A rich guy who hates the tax bill

So tax day is upon us. What better way to spend it than by buying a book by a multimillionaire about how awful the tax bill is? Very-rich-person Morris Pearl's new book tells the story of the tax code and Trump's tax bill from the perspective of the people it was written for. And don't worry, proceeds will not go to Pearl, but to Strong Arm Press (me and other folks who published the book) and to a group Pearl is active in, Patriotic Millionaires. You can buy it here in paperback or on Kindle. If you're patriotic but not a millionaire and want to save your money, you can get a PDF of the book here. Pearl also did a video with NowThis News that gets at what he's coming from: you can watch it here. Two pieces of campaign news on Democratic primaries... Local Democrats, working with Indivisible chapters and other progressive groups in Syracuse and the surrounding area, zeroed in on the candidate they're supporting to beat the incumbent Republican in November. At the last minute, the national party has swept in and is creating a competitive primary where before there wasn't one. It's an odd reversal of the DCCC's typical role. Wild story here. And everybody in Washington seems to think that a Conyers descendant is a shoe-in to replace John Conyers Jr. in the Detroit-area seat. But a community organizer, Rashida Tlaib, just announced she raised $588,000 in the last quarter, while John Conyers III literally told us this: "I recognize my name is John Conyers III, so I didn't fundraise at all in the first quarter," he said. Really. I interviewed her for The Young Turks here. I think this guy might lose. Happy tax day! This email grows by word of mouth. If you enjoy getting it, please forward this note to friends and tell them to sign up to start getting their own copy here. I'm the Washington bureau chief at The Intercept, and I send this several times a week. If you want to contribute directly to help keep the thing running, you can do so here, though be warned a donation comes with no tote bags or extra premium content or anything. Or you can support it by buying a copy of Schoolhouse Wreck: The Betsy DeVos Story, Out of the Ooze: The Story of Dr. Tom Price or Wall Street's White House, the first three books put out by Strong Arm Press, a small progressive publishing house I cofounded. See upcoming titles here. Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Grim News, please click here.