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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

JD Vance said today on the TPUSA podcast that these guys were “just a bunch of kids in a chat room.” bsky.app/profile/blue...

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 16h

These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 4h

Unlike Trump, I don't care if someone likes me or not. That will never change the fact that I'm going to fight for them to have health care.

I want MAGA to have health care. I want MAGA to be paid a living wage.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

“Kids”

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 9h

20 billion dollars from the US Treasury **was not enough**. So now it's 40 billion dollars! And why stop there?

All while the US government is shut down.

"America First," amirite?

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Bessent says bailout for Argentina will double to boost U.S. influence in region

The Trump administration is working to arrange private sector financing for Argentina that would double the total U.S. financial lifeline for the embattled Latin nation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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charliesurfs.bsky.social @charliesurfs.bsky.social · 6h

It’s a helluva day when Rand Paul makes sense.

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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 7h

Socialism .

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/t...

Trump administration will set price floors across range of industries to combat China, Bessent says

China has driven foreign competitors out of business over the past two decades by using its market dominance to slash prices, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

www.cnbc.com

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 9h

If you’ve recently awoken from a coma, the Speaker of the House is stalling the swearing in of a newly elected member from Arizona because she would be the deciding vote in the discharge petition to release the Epstein files, which would be trouble for his boss.

You’re caught up.

Ps: Welcome back.

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charliesurfs.bsky.social @charliesurfs.bsky.social · 6h

Maine, this is your guy!

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h

"We’ve been sending up well-tested people for decades, and the country is in worse straits than it’s ever been. It’s a mess right now, and it’s a mess that is, in my opinion, built specifically by the political class. And it’s time to do something different." - @grahamformaine.bsky.social

charliesurfs.bsky.social @charliesurfs.bsky.social · 6h

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charliesurfs.bsky.social @charliesurfs.bsky.social · 7h

Haha, this is 100% accurate.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 7h

Someone needs to remind Leader Jeffries that Johnson is going to lie and gaslight his way through this entire debate, and Jeffries needs to call him out on it EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Call a lie a lie, and present the facts. (I know, it's exhausting.)

But don't sit there and let him lie unchallenged.

House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries accepted an invitation to appear on C-SPAN together, though a date is not yet finalized, according to a release from C-SPAN.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 7h

Sadly spot on cartoon from Mike Luckovich.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17h

Bring as many American flags to No Kings as you can.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Scalise refers to No Kings as the "Hate America Rally"

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charliesurfs.bsky.social @charliesurfs.bsky.social · 17h

These people, and I use the term reluctantly, have no shame. Lies on top of lies.

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charliesurfs.bsky.social @charliesurfs.bsky.social · 17h

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17h

With his baseless attack on No Kings, Scott Bessent has demonstrated himself to be unfit to sign these documents.

A picture of an old dollar bill, with Washington's picture.

A picture of an old $10 bill, with Alexander Hamilton's picture.

A picture of a newish $100 bill, with Ben Franklin's picture.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17h

Imagine my surprise when Pat from SNL posted hundreds of vile, anti-Semitic, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, Hitler-loving messages.

Correction: I’m told that it was actually William Hendrix, who worked for Kansas Republican AG Kris Kobach.