Archive for the ‘tax havens’ tag
Happy May Day! First American arrested under “Ag Gag” law, Bloomberg accuses NYT of racism
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Happy May Day! Jamie is very excited about his birthday month, the first American is arrested under “Ag Gag” law, budget cuts hinder IRS from busting offshore tax havens, NYPD officers accuse their brethren of being lazy, Mayor Bloomberg is ridiculous, hospitals deport immigrants to cut costs, IDF says they’ll stop using white phosphorous, and the most cathartic thing you’ll watch all day.
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Corporate tax-dodgers, MRA has a sad, ex-cop Christopher Dorner now a target for drones
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Allison and Jamie discuss corporate tax-dodgers, the poop…er…pope retiring, William Shatner being the man, this MRA who has a sad because of teh feminists, and how ex-cop Christopher Dorner is now a target for drones.
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Big oil gets $96 billion in taxpayer subsidies, homeless people sent into the woods to live
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Tax Day is officially over, but the ramifications of revenue will stay with us the rest of the year. For example, while communities across the country suffer under budget cuts, huge corporations like Exxon and Bank of America don’t pay a cent in federal income taxes. Meanwhile, the Salvation Army is so strapped for resources in a poor Kentucky community that they’ve resorted to sending poor families into the woods, armed only with tents.
Also, a brief recap about D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray’s badass act of civil disobedience and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s insane authoritarian behavior. Finally, some cash strapped communities are considering placing adverts on the side of school buses. Allison asks: why stop there? Why not put the ads on the children? Finally, some Listener Mail. Your questions/comments this week include staying fit for the apocalypse.
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US Uncut’s national day of protest, a police assault, why Haley Barbour would be an awful president
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Allison reports on US Uncut’s national day of protest, including a police assault at the event in NYC. Jamie explains that he doesn’t hate French people, and later Allison plays a clip from Chris Hedges’ podcast in which David Cay Johnston explains how corporations get away with not paying their taxes. Finally, why Haley Barbour would make an awful president.
Check out Allison’s latest US Uncut articles at The Nation: here, here, and here. Remember to share the articles on Facebook and Twitter!
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To serve and protect…Bank of America
Back from the US Uncut NYC protest, which I posted a write-up of here. I witnessed an interesting interaction inside Bank of America whilst reporting on the day of action. My cameraman, Zach Roberts, and I followed US Uncut organizer Duncan Meisel into the bank to watch him deliver a fake check to the teller. The fake checks represent what Bank of America should have paid in taxes during 2009 ($1.5 billion). Here’s what happened:
Is that a rule now? If a citizen doesn’t produce his/her ID in a timely fashion, are cops allowed to physically assault them? Also, both Meisel and Roberts actually are Bank of America customers. Is this how BoA treats customers who wish to object to the company’s policies? And last question: are the police now the guardians of BoA instead of tax-funded sentinels charged with protecting the liberties (like free speech) of citizens?
Various matters
I’ve been blogging over at The Nation about all of this US Uncut business. The most recent post can be read here, and the rest are available in the archive:
US Uncut Adds Verizon and FedEx to its Target List
Everyone Has a Stake in US Uncut’s Fight
Yesterday, I appeared on GRITtv with a very-much-kidding (please don’t send me emails asking if he’s for real) J.A. Myerson:
And perhaps most importantly (I don’t just mean relatively speaking when it comes to my news, but for all of humanity’s news, ever,) my friend Ian Murphy is running for Congress. You might remember him from that time he horrifically offended you with his profane manifesto in the Buffalo Beast, or from that other time he pwned Scott Walker. Anyway, feed your face this:
For all of you weak liberals out there who watched this and are all, “Hey, he looks crazy. I’m not voting for him.” Ask yourselves this: C’mon. How much worse could things get? Eh?
Libya, NPR, interviews with founder of US Uncut and Mike Elk on AT&T-T-Mobile merger
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More on Libya, O’Keefe’s NPR smear job, and interviews with Carl Gibson, the founder of US Uncut, and labor journalist Mike Elk about the AT&T-T-Mobile merger and his dreams of dating Sarah Silverman.
Also, Alan Greenspan may or may not make a special guest appearance, and the next Pirate to sign up is officially Jamie’s BFF 4 Life.
Follow Allison’s ongoing coverage of US Uncut at The Nation. The latest post is here.
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The man behind the epic Walker takedown, dispatches from Egypt, US Uncut NYC
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Interviews with Ian Murphy from the Buffalo Beast about his epic prank of Gov. Walker, journalist Austin Mackell (@austingmackell) about the evolution of Egypt’s revolution, and Allison plays audio from the US Uncut NYC protest, which includes an interview with Jonathan Tasini, an activist and organizer who challenged New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary for the 2010 Senate special election.
Also, Jamie shares stories from Toronto involving pot, old women, and a suspicious pool table.
Citizen Radio will be in Austin March 2-5, and Citizen Radio Live! with Sarah Silverman, Only Son, and a SUPER MASSIVE musical guest is March 11. Get tix here. Totally no pressure, but it’s the month of Allison’s birth, and if you don’t come out to support the shows, she’ll hate you forever.
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US Uncut Hits the Streets
Here’s my report for The Nation about a US Uncut rally I attended today in NYC at Madison Square Garden.
“US Uncut” Calls Out Corporate Tax Deadbeats
An article I wrote about US Uncut (the spinoff of UK Uncut) is up at Truthout.
