Showing posts with label IRS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IRS. Show all posts
Friday, October 30, 2026
Wyden, Warren seek answers about IRS and Treasury using third-party identification verification - Live Updates - POLITICO
The judge sided with a coalition of 25 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit challenging the requirement that states force chronically ill people to prove they can't work…
Friday, October 23, 2026
Ways and Means Democrats ask Treasury about delayed IRS data - Live Updates - POLITICO
“Congressional Republicans have spent months bragging about their tax law, but now that it’s time to show Americans who is actually benefiting, the Administration is keeping the numbers hidden,” Thompson wrote. “Congress and the public deserve the data, whether or not they make for a flattering press release.”…
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Administration delays release of IRS data showing impact of GOP tax cuts - POLITICO
“I think they are hiding stuff that doesn’t line up with all the crowing the CEO has been doing,” Nina Olson, a former national taxpayer advocate, said of Frank Bisignano, the IRS’s day-to-day leader who has joined Republican lawmakers in touting the breaks to voters…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/14/administration-delays-irs-data-gop-tax-cuts-01116807
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Corporate tax payments plunge as AI feasts on new incentives - POLITICO
Some Democrats, including Sens. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the ranking member on the tax-writing Finance Committee, and Mark Warner (Va.), are now pushing to curb investment breaks for data centers.
“Massive corporations should pay their fair share,” Wyden said in a statement. “This starts by fixing the corporate income tax” including “repealing big giveaways for data centers.”…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/14/corporate-tax-payments-ai-01071550
Friday, September 4, 2026
New IRS proposal threatens universities' tax-exempt status over diversity programs - POLITICO
“Weaponizing the IRS to attack colleges and universities that uphold and expand civil rights is outrageous,” Todd Wolfson, the group’s president, said in a statement. “This is blatantly racist political coercion intended to deny minority students reparative opportunities to further their education.”
Mike Gavin, head of the Alliance for Higher Education, said the “administration’s latest rules changes are its most blatant attack to keep working class Americans and people of color from accessing higher education and a better life.”…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/03/irs-universities-tax-exempt-status-01063478
Thursday, September 3, 2026
More taxes have gone uncollected after IRS slashed its staff : NPR
"Defunding the IRS is not a money-saving proposition because you have fewer employees," says Natasha Sarin, who served as a counselor on tax policy to former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. "It is a money-losing one, because you do a less good job of collecting taxes."…
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/02/nx-s1-5954022/irs-tax-collection-job-reductions
Monday, August 17, 2026
DC Special Grand Jury (feat. Joyce Vance) (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) put out a new opinion expanding the definition of executive privilege to cover up the administration’s corruption.
A former employee of the Southern Poverty Law Center has been arrested in California on charges that she oversaw secret payments to informants inside of white supremacist groups.
Donald Trump has appealed to the 11th Circuit asking them to halt the sanctions imposed by Judge Williams in Miami over the president’s lawsuit against the IRS.
Joyce Vance joins us to discuss the special grand jury empaneled by DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro.
Plus listener questions.
Interview:
A former employee of the Southern Poverty Law Center has been arrested in California on charges that she oversaw secret payments to informants inside of white supremacist groups.
Donald Trump has appealed to the 11th Circuit asking them to halt the sanctions imposed by Judge Williams in Miami over the president’s lawsuit against the IRS.
Joyce Vance joins us to discuss the special grand jury empaneled by DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro.
Plus listener questions.
Interview:
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
The IRS Is Imploding – Mother Jones
“In many years of paying taxes, I’ve never had a problem with the IRS. So, I was surprised to receive a letter dated May 25 informing us that my husband and I owe lots more money than we had paid for our 2025 taxes—and of course interest and fines. After reviewing the somewhat cryptic letter, we realized that we did not, in fact, owe any money. The IRS had simply failed to credit quarterly payments that we’d made on time. Because we had all the bank records, it seemed as if this would be a relatively straightforward problem to fix—until I picked up the phone and called the IRS.
“Two hours on hold later, I gave up. When I tried again a few days later, the outgoing message informed me, “Due to the high call volume, we are unable to answer your call. Please call back later today or tomorrow.” And I was disconnected…”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/the-irs-is-imploding/
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
US judge nullifies Trump deal to resolve IRS lawsuit in scathing ruling
“The nature of the suit itself and the conduct of the parties and counsel from its filing make plain that this was an attempt to use the court to provide some legitimacy to an agreement to confer immunity to people and entities affiliated with the president and to earmark billions of dollars from American taxpayers to redress grievances not defined in the law,” she wrote.
