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  • Kintsugi
  • February 27, 2021February 27, 2021

Your 2021 Tax Brackets vs. 2020 Tax Brackets

John Waggoner, AARP, Updated January 28, 2021  You might be filling out your tax return for 2020, but you’re living in tax year 2021, and tax year 2021 has substantial differences from

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  • Kintsugi
  • December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

Tax Tips for 2020

As 2020 comes to a close, finally, many of us start thinking about taxes. We should have thought about tax-saving strategies at the start of the year, but, you know, we were too busy worrying about

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 11, 2020

17 States With Estate or Inheritance Taxes

by John Waggoner, AARP, October 5, 2020 Eleven states have only an estate tax: Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washingto

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NY Times

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  • Mysterious Meddling in Democratic Primaries Has G.O.P. Fingerprints
  • Wildfires Strike Florida, Georgia and America’s ‘Wood Basket’
  • Hegseth to Accompany Trump on Trip to China
  • Student Is Fatally Stabbed in University of Washington Housing Complex

NPR

  • 24 hours with 3 teenage birders: Welcome to the World Series of Birding
  • 'We're dry:' The new U.S. Wildland Fire Service prepares for extreme fire season
  • UFO files spanning decades are released by Defense Department
  • Rooted in nature, 'Silent Friend' will change the way you see the trees
  • David Attenborough celebrates his 100th birthday

The Progressive

  • Protect the Rights of Students with Disabilities
  • Rats, Ruins, and the Theft of Tranquility
  • Showing Up, Shutting It Down
  • Politesse for Modern Politics
  • La Follette’s Struggle to Oppose World War I

FactCheck.org

  • Republicans Repeat Problematic Estimate of Medication Abortion Harms
  • Kennedy Denies the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Spending Cuts to Medicaid
  • Democratic Ad Attacks Collins on Healthcare, Iran War
  • RFK Jr.’s Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called ‘Garbage’
  • Definition of ‘86’ at the Heart of Comey Indictment

Snopes.com

  • Did CDC fire cruise ship inspectors under RFK Jr. in 2025? We investigated
  • Does image show bald eagle attacking furry for defiling veterans memorial? Don't be fooled
  • Will Trump profit from Palm Beach airport being renamed after him? What we know
  • Is golden statue of Trump real? Yes, but posts got location wrong
  • Did Trump once post Mother's Day message about 'radical left fascists, Marxists and communists'?

Tradeoffs

  • Call to Mind: The Fifth Branch
  • Doctors Hated the No Surprises Act. Now Some Are Getting Rich Off of It.
  • New York Braces for Trump's Big Medicaid Shakeup
  • Should People Who Want GLP-1s Have to Work for Them?
  • High Health Care Costs Are Fueling a New Fight Over Old Laws
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