IRS announces sweeping effort to restore fairness to tax system with Inflation Reduction Act funding; new compliance efforts focused on increasing scrutiny on high-income, partnerships, corporations and promoters abusing tax rules on the books.

Agency focus will shift attention to wealthy from working-class taxpayers; key changes coming to reduce burden on average taxpayers 

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-announces-sweeping-effort-to-restore-fairness-to-tax-system-with-inflation-reduction-act-funding-new-compliance-efforts 

 From Heated:
Technically, that New York City flood was “mild”
If we want to understand the full picture of climate-fueled flood risk to New York City, we can’t just look at rainfall.

Scientists who study coastal flooding actually consider NYS’s flood to be “mild.” That’s because, while the rainfall itself was record-breaking—more than 8.65 inches fell at JFK airport—the coastal flood level was only two feet above high tide. 

https://heated.world/p/technically-that-new-york-city-flood 

 Conservatism is killing us.

Shorter life spans brought to you by the allegedly pro-life (just not YOUR life) GQP. Deaths from chronic illness are mostly concentrated in Red States. What a surprise! The Party of Death blocks national health care, regulations on ultra processed food and stricter rules on pollution. And not to mention a gun-fueled suicide epidemic no one wants to talk about.

An epidemic of chronic illness is killing us too soon
https://wapo.st/3ZF1zqt
Gift link. Read it and weep. 

 1.4 Million Wealthy Americans Are Evading Nearly $66 Billion in Federal Taxes

More than 1.4 million wealthy Americans have still not filed their taxes for 2017-20 years, with the total amount owed to the federal government reaching "a whopping $65.7 billion"—almost enough to fund a universal childcare program for one year or a universal school lunch program for more than two years.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/rich-evade-taxes 

 Jesse Gabriel, an assembly member and author of the bill, said in a statement that “if Twitter has nothing to hide, then they should have no objection to this bill”.

“Assembly Bill 587 is a pure transparency measure that simply requires companies to be upfront about if and how they are moderating content. It in no way requires any specific content moderation policies – which is why it passed with strong, bipartisan support,” he said.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/08/elon-musk-twitter-lawsuit-california-free-speech