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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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Mark Hill @mehill.bsky.social · 2h

Animated Banshees of Inisherin remake starring Frog and Toad

Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 3h

“Maybe you are right,” said Toad. “Maybe Frog does not want to see me. Maybe he does not want me to be his friend anymore.”

Frog sits off on the distance, an island unto himself.

From "Alone"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*

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Siobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social · 5h

Good to know that the Pentagon has significantly worse security measures then like… Marvel

Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 1d

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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Dr Luke Steubenstein 👹 @lukesteuber.com · 15h

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Robin Williams' daughter, Zelda Williams, also recently slammed people who are making Al-generated videos of her late father, calling the clips "gross." She added, "To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop pup-peteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it."

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davemakes🔶 @mixolumia.com · 7h

i think it's time we faced up that most of the tron series is not very good and its most lasting cultural impact is this single frame of olivia wilde

Olivia Wilde in black and neon reclining on a silver and black sofa

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Mia!!! On BlueSky @anxiousarchives.gay · 7h

Israelis threatening to gas prisoners. Holding up gas canisters to their cells and laughing at them.

Fuck those fucking monsters. They don’t represent me or my Judaism. They don’t keep any Jew safe. Free Palestine.

Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 19h

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

tinyurl.se/crR

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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rounding error @stealingzen.bsky.social · 8h

FUCK I miss Christmas on my burritos growing up in Colorado

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 8h

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 · 13h

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.

reut.rs

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 13h

The first Nazis said they were joking too, it’s a strategy to get people not to take the threat seriously, and a pretty obvious one that people should be embarrassed to have fallen for.

Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 14h

One day y'all gon learn that trying to split hairs between aesthetic/ironic bigotry and bigotry-bigotry is a fool's errand.

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Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social · 12h

Taking in refugees isn't just a nice thing we do — we have a legal obligation. The 1951 Refugee Convention came about specifically because countries like the US refused entry to Jews who were trying to escape Germany, because the world didn't ever want that to happen again.

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 12h

tl;dr this is, as I've been screaming into the wind about for a week now, not just illegal as shit but fundamentally means the Constitution as written is no longer in effect

That said if you want an even deeper dive on the subject than I've done, this is a very good thread

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 13h

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 20h

Remember how under Biden the press said this was the biggest issue ever but how now under Trump it’s barely mentioned? Yeah.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

A grocery store clerk in Chicago says shoppers see prices “and say, ‘What the f—? .. It happens all the time.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 10h

this is not acceptable and cannot stand

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 14h

There was a remarkable moment in the budget committee just now where Sara Nelson asked about how arts funding is used for graffiti, as shown in this slide.

City staff outright admitted this is just the dedicated admissions tax that funds the Arts and Culture dept being diverted for graffiti.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · Jun 13

new Adonis squeak video dropped

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10h

The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.

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Emma Partlow @ #CubeCon2025 🔜 Spotlight Series: Liverpool @emmapartlow.com · 13h

Not a fan of how this is worded, so I would be very careful and not mention any creators or influencers when responding.

It also would not shock me if this was a Marvel ask more than a Wizards one - either way, doesn't look good.

dusty cupboards @dustycupboards.bsky.social · 14h

i don't feel like magic set surveys usually have this question and i don't appreciate the implication that content creators, who do so so much for the game, are possibly to blame for a bad set's poor performance. 👎

"to what degree did negative influence commentary impact your perceptions of the spiderman set"

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Politico @politico.com · 13h

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

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DHS Says Social Media Will Be Screened for ‘Antisemitism’ as It Purges Pro-Palestine Immigrants
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem says people shouldn't try to "hide behind the First Amendment."

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs
The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.
By Matt Novak
Updated October 15, 2025

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

Meanwhile, Justice Gorsuch is nodding along to oral arguments at the Supreme Court about how there’s no racism in politics anymore

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 10h

This guy was a clerk for Justice Gorsuch. Anyone want to argue this is not a racist (and damn stupid) taunt?

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 10h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Hannah Krieg @hannahkrieg.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: Amazon just fired a Palestinian worker. I'll give you one guess as to why... www.theburnerseattle.com/post/amazon-...

Amazon Fires Palestinian Worker For Speaking Out Against Company's Participation In Genocide

On Monday, after a five-week long suspension, Amazon fired Palestinian tech worker Ahmed Shahrour. I’ll give you one guess as to why!As The Burner reported last month, Shahrour sent a letter to Amazon...

www.theburnerseattle.com

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 15h

When the police assault you, you have a 100% chance of being accused of assault.

Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault

Police and federal law enforcement officers have made dozens of arrests, with Trump administration officials calling the long-running demonstration at a single Portland site an act of terrorism.

www.seattletimes.com

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 17h

these people have the self-reflection of a vampire

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Justin Hancock @justinhancock.bsky.social · 21h

Eg Since CGPT (and enshittification of Google search) visits to BISH have been down. Page rank is lower so BISH is getting served less. So it's out to destroy advice websites (that are free and ad free). But there's another issue and that is:

Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 23h

I have many worries about AI and 'advice' giving, but two pressing ones are how much useful information from advice columns, books, charities etc has been consumed and ruined to churn out harmful crap.

And how clearly advice giving has never been valued and continues to be devalued. Destroyed, even

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 20h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

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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