Democrats’ plan to tax the rich and corporations begins to take shape - The Washington Post

Trump's 2017 tax cuts expire next year, opening a window for Democrats to rewrite the tax code if they win control of Washington...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/06/21/tax-rich-corporations-biden-democrats/

Tennessee Brando- How The Rich Men Conned Appalachians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNXCuEFEBZs

How the ultrawealthy devise ways to not pay their share of taxes (Dave Davies; Fresh Air podcast)

Journalist Jesse Eisinger says a trove of IRS data acquired by ProPublica shows that many of America's billionaires avoid paying any taxes — sometimes by claiming big deductions from posh hobbies.

Interview: 

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/25/1119412217/how-the-ultrawealthy-devise-ways-to-not-pay-their-share-of-taxes

Seth Rich conspiracy theorists retract false claims in settlement - Axios

... Right-wing activists who helped circulate a baseless conspiracy theory about the death of Seth Rich, a DNC staffer who was murdered in 2016, have retracted their claims and apologized to his family...

https://www.axios.com/seth-rich-conspiracy-theory-retract-claims-0503b28a-0099-42c3-bbb7-99cd275a69b1.html

How much money Americans think you need to make to be considered 'rich' - CNBC

Data firm YouGov asked more than 1,000 Americans about the annual income it takes to be considered rich. It also asked respondents if they themselves were rich or poor: A quarter of Americans said they are "poor," while just 5 percent considered themselves to be "rich." ....
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/23/how-much-money-americans-think-you-need-to-make-to-be-rich.html

Washington Times retracts column that floated Seth Rich killing conspiracy - The Washington Post

Conservative newspaper issues apology to slain DNC staffer's brother ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/washington-times-retracts-column-that-floated-seth-rich-murder-conspiracy/2018/10/01/4c061b36-c58e-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html

Poverty Scold Paul Ryan Retires at 48 to Join Ranks of Idle Rich - Vanity Fair

Delivering for your corporate sugar daddies has its perks. ....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/04/poverty-scold-paul-ryan-retires-at-48-to-join-ranks-of-idle-rich

Trump Told Fox News to Frame Dems for Seth Rich Murder, Lawsuit Claims -- The Daily Beast

President Donald Trump personally approved a false Fox News story claiming a murdered Democratic staffer—not Russian hackers—leaked DNC emails to WikiLeaks, a new lawsuit claims. ...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-told-fox-news-to-publish-seth-rich-murder-hoax-lawsuit-claims

Lawsuit Alleges Fox News And Trump Supporter Created Fake News Story : NPR

The Fox News Channel and a wealthy supporter of President Trump worked in concert under the watchful eye of the White House to concoct a story about the death of a young Democratic National Committee aide, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

Wheeler alleges Fox News and the Trump supporter intended to deflect public attention from growing concern about the administration's ties to the Russian government. His suit charges that a Fox News reporter created quotations out of thin air and attributed them to him to propel her story....
http://www.npr.org/2017/08/01/540783715/lawsuit-alleges-fox-news-and-trump-supporter-created-fake-news-story

Fact check: Newt Gingrich spreads Seth Rich conspiracy theory -- USA TODAY

The former Republican House speaker is spreading a conspiracy theory about the killing of Seth Rich, who was shot to death in Washington, D.C. ...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/22/fact-check-newt-gingrich-spreads-seth-rich-conspiracy-theory/102028556/

Hannity Continues Pushing Seth Rich Conspiracy Theory After Fox News Retracts Story

The Fox News commentator won’t let go of the conspiracy theory about the killing of a DNC staffer....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fox-news-seth-rich_us_59247cc3e4b034684b108723

Newt Gingrich pushes discredited conspiracy theory about death of DNC staffer

Former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich joined Fox and Friends on Sunday to discuss the day’s major news stories — or in Gingrich’s case, to pivot from the deepening investigation into President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia to baseless conspiracy theories about the death of former Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich....
https://thinkprogress.org/newt-gingrich-pushes-conspiracy-theory-88c29b101ef7

Odd Timing: FBI Releases Closed Case Files On Bill Clinton Pardon Of Marc Rich

Late update 9:16 p.m.: The FBI released the following statement about the release of the documents: The FBI's Records Management Division receives thousands of FOIA requests annually which are processed on a first in, first out (FIFO) basis. By law, FOIA materials that have been requested three or more times are posted electronically to the FBI’s public reading room shortly after they are processed. Per the standard procedure for FOIA, these materials became available for release and were posted automatically and electronically to the FBI’s public reading room in accordance with the law and established procedures....
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fbi-twitter-link-william-clinton-foundation-marc-rich

Wikileaks Is Now In The Biz Of Pushing Hillary Clinton Conspiracy Theories

When the radical government transparency organization Wikileaks on Tuesday offered a $20,000 bounty for information about the murder of a Democratic National Committee staffer, it marked the group’s latest salvo against Hillary Clinton in its newly assumed role as her chief antagonist.

In recent months, Wikileaks’ Twitter feed has been awash in posts maligning the former secretary of state and promoting polls that purportedly show Donald Trump sliding to an easy victory over Clinton. But with the organization’s $20,000 reward, Wikileaks waded further into the internet’s vast, anti-Clinton fever swamps, which have pushed the bonkers conspiracy theory that DNC staffer Seth Rich was killed for crossing the Clintons....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/hillary-clinton-wikileaks-seth-rich-conspiracy