Even as they rebelled against a $1.8 billion fund for President Trump’s allies, Republicans looked the other way as his administration granted him potentially lucrative tax protections.
Trump Keeps Immunity from I.R.S., a Victory in a Long-Running Feud
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darth_grunkus 6 points 3 days ago
Only if the courts agree.
foodandart 11 points 2 days ago
Or the next President signs an EO insisting the IRS investigate financial and possibly illegal "irregularities" in the taxes of former Administration officials.
GuyFawkesV 6 points a day ago
Nah, we’ve learned that since the President is immune to prosecution he can do whatever the fuck he wants, legality be damned. Time for Dems to act first and deal with it later, if ever.
CharlesDarwin 19 points 2 days ago
How in the fuck is this even a thing?
CharlesDarwin 14 points 2 days ago
I remember when I worked in a certain field, and you could pull driver record data as part of standard background checks.
However, certain individuals we had to whitelist. I'm not sure if there were others, but apparently pulling the record of a judge for a background check was not something we could do, because, apparently judges are magical creatures that are better than the rest of us.
It annoyed the shit out of me then, and things like seeing Donvict get special treatment irritate me now.
zurchpet 6 points 2 days ago
But. This should apply to ANY person. I'm no judge and I too don't want to my home address found easily.
I get why the judge gets the protection. But I don't get why not everybody gets that protection too.
Data brokers as a whole should be forbidden.
CharlesDarwin 3 points 2 days ago
This.
Also, the story - and maybe it was just one of those urban legends - was that the clampdown on this data, at least in the state of Colorado, came after a judge got a DUI and that became public knowledge or something.
brygphilomena 2 points 2 days ago
I think to an extent. But at the same time, I remember the white pages and when I was growing up the school gave every parent a directory with all the phone numbers for everyone in the school so they could call their classmates if they missed an assignment.
In a local setting, it does make a community stronger. But there is a problem with the Internet and the global reach.
CharlesDarwin 2 points 2 days ago
Well, with online threats and things like "swatting", I think we could all use similar protections.
tacoplease 1 point 11 hours ago
Doxxing and not getting a traffic ticket or DUI are two different things.
beebarfbadger 1 point 2 days ago
The feud being Trump against the law.
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