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Republicans rushed to push the massive tax break for America's wealthiest

through with little scrutiny who would have thought that the fate of the Senate

tax giveaway would rest on the shoulders of Arizona sends John McCain and Jeff

Flake yet here we are the Senate is planning to push a massive partisan tax

cut for the richest Americans through the Senate in as little time as possible

the GOP Senate plan would increase the deficit by a staggering 1.5 trillion

dollars dollars over ten years would raise taxes on many middle-class

Americans would hike taxes on college students in carved new loopholes into

the tax code instead of removing them tax breaks for private jets

really that's clearing the barnacles off the tax code McCain has proven that

he'll sink a major GOP initiative with his vote against the half-baked health

care plan earlier this year and he voted against the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and

2003 fearing that the benefits would largely go to America's wealthiest and

the deficit would explode which by the way is exactly what happened and it's

what's going to happen with this package too so it's possible that the old McCain

will reemerge for this vote although he's been making supportive noises about

cutting taxes this week flake is among the senators who are expressing concern

about the way the plan will increase the deficit especially because the way the

Senate has set up the legislation lawmakers will either have to raise

taxes on middle-income Americans in ten years or the cost of the proposal Rises

even more and since GOP senators are already promising that no politician

would allow taxes to rise on middle-class Americans it's obvious

they're just gaming the system to keep the technical cost within the arcane

rules of budget legislation so the deficit is going to increase by even

more than the projected 1.5 trillion dollars given how much Republican

lawmakers squawked about the deficit while President Barack Obama was an

office it's a bit astonishing to see how little they care about it today but in

the end this legislation shows they are far more concerned about helping out

corporate interests and the wealthiest of the wealthy than they are in

balancing the budget improving healthcare dealing with undocumented

youth or handling any other other real problems facing most Americans

it appears that voters have caught on to the Sham here though the tax bill is

remarkably unpopular a recent survey of 400 Arizona voters by heart Research

Associates showed just 26% of Arizonans approved of the tax plan while 44% are

opposed more than half of those surveyed 52% believe the plan will primarily

benefit the wealthy and 51% of Arizona Republicans say it's more important to

reduce the deficit then pass an across-the-board tax cut those numbers

mirror national polls that are showing that the idea of borrowing money to cut

taxes for people at the top of the food chain is and something voters are

clamoring for but don't expect representative Martha Moxley to raise a

peep about the budget-busting nature of this giveaway insulae who has her eyes

set on the Senate eagerly voted in favor of the House version of this bill how

bad does mcsoley wanted to make that leap to the Senate she tweeted out a

photo of herself in President Donald Trump's embrace raising a big thumbs up

at the thought of borrowing more money to give away to millionaires and

billionaires speaking of Representative martha mcsally's plans to move on to the

senate we hear the big contenders on the GOP side are Lee Marquez Peterson the

president and CEO of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and former state

lawmaker Dan at vote who is now working as executive director of the Arizona

Corporation Commission on the Democratic side there's already a full lineup with

Ann Kirkpatrick the former representative of congressional district

1 former state lawmakers Matt Heinz and Bruce wheeler Mary Mattie Ella

a former Assistant Secretary of the army and Billy Kovacs a hotel manager making

his first foray into politics but if McCauley does indeed give up the

seat and run for the US Senate there's another Democrat who is thinking about

getting into the race Pima County Supervisor Richard de les if a lie of

senders the race it will likely spell trouble for Maddie

Ayla if congressman Raul Grijalva decides to shift his endorsement to his

old friend on the Pima County Board of Supervisors the televised edition of

zona politics with Jim nine solaris 6:30 p.m. Fridays on the creative Tucson

Network Cox channel 20 and Comcast channel 74 this week's guests are Nancy

Jones of Old Pueblo Community Services and Tyler Meyer executive director of

the a poetry Center the TV show repeats Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. the radio

edition of zona politics airs at 5:00 p.m. Sundays on community radio kxc i

91.3 FM this week's radio guest is former reagan administration official

Bruce Farland author of impostor how george w bush bankrupted America and

betrayed the Reagan legacy and the truth matters a citizen's guide to separating

facts from lands and stopping fake news in its tracks

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Russell Simmons Steps Down After "SEXUAL ASSAULT" Allegation | Breaking News Today - Duration: 5:06.

