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Allen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 8h

He said. What he said

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

BERNIE: “I worry we are increasingly becoming an oligarchic form of society, where a very small # of people control our economy + have huge influence over both political parties. if there was ever a time to stand up for working families and prevent authoritarianism, this is it.”

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 8h

Everyone please call your local TV and radio stations and ask them to send a crew to the protests and report on them. Much of the media would prefer to ignore them like they did last time, even claiming they didn't know it was happening. Make sure they know this time and that we want to see it.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 8h

Solidarity is the only way

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h

AOC: Trump should be having congressional leaders in the WH. Do you see that every day? No, you don't because they're playing golf and they're going to mar-a-lago and the Republicans in the house have been on vacation for weeks now

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Thank you both. The R's should be ashamed of themselves. If only their voters would hold them to account.

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 8h

Day 15 of this shutdown and Republicans are nowhere to be found.

Federal workers are going without pay, people are about to see their health care premiums rise, and Republicans are at home.

@liccardo.house.gov and my offices are open and we are ready to serve you...

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 8h

COMMENTARY: Sixteen years after the Balloon Boy hoax, I'm nostalgic for those simpler lies and real consequences for the liars

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Portland has fallen!

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 8h

But I was told trump was going to make things cheaper

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

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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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h

ICE has arrested a mother of a three-year-old for playing her clarinet outside an ICE facility in Portland, as reported by her husband.

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Double ouch!

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🦌 The Deer Whisperer 🦌 @thedeerwhisperer.bsky.social · 7h

Ouch!

Seattle leads the ALCS 2 games to 1

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "They have committed massive political crime. I hope they're looking at Schifty Schiff. I hope they're looking at all these people. And I'm allowed to find out. I'm in theory the chief law enforcement officer."

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A theory he just made up.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump on Biden and Jack Smith: "I think it was the worst weaponization of a political opponent in the history of the world ... Deranged Jack Smith in my opinion is a criminal. I hope they're gonna look into Weissmann too ... Lisa Monaco should be looked at very strongly."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: There are Republicans and Democrats concerned that they are not getting information about who is on those ships

TRUMP: Well, but they are given information that they are loaded up with drugs, and that's the thing that matters

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He so wanted Putin to win. And now Putin looks weak to him and that's a hard fall for Trump to know how to deal with. His favorite dictator is weaker than he thought.

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Sure, give them a months notice, Donnie. I'm sure it will work out just fine.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "Somebody said, 'would we think about taking the World Cup away from Boston if they don't straighten it out?' The answer is yes. We have the right to do that with FIFA. So if we think that LA is gonna be bad, or that applies a little bit to the Olympics too."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump says he's now "looking at land" strikes on Venezuela

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Half-ass Matt @appa69.bsky.social · 12h

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to fish and trump blows him up.

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Good one!

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