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Nolan Zugernat @zugernat.bsky.social · 1h

Every day, every hour brings us closer to atrocities on the scale of Nazi Germany, and they’ll absolutely happen if we don’t act.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1h

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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1h

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.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

“.. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) posted .. a potential [health insurance] premium increase, sent to him by a constituent, from $307 per month to $964 per month.

“.. The post has 6.5 million views.”

@axios.com
www.axios.com/newsletters/...

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Nolan Zugernat @zugernat.bsky.social · 1h

Trump need but ask and Musk would happily build him death camps.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3h

judging from what I’m seeing right now, a large-scale Twitter Exodus Event is 100% what’s happening

good!

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3h

musk personally allowed a nazi pedo doxxing cult to publish a bunch of leftists banking information, I think?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h

Collins: Speaker Johnson that Republicans are actually the party that wants to fix health care by addressing issues with it, as he says they did in the one big beautiful bill.

Sanders: Did he really say that? They're trying to fix health care by throwing 15 million people off of it?

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 14h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 4h

Australia has passed a Bill that will limit the total spending on a party by billionaires like Elon Musk to Just $50,000

This will ban billionaires from single-handedly buying Elections in Australia.

Should be global ..for that matter who needs billionaires 🧐

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Nolan Zugernat @zugernat.bsky.social · 2h

They really are Nazis, and the techbros are in bed with them. I’m afraid we’re not far off from actual death camps.

Meta Removes Facebook Group That Shared Information on ICE Agents

www.nytimes.com

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Nolan Zugernat @zugernat.bsky.social · 4h

As soon as they smelled an opportunity, the Republican Party went full racist. They’ve been champing at the bit since 1964. Everything we suspected about them has turned out to be true. They are vicious racist Nazi motherfuckers.

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Joe Bagga-Doenitz @baggajoe.bsky.social · 7h

So: young men 25-30 yrs of age are “boys”, who lack agency, but 16-17 yo girls are young women with agency to consent as an adult…..

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

Another $20 billion. That is the face you make when you heist the US taxpayers for $40 billion two weeks before your midterm elections from the most corrupt America Last regime in history.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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Nolan Zugernat @zugernat.bsky.social · 4h

JD Vance said that because he’s a liar and a vicious racist like they are.

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 5h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

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

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 7h

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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Nolan Zugernat @zugernat.bsky.social · 6h

Hell I bet Comer has sent many similar messages. They’re all racist scum, every single one.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 8h

Calling for gas chambers. Expressing love for Hitler. Endorsing rape. Using racist slurs.

I'm demanding Rep. James Comer open a House Oversight Committee investigation into these shocking, deeply offensive messages that were exchanged by Young Republican leaders from across the country.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

Topics Mike Johnson thinks are serious:

- Super Bowl halftime entertainer
- getting a Nobel Prize for Trump
- terrifying naked bike riders

Topics he thinks are not serious:

- Epstein Files
- domestic violence
- being able to keep the govt open
- the neutering of Congress

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 8h

Politico has now confirmed this.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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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Nolan Zugernat @zugernat.bsky.social · 7h

As racists do

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Nolan Zugernat @zugernat.bsky.social · 13h

SCOTUS: Fuck precedent, fuck the law, fuck decency, we’ll rule to enforce racism no matter what.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 14h

Roberts is saying that the court's own precedent from a couple of years ago, where it ruled that Alabama had to draw racial fair maps, doesn't apply to this (identical) case, essentially because the Alabama case was poorly argued.
It's a terrible argument, but the hill Roberts is gonna die on.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 14h

Roberts is saying that the court's own precedent from a couple of years ago, where it ruled that Alabama had to draw racial fair maps, doesn't apply to this (identical) case, essentially because the Alabama case was poorly argued.
It's a terrible argument, but the hill Roberts is gonna die on.

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