Up To Date With Ethan Callender

  Up To Date With Ethan Callender Entry 7: A Taxing Read So, Trump’s tax returns are finally out, and holy s***, this is a huge development. The President, the “anti-establishment billionaire extraordinaire,” is either dead broke or dead serious about committing tax evasion. I think now that we’ve seen that for ourselves, it’s fair to see why Trump wanted to hide this like he did. He’s been exposed as a complete a total fraud, and it’s all dowhill from here. Now, let’s take a look at why Trump is up S***’s Creek and broke his paddle and kayak alike. To begin, let’s look at the basic numbers. First off, he paid as little as $750 in 2016 and 2017. In fact, he paid not a cent in income tax in 10 of the past 15 years . The stated reason for this is that parts of his businesses lost so much money, it almost entirely offset the profitable portions every year. To get technical, if he paid $750 dollars in income tax in 2016 and 2017, years which had a 10% tax rate for income up to rou...

  Up To Date With Ethan Callender Entries 5 and 6: Not So Up To Date Before I begin this post, I would like to pay tribute to one of our great American trailblazer, and an even greater lawyer, judge, and person. Her name was Ruth Bader Ginsburg, AKA The Notorious RBG. It’s a nickname she truly deserved, given that her immense track record paved the way for so many crucial rights, especially for women. She was far from just an effective legal mind, but a pop culture icon due to her practically personifying dissent when our rights were at risk. For that, I hope the nation remains forever grateful. Ah, who am I kidding? You think modern American politicians weren’t going to take advantage of this for their own gain? On this edition of Up To Date , both of replacing a beloved SCOTUS Justice and race relations are on the docket. This one is going to be a doozy, but I have to stay up to date. It’s in the f***ing title. Entry 5: A Justice Among Us To begin, let’s talk about RBGs now-nea...