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As Push for Trump’s Taxes Gains Steam, Promised GOP Tax Overhaul Falters

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“If [Trump] doesn’t release his returns, it is going to make it much more difficult to get tax reform done”

By Nika Knight, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 4-18-2017

Demonstrators at the Tax March on April 15 in New York City. (Photo: Michael Kink/Twitter)

As millions of Americans file their tax returns, and days after tens of thousands of marched to demand that President Donald Trump make his tax returns public, the president is still refusing to release his returns.

On Monday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer reiterated the claim that Trump can’t release his taxes because they are under audit, a statement immediately refuted by tax experts. Continue reading →

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‘Media Is the Opposition’: Trump Backs Bannon in Ongoing War on Press

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Comments come just after press freedom group warns president’s attacks against media are “reminiscent of an authoritarian government”

By Nadia Prupis, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 1-28-2017

The president’s comments signal that his administration will continue its war against the media, which Trump declared on his first full day in office. (Photo: Lorie Shaull/flickr/cc)

In an interview Friday with a Christian radio show, President Donald Trump backed his chief strategist Steve Bannon in calling the media “the opposition party.”

“I think the media is the opposition party in many ways,” the president said on “The Brody File,” a program on the Christian Radio Network. “I’m not talking about everybody, but a big portion of the media, the dishonesty, total deceit, and deception. It makes them certainly partially the opposition party, absolutely.” Continue reading →

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