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And then there’s the increased funding for the IRS
One less-discussed part of the new spending bill about to be passed is the money being appropriated for the IRS to go after taxpayers with greater vigor. The following is from a WSJ editorial: The $80 billion [proposed funding for … Continue reading →
Sinema joins Manchin in fighting inflation with inflation
Or something like that. Sinema has agreed to this bill, and as far as I know that means the Democrats have the 50 Senate votes – plus the tie-breaker vote of Harris – to pass this by reconciliation. The only … Continue reading →
Jobs, jobs, jobs
There was a good jobs report for July, much better than expected. What does it mean? Your guess is as good as – probably even better than – mine. But don’t jobs often go up in the summer because of … Continue reading →
Open thread 8/5/22
One error she made is that pointe shoes are not made out of wood:
Continue reading →Head of the FBI Wray testifies in the usual manner
Not that these sorts of hearings generally matter, but Ted Cruz had quite an exchange today with current FBI director Christoper Wray: Sen. Ted Cruz to FBI Director Wray: “DOJ has become thoroughly politicized. I think this is a problem … Continue reading →
Trying to iron out the meaning of that confusing Kansas amendment vote on abortion
Here’s a little more background on the confusion. In 2019 the Kansas Supreme Court had ruled that the state constitution includes a right to abortion, based on reasoning such as this: The decision, in which one of the seven justices … Continue reading →
DeSantis makes a bold move…
…and fires a state prosecutor who pledged to defy the law. What a novel idea – that state prosecutors cannot overrule the legislature and act as the judiciary, thus rolling all three branches of government into the executive branch! This … Continue reading →
Open thread 8/4/22
A vanished world
The title of this post is taken from the title of a book of photographs by Roman Vishniac, of Jewish life in Eastern Europe in the 1930s. Here is the story of how the photos were taken: …[B]etween 1934 and … Continue reading →
RIP Representative Jackie Walorski
Republican House member from Indiana’s 2nd Congressional district Jackie Walorski was killed in a head-on collision today in Elkhard Country, Indiana. It sounds as though it was a horrific accident. Everyone involved was killed, including two of Walorski’s aides (ages … Continue reading →
I have a busy afternoon today…
…and so although I’ve planned another post, it will probably be in the early evening. So here’s open thread number 2 for the day.
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