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Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance
The Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due.
How Amy Coney Barrett Would Reshape the Court — And the Country
More than two dozen legal thinkers game out what President Trump’s new Supreme Court pick means for America’s biggest legal fights, the court’s reputation, the fate of its “swing seat” and more.
Richard Alba
In rebutting the claim that liberal criticism of Amy Coney Barrett is anti-Catholic, conservatives need to be reminded that currently five of the eight justices are Catholic. Catholics are 25% of the population--why should they be two-thirds of the Court?
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This Is How Biden Should Approach the Latino Vote
Some ways of talking about race and class are more effective politically. And not just with Hispanics.
New rounds of state polls show troubling trend for Trump
The Morning Joe panel digs into the latest rounds of state polling from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Georgia and more.
McEnany calls chants against Trump 'appalling'
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that protesters’ chants at President Trump when he visited the Supreme Court on Thursday to pay respects to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday, were “appalling” and “disrespectful.”
Trump’s Desperate Plan to Cut Short the Census Could Backfire
Everyone will get hurt, but Republican states may lose the most.
The Great Demographic Illusion
America is supposedly about to become "majority minority." It won't happen.
Richard Alba
Thanks to Yascha Mounk (@Yascha_Mounk) and his colleagues at Persuasion for spreading the message of The Great Demographic Illusion
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Self-Response Rates Map
Explore how many households in your community have responded online, by phone, or by mail.
CDC Abruptly Yanks Long-Awaited Guidance That COVID Spreads Via Air
After briefly acknowledging that the virus which causes COVID-19 spreads via the air, the Centers for Disease Control abruptly took...
Who’s Left out of the New American Mainstream?
The new American mainstream’s diversification of families, universities and upper-level jobs obscures how prospects for Black Americans are stagnating
Microsoft Drops Out of Bidding for TikTok’s U.S. Operations
TikTok parent ByteDance told Microsoft its offer wasn’t accepted.
Why Does Trump Want an Inaccurate Census?
Congress must extend the deadline for the count.
Authors With a Vision for America’s Future | Kirkus Reviews
Here are five important books that demand the attention of anyone worried about the direction of the U.S.
Richard Alba
Humbled to be one of the authors singled out for this attention, along with @AndrewGumbel, @ZerlinaMaxwell, and @TheAtlantic's essayists.
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To stop Trump, we need to vote in person, even it means crawling through broken glass
Trump is planning to declare victory on election night before mail-in votes are counted. He must be denied the advantage of appearing to be ahead.
Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh attends protest, says 'Free the Big Ten'
Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh attended a parent-led protest at Michigan Stadium on Saturday. “We just want to play."
John Kelly, at Center of Report on Trump Disparaging U.S. Soldiers, Keeps Silent
The former chief of staff’s public reticence has frustrated groups that are hoping that he will publicly endorse Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic presidential nominee.
Trump Doubles Down On Call To Supporters To Illegally Vote Twice
President Donald Trump on Thursday reinforced a call to his supporters urging them to vote twice in the upcoming elections...
Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’
The president has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades, multiple sources tell The Atlantic.
Richard Alba
The commander in chief has zero empathy for the American servicemen and women who suffered for their country and for his freedom. This is beyond disgusting.
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Opinion: Social Security could come to a screeching halt
Nancy Altman writes that President Donald Trump may be getting ready to kill social security by deferring the payment of payroll taxes. If he continues to do so, social security benefits will come to a screeching halt -- and Congress will be unable...
Richard Alba
Trump's quiet attack on social security needs to be broadcast widely and loudly. It would finish him off in some key battleground states like Florida and North Carolina.
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Americans Increasingly Polarized When It Comes To Racial Justice Protests, Poll Finds
More Americans support than oppose recent protests after the shooting in Kenosha, Wis., according to an Ipsos poll. But sharp divisions are emerging along racial and political party lines.