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Oct 2, 2018 11 tweets 5 min read
"President Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud, that greatly increased the fortune he received from his parents...."
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"Trump received the equivalent...of at least $413 million from his father’s real estate empire, starting when he was a toddler & continuing to this day.
Much of this money came to Mr. Trump because he helped his parents dodge taxes"
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Jul 21, 2018 5 tweets 3 min read
How the Right Wing Convinces Itself That Liberals Are Evil
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"Since the 1950s, the conservative movement has justified bad behavior—including supporting Donald Trump—by persuading itself that the left is worse."
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Mar 22, 2018 5 tweets 3 min read
Donors Trust, the Right-Wing Secret Money Machine, Doled Out $66.7 Million in 2016
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"Donors Trust bankrolls a raft of Koch groups including, $2.6 million to the Koch’s astroturf group the Americans for Prosperity Foundation...."
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Jan 14, 2018 13 tweets 6 min read
In 2017, the Republican-controlled Congress introduced at least 63 separate pieces of legislation that would strip federal protections for specific threatened species or undermine the U.S. Endangered Species Act (once every 6 days)
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Trump administration announced that it's moving to strike the Canada lynx from the endangered-species list, despite a 2016 assessment concluding the species will die out in its northern range by the end of the century without federal protection.
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