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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 8h

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9h

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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“Boo!” Saysceej @saysceej.bsky.social · 11h

I know that this is stupid to expect at this point…but it’s illegal. And not like in a “it doesn’t say a dog can’t play” way, but in an explicit “under no circumstances may a dog play and this isn’t just a rule in this league this is fundamental to the actual game” way.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h

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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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 17h

Sen. Rand Paul: “what were their names” and “what was the evidence linking them to being part of a gang?”
“The Coast Guard, when they interdict boats, … about 25% of the time the boat that they board doesn’t have drugs on it. So they have made an error, but they don’t kill them.”

US strikes another alleged drug-carrying boat off Venezuela coast

The strike marks the fifth deadly strike on an alleged drug-carrying vessel in the region.

www.militarytimes.com

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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 15h

If anti-woke is real….

Ask any one of them to remove name and race from all applications to hire and make college admissions totally blind.

These are not serious people. They are just white power folks COSPLAYing being normal.

Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 15h

CUTTTTTEEEERS!!!

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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 15h

We are literally seeing every 80’s movie bad guy WASP/ country club type come to the fore in America.

Micah @rincewind.run · 16h

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 16h

It's been a fact of my entire working life, but I can't for the life of me understand why open, explicitly partisan gerrymandering is legal in the first place

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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 17h

Lemme say this clearly.

Fuck you JD.

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 18h

Also a reminder these weren’t “Kids”! Some of these “Young Republicans,” which includes ages up to 40, were elected officials or government appointees.

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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 18h

1.) One of those „kids“ is a state senator in Vermont. (They’re not kids)
2.) kids are bigots is a weird stance
3.) going full boys will be boys about the „I love Hitler“ chat is quite a choice
4.) What else to expect from a guy who still follows Bronze Age Pervert on X? (Rhetorical question)

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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 19h

The first person to confront Trump on camera and call him a fucking narcissistic child to his face will be the “have you no shame, sir” person of our age.

Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 19h

If we subscribe to the idea we live in a society with generally shared societal mores, the only guardrails to that enforcement are shame and then at some point law. I think all of this is happening because somehow people want to make shitty online behavior ok IRL.And we let that go for too long IMO

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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 19h

It’s some “capitalism ends here” ↙️ stuff.

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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 1d

Obviously!!

Clearly it would have been based on the unproduced Jodorowsky Alice in Wonderland project.

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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 1d

Solid.

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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 1d

Found it!

Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 1d

a man is typing on a computer keyboard while making a face .

ALT: a man is typing on a computer keyboard while making a face .

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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and saying `` go on '' .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and saying `` go on '' .

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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 1d

Sock puppets are strong in ol bluesky these days.

Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 1d

Werner Herzog’s Jungle Book

Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 1d

Kevin Smith’s Oppenheimer

Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Schrader's Madagascar

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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 1d

The thiel/vance threads are going to be lit.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Some of those people are currently on the staff of elected Republicans, in fact. They’re part of the present of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 1d

Dave. Dave. Dave.

You know the post-Goldwater GOP is just neo-Lost Cause-ism.

The elephant never forgets being made to look a fool.

getyarn.io/yarn-clip/9a...

Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 1d

a close up of a man 's face in a car with a woman behind him .

ALT: a close up of a man 's face in a car with a woman behind him .

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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 1d

I just keep thinking how it took Watchmen to get most people to know about the Tulsa Massacre.

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