Trump tax plan would cut Trump’s taxes, expand wealth and income disparities, allowing “pass through” entities to pay only 15%....--as David Cay Johnston recently told us, Trump’s tax “reform” offers a bit to the middle class, and is likely to roll up huge deficits
--NY Times editorial calls plan outline “laughable”
--budget impasse seems likely, as short-term bandaid surfaces
--45’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner faces scandal over loans to his company from Israeli billionaire family charged with bribes
--investigation into Michael Flynn deepens, with documents showing he was warned in advance about taking and reporting payments from foreign governments
--in a fascinating in-depth interview, Trevor Aaronson details his 4-part series at The Intercept on the theatrics of most domestic terrorism cases
--senators who took field trip to White House for North Korea briefing were underwhelmed
--2 more American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan
--Russian intelligence ship sinks after collision with sheep freighter, no deaths
--in new open letter, intelligence veterans remain skeptical about claims of Syrian responsibility for April 4 chemical incident
--2 of Louisiana’s last 3 abortion clinics will remain open, after federal judge blocks pretextual law
--Net Neutrality is on the chopping block at FCC
--United settles with man who was violently ejected from flight, and sets new policies, including payments for lost baggage
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