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January 05, 2017

Treasury Department Slams The Door On Same Country Exemption For Americans Abroad

“The Treasury Department and the IRS have also decided that the risk of U.S. tax avoidance by a U.S. taxpayer holding an account with an FFI exists regardless of whether......
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January 03, 2017

Coal Country Picked Trump. Now, They Want Him To Keep His Promises

He is a whacko; he's never going to stop being a whacko, . . . but I mean, the things he did say — the good stuff — was good......
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December 27, 2016

What Those Who Studied Nazis Can Teach Us About The Strange Reaction To Donald Trump

In today’s United States, the suggestion that illegal immigration is the cause of the economic struggles of working-class whites is an American Dolchstoss. Mechanization, globalization and the decline of unions......
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December 20, 2016

David Remnick: Why Trump’s win is ‘an American tragedy’

He sold off his equities - $22 million worth of stock sold in June. He still has no intention of showing the American people what his tax returns look like.......
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December 19, 2016

Do They See What We See?

Here are a few videos that examine how others may see the current state of American affairs: ...
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December 17, 2016

Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda

Former congressional staffers reveal best practices for making Congress listen: We know this because we’ve seen it before. The authors of this guide are former congressional staffers who witnessed the......
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December 07, 2016

Some End Of Year ACA (Obamacare) Analytics

Even though we live abroad with minimal impact from ACA, here are some insightful ACA articles to handle holiday family discussions: The Impact of Obamacare, in Four Maps Over all,......
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November 01, 2016

Working the Refs

Part of this effectiveness comes through false equivalence: news organizations, afraid of being attacked for bias, give evenhanded treatment to lies and truth. Way back in 2000 I suggested that......
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October 12, 2016

Let’s Hear From a Deplorable

My sister, Peggy, knew she wasn’t voting for Hillary, despite the fact that they both started as Goldwater girls. But could my favorite member of the "basket of deplorables," as......
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October 10, 2016

160 Republican Leaders Don’t Support Donald Trump. Here’s When They Reached Their Breaking Point.

This list includes leaders who have said they will not vote for Donald J. Trump, have withdrawn endorsements of him or have called for him to step down as the......
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