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The Fight Over How to Close the ‘Tax Gap'

Giving the IRS the tools it needs to catch tax evaders.

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Sep 17, 2021
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The Fight Over How to Close the ‘Tax Gap’

JIM SWIFT: Giving the IRS the tools it needs to catch tax evaders.

🎧 On the Pods… 🎧

Tim Miller on Biden's Brass Clankers

On today's podcast, Tim Miller joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the retirement of Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, Biden's new COVID mandates, this weekend's Pro-Sedition Rally, and the Dem victory in the California recall election.

SECRET PODCAST: Party Switchers 🔐

Sarah and JVL talk about Anthony Gonzalez and what anti-Trump Republicans should do. Also: George Will.

Recalls, Mandates, and Coups

National Journal's Josh Kraushaar helps analyze the political implications of the California recall, the vaccine mandate, and Mark Milley's revelations.

For Bulwark+ Members… 🔐

MORNING SHOTS: The GOP's Toxic Politics Claims Another Victim 🔐

CHARLIE SYKES on the Seditionist-in-Chief

THE TRIAD: Virginia Is Next 🔐

JVL: Democrats are sleep walking.

TNB LIVESTREAM: Starship 🔐

Charlie, JVL, Amanda and Tim talked about the news of week, from Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend, the Gen. Milley story, Larry Elder getting schlonged, and the Republican 2022 strategery.

From The Bulwark Aggregator…

  • When School Is Back, But School Buses Aren’t - Sydney Pereira, Intelligencer

  • Laura Loomer, Who Once Said ‘Bad Fajitas’ Were Worse Than COVID, Says She’s Tested Positive - Jamie Ross, The Daily Beast

  • Sorry, a Coronavirus Infection Might Not Be Enough to Protect You - Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic

  • Southwest Airlines is giving fully vaccinated staff 16 hours extra pay — and cutting special sick pay for unvaccinated workers who catch COVID-19 - Grace Dean, Business Insider

  • House Jan. 6 Panel Seeking Pentagon Records on Milley Actions - Billy House, Bloomberg Businessweek

  • A New App Helps Iranians Hide Messages in Plain Sight - Lily Hay Newman, Wired

  • More than 10,000 migrants await processing under bridge in Texas - Celine Castronuovo, The Hill

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ADDISON DEL MASTRO: Charles Marohn calls out the waste and dishonesty at the heart of the traffic engineering profession.

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Dark Omen in Rep. Anthony Gonzalez’s Retirement

TIM MILLER: A slap in the face for delusional Republicans who want to pretend the GOP is anything but a pro-insurrection Trump cult.

'Cry Macho' Review

SONNY BUNCH: King Nolan gets the universe from Universal.

🚨OVERTIME 🚨

Happy Friday! Let me start off with a #pupdate: Rusty had a very expensive day, his first trip to the vet after we adopted him, and his first grooming. The good news: He is happy and healthy. Bad news? He still likes chewing on things, but that’s gotten better.

I hope you have fun plans for the weekend. One of our local haunts, Tim’s Rivershore, is going out of business in a few days, and they’re going out with a bang. A fireworks show along the Potomac river.

Rod Dreher is Hungary for facts…

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David Baer @h_david_baer
1/ Orban fellow traveler @roddreher gave a whopper interview to independent Hungarian news outlet Klubradio. Admitted he doesn’t know much about Hungary. The interview was broadcast in Hungarian. I’ve translated highlights back into English in this thread.
klubradio.hu“Elferdíti az igazságot az ellenzék Magyarországon, erről kell ma beszélnünk!”Interjú Orbán egyik amerikai rajongójával, Rod Dreherrel, az American Conservative alapítójával, vezető szerkesztőjével.
3:49 PM ∙ Aug 29, 2021
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Why Charles C.W. Cooke thinks I am wrong… A response from the former NRO editor, now a senior writer, on my column today. Indeed, there are fair criticisms of what the Democrats floated!

WTF?

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The Republican Accountability Project @AccountableGOP
Listen to Hershel Walker, Trump’s pick for the next Senator from GA, bragging about playing Russian roulette.
4:55 PM ∙ Sep 17, 2021
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Kids and social media…

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Jenny Rogers @jennyrogersDC
when this excellent WSJ story came out on the disastrous effects Instagram can have on teens, especially girls, I (a naive toddler mom) said to my colleagues (experienced moms to teens), "I would just not let my teens be on Instagram!" They politely LOLed
wsj.comFacebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents ShowIts own in-depth research shows a significant teen mental-health issue that Facebook plays down in public
4:22 PM ∙ Sep 17, 2021
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This will complicate things…

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Geoff Bennett @GeoffRBennett
FDA committee votes FOR Pfizer booster for 65+, high risk individuals https://t.co/L5foOa8HPU
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Geoff Bennett @GeoffRBennett
FDA committee votes AGAINST Pfizer booster dose for ages 16+
8:24 PM ∙ Sep 17, 2021
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That’s it for me for today. We’ll see you back here on Monday. Tech support questions? Email support@substack.com. Questions for me? Drop me a line: swift@thebulwark.com

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