The "Paygo" law which imposes automatic budget cuts threatens Medicare funds.

Obama signed this Republican law, demonstrating what it means to be "centrist" and seek "bipartisanship".

*Richest 1% of US Households Don't Report 21% of Their Income* in total.

This does not mean that each of those taxpayers hides 21% of per income. Some hide less, and some hide more.

Finding the enormous unreported sums requires careful and targeted effort. It is much easier to audit a few poor people who are hiding small amounts so that they can survive.

(satire) *AI Researcher Warns Deepfake Videos Of Him Cheating On Wife Will Become More Common.*

I think that the possessiveness presumed by the article is a harmful way of thinking. I decided before 1980 never to be possessive about someone I have a romantic and/or sexual relationship with.

A large consortium of investors is coordinating to pressure companies to decarbonize.

Critics of the Iraqi government face arrest for insulting officials.

Such prosecution is unjust in Iraq, but also in other countries.