I wrote recently about Democrats’ dishonest claim that Republicans, in last year’s big budget bill, had given tens of billions of dollars in tax breaks to data centers. A reader complains:

Meta paid an effective tax rate of 3.5% in 2025 on their US income. Campaign ads are always disingenuous – we all know that. Sadly, Ramesh’s “journalism” is equally disingenuous.

Meta paid an effective tax rate of 3.5% in 2025 on their US income. Campaign ads are always disingenuous – we all know that.

Sadly, Ramesh’s “journalism” is equally disingenuous.

I don’t think it is at all reasonable to fault me for focusing on a specific false claim that is showing up in multiple campaign ads across the country rather than, say, every possible criticism of every company involved in........

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