The latest Presidential memo, “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence,” is to be a preemptive war against those individuals and institutions which threaten Trump’s absolute grip on power.
Chris Hedges: Trump’s War on America
Tag: IRS
As Non-Profits, US Religious Institutions Can Now Endorse Political Candidates
Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer comments on the Internal Revenue Service’s move to change how it enforces the Johnson Amendment, which for more than 70 years has restricted charities from endorsing political candidates.
Non-Profits, the US Constitution & the Law
Andrew P. Napolitano on the Trump IRS’ announcement that it would let houses of worship skirt a federal tax-exemption law restricting political endorsements.
Trump Tariffs Will Concentrate Wealth Even More
Trump’s trade war is a class war designed to weaken progressive taxation, writes Omar Ocampo.
Jeffrey Sachs: Trump’s Impoverishing Tariffs
The rest of the world isn’t ripping off the U.S. The American trade deficit is the result of chronically large budget deficits resulting from tax cuts for the rich combined with trillions of dollars wasted on useless wars.
Chris Hedges: The Democratic Party’s Revenge on Matt Taibbi
Extensive government blacklists, revealed by the Twitter Files, are used to censor left-wing and right-wing critics. This censorship apparatus has been turned on the reporter who exposed them.
Corporate Tricks Screw Poorer US Tax Filers
The biggest tax preparation companies have suppressed free filing options for years, Sophia Kovatch reports.
Trump’s Decade-Old Audit Illustrates Why IRS Targets Working Poor as Much as the Rich
Hayes Holderness says the fact that Trump’s taxes have been under audit since 2011 overshadows all other discoveries.