“The court finds that this matter was brought for an improper purpose – to gain the imprimatur of judicial legitimacy for a ‘settlement’ that had no viable basis in law or fact,” she added.
Her ruling blocks both Trump, his sons, and business, and the government from “using, offering, admitting, or citing” anything from the so-called settlement agreement in any kind of proceeding...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/13/trump-irs-ruling-judge-kathleen-williams
Judge accuses Trump of manipulating courts to justify Anti-Weaponization Fund - POLITICO
“This lawsuit was not brought to vindicate rights; it was brought to manipulate the judicial process,” U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams wrote in a blistering 56-page ruling. “This was an attempt to use the Court to provide some legitimacy to an agreement to confer immunity to people and entities affiliated with the President and to earmark billions of dollars from American taxpayers to redress grievances not defined in the law.”…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/13/trump-irs-lawsuit-judge-00994874
Monday, June 29, 2026
Harass, Coerce, and Retaliate (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)
A federal judge throws out Justice Department subpoenas of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey calling them “blatantly unlawful.”
The full DC Circuit Court of Appeals panel will hear arguments over Judge Boasberg’s contempt inquiry into CECOT deportations.
Former IRS officials call for a Miami judge to scrutinize Trump's “breathtakingly improper” immunity from tax audits as part of the Justice Department’s anti-weaponization slush fund settlement.
The Director of National Intelligence commissioned two reports on voting machine accuracy that show no votes were flipped in 2020 but the White House is blocking their release.
Plus listener questions.
Interview:
The full DC Circuit Court of Appeals panel will hear arguments over Judge Boasberg’s contempt inquiry into CECOT deportations.
Former IRS officials call for a Miami judge to scrutinize Trump's “breathtakingly improper” immunity from tax audits as part of the Justice Department’s anti-weaponization slush fund settlement.
The Director of National Intelligence commissioned two reports on voting machine accuracy that show no votes were flipped in 2020 but the White House is blocking their release.
Plus listener questions.
Interview:
Monday, June 8, 2026
Friday, June 5, 2026
Monday, June 1, 2026
Judge reopens Trump’s IRS suit to examine $1.8bn settlement with justice department
A federal judge has reopened Donald Trump’s $10bn case against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), after receiving a third-party motion asserting that the settlement, which lacks detail, “is a product of collusion and is itself a fraud on the court”...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/30/trump-irs-suit-reopened
Monday, May 25, 2026
Takes the Cake (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)
The Department of Justice has established a $1.8B “anti-weaponization fund” after Trump dropped his lawsuit against the IRS.
A former federal prosecutor has been indicted for sending herself copies of Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report.
A federal judge has dismissed the charges against Kilmar Ábrego García on vindictive and selective prosecution grounds.
The Justice Department has dropped all remaining charges against the Broadview 6 after a grand jury transcript showed gross misconduct.
Plus listener questions.
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Interview:
Sunday, May 24, 2026
Weekly Roundup: Reparations for Traitors and the Slush Fund Presidency (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
- A massive DOJ–IRS settlement that includes a $1.8 billion "slush fund" ostensibly for victims of government "weaponization." The hosts trace how this fund is likely to benefit January 6 participants and allies, connecting it to the long-running "Big Lie" and what Brad calls real-time myth-making.
- How narratives about January 6 have shifted from condemnation to celebration—and what it means when those narratives are backed by real money and political power.
- The broader ecosystem of Trumpism: primary victories that show Trump still holds sway, the endorsement of scandal-plagued figures like Ken Paxton, and the ongoing fusion of political loyalty with religious justification.
- A sharp critique of billionaire logic, as Jeff Bezos defends his tax record and "value to civilization," prompting a deeper discussion about inequality, power, and what counts as public good.
- A few reasons for hope, pointing to court losses for the DOJ and small but meaningful acts of accountability—reminders that resistance, however incremental, is still possible.
Interview:
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Trump IRS settlement: Why $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund lacks legal precedent - PolitiFact
In announcing a new $1.776 billion fund to compensate people the Trump administration says were victims of judicial "weaponization," the Justice Department said a 2011 legal settlement involving Native American farmers provides precedent.
The 2011 settlement differs from the new fund in at least four ways: It had more specific standards for receiving compensation; significant judicial oversight; a smaller dollar amount for a potentially larger group of beneficiaries; and a more standard process for creating the fund...
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