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♡ Black Girl Summer ♡

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"ما فاتك لم يُخلق لك وما خُلِق لك لن يفوتك، فاطمأن."

What you missed was not created for you and what was created for you will not be missed, so be assured.

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lord the women you put on earth to enjoy media are being forced to log in to outlook and microsoft teams

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From Jessie Eisinger:

NEW: Today @ProPublica presents The Secret IRS Files. We have obtained a vast trove of never-before-seen tax data on thousands of the richest Americans covering more than 15 years. (THREAD)

2/ The data provide an unprecedented look into the financial lives of America’s titans, from Jeff Bezos, to Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, Mike Bloomberg & many more.

3/ Sometimes these guys even paid $0 in federal income taxes. Bezos did it in ‘11 and ‘07. Musk did it in ‘18. Icahn, Bloomberg & Soros did it too in recent years.

4/ But that’s somewhat unusual. What isn’t is that we found that the ultra-wealthy essentially side-step the tax system.

5/We did a calculation no one else has ever done: Comparing how much the top 25 richest Americans pay in taxes compared to their wealth growth. (That can be thought of as income for this group.)

6/ Here’s the summary: A typical American with $70K in income will pay about 14% in federal income taxes. The top marginal income tax rate is 37%.

The top 25? They paid 3.4% of their wealth growth in 2014 to 2018.

7/ In our story today, we explain how this works and why it came about. You’ll learn about a key Supreme Court decision from over 100 years ago. You’ll learn the phrase “Buy, Borrow, Die.”

8/ You’ll find out which titanically wealthy couple was able to report so little in income to the IRS that they could claim the child tax credit. I hope you read it and share it!

9/ We will be doing stories all year about how the wealthy avoid taxes, exploit loopholes and escape scrutiny from federal auditors. If you can help, please contact us here:

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i snorted lmaooooo

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Zandile Tshabalala

Within Silence , 2020

Acrylic on Canvas

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lefevrediary

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Wow wtf HIV/AIDS was discovered by Flossie Wong-Staal, an Chinese-American woman, and she’s the reason the HIV test even exists. AND THEN she invented the molecular knife that lead to treatments for HIV/AIDS. And she’s STILL ALIVE. We don’t hear about the contributions of Women of Color enough, my word. Madness.

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im 👏🏻 going 👏🏻 insane

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I know we’ve already read a lot of “men writing women” crap, but I am absolutely losing my mind at this passage

me: *gets depressed*

my breasts:

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Congolese-Belgian musician Lous + the Yakuza / ‘Amigo’ video shoot / Photograph Manuel Obadia-Wills

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portrait by @jvzmina