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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 48m

in and out of this hospital a lot in the past couple years, never seen a skeleton in time-out before

Model skeleton turned to face the corner of a room

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

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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Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 14h

BRB, putting on my Unabridged-OED-carrying pants.

A man wearing gigantic baggy '90s style JNCO jeans on a white background.

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The Late Mrs. Peel @mrspeel.bsky.social · 14h

I also saw that on YouTube earlier and did a double take 😄

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daryl "shut down, ass up'" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 17h

chairman kaga always said, if you seek revenge dig two graves

Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social · 17h

Frame #6250 from S03 -E09 - Black Pork-628419

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The Late Mrs. Peel @mrspeel.bsky.social · 14h

I ❤️❤️❤️ Scabby

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The Late Mrs. Peel @mrspeel.bsky.social · 15h

No! No!! 😭

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 16h

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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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 20h

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 · 1d

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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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 17h

I'm not commenting on scotus today because I have to focus on one dumpster fire at a time so as not to have a heart attack in my 30s. I will just say, today is a great day to learn more about Reconstruction. I'll keep recommending Black Reconstruction as one of my favorite books on the period.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16h

they should let humans run through the car wash like one day a week

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The Late Mrs. Peel @mrspeel.bsky.social · 15h

Gotta squash it before it squashes you!!!!

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The Late Mrs. Peel @mrspeel.bsky.social · 15h

I made some good pasta tonight using up all the last odds and ends of my summer produce (plus some of the tomato sauce I made over the weekend)

A bowl of baby eggplants and various types of zucchini from my garden

Pasta with diced zucchini and eggplants (plus some basil chicken sausage from Wegmans)

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17h

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs.

Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

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An Owen Meany Who Sucks 🧛🏼‍♂️ @notowenmeany.bsky.social · 1d

“Post a picture of yourself at age 21.”

I usually don't participate in the trends, but I'm pretty proud of these candids taken by my good friend, Og.

Cave drawings on a striated rock wall. Outline of a man on his knees, wailing and striking the ground, outline of a man sitting on a rock, cradling his head in his hands, and a third of a man walking morosely, staring at the ground.

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ʀʏᴀɴ ᴛʜᴏᴍᴀꜱ ʀɪᴅᴅʟᴇ 🇵🇭 🏳️‍🌈 @ryanthomasriddle.com · 1d

“Computer, load Riker Dungeon Program 69.”

No Context Earl Grey @frames.earlgreymemes.club · 4d

TNG; "Schisms"; an #iconic shot of Geordi on a mostly empty holodeck with black and yellow grid walls, looking down at a large unusual blocky wooden table (specifically *not* a metal table!)

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andrew in drag @voellig.bsky.social · 1d

I require a large piece of pumpkin bread, for my agonies

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 1d

good morning yogurt dogs

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The Late Mrs. Peel @mrspeel.bsky.social · 1d

I was definitely misled by the candy-themed title 😄

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The Late Mrs. Peel @mrspeel.bsky.social · 1d

The three food groups

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The Late Mrs. Peel @mrspeel.bsky.social · 1d

Like eating drywall

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The Late Mrs. Peel @mrspeel.bsky.social · 1d

This was literally the only book my parents noticed me reading and took away from me as being age-inappropriate (I was 10-11ish). So I just assumed for a long time that it was about a nice lady who had a good time on the dating scene

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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The Late Mrs. Peel @mrspeel.bsky.social · 1d

This is how I feel every time I turn our local station on & they're playing Symphonic Dances from West Side Story AGAIN

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