Just hours after Equifax CEO Rick Smith wrapped up his testimony before the House Energy and Commerce committee – the first in a series of Congressional “fact-finding missions” about the hack – Politico reported that the IRS last week awarded the disgraced credit monitoring bureau with a $7.25 no-bid contract even as the company struggled to address Read More…
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Is Google Coming For Your Cryptos?
The big boys, Apple and Google, are now actively developing a payment API for cryptos to use within their browsers. This is a double-edged sword and possibly indicates a shift in tax policy. I don’t trust either Apple or Google at all. The news from Coindesk about Apple and Google developing a payment API on the heels of multiple Read More…
The New Travel Ban You Didn’t Hear About Is Against U.S. Citizens
As emotions intensify over Trump’s recent immigration ban, the State Department and IRS have quietly used it as a smokescreen to roll out a new policy that targets U.S. citizens for unpaid taxes. The passports of these individuals can now be revoked and their citizenship status undermined at the behest of one of the government’s Read More…
Basement Fire Closes IRS Headquarters Just ONE DAY After Panama Papers Leak
The recent chaos stirred by the Panama Papers, has been covered in detail since the leak occurred earlier this week. The 11.5 million documents of highly incriminating nature, were stolen from Mossack Fonseca and have already caused the resignation of Iceland’s Prime Minister, and put English Prime Minister David Cameron in some very hot water. Read More…
Your Metadata Taken by the NSA Will Now be Shared With All Agencies: The Same Data They “Haven’t” Been Collecting for Years
In recent years this country has undergone some massive shifts regarding the average American’s personal privacy. Primarily, after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush administration began an effort to remove any barriers that impede different parts of the government from working closely and sharing information, primarily in regards to terrorism, yet the reach has gone far Read More…





