above the law Trump must turn over his taxes according to federal appeals court ruling today Carla Sinclair
guillotine watch When Trump's #TaxScam meant that affluent people no longer had to use the paid version of Turbotax, Turbotax started charging poor people, disabled people, students and elderly people Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Texas Instrument's post-#taxscam budget for financial engineering is $5B — triple its budget for actual engineering Cory Doctorow
politics Elizabeth Warren profile: portrait of a savvy politician who appeals to working people, and who can get stuff done Cory Doctorow
christ what an asshole Frontier receives $283.4m/year in taxpayer money, neglects network, rips off customers — and Trump's FCC won't investigate Cory Doctorow
politics Most Republican voters were Trumpists before Trump, and most of the rest have converted since 2016 Cory Doctorow
politics Trump hires new lawyer who says not to hand over tax returns as Democrats demand Xeni Jardin
politics Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months in prison in Virginia trial, sentencing in Washington DC case next week Xeni Jardin
Business Amazon's 2018 profits: $11.2 billion; Amazon's 2018 IRS bill: negative $129 million Cory Doctorow
product of a very very large brain 115% of Trump's tariff revenue goes to angry farmers Mark Frauenfelder
trumpism Ajit Pai killed Net Neutrality and Trump gave away a huge tax break; Verizon got billions and killed 10,000 jobs Cory Doctorow
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Business Apple's world-beating financial engineering is teaching the corporate world how to exploit Trump's tax cuts Cory Doctorow
