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darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 1h

The obvious answer here is that you can’t be pardoned for following an illegal order

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2h

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.

darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 2h

The sack of Baghdad in 1256 was a gamble

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darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 2h

I was just at an Irish bar in NoVa where a bunch of beefy guys giggled about ordering black and tans and I dunno I was about to walk out of my neighborhood bar for 10+ years based on the Nazi bar principle.

Our times are not interesting at all

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darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 2h

Frankly posting from a 2025 perspective we should have put a Tomahawk on this conference

Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · Sep 17

If you're having a rough day, remember that in 1991 Tim Berners-Lee's paper for the World Wide Web was rejected and he was relegated to the poster session.

darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 2h

I look in the mirror and still can’t believe that this guy is ten-ish years younger than me

I mean leaded gasoline was already banned by the time he was growing up

Reuters @reuters.com · 11h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 2h

This person has no idea how protest movements around the world have won

talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 1d

as charming and whimsical as some will view this, it bears noting that absurdity—not militancy or might—are what people have chosen to repeat from the portland standoffs against ICE.

why is that?

what purpose does this serve?

a mini 🧵:

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 3h

“Play into the oppressor’s hand” is a strategy I think

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darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 3h

:Gramschi enters the chat:

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darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 3h

This is how half of the inmates at Gitmo got there

Jason Kuznicki @jkuznicki.bsky.social · 3h

One awful thing about living in a police state is how anyone can turn informant.

Pissed off at an immigrant or even a citizen of color? Pick up a phone and make their lives hell, maybe forever.

Even if the call never gets made, even if you’d never, the threat hangs over every interaction.

darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 4h

There’s also an entire military’s worth of people who are sworn to support and defend the Constitution who have been paid with pretty close to Ship Money.

The military of the world’s superpower suborned.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 4h

Mike Johnson and GOP in Congress could choose to pass a bill to pay military during the shutdown. They’ve chosen to stay away. They’ve chosen to allow the admin to break the law. So you gotta wonder how long before they decide the gov doesn’t need to “open” and Congress doesn’t need to pass a budget

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 5h

Also occurred to me how desperate that company must feel - the entire time I worked there I don’t think they contributed to any political campaigns. I think the felt they were above politics.

I guess not anymore.

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darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 5h

I’m going to make a controversial statement - Guns n Roses’s version of Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door is the best version

darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 6h

I worked for 14 years at one of the companies with a seat at this bribery orgy desecrating the seat of American power and I’m kind of surprised at how much that bothers me

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Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner — The Wall Street Journal

Event set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon.com and Palantir

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darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 6h

I hate that there will be entire curriculums in the history departments of respectable universities with course like “Understanding the Rise of American Fascism: From Something Awful to 8Chan”

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darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 6h

Now imagine what happens when the glue that holds it all together chokes down his last uber well done steak slathered in ketchup.

Hot scheming vizier on scheming vizier action!

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darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 6h

FBI loves six in the morning. This happened near my hovel in August

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Man fleeing FBI jumps from high-rise in Alexandria

A man died after he jumped from a 15th floor balcony in Alexandria as FBI agents tried to serve him an arrest warrant, authorities say. An investigation is underway after the man’s death early Friday ...

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darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 7h

www.rbth.com/history/3326...

How an ordinary checkered bag almost became a symbol of Russia

When the Iron Curtain came down, scores of Soviet citizens began to travel abroad. What often drew them, however, was not seeing tourist sights but rather cheap goods that were in such short supply ba...

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darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 7h

Shuttle traders are something I associate with the collapse of the Soviet bloc. I wonder what our equivalent of the iconic stuffed to the gills plaid bag will be