Aug 22, 2017

DNC Chair: Trump's Phoenix rally will throw "salt on the wounds"

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In an op-ed in Univision, Democratic National Committee Chair Thomas Perez condemned President Trump's speech in Arizona tonight in lieu of the violence in Charlottesville.

The context: Trump is expected to pardon former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio during his speech tonight. Arpaio has been a highly controversial figure in Arizona due to his stance on immigration. Perez went after Arpaio's racial profiling and called on Republicans to stand up against Trump.

On Trump's speech tonight, DNC Chair Perez declared:

  • "Just as President Trump first refused to call out white supremacists by name, the vast majority of Republicans have refused to call out Trump for empowering hatred."
  • "Now Trump is throwing salt on the wounds he tore open, traveling to Arizona to promote his divisive agenda and potentially pardon one of our nation's most notorious symbols of racism and bigotry: former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.'

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Big Tech CEOs testify before the House Judiciary antitrust panel in June. Photo: Mandel Ngan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images.

Mostly academics will be testifying at Thursday's House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee hearing which will reveal where its year-long investigation into big tech and competition is going, a source familiar with the matter told Axios.

Why it matters: The hearing is the next step following testimony from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai, Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Apple's Tim Cook before the committee in July. A showing of academics and think-tank types signals the lawmakers are still sorting out competition theories and possible legislative fixes to perceived antitrust abuses.

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Biden releases 2019 tax returns ahead of debate

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Joe Biden's campaign released his 2019 tax returns on Tuesday, showing that he and his wife, Jill, paid nearly $300,000 in federal taxes last year.

Why it matters: The release, timed just hours before the first presidential debate, comes days after a bombshell New York Times report said that President Trump paid only $750 in federal taxes in 2016 and 2017. Biden's team is hoping to make the tax contrast a sticking point during their showdown.

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