Yes, Trump used a lot of deductions. But a new analysis shows how merging personal and business taxes, financing with junk bonds, and covering up surprising income was true alchemy.
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Trump Is The Most Crooked President in American History. That Should Matter.
One of Donald Trump’s greatest political talents–if you can call it that–is the ability to kick up such a whirlwind of chaos that it becomes easy to lose sight of simple moral baselines. Actions and stories that would functionally end other presidencies are forgotten within days as the bright bouncy orange ball moves to the […]
Posted inLaw and Justice, Main, Political Animal
COVID-19 Gives Us the Chance to Close Prisons. Here’s Why and How.
In response to the pandemic, prison officials are already reducing inmate populations. Why let a crisis go to waste?
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Republicans Have Already Packed the Courts. It’s Up To Democrats How To Rebalance Them.
And the press should not play accomplice to the GOP efforts to change the subject.
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How Many Republican Senators Have COVID-19? They Won’t Say.
They’re refusing to get tested. They’re blitzing a Supreme Court nomination. What could go wrong?
Posted inPolitical Animal, Protecting the Vote
The Media Is Spreading Trump’s Lies About Mail-In Voting
A new Harvard report outlines the extent of the disinformation campaign and shows how journalists are enablers.
Posted inLaw and Justice, Main, Political Animal
What Joe Biden Could Learn From Abraham Lincoln About White-Collar Crime
White-collar crime has real victims. Expanding a Civil War-era law aimed at profiteers would help citizens fight back.
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Is Trump Chickening Out of More Debates?
On Thursday, he refused to accept a virtual debate only to reverse course and demand a new schedule.
Posted inFeatured, Law and Justice, Political Animal
John Roberts Ponders Partisanship. (Cue the Groans.)
The Supreme Court is political, divided, and not the honest referee the Chief Justice promised. Harold Pinter would recognize this play.
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Pence Was Pretty Good. Harris Was Better.
And the presidential debate commission needs to get control.
