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A new analysis finds that tech giant Palantir Technologies paid no federal income taxes last year,
despite raking in hundreds of millions in taxpayer money to build out a mass network to surveil Americans
in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Palantir, which has landed multiple massive contracts under the Trump administration,
made $1.6 billion in net income last year.
It grew so much last year that it joined the list of the 20 most valua…

Palantir Paid $0 in Federal Income Tax in 2025 While Raking in Taxpayer Funds to Surveil Americans
Its $0 tax bill comes despite the company raking in $1.6 billion and landing a $10 billion military contract last year.

The billionaire tax needs to be made THE litmus test for all Democratic candidates for office.
Corporate Democrats have been the root failure mode of the Democratic Party since at least Bill Clinton.
We must remove the corporate Democrats from power right after we remove Trump from power, or we will just get an even worse Trump in the near future.
If a candidate is not willing to support a billionaire wealth tax, then we know for sure they are a corporate Democrat and should not be elected.
#USPolitcs #noBillionaires #NoKings

There are some changes for the 2026 tax filing season that people who are 65 years of age and older should be aware of.
The most recent being the enhanced deduction for seniors
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/2026-filing-season-updates-and-resources-for-…

Senate GOP Kills Bill That Would've Reversed $10 Billion Trump Corporate Tax Break | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/tax-giveaway-trump

Amazon's annual tax bill fell 87% YoY to $1.2B in 2025, as profits grew 45% to ~$90B, mostly due to GOP's depreciation breaks in the One Big Beautiful Bill (Brian Faler/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/06/amazon-emerges-a…

Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts (Brian Faler/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/06/amazon-emerges-a-big-winner-from-gop-tax-cuts-00768985
http://www.memeorandum.com/260206/p87#a260206p87

A new analysis released Thursday estimates that the average American taxpayer shelled out over
$4,000 to the federal government last year “for militarism and its support systems” such as the Pentagon,
whose already-massive annual budget is poised to surge to $1.5 trillion if Donald Trump gets his way.
The National Priorities Project (NPP) at the Institute for Policy Studies found in its latest annual Tax Receipt report that,
through their federal taxes, the average US…

‘Shameful’: $4,049 of average US taxpayer’s bill last year went to war and weaponry
“Our tax dollars are doing more to bomb children in Iran and other countries than to feed and educate children here.”

Chicago Bears stadium race heats up as Illinois, Indiana push bills forward https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7074068/2026/02/26/bears-stadium-illinois-indiana-passes-bills/

Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen, viewed as a potential 2028 presidential candidate, will unveil a plan that he says would ensure roughly half of all U.S. workers pay no federal income taxes.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is expected to release the measure next week as Democratic lawmakers search for a sharp economic message to counter last year’s Republican tax law.

Under Van Hollen’s proposal, workers making at or below a “living wage”
— $46,000 for taxpayers filin…

Democrat’s plan would eliminate federal income taxes for half of U.S. workers
Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s tax relief plan could benefit tens of millions of middle-class workers, with a focus on those making at or below a living wage.

From the mf rooftops!! "Renewable energy, by contrast, has been 'way too wimpy...Look at what the oil and gas industry does, brilliantly... give credit to how effective they are on lobbying and policy and supporting their allies and punishing their opponents.'” 🎁🔗

Wealthy Investors Target Foes of Clean Energy, Seeking Revenge
Renewable energy leaders said their industry got “rolled” in President Trump’s tax bill. Now they’re fighting back, starting in Texas.

Front page of the Fargo-Moorhead Forum newspaper from 50 years ago, 1976.
Patty Hearst, George Bush goes to CIA, local #NorthDakota spring weather, a robber that nabbed $30 to $40, Gov Wendy Anderson signs #Minnesota bill to raise drinking age to 19.

In a post on X, Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, called the decision a “victory for the wallets of every American consumer. Trump’s illegal tariff tax just collapsed – He tried to govern by decree and stuck families with the bill. Enough chaos. End the trade war.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/trump-supreme-court-tariffs-ruling?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other