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Why Republicans defunded the IRS

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They like it when millionaires don't pay taxes: Thousands of high-income earners have not filed tax returns for several years, but the cash-strapped Internal Revenue Service did nothing to get them to pay what they owe. That changes now, the tax agency announced Thursday. The IRS...
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Dune

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Just saw Dune in IMAX. It's pretty, and also pretty loud. Still digesting the rest of it. I've seen the first part maybe 5-6 times, but always on my TV rather than in a theater. We'll have to wait for the numbers, but it looks as...
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Quality Films of Quality

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Like many Criterion fans, I have long wondered how the hell Michael Bay movies got in the collection early on. I mean, I actually like The Rock for what it is, but c'mon. This Times article on Criterion investigated this and it's amazing--they contact Bay and...
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Seizing Russian Assets

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Sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine have frozen $300 billion of Russian Central Bank assets, mostly held in Europe. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said this week that she is beginning to lean toward liquidating those assets and using them for reconstructing Ukraine. She...
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