Today Senate Republicans are likely to reveal their tax plan, which is expected to eliminate deduction of state and local taxes and partially remove the estate tax. 1/21 The new House GOP tax plan violates the Byrd Rule, which prohibits massive deficit increases over the next 10 years. 2/
Democrat Ralph Northam won the Virginia’s governor race last night amid a broad sweep for Democrats. 1/20 Interesting stories from the elections: Maine expanded Medicaid by ballot initiative; Danica Roem of Virginia became America’s first openly transgender state legislator, defeating an avowed homophobe; Vi Lyles is Charlotte’
"Radiohead is more than a band: it's a mythos. A mythos that's produced nine of the best albums of all time." Whether that's true or not—it's not—here's an amusing animated look at Radiohead's history.
Despite the Trump administration's attempts to cripple ACA awareness, signups doubled on the first day of open enrollment, compared to 2016. 1/21 In a reversal of Bush and Obama policies, the Dept. of Homeland Security says in 2019 it will end the temporary protected status of Nicaraguans
We may have failed chemistry, but we would've paid more attention if we were watching this all day. See more of these films at Envisioning Chemistry.
Lost amidst all of this week's Facebook news was its admission that it now has around 270 million fake accounts. In 2012, when Facebook hit one billion users, many noted that if it were a country, it would be the third largest in the world. Now its fraudulent
Highly recommended: A transportive new video by Rus Khasanov for Dmitry Evgrafov's "Tamas."
The 1978 animated TV special, The Devil and Daniel Mouse, set to Bauhaus's "Party of the First Part," which is itself a sample (with jazzy interludes) of the show's dialogue.
The GOP’s new tax bill is both a “sensible framework” and a “deficit-exploding tax cut” for corporations and the wealthy. Here’s what it means for different income brackets. 1/19 Democrats have been spreading lies about the tax plan on social media, when most families making under
Trevor Noah makes a good point, that Trump and Fox News immediately politicize terrorist events except when they involve guns or neo-Nazis. By the way, banning bump stocks, once so widely favored in Congress, is going nowhere, now that it's out of the limelight.
