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Apr 28 2021
Background
States Take in More Taxes Than Expected
States collected more tax revenue in fiscal 2020 than many budget analysts initially expected, given the global pandemic and recession that began this spring. Some analysts also are increasing their estimates for tax collections in fiscal 2021, which in most states began July 1.
Connecticut, South Carolina and South Dakota ended fiscal 2020 with unexpected budget surpluses. And in
Pew Research Center
Feb 02 2021
News
House Dems make case for conviction; Trump denies charges
Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters “like a loaded cannon” at the U.S. Capitol, House Democrats said Tuesday in making their most detailed case yet for why the former president should be convicted and permanently barred from office. Trump denied the allegations through his lawyers and called the trial unconstitutional.
The
Associated Press Fact Check
Think Tank / Policy Group
Freedom House
Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world.
Nov 12 2021
Opinion
The Book Version Of The New York Times’s 1619 Project Doubles Down On Junk History
The New York Times has produced a forthcoming book version of its error-riddled 1619 Project, whose outrageous central claim is that slavery and racism are the true basis of the American project — that America wasn’t founded on the proposition that “all men are created equal” but on white supremacy.
Indeed, the book’s subtitle is “A New Origin Story,” which is precisely what Nikole
The Federalist
Dec 09 2020
News
Hunter Biden Says He’s Being Investigated For Possible Tax Crimes
Federal prosecutors in Delaware are investigating Hunter Biden for potential tax crimes, he said in a statement issued Wednesday through his father’s presidential transition team.
“I learned yesterday for the first time that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware advised my legal counsel, also yesterday, that they are investigating my tax affairs,” Biden said in the statement.
“I
The Daily Caller
Author
Marc Joffe
Marc Joffe is a senior policy analyst at Reason Foundation. After a long career in the financial industry, including a senior director role at Moody's Analytics, Joffe's research now focuses on sovereign and sub-sovereign credit risk and fiscal sustainability.
Jun 20 2017
News
EXCLUSIVE: Soros, Clinton-Linked Teneo Among Donors to McCain Institute
Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain in 2012 turned over nearly $9 million in unspent funds from his failed 2008 presidential campaign to a new foundation bearing his name, the McCain Institute for International Leadership.
The Daily Caller
Jan 14 2020
News
A Cybersecurity Firm Responsible For A Report On Russia Hacking Burisma Has Ties To The 2016 DNC Hacks
The co-founder of a security firm behind reports suggesting Russia is targeting the company that employed Hunter Biden previously worked with a group at the center of Democratic National Committee email hacks in 2016, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis.
Area 1 co-founder Brad Darche worked as a consultant with CrowdStrike, a group responsible for not doing more to
The Daily Caller
Aug 28 2020
Analysis
Why Americans are buying more guns than ever
Americans have been on a record gun-buying spree in recent months.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and protests for racial justice, the gun industry’s trade association, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, estimates that gun sales from March through July were 8.5 million. This is 94% higher the same period in 2019.
Firearms industry consultants estimate July sales alone were 2.0
The Conversation
May 24 2021
News
Republican Governors Cutting Federal Unemployment Benefits For 4 Million
Four million workers will start losing unemployment benefits next month as Republican governors opt out of federal benefit programs enacted in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Florida announced Monday it would drop the extra $300 that the federal government has been adding to weekly benefits so that workers would be more willing to accept lower-wage jobs.
“Transitioning
HuffPost