Republicans Just Released Their Final Tax Bill
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The House and Senate released their final version of the tax bill late Friday afternoon, following weeks of high-profile deliberations over the biggest tax overhaul in the last 30 years. It includes a last-minute expansion of the child income tax credit, after…
The Final Republican Tax Bill Screws Over Puerto Rico
Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said Friday that Republicans’ decision to leave a pair of provisions in the tax reform legislation that experts say will hammer Puerto Rico’s already struggling economy was “unconscionable.” “It is devastating and unconscionable that Congress would…
Festival of Slights, the 4th Night: “Short Guys That Wear Yarmulkes”
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Happy Hanukkah! Mother Jones is celebrating this year’s festival of lights with a festival of slights. Specifically, President Donald Trump’s slights toward the Jewish people. A week before the Alabama special election, Roy Moore explained that George Soros was going to hell.…
Most American Farmers Will Be Hurt by the GOP Tax Bill
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update, Friday, December 15, 6:02 p.m: The GOP has released the final version of its tax bill. Read it here. As a candidate, Donald Trump dominated the rural vote and polled very well among farmers. Will the tax overhaul he’s pushing hard in Congress finally reward farm…
Friday Cat Blogging and Year-End Fundraising – 15 December 2017
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As usual around this time of year, our fundraising team reached out¹ and asked that I put up a post asking you to support Mother Jones with a year-end donation. You know the drill: as a nonprofit, Mother Jones wouldn’t exist without readers who value…
Alabama’s White Voters Abandoned Roy Moore in Large Numbers
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I’m curious about something, but first a caveat: data from exit polls isn’t always perfect. However, more reliable data from the ACS and ANES surveys aren’t available yet for the 2017 vote in Alabama. And that’s not all: exit polls aren’t even available for Alabama…