Great explainer from Bayliss Wagner about the legality of UT's response to pro-Palestinian protesters.

Esp. this: Preemptively cancelling a protest raises questions about prior restraint, i.e. when a gov't entity tries to prevent speech before it occurs.
statesman.com/story/news/pol…

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Hi #WNBATwitter , I created another guide to help you and your pals pick which WNBA team to support this year: no stats, just vibes. As the title suggests, it is incomplete & biased.

(Thread, obvi)

From Doug Sword: Crapo says he is looking into duplicating a House initiative to prepare taxwriters for 2025 tax negotiations. Wyden told me a few weeks back he wasn't ruling anything out on the idea of tax teams/working groups either.

taxnotes.com/tax-notes-toda…

The Senate Finance Committee’s ranking member (Senator Mike Crapo) says he is looking into duplicating a House initiative to prepare taxwriters for 2025 tax negotiations.

Doug Sword explains: taxnotes.co/3Qqgmlq

Two House lawmakers, Congressman Drew Ferguson and Rep. Wiley Nickel, are zeroing in on a specific area of #cryptocurrency taxation with new legislation that would clarify when digital asset rewards are collected for tax purposes.

From Cady Stanton: taxnotes.co/3Qs8pw7

House Republican taxwriters and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (Secretary Janet Yellen) appeared to talk past each other on whether Congress has been adequately consulted throughout negotiations on the global tax deal.

Cady Stanton & Doug Sword explain: taxnotes.co/4a03XeX

Today is the traditional deadline for students to decide on a college. But many can't commit before knowing how much aid they'll get, & that info has been elusive bc of the FAFSA fiasco. Zach Schermele & I share some of those students' stories:
usatoday.com/story/news/edu… USA TODAY

.WKCR-FM NY is straight-up broadcasting history right now:

cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/#

Great listen, but worth noting that the Wolves did not complete the first sweep in Minnesota sports history. The Lynx have done it 10 times, including five times in 5-game series.

Great article by my colleague Nate Richman on the tax implications of the betting scandal involving Shohei Ohtani's translator.

There's always a tax angle ⚾️- my colleague Nate Richman on how LA Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani may have to wait years to find out if he can deduct the $16 million his translator allegedly stole to fund a multimillion-dollar gambling habit: taxnotes.com/tax-notes-toda…

Something new every day. What sounded like the House floor audio came over the loudspeakers in 1100 Longworth and everyone just stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. And after some unscheduled patriotism, off we go with Yellen at Ways and Means.

Today the Ways and Means Committee will be holding a hearing with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to discuss President Biden's plan to raise taxes on working Americans.

TUNE IN @ 10 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=MawsGE…

Never forget Candace Parker's 'This is SportsCenter' commercial 😂

Tim Sheehy was asked about my report that a campaign aide promoted racist, far-right content.

Sheehy refused to comment, saying, 'If The Daily Beast writes it. I wouldn't believe it.'

But we have the receipts. Read the story for yourself here.
thedailybeast.com/tim-sheehy-gop…

The expansion will be boosted by funding from a foundation created by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, who is married to tennis legend Serena WIlliams. nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-co…