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Inside the Signal group chat where Sergey Brin, Marc Andreessen, Garry Tan, and other tech elites toss out strategies to oppose a proposed California wealth tax (Emily Shugerman/The San Francisco Standard)
https://sfstandard.com/2026/06/13/bill

The 5% freakout: Inside tech elites’ madcap war against the California billionaire tax
On a private Signal chat, a who’s who of billionaires and almost-billionaires brainstormed ways to fight a wealth tax — then set out separately to destroy it.

Sources say David Ellison has, for several months, been meeting about a bill to launch a federal film tax incentive, which is said to have bipartisan support (Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-david-ellison-federal-film-ta…

David Ellison Backing Bipartisan Federal Film Tax Incentive
Paramount CEO David Ellison is backing a bipartisan effort for a film tax incentive.

Thomas Massie, 55, is already the exception to the rule of Republican politics.
While others have capitulated and genuflected to the president over the past decade, eliciting comparisons with a personality cult,
the seven-term congressman with a libertarian bent has emerged as ever more defiant.
He voted against Trump’s sprawling tax and spending cuts bill; co-authored legislation compelling the justice department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files;
sought to revoke…

Have you heard of the American Energy Dominance Act? This Republican-led bill would restore several of the energy tax credits gutted in the budget bill last year.
Learn more here: https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/04/29/republican-legisl…

Republican legislators seek to restore clean energy tax credits
Four Republican representatives introduced The American Energy Dominance Act to help lower costs, strengthen domestic supply chains, drive long-term investment in energy infrastructure, and support good-paying union jobs.

Have you heard of the American Energy Dominance Act? This Republican-led bill would restore several of the energy tax credits gutted in the budget bill last year.
Learn more here: https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/04/29/republican-legisl…

Republican legislators seek to restore clean energy tax credits
Four Republican representatives introduced The American Energy Dominance Act to help lower costs, strengthen domestic supply chains, drive long-term investment in energy infrastructure, and support good-paying union jobs.

Trump's "One Big Ugly Bill" unleashed the biggest-ever rollback of federal programs serving the poor …
In effect, for every $1 cut from programs for
low-income Americans,
the wealthiest 1% will get about $1 back in tax breaks.
https://www.nbcnews.com…

How Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ changed America
President Donald Trump signed his “big, beautiful bill” a year ago. It unleashed the biggest ever rollback of federal programs serving the poor, while extending trillions of dollars in tax breaks disproportionately benefiting the rich.

Ways and Means chair warns he 'won't support' next reconciliation bill without tax provisions (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/09/congress/jason-smiths-latest-warning-00954341
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p52#a260609p52

Californians! Can I ask you to make two calls *TODAY BEFORE 5PM* or Thursday morning to protect affordable housing funds?
#AB736 is a bill being rushed through that would give rich real estate investors a tax cut, slashing housing funds in SF, Santa Cruz and LA and preventing other cities from raising revenue this way.
Call your Senator and Assemblymember at their capitol office - you can…

Disney reports Q2 revenue up 7% YoY to $25.2B, above $24.85B est., and net income down 31% to $2.25B, largely due to a higher tax bill; DIS jumps 4% pre-market (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/disney-q2-2026-earnings-…

Disney Q2 2026 Revenue Rises 7% in Earnings Beat, Streaming Income Up 88% to $582 Million
Disney's earnings for Q2 of fiscal 2026, the first with Josh D'Amaro as CEO, beat Wall Street estimates as Disney+ and Hulu continued to surge.

Sen. Bernie Sanders has co-sponsored a bill that would cut taxes on families making under $92,000 and increase taxes on the wealthy.
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, two pillars and allies of the progressive movement, are in disagreement.
Democrats have in recent months proposed a variety of tax cut proposals, seemingly in response to President Donald Trump’s popular “no tax on tips and overtime” policies.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen wants to eliminate inco…

Democrats’ Tax Cut Plans Are Splintering Progressives
Could new proposals from Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Cory Booker to cut taxes come at the expense of expanding social programs? Progressives don’t agree.

There are news reports about the King's tax bill being published - but I can't yet see it on the website.
https://www.royal.uk/media-centre/financial-reports

One year after Donald Trump signed the law he dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” on the South Lawn of the White House,
it has begun reshaping the country
— altering who gets help from the government and who goes without.
The most consequential legislation of Trump’s second term reaches into nearly every corner of American life.
It supercharges immigration enforcement,
pouring billions into border security and deportations.
It rewrites student loan rules. …

How Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ changed America
President Donald Trump signed his “big, beautiful bill” a year ago. It unleashed the biggest ever rollback of federal programs serving the poor, while extending trillions of dollars in tax breaks disproportionately benefiting the rich.