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#FuckYouMakeMe • tax the rich • abolish (pol)ice • runforsomething.net RIP USA: July 4, 1776—July 3, 2025 REJECT fascism REBUILD democracy https://yt.vu/CxqgE gen x beach purveyor 💕🇲🇽 🐧 unix/linux geek i block back 😘

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sandiego_cindy 👣🐾 @digitalramble.bsky.social · May 23

In 2014, Ursula Le Guin said: “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.”

sandiego_cindy 👣🐾 @digitalramble.bsky.social · Mar 5

TechDirt:

But what’s happening now is even more extreme and more terrifying. Something that even experts in democratic collapse didn’t see coming. Normally when democracies fall apart, there’s also a playbook. A series of predictable steps involving the military, or the courts, or sometimes both.

But Do We Still Need Gov't Intervention To Open Mobile Networks?

A month and a half ago, Walt Mossberg wrote up an article saying that government intervention was needed to get US mobile phone operators to open up their networks. I took issue with that notion, n…

www.techdirt.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

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
U.S. Code
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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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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 5h

ABOLISH ICE and EXPAND THE SUPREME COURT should be mainstream Democratic promises and talking points.

But timidity and civility will rule the day and screw the rest of us and this country in the end.

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 3h

I see protest discourse is hitting the feed again ahead of No Kings—idk man, go, don’t go,

…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing

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Andrew Dyer @andrewdyer.bsky.social · 8h

I'll admit a lot of media-centered stories are a bit tedious but this one's important.

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.

apnews.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

Here's how differently-abled and disabled folks can join No Kings 2: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS for Differently-Abled and Disabled Friends · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

www.mobilize.us

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 14h

The American people deserve a public health system that puts science before politics.

That's why California and 14 other governors are joining forces to launch the Governors Public Health Alliance to protect communities and guarantee decisions are rooted in data and health.

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 15h

My neighbors have filled the Little Free Libraries with whistles so we can warn each other about ICE. Chicago is not afraid.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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sandiego_cindy 👣🐾 @digitalramble.bsky.social · 22h

for-profit medical care kills people

Michael Byron #Fella @michaelby.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Provision of public goods cannot be privatized by profit seeking entities without loss of function. Not for profit is OK, for profit is not.

Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study

Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals

www.theguardian.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

I have blocked this person, but I keep seeing people say things like this, and I’m begging people to understand two things.

(1) Just because peaceful protest may not be sufficient to win this moment does not mean that it is not necessary.

It is.

From: Olde Stuffe @annalsofwarren.bsky.social

i appreciate your words very often
Germans were very angry at their own government for not being truthful about the fierce nature of their enemy in WWI
this betrayal by leaders and mouthpieces led directly to Hitler and NSDAP
we're telling Americans peaceful protest will solve this
it won't

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sandiego_cindy 👣🐾 @digitalramble.bsky.social · 1d

watching the ACME anvil fall…

sandiego_cindy 👣🐾 @digitalramble.bsky.social · 1d

remember this? i do. eff off christie.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Chris Christie at Donald Trump rally looks 'like a hostage situation'

It sparked a #FreeChrisChristie movement on Twitter within minutes.

www.usatoday.com

sandiego_cindy 👣🐾 @digitalramble.bsky.social · 1d

YES!

Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 2d

JB Pritzker Is Looking At Prosecuting ICE Agents
www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/jb-pritzke...

JB Pritzker Is Looking At Prosecuting ICE Agents

Gov. JB Pritzker had a message for any ICE agents who are abusing their power in Illinois. Someday, the tables will turn, and they will be prosecuted.

www.thedailypoliticususa.com

sandiego_cindy 👣🐾 @digitalramble.bsky.social · 1d

my goodness 😂 pure science indeed. i shall see my cornell tabs aside, then!

sandiego_cindy 👣🐾 @digitalramble.bsky.social · 1d

i think these are western sandpipers bc of the way the wings look

sandiego_cindy 👣🐾 @digitalramble.bsky.social · 1d

peeps can be so hard to id! we have more western sandpipers here but this is coming up on the time of year you will see more sanderlings so …

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

If a random guy in a mask grabbed someone and threw them in a vehicle—we'd call that a kidnapping. Until an alleged ICE agent identifies themselves, that's what this is.

For all we know they're a rapist murderer stalker looking for their next victim. Indefensible. Dem leadership must act NOW.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2d

Media outlets from WaPo, NYT, AP, and CNN to Newsmax are refusing to sign the Pentagon’s new gag-order press policy in a rare moment of total bipartisan media unity. This is the way. We can have different ideologies, but we must have a free press.

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sandiego_cindy 👣🐾 @digitalramble.bsky.social · 1d

mocking shitposting ≠ shitposting

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sandiego_cindy 👣🐾 @digitalramble.bsky.social · 1d

gen x and grew up on avocado toast (along with trad mexican food!)

sandiego_cindy 👣🐾 @digitalramble.bsky.social · 1d

huh. worth a shot!