Russell Simmons steps down after sexual assault allegation Russell Simmons is

stepping down from his companies in the wake of an accusation of harassment and

sexual assault Simmons the founder of hip hop music label Def Jam Recordings

and CEO of rush communications released a statement on Thursday after

screenwriter Jenny Lumet accused him of forcing her to have sex with him in 1991

she detailed the encounter in the guest column published by The Hollywood

Reporter on Thursday I have been informed with great anguish of Jenny

Loomis recollection about our night together in 1991 Simmons said in a

statement I know Jenny and her family and have seen her several times over the

years since the evening she described while her memory of that evening is very

different from mine it is now clear to me that her feelings of fear and

intimidation are real while I have never been violent I have been thoughtless and

insensitive in some of my relationships over many decades and I sincerely and

humbly apologize the statement continued this is a time of great transition the

voices of the voiceless those who have been hurt or shamed deserve and need to

be heard as the corridors of power inevitably make way for a new generation

I don't want to be a distraction so I am removing myself from the businesses that

I founded the companies will now be run by a new and diverse generation of

extraordinary executives who are moving the culture and consciousness forward I

will convert the studio for yogic science into a not-for-profit center of

learning and healing as for me I will step aside and commit myself to

continuing my personal growth spiritual learning and above all to listening in

Lumet's column she wrote that maybe recalling of this incident can be

helpful to other women who have spoken out against Simmons but realizes there's

a lot at stake and coming forward with her story there is so much guilt and so

much shame Lumet wrote there is an excruciating internal reckoning as a

woman of I cannot express how wrenching it is to

write this about a successful man of color this latest accusation made by

lumen comes after a report by the Los Angeles Times published on November 19th

that detailed allegations of sexual misconduct made against director Brett

Ratner and Simmons a woman quoted in the story said Ratner and Simmons were in it

together Ratner and Simmons denied the allegations with Simmons adding that

abusing women in any way shape or form violates the very core of my being

Simmons 60 got his start in the music industry in the early 80s managing his

younger brother Joseph forever and run Simmons hip hop group Rhonda MDOT see

the group is widely hailed as an early pioneer of hip hop music Simmons

co-founded Def Jam Recordings alongside Rick Rubin in 1984 some of the biggest

names in hip-hop have at one point or another been signed to the label jay-z

Public Enemy LL Cool J and currently in use alien and Justin Bieber to name a

few but it's not just music that helped make Simmons a household name he went on

to create several successful clothing lines including fat farm RG LeCoultre

and tantras under his company rush communications incorporated Simmons has

also been heavily involved in philanthropy in 1995 he and his brothers

Reverend run and Danny Simmons co-founded the rush philanthropic hearts

foundation which helps expose inner-city youth to the Arts Simmons was named a

goodwill ambassador to the UN in 2009 and has also been a strong supporter of

gay rights and animal rights in recent years Simmons has been very vocal about

his spirituality calling himself a Christian yogi in 2016 he opened a yoga

studio in Los Angeles called tantras Simmons joins a long list of Hollywood

power players who have been accused of sexual misconduct in the last two months

to expose us published in October that detailed movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's

alleged harassment and assault against women opened the floodgates for others

come forward with their experiences Weinstein has denied all allegations of

non-consensual sex since then some of media's biggest names including Kevin

Spacey Louie CK Matt Lauer Charlie Rose and Mark Halpert

have been terminated from their jobs or lost lucrative deals over similar

allegations of sexual misconduct CNN reached out to some ins representatives

for comment who directed us to Simmons official statement