Black Lives Matter... whether the police were black, white, Hispanic or Asian.

I hope that the race of the police involved doesn't quell the protests and demonstrations.

BLM has NEVER been completely about WHITE v BLACK...

It's about a system, an institution that is inherently biased against POC.

If the video is as promised... and I assume it is...

The reaction should be NO LESS than the George Floyd reaction.

Just MY OPINION.

Thunderous January Stock Market lifts TSLA 50% over recent lows...

We had daily updates as TSLA stock dipped down near 100...

Now it's back to 160/share and on an upward trajectory.

Q4 Earnings Report was yesterday... projecting 1.8 million cars delivered in 2023 after delivering 1.2 million in 2022.

CyberTruck goes into production mid-year.

Tesla has the highest gross margin of any auto maker in the world.

It'd be a better company if Musk kinda went out of sight of investors.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-market-news-live-updates-january-26-2023-130035690.html

Makes you wonder how many Classified Docs are really out there?

Carter, Clinton, Gore, Shrub, Vader, Obama, Papa Bush estate, Pence...

Not that there is any risk to 10+ year old documents... just curious??

Not that I'd expect to find anything from the Shrub years... I think they burnt more documents than the Nazis in 1945 in Berlin when they first heard Russian artillery fire...

Putin's Secret Attack Plan Would Be Ukrainian Nightmare

Lots of info here, mostly from Ukrainian Intel service... counters some of the "happy news" that's been filling the feeds lately.

https://news.yahoo.com/putin-secret-attack-plan-ukrainian-094858834.html

I came up with this phrase a while back .... "Legislative Masturbation"

Definition:

The act of crafting legislation with no prospective partner, performed to pleasure one self.

2 years of it coming right up.

Frustrated with Fed inaction... 7 Blue States to introduce State Wealth Tax legislation.

Great news. Hold them down and take the money out of their pockets. Hoarded money helps no one. Sitting on 5 billion? Consider charitable donations or spending some of it?


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/billionaires-in-blue-states-face-coordinated-wealth-tax-bills/ar-AA16rr8k

“The point here is to make sure we do at the state level what is not being done at the federal level,” said Gustavo Rivera (D), a New York state senator who is part of the seven-state group.

Some of the state bills resemble the “wealth tax” that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pitched during her 2020 presidential candidacy. It’s a form of taxation never before attempted in the United States, in which very wealthy people would have to pay taxes annually on assets that they own, rather than just their income that year. Other bills focus on raising money from more conventional forms of taxation, including capital gains taxes and estate

But Frame, the Washington lawmaker, argues that billionaires should still be taxed on such holdings even if they don’t actually have the money in their bank accounts. After all, property taxes go up when the homes are assessed for a higher value, even if residents don’t actually see that money without selling the house, she notes.

Out of Davos, "Ukraine War sees 9000+ civilians killed in first year"

Poland to Germany... "Hand over the $1.3T you owe us, Fritz...

My tongue in cheek headline, not AP

https://apnews.com/article/politics-poland-warsaw-government-berlin-5aab10aa2e69bee76762bf76a1573b94

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland said Tuesday it has been informed by Germany that it does not intend to engage in negotiations on any World War II reparations to Warsaw as Berlin considers the matter closed.

Poland’s Foreign Ministry also said it has turned to the United Nations for support in its efforts to win compensation for some $1.3 trillion of estimated losses suffered under Nazi Germany’s 1939-45 occupation.

All along the drawn-out dispute Germany has been insisting the matter was closed by decisions taken during communist times, when Warsaw relinquished seeking reparations. Poland says that was under Moscow’s pressure and not legally binding. It sent an official demand in October.

My face is blue... one more time. If you don't like Tax Laws... support changing Tax Law.

The IRS and Federal Prosecutors don't decide what is a crime.

That is covered by something called a LAW, drafted by Congress and signed by a POTUS.

The IRS are like the umpire in baseball.

The rule book says the strike zone is knees to chest. Don't be surprised if a pitch at the shoelaces is called a ball.

The IRS has had Trump's taxes forever... and no charges were filed.

But there are ZILLIONS of pixels and bits and bytes dedicated to "Lock him up"

Refocus, people... it's the TAX LAWS.

WE NEED TAX LAW REFORM TO MAKE THE WEALTHY PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.

A long time ago... here on DU I said "Billionaires are LAUGHING at talk of raising top marginal rate from 36% to 39.6%.

Politicians work HARD to protect the wealthy.

Some politicians excepted, of course... ever notice how Senator Elizabeth Warren is ALWAYS on the right side of the tax debate BUT her proposals never quite become law??