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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · Sep 4

"It's a small world."

What too many perceive as horrors happening "over there" "to them" relevant to the Palestinians, Sudanese, and other populations under attack overseas are directly connected to our own futures and ends.

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Jeff Turner 🦋🌈🦋🌈@loveneverhate @loveneverhate.bsky.social · Aug 19

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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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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 6h

‼️ this is one of the reasons why the Musk shutdown of USAID broke me, like

Congress said 'we're allocating these funds to save lives'

a random asshole with too much money and unresolved bitterness about the end of Apartheid said 'no you're not'

so the funding disappeared??

and people are dying??

Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 9h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 14h

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

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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 4h

💯 and should have happened by January 7, 2021 if not well before.

⚾️ 8 Wins To Go ⚾️ Brewers ⚾️ @prideofcucamonga.bsky.social · 4h

The Republican Party needs to be classified as a domestic terror group. I’m not fucking kidding

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 5h

As of today, more than 50% of all US federal government shut down days in history have happened during Trump presidencies

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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 4h

Important point:
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5h

Hitlergate wasn't "kids"—it was 20- and 30-something GOP flacks.

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 4h

“Don’t slut shame her!!!!”

When she factually uses her sexual activity and proclivities to further oppressions and purposely harm others for profit .

She took every moment she had to make sure that who she was sleeping with could harm the most people possible

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Alex True @interpolusa.bsky.social · 4h

Today, an inter-agency convoy of four humanitarian trucks, clearly marked as belonging to the UN, carrying aid, came under attack by the Armed Forces of the Russia when delivering aid to Bilozerka Town in the Kherson Region.
ukraine.un.org/en/303211-un...

UN CONVOY CAME UNDER ATTACK WHILE DELIVERING AID TO A FRONT-LINE COMMUNITY IN THE KHERSON REGION

Today, an inter-agency convoy of four humanitarian trucks, clearly marked as belonging to the UN, carrying aid, came under attack by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation when delivering aid to B...

ukraine.un.org

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you.

The real is that these people love a place that lets them pretend their inner desire to keep that out for certain people means women should never have ethics

Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 4h

we're not shaming her for fucking, man. we're shaming her for fucking the genocidal animal carcass obsessed whackjob while compromising her professional ethics.

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Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com · 4h

I did the (rough) math and at his net worth, winning $1.4 million is ls the equivalent of someone who makes $100,000 a year winning ~$35 🫠

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4h

To catch you up, Indiana University’s student newspaper reported:
• It was told to print no news in its homecoming edition, set to come out Thursday.
• It refused.
• The director of student media was fired.
• Hours later, IU cut all print editions of the paper, including Thursday’s issue.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

UPDATE: More at Indiana University, with all IDS print being cut.

The university chancellor claims “the campus is completing the shift from print to digital effective this week” — despite the fight earlier this week having been over a print Homecoming edition. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

By Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller
Oct 15, 2025 5:54 pm • Updated Oct 15, 2025 7:28 pm
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Indiana University fully cut the Indiana Daily Student's print newspaper - including the special publications it had earlier indicated it wanted us to run - Tuesday evening, hours after firing its student media director. Our next edition, part of volume 158, in our 158th year of publication, was set to go out
Thursday.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 4h

When people call Trump "America's Hitler," do they ever consider that to him that's a compliment?

Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 15h

Every time something like the GOP chat leak occurs I hear smart people arguing that shame could be a useful tactic. But shame only works if the bad actors think their actions are bad. Hypocrisy, shame, these Victorian-ish norms are just that, norms, guardrails, and they don't work against fascism.

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Raven Geary @ravengeary.bsky.social · 6h

The tension between "these daily atrocities are the new normal and you have to go on living anyway" and "these atrocities should never be normalized/the world should stop"

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hongpong @hongpong.bsky.social · 4h

this looks like the NYC immigration court hallways?

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 7h

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 4h

"The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a change that would boost Republican electoral prospects, particularly across the South."

Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court appears ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that's helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century.

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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 4h

"In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy and powerful men, and how everyone knew what was going on"

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 4h

"Politico documented that slurs and epithets, including the N-word and a homophobic term. The word 'retarded' appeared more than 251 times combined in the chat. ..."
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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 4h

"Another participant called the mass rape of Indigenous people 'epic'. One member expressed his support for Republicans he believed supported slavery. And a participant talked about driving a competing Young Republican opponent to suicide. ...
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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 4h

"As Politico reports, members in the chat referred to Black people as monkeys and 'the watermelon people'. They joked about killing political opponents by putting them in gas chambers. 'I love hitler,' one chat member quipped, who also made antisemitic comments. ...
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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 4h

"Members of the group, which included people actively working with elected officials and some attempting to take leadership positions in the national Young Republican organization, were aware that if the contents of their messages were revealed they could face severe repercussions. ...
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‘This is so vile’: Young Republicans face backlash after racist chats leaked

Politico documented the use of slurs, including the N-word and a homophobic term, and antisemitic comments in chats

www.theguardian.com

Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 4h

"US Capitol police are reportedly investigating after a US flag bearing a swastika was discovered inside the office of Republican House member Dave Taylor of Ohio."

US Capitol police investigating flag with swastika in Republican representative’s office – report

Authorities reportedly looking into modified flag displayed on cubicle wall of House member Dave Taylor’s staff

www.theguardian.com

Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 4h

"Giuffre says Maxwell instructed her, 'When we get home, you are to do for [Andrew] what you do for Jeffrey.' Recalling Andrew’s alleged behavior that night, Giuffre writes that he was 'friendly enough, but still entitled — as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright.' ..."

Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 4h

"Virginia Giuffre recounts her recruitment by Ghislaine Maxwell at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, the first time Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused her, and being allegedly trafficked to billionaires, academics, politicians, and even Prince Andrew in the first excerpt from her posthumous memoir...

Virginia Giuffre Recalls Jeffrey Epstein's Abuse and Trafficking in Harrowing Memoir Excerpt

Virginia Giuffre writes about Jeffrey Epstein's abuse and several alleged encounters with Prince Andrew in an excerpt from her book 'Nobody's Girl.'

www.rollingstone.com

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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 5h

"Trump couldn’t have been friendlier, telling me it was fantastic that I was there. 'Do you like kids?' he asked. 'Do you babysit at all?' ...

Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s Memoir Reveals How Ghislaine Maxwell Found the Teen at Mar-a-Lago and Sent Her to Jeffrey Epstein

Before she died by suicide earlier this year, Virginia Roberts Giuffre wrote Nobody’s Girl, a devastating memoir of her abuse, including at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein. This excerpt is her account of...