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Not a word about the victims.
Not a word about the homeless.
Not a word about the heroic firefighters.
Not a word about the help from neighbouring countries.
Just division and disinformation.
Unfit for office.
Not a word about the homeless.
Not a word about the heroic firefighters.
Not a word about the help from neighbouring countries.
Just division and disinformation.
Unfit for office.
January 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Not a word about the victims.
Not a word about the homeless.
Not a word about the heroic firefighters.
Not a word about the help from neighbouring countries.
Just division and disinformation.
Unfit for office.
Not a word about the homeless.
Not a word about the heroic firefighters.
Not a word about the help from neighbouring countries.
Just division and disinformation.
Unfit for office.
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This paper is a great example of solid evidence of systemic discrimination:
"Black taxpayers are audited at 2.9 to 4.7 times the rate of non-Black taxpayers."
This reflects a series of choices built into the IRS audit algorithm: focus on the EITC, and overclaiming of credits.
"Black taxpayers are audited at 2.9 to 4.7 times the rate of non-Black taxpayers."
This reflects a series of choices built into the IRS audit algorithm: focus on the EITC, and overclaiming of credits.
#QJE Feb 2025, #3, “Measuring and Mitigating Racial Disparities in Tax Audits,” by Elzayn, Smith, Hertz, Guage, Ramesh, Fisher, Ho, and Goldin (@jacobsgoldin.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Measuring and Mitigating Racial Disparities in Tax Audits*
Abstract. Tax authorities around the world rely on audits to detect underreported tax liabilities and to verify that taxpayers qualify for the benefits the
doi.org
January 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This paper is a great example of solid evidence of systemic discrimination:
"Black taxpayers are audited at 2.9 to 4.7 times the rate of non-Black taxpayers."
This reflects a series of choices built into the IRS audit algorithm: focus on the EITC, and overclaiming of credits.
"Black taxpayers are audited at 2.9 to 4.7 times the rate of non-Black taxpayers."
This reflects a series of choices built into the IRS audit algorithm: focus on the EITC, and overclaiming of credits.
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I don't think people grok how much Elon has destroyed organic engagement on X.
The official Rolling Stone X account has 6 million followers over there.
I have like 1/100th of that here.
But my engagement for sharing the same tweet is higher here
The official Rolling Stone X account has 6 million followers over there.
I have like 1/100th of that here.
But my engagement for sharing the same tweet is higher here
December 1, 2024 at 9:12 PM
I don't think people grok how much Elon has destroyed organic engagement on X.
The official Rolling Stone X account has 6 million followers over there.
I have like 1/100th of that here.
But my engagement for sharing the same tweet is higher here
The official Rolling Stone X account has 6 million followers over there.
I have like 1/100th of that here.
But my engagement for sharing the same tweet is higher here
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Trump has entered the “I am the state” phase of his presidency. There are no rules, no standards, no judgments that matter other than his and he will prove it by obliterating norm after norm.
November 30, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Trump has entered the “I am the state” phase of his presidency. There are no rules, no standards, no judgments that matter other than his and he will prove it by obliterating norm after norm.
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LOL. I mean, welcome to America, everyone, the wealthiest nation that human history has ever know, and yet we still have insane levels of grueling poverty due to policy choices not necessity. No, not literally All crime or shoplifting is caused by poverty but… Dunno what else to tell you
November 30, 2024 at 11:34 PM
LOL. I mean, welcome to America, everyone, the wealthiest nation that human history has ever know, and yet we still have insane levels of grueling poverty due to policy choices not necessity. No, not literally All crime or shoplifting is caused by poverty but… Dunno what else to tell you
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Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
November 29, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
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Whatever a border czar is, they don't have arrest authority. Federal law enforcement officers do, pending judicial enforcement. Consultation with prosecutors is the norm for pre-planned arrests & here's the kicker: people being arrested must have actually committed a crime.
