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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 5h

This is how authoritarianism cements itself in power and crushes opposition, all while the eggheads debate if it's fascism or something else.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING via WSJ

The Trump administration is planning sweeping changes in criminal division at the IRS.

Full Story: on.wsj.com/3LbVFtK

The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily, according to people familiar with the matter.
A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said.
The undertaking aims to install allies of President Trump at the IRS criminal-investigative division, or IRS-CI, to exert firmer control over the unit and weaken the involvement of IRS lawyers in criminal investigations, officials said. The proposed changes could open the door to politically motivated probes and are being driven by Gary Shapley, an adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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ShartCircuit @shartcircuit.bsky.social · 5h

I feel like the exits are exactly “smooth” but they are decent

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ShartCircuit @shartcircuit.bsky.social · 6h

Jesus Bertuzzi is sloooooowwww

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

MacCALLUM: Andrew Cuomo tomorrow night in that debate, he's gonna say 'I'm gonna bring 5,000 more police officers to the street.' Will you match that?

MAMDANI: I don't look to Andrew Cuomo for leadership

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 12h

at last some good news

'Big Balls' Muggers Evade Prison Sentence, Get Probation for Beating Up DOGE Employee

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ShartCircuit @shartcircuit.bsky.social · 17h

So I’m not crazy. I’ve been hearing them as well

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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 19h

Oh shit!

SUGAR @sugarcopperblue.bsky.social · 20h

Sugar is back! New music at sugarcopperblue.com PLUS May 2026 live shows in NYC and London. All the info is here!

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ShartCircuit @shartcircuit.bsky.social · 1d

How excited are you about Matt Abatacolla’s youth football team?

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ShartCircuit @shartcircuit.bsky.social · 1d

Same shit as ICE. Provoke and hope to get a reaction so you have an excuse to escalate.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 1d

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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ShartCircuit @shartcircuit.bsky.social · 1d

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Debbie Brockman, the WGN producer who was violently detained by Border Patrol agents in Chicago while on her way to work, has hired a law firm and "intends to pursue all legal avenues" over her arrest -- which resulted in no charges.

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