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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

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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martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 12h

Man. This is just one of those days where my heart is breaking for this country. I don’t even know how we are going to begin to fix any of this.

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martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 12h

Well, he can start at home and by resuming USAid before he pours billions into Argentina.

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martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 15h

No disrespect to Argentina, but why the fuck are we bailing out Argentina

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 1d

If you rip out a bunch of work in knitting, it’s called frogging (because you have to rip it, rip it, rip it). It is probably as frustrating/stressful as the video game, tbh.

martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 1d

I am begging people who keep calling for a general strike to think about the fact that in the US, health insurance is tied to our jobs and healthcare is simply not affordable without health insurance. Until you solve that, a general strike is not going to happen.

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martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 1d

I saw a post the other day that was like “is it true that people used to memorize phone numbers or was that just something in the movies?” and I felt my bones turn into dust.

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martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, I’ve seen that before—last time was months ago, but I don’t check Trending all that frequently. It’s unsettling.

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martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 2d

My hot take is that this album has generated more mixed reactions than some of her recent work & the discourse has taken that and ramped up the stakes to something ridiculous. Writing one kind of cheesy song about your man’s hog may be cringe, but it’s simply not a career ending move.

martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 2d

OHare and Midway, where you at

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2d

Portland too

SEA Airport won't play video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for government shutdown

In a statement, the airport said it won't play the video on TSA screens due to the political nature of the content.

www.king5.com

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martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 2d

Joking about getting PTSD is tacky enough, but joking about PTSD while you try to prevent people—including people who ACTUALLY have PTSD— from accessing care while you also enjoy your subsidized ACA healthcare is pretty fucking nervy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

REPORTER: Do you support repealing Obamacare and what's your healthcare plan?

MIKE JOHNSON: We worked on repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. I still have PTSD from the experience. We know that American healthcare needs dramatic reform. We have lots of ideas.

(So, no plan)

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martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 2d

“When I’m not doing these TV interviews, I retire to a hermetically sealed box that has no internet or cell service. I am the Speaker of the House, but I am also a newborn baby who knows nothing about the world & its politics. I cannot comment because as a baby, I don’t even know how to talk yet.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 3d

Weekend shift, full moon

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 3d

Forgot L in “public”

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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J. Elvis Weinstein @jelvisweinstein.bsky.social · 23d

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

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martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 4d

Overheard at a corn maze with a haunted house.
Small child: Dad, when are we going to the whore house?
Dad: Jackson, it’s horror house. Let’s say that together: horror house. Horr-or. It is extremely important that you get this right. Horror house. Horror.

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martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 4d

Exactly.

martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 4d

Reading that post and some of the comments on this one, I’m once again struck by the fact that a lot of people simply have no fucking clue how much advocacy people with disabilities and/or their caregivers have to do just to exist in this country. It’s astonishing and sad.

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martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 4d

“Trans issues aren't this shameful thing that Democratic consultants suggest we hide from, it's the same fight undocumented immigrants are fighting, or those who can't access health care are fighting.” YES. LOUDER FOR THE DNC CONSULTANTS WHO KEEP SCREWING THIS UP.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 4d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 8d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 4d

2025 is really the year of the wildly unqualified white 19 year old male.

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 5d

Psychiatrists/NPs/therapists who could provide off-the-books, no-fee, Zoom-based care for individuals in crisis in ICE-targeted Chicago communities, please email me: [email protected]. Include whether you can prescribe, speak Spanish (or other languages), and available hours per week/month.

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martha @itsmarthintime.bsky.social · 5d

I hadn’t heard about this organization before. I made a donation—thank you for spreading the word.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5d

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

findmeatherapist.org

Find Me A Therapist

findmeatherapist.org

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