Republican Tax Plan Descends Into Smoke and Mirrors
Here’s the latest news on the tax front: Senate Republicans on Thursday plan to propose delaying a cut in the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent until 2019, four people briefed on the planning said, a major departure from President Trump’s insistence on immediate changes that he says are necessary to spur…
Wilbur Ross Seems to Have a Serious Shipping Problem
Pat Benic/CNP via ZUMA Remember Wilbur Ross, Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary? He’s the guy who held onto his stake in Navigator Holdings, a shipping company, without really letting Congress know about it. But it turns out he owns more than just a stake in Navigator: An APM Reports investigation reveals Ross has financial ties to…
Three Things to Know About Obamacare
Here are three little public service announcements about Obamacare: Enrollment is ahead of last year. But after the first week, things will get tougher. If you know anyone who uses Obamacare, tell them to get going NOW NOW NOW. Most of them have only until December 15 to sign up, and that will arrive sooner…
Corey Lewandowski “Forgot” He Gave Carter Page Permission for Russia Trip
Trump campaign advisor Carter Page during a trip to Moscow in December 2016.Korotayev Artyom/TASS via ZUMA Carter Page, the idiot cousin of the Trump campaign, went on a trip to Russia last June. It was, he insists, a personal visit, not something done on behalf of the campaign. And he didn’t talk to any Russian…
Japan and China Mock Trump With Over-the-Top Appeals to His Ego
This stuff cracks me up: President Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping were calling each other friend by the end of their springtime retreat at Trump’s Florida club, Mar-a-Lago — a relationship that would have been unimaginable months earlier….On Monday in Japan, Trump expressed his new view: “I like him a lot. I consider him…
Chart of the Day: The Kids Are Finally Turning Out
According to a quickie analysis from the folks at CIRCLE, youth turnout was pretty ho-hum in New Jersey but through the roof in Virginia: up from 26 percent in 2013 to 34 percent in 2017. And young people voted massively in favor of the Democrat: If this is correct, it’s big news. I mean, even…