Today the Supreme Court will hear what could be the most important tax case in decades.
Moore v. US could permanently shield billionaires from a wealth tax.
This is why billionaires give luxury gifts to Supreme Court justices. For this exact moment.
WARNING: GRAPHIC ⚠️ Police in Alabama used a stun gun on a high school band director at a football game just for letting his students finish playing a song. 85% of the students at Minor High School are Black. Cops attacked a teacher and traumatized these kids forever.
Thermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it, you don't understand it at all. The second time you go through it, you think you understand it, except for one or two small points. The third time you go through it, you know you don't understand it, but by that time you are so used to it, it doesn't bother you any more.
-- Arnold Sommerfeld (1868-1951)
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BREAKING: Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell publicly humiliates MAGA Representative Jim Jordan during a sham House hearing on the nonexistent "weaponization" of law enforcement agencies against Donald Trump that Republicans still insist occurred.
After Jordan finished questioning FBI Director Chris Wray by trotting out MAGA talking points, the floor opened up for Swalwell to speak, and he went right for the jugular immediately—
"Director I think it's quite rich that the guy that has accused you of lawlessness and weaponization is four hundred days into violation of his own congressional subpoena over January 6th," said Swalwell.
"Quite rich to me that you're hearing all of these allegations from somebody who won't even response to a lawful subpoena," he added.
Swalwell absolutely nailed it. Jordan blatantly violated House ethics rules by refusing to obey a subpoena from the House Jan. 6th committee. Instead, he falsely insisted that the subpoena was unconstitutional.
The simple truth is that he just didn't want to obey it. Jim Jordan only believes in the law when it benefits him — a criminal trait that he shares with Donald Trump and a hallmark of fascists.
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The Clarence Thomas bombshells keep dropping. Now @guardian reports that lawyers who had business before the Supreme Court made direct Venmo payments to a Thomas aide.
Thomas must resign or be impeached if SCOTUS is going to retain any credibility.
While UPS made $13 billion in profits last year and had enough money to spend $8.8 billion on stock buybacks and dividends, over 100,000 part time UPS workers made less than $20 an hour. That is unacceptable and so is the misinformation UPS is spreading all over Capitol Hill:
For years I’ve called out tax prep companies for scamming taxpayers. Now, it appears these companies may have illegally shared private taxpayer data with Big Tech. I’m working with Senate colleagues to investigate this reckless abuse of Americans’ personal information.
Two Chinese orbiters have found a hot spot on the far side of the moon, reports @kchangnyt for @nytimes. The oddly warm area also contains a large slab of granite, which scientists thought was produced only around water and plate tectonics.
https://t.co/U658QjjcGb
Another example of a police reform failing: Vallejo police canceled a contract with a video analytics company sifting through body cam footage because it kept surfacing videos of officers behaving inappropriately, so the footage will remain unreviewed
https://t.co/pQCRzHXYw8
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🚨Ohio youth pastor Matthew Reif was given a 25-year prison sentence Tuesday in federal court after he was convicted on charges of child sexual exploitation and soliciting child pornography.
According to the US Attorney, Reif victimized at least 52 boys.
https://t.co/SYe6dTDkjr