Mark Cuban is Latest Billionaire to Pummel Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax Plan

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Billionaire investor Mark Cuban suggested in multiple tweets over the weekend that 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth tax “diverts attention from reality” and is designed to hide her own wealth from the public. Warren’s wealth tax, calls for a 2% tax on every dollar a household has above $50 million, which would increase to a 6% tax for households with assets of more than $1 billion. That money would be used to pay for a variety of her policy proposals, including her disastrous “Medicare for All” plan. Mark Cuban, who owns the Dallas Mavericks, pointed out Warren’s income

Unmask the Whistleblower

Unmask the whistleblower. Let’s read the Constitution, shall we? Specifically Article II, Section IV, which reads as follows, with bold print for emphasis supplied: The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. Then move along to the Sixth Amendment, which reads in its entirety as follows, with bold print for emphasis supplied: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein

Ukraine Impeachment Witness Communicated with Dem Staffer on ‘Delicate’ Issue After Complaint

Marie Yovanovitch
Marie Yovanovitch

Marie Yovanovitch, Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and key witness in House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, communicated using her personal email account with a Democratic congressional staffer concerning a “quite delicate” and “time-sensitive” matter — just two days after the whistleblower complaint that kickstarted the inquiry was filed, and a month before the complaint became public, emails obtained by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson. The personal emails appear to contradict Yovanovitch’s deposition on Capitol Hill in October, in which she told U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, about an email she received Aug. 14th from the staffer, Laura Carey — but indicated under oath

Network Hypocrisy: Two Standards on Sex Scandals and Whistleblowers

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Matt Lauer
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Recall the furor over the Access Hollywood tape in the fall of 2016? In which someone leaked a tape from the NBC show, two days before the second presidential debate, to The Washington Post? The tape had then-presidential candidate Donald Trump making a lewd and gross remark about women to the show’s host Billy Bush? Uproar ensued. Trump issued an apology and Billy Bush was forced to resign. Contrast this with Ronan Farrow’s tale of the very same network’s treatment of Harvey Weinstein and Matt Lauer. Back in June, Vanity Fair published a piece by Farrow’s NBC producer Rich Mchugh.

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