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To: longnshort who wrote (1110753)	1/16/2019 6:57:14 AM
From: FJB	Respond to of 1570527

Can't wait for the crying after Mueller report comes out. Watch @abcnews Chief WH correspondent @jonkarl say this week that a) the Mueller report will be "anti-climactic"; b) "Mueller did not go anywhere" with the Trump/Russia investigation the NYT reported; & c) Mueller likely found no evidence of collusion (his reporting, not mine): pic.twitter.com/DPGghyMZNL — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 14, 2019

To: longnshort who wrote (1110753)	1/16/2019 7:01:35 AM
From: James Seagrove	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB Triffin Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570527

Women making salads, good God what is the country coming too!

To: longnshort who wrote (1110753)	1/16/2019 7:04:34 AM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570527

OUCH! Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Schools Former GOP Governor On Marginal Tax Analogy Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker falsely claimed a 70 percent marginal tax rate would take $7 of every $10 earned. By David Moye huffingtonpost.com You’d think former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker would understand tax policy. Of course, you’d also think he’d know better than try to beat freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Twitter. Walker failed on both counts Tuesday when he tweeted a smarmy attempt to criticize the congresswoman’s proposal for a 70 percent marginal tax rate on annual earnings above $10 million to fund a Green New Deal and fight climate change. Under her plan, the majority of Americans, who don’t earn that much, would pay a much lower share of their income, and the average tax rate for working Americans could go down. But not the way Walker explained it. Scott Walker ?@ScottWalker Explaining tax rates before Reagan to 5th graders: “Imagine if you did chores for your grandma and she gave you $10. When you got home, your parents took $7 from you.” The students said: “That’s not fair!” Even 5th graders get it. 10.5K 8:39 AM - Jan 15, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 18.1K people are talking about this Luckily, Ocasio-Cortez sprang into action, schooling the recently ousted governor that his analogy was completely wrong and proving that her Twitter game remains supreme. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ?@AOC Explaining marginal taxes to a far-right former Governor: Imagine if you did chores for abuela & she gave you $10. When you got home, you got to keep it, because it’s only $10. Then we taxed the billionaire in town because he’s making tons of money underpaying the townspeople. Scott Walker ?@ScottWalker Explaining tax rates before Reagan to 5th graders: “Imagine if you did chores for your grandma and she gave you $10. When you got home, your parents took $7 from you.” The students said: “That’s not fair!” Even 5th graders get it. 145K 11:41 AM - Jan 15, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 41.2K people are talking about this Twitter users were happy to pile on the governor, who, as one of his last duties in office, signed legislation that stripped power from his Democratic successor and gave it to the Republican-controlled state legislature. Molly Jong-Fast ?@MollyJongFast Replying to @ScottWalker Did you tell them about how you lost the election but tried to strip the incoming governor of his power or did you leave that out? 7,443 10:43 AM - Jan 15, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 547 people are talking about this Jane@janiereplicant Replying to @MollyJongFast @ScottWalker I don’t know which is worse — that Walker doesn’t understand marginal tax rates OR he is outright lying to 5th graders. So depressing. 59 12:36 PM - Jan 15, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy See Jane's other Tweets Michael McKean ?@MJMcKean Replying to @KevinMKruse and 2 others Pitching “Are You Less Honest Than a Fifth-Grader”. 7,339 10:46 AM - Jan 15, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 260 people are talking about this Choz@Chozraham Replying to @AOC poor Scott Walker. All he wanted to do was lie to children and brag about it without consequences. 1,911 11:50 AM - Jan 15, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 96 people are talking about this Hermione Danger@linda8675 Replying to @WilDonnelly @ScottWalker ... and after taking that $7 from their 10 million and 10 dollar earnings, that $7 was used to feed the poor and give healthcare to the elderly and disabled and fund national defense. How could we ask that poor millionaire child to do such a thing. 5,136 10:58 AM - Jan 15, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 290 people are talking about this One person did a different kind of thought experiment that alluded to allegations that before he became president, Donald Trump set up a fake corporation to disguise millions of dollars in gifts from his parents to avoid taxes. Geoff Smith@HappyFunNorm Replying to @AOC Imagine if you did chores for your dad and he paid you millions of dollars through a series of shell corporations in an illegal scheme to avoid taxes.... 3,166 11:47 AM - Jan 15, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 214 people are talking about this

To: longnshort who wrote (1110753)	1/16/2019 7:08:56 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 1570527

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to join House panel overseeing financial sector BY SYLVAN LANE AND SCOTT WONG - 01/15/19 08:50 PM EST 1 thehill.com Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is slated to join the committee leading the House's oversight of U.S banks, lenders and financial markets. Ocasio-Cortez has been recommended by Democratic leaders for a spot on the House Financial Services Committee, a Democratic source told The Hill on Tuesday. The full roster of Democrats joining the committee is expected to be released as soon as Tuesday night.