November 30, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Whatever a border czar is, they don't have arrest authority. Federal law enforcement officers do, pending judicial enforcement. Consultation with prosecutors is the norm for pre-planned arrests & here's the kicker: people being arrested must have actually committed a crime.
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Jared Kushner’s father paid a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, secretly recorded it, and then showed the video to his own sister for revenge & intimidation.
He got caught.
He admitted it.
He got convicted.
Trump pardoned him.
And today he made him our next Ambassador to France.
He got caught.
He admitted it.
He got convicted.
Trump pardoned him.
And today he made him our next Ambassador to France.
November 30, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Jared Kushner’s father paid a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, secretly recorded it, and then showed the video to his own sister for revenge & intimidation.
He got caught.
He admitted it.
He got convicted.
Trump pardoned him.
And today he made him our next Ambassador to France.
He got caught.
He admitted it.
He got convicted.
Trump pardoned him.
And today he made him our next Ambassador to France.
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The Texas Maternal Mortality Committee is skipping review of maternal deaths after the Dobbs decision and not enough people are talking about it.
My latest with @meidastouch.bsky.social: meidasnews.com/news/texas-m...
My latest with @meidastouch.bsky.social: meidasnews.com/news/texas-m...
Texas Maternal Mortality Committee Skips Reviewing Two Years Of Maternal Deaths
The deaths occurred in the two years following the Dobbs decision and the Texas state abortion ban
meidasnews.com
November 30, 2024 at 6:17 PM
The Texas Maternal Mortality Committee is skipping review of maternal deaths after the Dobbs decision and not enough people are talking about it.
My latest with @meidastouch.bsky.social: meidasnews.com/news/texas-m...
My latest with @meidastouch.bsky.social: meidasnews.com/news/texas-m...
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Please remember there are billionaires spending money on outrage media to make you mad at federal civil servants instead of the Supreme Court they bought. Please save your outrage for the actual fascists.
November 28, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Please remember there are billionaires spending money on outrage media to make you mad at federal civil servants instead of the Supreme Court they bought. Please save your outrage for the actual fascists.
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The OH Supreme Court let our GOP St legislature slow walk ordered map changes in open contempt. We had a majority. If the Court had said, "if you don't, we will," instead of +1 D seat bc GOP slow walk, +3-4
When institutions won't treat attacks on democracy as attacks on democracy, we end up here
When institutions won't treat attacks on democracy as attacks on democracy, we end up here
November 28, 2024 at 4:02 PM
The OH Supreme Court let our GOP St legislature slow walk ordered map changes in open contempt. We had a majority. If the Court had said, "if you don't, we will," instead of +1 D seat bc GOP slow walk, +3-4
When institutions won't treat attacks on democracy as attacks on democracy, we end up here
When institutions won't treat attacks on democracy as attacks on democracy, we end up here
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I never ever want to hear that the GOP gives one shit about the military, or national security.
November 28, 2024 at 2:30 AM
I never ever want to hear that the GOP gives one shit about the military, or national security.
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Trump Defense Nominee Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Want Soldiers Held Accountable for Killing Civilians
Pete Hegseth’s comments on civilian casualties reveal alarming disregard for human life
Pete Hegseth’s comments on civilian casualties reveal alarming disregard for human life
Trump Defense Nominee Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Want Soldiers Held Accountable for Killing Civilians
Pete Hegseth’s comments on civilian casualties reveal alarming disregard for human life
meidasnews.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Trump Defense Nominee Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Want Soldiers Held Accountable for Killing Civilians
Pete Hegseth’s comments on civilian casualties reveal alarming disregard for human life
Pete Hegseth’s comments on civilian casualties reveal alarming disregard for human life
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That Musk is now threatening people with imprisonment and/or execution for non-crimes but rather being a person who he disagrees with should be the end of that pathetic website.
November 27, 2024 at 8:44 PM
That Musk is now threatening people with imprisonment and/or execution for non-crimes but rather being a person who he disagrees with should be the end of that pathetic website.
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All it took was her pointing out US gun manufacturers are making a killing in Mexico.
