“Can” is less likely to trigger a Reactive response IMO.

Also appeals to conscience and duty rather than authority, which is more intrinsically motivating.

This guy is a POS.

But this story is “opposing party calls politician the worst ever.”

Dumb gossipy bs

This is normally referred to as the “qualified business income” or QBI deduction. Not sure why they used “pass through deduction” here. Because that terminology is easily confused with a different tax break that some states enable called a “pass through entity tax” which lets a business owner pay state income tax from their business and deduct that amount on their (personal) federal return.

FYI the photo you’re referring to is of NY Attorney General Letitia James, not the judge. She looks black because she’s black.