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This Week In Techdirt History: January 7th – 13th

2 years 3 months ago
Five Years Ago This week in 2019, we looked at how Ajit Pai’s FCC often battled FOIA requests for no reason, while the Department of the Interior was trying to rewrite FOIA law to make it easier to reject requests. We saw fresh examples of copyright abuse as a means of silencing criticism of a […]
Leigh Beadon

Republicans are furious that the IRS is already collecting more money from rich tax cheats

2 years 3 months ago
The spittle flecked anger from conservatives over increased IRS funding to catch rich tax cheats never ceases to astonish me. I can understand this kind of anger over big hot-button subjects like abortion or the border, but IRS funding? Here is Dominic Pino in National Review, who is apoplectic over Biden's recent announcement that the ...continue reading "Republicans are furious that the IRS is already collecting more money from rich tax cheats"
Kevin Drum

Israel is committing war crimes. Genocide is not one of them.

2 years 3 months ago
During its current war against Hamas, Israel has deliberately forced two million Palestinians into refugee camps. Israel has deliberately leveled half of Gaza. Israel has deliberately denied food and medical aid to civilians. Israel has plainly carried out indiscriminate bombing with little care for who they kill. You can make a pretty good case that ...continue reading "Israel is committing war crimes. Genocide is not one of them."
Kevin Drum