be willing to dismiss articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as long as there was a debate. I don’t ... 04/16/2024 - 10:18 pm | View Link
Mitt Romney, senators release proposal to limit potential risk of artificial intelligence WASHINGTON — Utah Sen. Mitt Romney and several Senate colleagues on Tuesday announced an outline to protect against the potential risks posed by artificial intelligence — including biological ... 04/16/2024 - 10:04 am | View Link
Utah GOP Senate hopefuls spar over who can best shake up Washington The 10 candidates vying to replace Sen. Mitt Romney were split over emphasizing legislative records or criticizing the establishment ... 04/10/2024 - 3:53 pm | View Link
In a little-noticed court filing recently, feds described sleazy former Trump advisor Steve Bannon as a “co-conspirator” in a massive criminal fraud and racketeering case against a flamboyant, far-right Chinese fugitive -- you know, the guy with the yacht where Bannon was hiding out? Via Mother Jones:
FBI agents in March 2023 arrested Guo Wengui, a self-styled anti-Chinese government activist Bannon once advised, charging him and two associates with using a series of fraudulent investment opportunities to defraud thousands of Guo’s supporters in the Chinese diaspora of more than $1 billion.
Guo used the proceeds to fund a lavish lifestyle for himself and his family, including a $3.5 million Ferrari, a $26 million mansion, a $140,000 piano, and two $36,000 mattresses, the Justice Department alleges.
One of my lawyer friends has been predicting for months we would see Amy Coney Barrett gradually moving toward a partial alliance with the liberal justices on the court, and yesterday, we saw her back up Justice Sotomayor's argument in the Iowa abortion case before the court.
"The U. S. Supreme Court sounded divided yesterday during oral arguments in a case concerning access to emergency abortions.
Maybe Lara Trump will give her a raise! After all, clearly she's willing to do just about anything! Via American Oversight:
Christina Bobb, a former Trump attorney and far-right television presenter who was a fervent supporter of efforts to overturn the 2020 election, is now the Republican National Committee’s senior counsel for “election integrity.”
Bobb’s RNC appointment came shortly after Trump secured the party’s 2024 nomination, and signals the RNC’s focus on continuing to push lies about voter fraud and election security.
HUGE legal news out of Arizona! 11 "Fake Electors" and numerous Trump co-conspirators were just indicted on felony charges related to their shenanigans during the period right after the 2020 election.
The Washington Post reports that a grand jury officially "indicted seven attorneys and aides affiliated with Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign as well as 11 Arizona Republicans on felony charges related to their alleged efforts to subvert Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in the state." Those indicted include Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman, Christina Bobb, top campaign adviser Boris Epshteyn and former campaign aide Mike Roman.
Thursday's Turkeys Edition
STRIKE!!! Sounds like an excellent idea. Hamilton Nolan "real talks" it.
An American writes a letter about, among other things, working people.
Speculation: Hackwhackers wonders what the alliterative "Peter" Pecker & Hope Hicks have on Lumpy.
Insult someone w/ dirty words & this reporter is there. North Stars and Cowboy Bars & everyone is entitled to my own opinion come through.
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The West Virginia Senate primary is May 14.
When Zach Shrewsbury started campaigning, he was running against reactionary Democrat Joe Manchin, who has since announced he isn’t running for reelection. At that point, another special interest, corporate-backed right-of-center Democrat, Glenn Elliott, jumped into the race against Shrewsbury. On Monday, as expected, Manchin endorsed Elliott.
And if you want to see another senator just like Joe Manchin, Elliott’s the man.