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Trump's controversial transgender troop ban takes effect
Via: Don Overton • Op/Ed • 104 Comments • 5 years ago • LOCKED
“Members of the LGBTQ community and their supporters slam the ban as 'bigoted' and 'irresponsible'. ”
Trump administration hates Vet Trump's controversial transgender troop ban takes effect Members of the LGBTQ community and their supporters slam the ban as 'bigoted' and 'irresponsible'. 14 minutes ago"As many as 15,000 transgender service members stand to lose their jobs," Army Staff...
Former IRS Head Under George W. Bush Just Shattered Trump’s Big Lie About His Tax Returns
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 50 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 years ago • LOCKED
““If the chairman of Ways and Means asks for a return, he or she gets it,” Everson told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. “It’s that simple.””
It's terrible that the republican administration flants our laws and the constituition t that he is under no obligation to release his tax returns, even as the House Ways and Means Committee has formally – and legally – issued a request for them. Mark Everson, the former IRS commissioner...
Fox Uses Doctored Graphic To Give Trump A Fake 55% Approval Rating
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 86 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 years ago • LOCKED
“Fox News doctored a graphic to make it appear as if Trump had a 55% approval rating when in reality it was his disapproval rating at 55%”
This is what Fox does and the ignorant eat it up The graphic that was shown on Fox Business makes it appear as if Trump has a 55% approval rating. The graphic cites a poll from Georgetown politics. However, an examination of the poll finds that Trump’s approval rating is not 55%. Fox News...
TAXES Twice as many companies paying zero taxes under Trump tax plan
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 12 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago • LOCKED
“The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act lowered the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. In its first year, the number of companies paying no taxes went from 30...”
How will the right run cowardly away from this article? This story was published in partnership with NBC News. INTRODUCTION Taxpayers are scrambling to make last-minute payments due to the Internal Revenue Service in just four days, but many of the country’s largest publicly-held...
Lawmakers Just Confronted the IRS Over Tax Audits That Target the Poor
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 years ago • LOCKED
“Following up on ProPublica stories about the IRS, lawmakers pressed the commissioner on the agency’s disproportionate focus on auditing the working...”
Ho Hum just another article the right will run away from Over the past six months, ProPublica has detailed the myriad ways the IRS has been gutted and how that has impacted its ability to do its job. In sum: The wealthy escape scrutiny while the working poor, an easier target, are audited at...
The Daily Caller’s doxxing of Sleeping Giants was a dick move
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 15 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago • LOCKED
“The Daily Caller — a right-wing news site founded by Tucker Carlson — today published an article doxxing one of the people behind Sleeping Giants,...”
The Daily Caller — a right-wing news site founded by Tucker Carlson — today published an article doxxing one of the people behind Sleeping Giants, a social media campaign asking companies to boycott advertising on alt-right website Breitbart. The article’s purpose, it would appear,...
HOW RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS STALK, DOX, AND HARASS THEIR ENEMIES
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 11 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 years ago • LOCKED
“ CHAT LOGS OBTAINED from message boards used by neo-Nazis and other far-right groups show a concerted effort to compile private information on...”
CHAT LOGS OBTAINED from message boards used by neo-Nazis and other far-right groups show a concerted effort to compile private information on leftist enemies and circulate the data to encourage harassment or violence. The messages were obtained by an anonymous source, who infiltrated and gained...
How Breitbart Unleashes Hate Mobs to Threaten, Dox, and Troll Trump Critics
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 7 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago • LOCKED
“Seventeen million readers revel in the website’s angry pro-Trump populism and anti-immigration, anti-Muslim message. Is it stoking up dangerous...”
Conservative essayist Bethany S. Mandel, who has been awash in a deluge of social media abuse since she began denouncing Donald Trump, finally purchased a handgun over the weekend. “It’s a .22 magnum revolver,” says Mandel, the mother of two young children, who applied for a firearms permit at...
Dear Trump Supporters: You Lost The Right To Smear Biden When You Voted For A Sexual Predator
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 241 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 years ago • LOCKED
“The MAGA mob can get back to us when they disavow Trump, an actual sexual predator”
Donald Trump and his supporters are having a field day in response to the news that former vice president Joe Biden’s affectionate style of politicking has made a handful of women uncomfortable over the years. While these women aren’t alleging sexual assault, they do have the right to come...
Deceptive Facebook Post Distorts Rally Against Hate
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 0 Comments • 5 years ago • LOCKED
“A Facebook post falsely describes a video of an interdenominational rally against Islamophobia as a “Muslim rally … demanding their Sharia Rights.””
Full Story The mass shooting that killed 50 people in two New Zealand mosques on March 15 prompted vigils around the world. In the aftermath of the shooting, several religious and cultural organizations in New York hosted a demonstration on March 24 against Islamophobia and hate. But a video...