November 28, 2024 at 2:21 AM
All it took was her pointing out US gun manufacturers are making a killing in Mexico.
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I get the pushback to Bluesky in that it further bifurcates our media ecosystem. But at this point, Twitter’s content moderation is so nonexistent and its verified users so extreme that the choice becomes either move away from Twitter or be subjected to straight up 4chan nazi bile on a daily basis.
November 28, 2024 at 12:42 AM
I get the pushback to Bluesky in that it further bifurcates our media ecosystem. But at this point, Twitter’s content moderation is so nonexistent and its verified users so extreme that the choice becomes either move away from Twitter or be subjected to straight up 4chan nazi bile on a daily basis.
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People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change
November 27, 2024 at 6:22 AM
People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change
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The Trump team is declining to sign the agreement with General Services Administration.
This means they don't have to disclose their donors for the transition team and they won't be using government servers so people can't use FOIA requests to see information.
So much for transparency.
Shady AF.
This means they don't have to disclose their donors for the transition team and they won't be using government servers so people can't use FOIA requests to see information.
So much for transparency.
Shady AF.
November 27, 2024 at 6:09 PM
The Trump team is declining to sign the agreement with General Services Administration.
This means they don't have to disclose their donors for the transition team and they won't be using government servers so people can't use FOIA requests to see information.
So much for transparency.
Shady AF.
This means they don't have to disclose their donors for the transition team and they won't be using government servers so people can't use FOIA requests to see information.
So much for transparency.
Shady AF.
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56%
"Across Texas, residency applications in ob-gyn dropped significantly. Data from the Gender Equity Policy Institute revealed a fifty-six-per-cent spike in maternal deaths in the state between 2019 and 2022."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus
Amid increasingly stringent abortion laws, doctors who provide maternal care have been fleeing the state.
www.newyorker.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:02 AM
56%
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"Trump is building the most anti-semitic cabinet in decades," Franklin Foer wrote in @theatlantic.com last week.
As a coalition of Jewish academics and experts in antisemitism, we too are deeply concerned.
And there’s more…
As a coalition of Jewish academics and experts in antisemitism, we too are deeply concerned.
And there’s more…
Trump Is Building the Most Anti-Semitic Cabinet in Decades
Donald Trump has vowed to “defeat anti-Semitism.” His Cabinet picks tell a very different story.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:21 PM
"Trump is building the most anti-semitic cabinet in decades," Franklin Foer wrote in @theatlantic.com last week.
As a coalition of Jewish academics and experts in antisemitism, we too are deeply concerned.
And there’s more…
As a coalition of Jewish academics and experts in antisemitism, we too are deeply concerned.
And there’s more…
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Rampell: Do you know that there actually was bipartisan legislation intended to to increase our fentanyl detection technologies at the border. And Trump killed it.
November 27, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Rampell: Do you know that there actually was bipartisan legislation intended to to increase our fentanyl detection technologies at the border. And Trump killed it.
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Reminds me of a certain time in Jewish history.
Homan: Don’t knowingly harbor and conceal an illegal alien from ice. Because that is a felony. We have one hell of an Attorney General coming in… we're going to have consequences of people who violate the law and try to prevent us from doing our job.
November 27, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Reminds me of a certain time in Jewish history.
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Weird how most of the media coverage on "inflation" didn't point out soaring profit. It was always about increased prices but rarely pointing out the companies were enriching themselves to an even greater extent than ever before.
Corporate profits hit an all-time high last year and continued to rise in 2024.
Just so happens that in 75% of US industries, fewer companies control more of the business than 20 years ago.
Minimal competition means maximized price-gouging.
Just so happens that in 75% of US industries, fewer companies control more of the business than 20 years ago.
Minimal competition means maximized price-gouging.
November 27, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Weird how most of the media coverage on "inflation" didn't point out soaring profit. It was always about increased prices but rarely pointing out the companies were enriching themselves to an even greater extent than ever before.