Voting rights, politics, renewable energy, water
Voting rights, politics, renewable energy, water
“Talia Lavin is every skinhead’s worst nightmare: a loud and unapologetic Jewish woman, acerbic, smart, and profoundly antiracist, with the investigative chops to expose the tactics and ideologies of online hatemongers.” — YouTube interview. Lavin infiltrated multiple far right online…
Some tedious things Marxists say that demonstrably are not true, and which hurt, not help them organize movements to create change. Marxism is scientific “Engels asserted that socialism had broken free from a primitive state and become a science.” Well,…
How To Avoid A Climate Disaster is filled with useful, actionable information on how to stop climate change, and condenses enormous amount of data into understandable, clearly written chapters. Yes, we are facing a climate disaster. Cutting back on driving,…
“Donald Trump was the gateway drug for the alt-right,” David Neiwert wrote in October 2017 in this prescient book. The far right has always been there, lurking in the sewers. Trump actively courted and encouraged them. This fit Trump’s plans…
If you owe more than you thought at tax time, then you may be underwitholding or did not plan for for self-employment taxes. 1) Underwithholding. You have W-2 income and for whatever reason, not enough is withheld for federal income…
First off, if you got an audit letter, like a 30 day notice to respond, from the IRS, you almost certainly got previous letters from them which you responded to in a timely manner, right? Please tell me you did…
The ginormous rescue plan that is about to become law includes retroactive waiver of unemployment tax on first $10,200 of unemployment benefits. I see no reason reason why unemployment should be taxable at all. However I’m afeared this is going…
Hydropower is the largest source of renewable energy in the world, yet is often overlooked. It shouldn’t be. When California is having a heat wave and needs electricity from out-of-state sources, massive hydro in Washington and Oregon delivers gigawatts of…
Without electricity, everything stops. The Texas power grid is having huge problems keeping the power on in part because, although everything was winterized according to spec, the cold was “well beyond the design parameters of an extreme Texas winter”, plus…