Tag: Justice Department

Emails show US Justice Dept Threatened MIT researchers who refuted voter fraud claims in Bolivian election

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

RT | May 11, 2021

An email exchange in which a US Justice Department (DOJ) lawyer threatens to subpoena academics who refuted voter fraud allegations in Bolivia’s 2019 presidential election has been leaked, fueling speculation of US involvement.

Emails show US Justice Dept Threatened MIT researchers who refuted voter fraud claims in Bolivian election

The US Plan to Imprison Businesspeople in other Countries for “Violating” Illegal US Sanctions: The Cases of Alex Saab, Meng Wanzhou, Mun Chol Myong

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The US uses economic sanctions as a weapon against states which choose a development path independent of US global domination. Sanctions can take the form of blocking a nation’s financial and trade transactions, not allowing financial institutions to process them. The US can also freeze the assets of another country.

The US Plan to Imprison Businesspeople in other Countries for “Violating” Illegal US Sanctions: The Cases of Alex Saab, Meng Wanzhou, Mun Chol Myong

Media outlets must not let George W. Bush shake off his responsibility for Trumpism

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Media outlets must not let George W. Bush shake off his responsibility for Trumpism

Bush should know something about the problem of “misinformation” permeating American society, considering that he began the Iraq War based on intelligence that was not only false but for which he and other administration figures contradicted expert analysis. He also redefined torture as “enhanced interrogation” and lied about useful information being gained from it.

They forgot to mention Roger Stone:

Roger Stone’s dirty tricks helped sway the 2000 Florida recount

How the ‘Brooks Brothers Riot’ killed the 2000 recount in Miami

Stimulus Bill Has This Hidden Student Loan Tax Benefit

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Stimulus Bill Has This Hidden Student Loan Tax Benefit

The provision of the stimulus bill, if enacted, would change this, at least temporarily. It would exempt all student debt cancellation — whether complete or partial — from federal taxation. And the provision’s language is broad in that it appears to cover all types of student loans including Direct federal loans, federally guaranteed FFEL loans, and private student loans as well.

Perhaps most importantly, the window of coverage to January 1, 2026 means that it also, in theory, would cover any broad student debt cancellation enacted by President Biden or by Congress in the next four years, and would exempt any such cancellation of student debt from taxation. State taxing authorities, however, could still potentially consider student loan forgiveness as taxable.

Related:

17 Million Won’t Get Stimulus Checks—Expect The Same For Student Loan Cancellation

According to the Washington Post, this means that 17 million fewer Americans — including 12 million adults and 5 million children — will get a stimulus payment. As a result, individuals who earn between $80,000 and $100,000 as well as married or joint filers who earn between $160,000 and $200,000 will not get any stimulus check.