The intensity with which Republicans “are coming at this is really a testament to how important these resources are going to be—because there are many wealthy tax evaders that stand to lose a lot,” said one official. An official from the U.S. Treasury Department confirmed Friday that, contrary to the unrelenting barrage of lies repeated by GOP operatives […]
Just a day after U.S. President Joe Biden officially unveiled a plan to boost taxes on wealthy Americans, Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday signaled that he intends to block progress on yet another White House priority. [pullquote]”Billionaires purposefully don’t take incomes—they borrow against their wealth to fund their lifestyles (buy, borrow, and die.)”[/pullquote] Former Democratic Michigan […]
“Manchin has lost the coal miners with this latest betrayal,” said one labor reporter. The push for passage of the Build Back Better Act got a potential boost late Monday as the United Mine Workers of America, the coal miners’ union that Sen. Joe Manchin counts as a key ally, called on the right-wing Democratic senator […]
Opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked Thursday to arrange a quick parliamentary vote to end his 12-year term in office. Netanyahu’s opponents hope an expedited vote would complicate his last-minute effort to disrupt their new coalition. The political maneuvering began after an ideologically broad group of Israeli political parties struck […]