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IRS Should Make Direct File Permanent, Available Nationwide, More Than 250 Groups Said
Tuesday May 14, 2024The IRS should make Direct File permanent and available nationwide in the years ahead, said 256 groups — including many members of the Coalition for Free and Fair Filing — in a letter sent today to IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel ...Lobbying to Influence Legislation Including Farm Bill Tops $500 Million
Monday May 13, 2024From almost the moment the 2018 food and farm bill was signed into law, agribusinesses and industry groups have spent more than half a billion dollars lobbying on issues that include the next food and farm bill, according to new ...Intuitively Shredding Democracy
Friday May 10, 2024Because it's an election year and lying white guys gonna lie, Repubs are feverishly working to cheat their way to power by getting rid of all the pesky "voters," real or imaginary, who don't like them. In their demented campaign ...CPC Chair Jayapal, Renters Caucus Chair Gomez Call on Administration to Advance Fair Housing for All
Friday May 10, 2024Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Congressional Renters Caucus Chair Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) are leading 26 of their colleagues in calling on the Administration to immediately release the final “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” (AFFH) rule proposed by the ...Trump’s Brazen Collusion with Big Oil
Thursday May 09, 2024The Washington Post is reporting that Donald Trump told a group of oil industry executives that if they raised $1 billion to support his presidential campaign, he would institute a range of policies favorable to their corporate interests. Separately, Politico ...They Walk Among Us: Mississippi Goddamn, Still
Wednesday May 08, 2024As the dystopian movie Civil War sets records depicting the "colorful horrors of the American future" on its current trajectory, we saw the same mindless, time-honored rancor play out at "Ole Miss being Ole Miss," where a pack of rabid, ...The 2024 Trustees Report Shows that Social Security is Benefiting From a Strong Economy
Monday May 06, 2024The 2024 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds, released today, shows that our Social Security system remains fully affordable. This year’s report announces that, thanks to ...Bayer Seeks Reapproval of Pesticide That Federal Courts Have Twice Banned for Causing Widespread Damage to Crops and Communities
Monday May 06, 2024Pesticide-maker Bayer has asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to re-approve the dangerous pesticide dicamba for use on genetically engineered (GE) cotton and soybeans. The request comes after two different federal courts vacated the registrations of the drift-prone weedkiller — ...CAIR Calls on Biden to Enforce 'Red Line' After Israel Begins Ethnically Cleansing Eastern Rafah
Monday May 06, 2024The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President Biden to respond to the start of the Israeli government's ethnic cleansing of Rafah by enforcing his "red line," suspending military aid, ...