Roni Lucas
@mrronilucas.bsky.social
People over profit. Earth over empire. Progressive and proud.
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Last year, Direct File saved taxpayers $5.6 million in tax preparation costs by allowing people to file their taxes for FREE.
That’s why tax preparation companies like TurboTax and Intuit lobbied to get rid of it.
Trump just gave them their wish.
news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-re...
That’s why tax preparation companies like TurboTax and Intuit lobbied to get rid of it.
Trump just gave them their wish.
news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-re...
IRS Chief Says Direct File Is ‘Gone,’ Other Audit Tech Is Coming
The Biden-era IRS free filing tool, Direct File, is “gone,” IRS Commissioner Billy Long said.
news.bloombergtax.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Last year, Direct File saved taxpayers $5.6 million in tax preparation costs by allowing people to file their taxes for FREE.
That’s why tax preparation companies like TurboTax and Intuit lobbied to get rid of it.
Trump just gave them their wish.
news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-re...
That’s why tax preparation companies like TurboTax and Intuit lobbied to get rid of it.
Trump just gave them their wish.
news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-re...
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This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
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Fascinating! Ice cleaving and a 200 ft tower rises from the water.
July 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Fascinating! Ice cleaving and a 200 ft tower rises from the water.
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Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” invests over $50 BILLION per year for vouchers that let private schools pick and choose which students to educate.
The American people do not want to privatize public education, they want to strengthen it.
The American people do not want to privatize public education, they want to strengthen it.
July 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” invests over $50 BILLION per year for vouchers that let private schools pick and choose which students to educate.
The American people do not want to privatize public education, they want to strengthen it.
The American people do not want to privatize public education, they want to strengthen it.
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“CoreCivic has repeatedly shown that it is incapable of running a humane facility. Now, the company flouts city approval to move forward with an ICE center based on false promises.”
In filings, the city argued the company previously ran an “absolute hell hole”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
In filings, the city argued the company previously ran an “absolute hell hole”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A private prison firm wants to detain immigrants in this Kansas town. Its residents are pushing back
Residents of Leavenworth are organizing against CoreCivic’s efforts to reopen a problematic prison
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“CoreCivic has repeatedly shown that it is incapable of running a humane facility. Now, the company flouts city approval to move forward with an ICE center based on false promises.”
In filings, the city argued the company previously ran an “absolute hell hole”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
In filings, the city argued the company previously ran an “absolute hell hole”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions.
Foreign medical residents fill critical positions at U.S. hospitals, but many now face visa issues
Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration's travel and visa…
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July 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions.
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State Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social in Nashville:
July 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
State Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social in Nashville:
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Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
July 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
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The iPhone has generated this today, Golden Hour Over The Years, think it’s quite pleasant.
July 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The iPhone has generated this today, Golden Hour Over The Years, think it’s quite pleasant.
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Good morning Wednesday! A little reflection on a pond for this #WaterOnWednesday
#Photography #Nature
#Photography #Nature
July 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Good morning Wednesday! A little reflection on a pond for this #WaterOnWednesday
#Photography #Nature
#Photography #Nature
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“There’s a level of terror I haven’t seen before.” A psychiatrist who provides care to undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles talks about the psychological harm caused by recent ICE raids and anti-immigrant rhetoric.
What Therapists Treating Immigrants Hear
Some mental-health-care providers are trying new approaches to treat patients whose worst fears have come true.
www.newyorker.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“There’s a level of terror I haven’t seen before.” A psychiatrist who provides care to undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles talks about the psychological harm caused by recent ICE raids and anti-immigrant rhetoric.
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Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all
July 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all
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Actually… this is a sunrise, shot from the patio.
Let’s pretend it’s a sunset.
Good night 🌙 !
Let’s pretend it’s a sunset.
Good night 🌙 !
July 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Actually… this is a sunrise, shot from the patio.
Let’s pretend it’s a sunset.
Good night 🌙 !
Let’s pretend it’s a sunset.
Good night 🌙 !
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Sunset Ireland (July 2nd) Cam 1 - Still Shot 9:10pm (Roscommon) #Sunset #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #SkyScape #Photography
July 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Sunset Ireland (July 2nd) Cam 1 - Still Shot 9:10pm (Roscommon) #Sunset #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #SkyScape #Photography
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The greatest tool working people have to win dignity, power and respect is organizing.
So proud to stand with labor as your Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City.
So proud to stand with labor as your Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City.
July 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The greatest tool working people have to win dignity, power and respect is organizing.
So proud to stand with labor as your Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City.
So proud to stand with labor as your Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City.
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Donald Trump's immigration agents are parading around masked, in unmarked cars, and snatching hardworking people off the streets — ripping them away from their families and disappearing them into federal detention labyrinths just to meet indiscriminate arrest quotas.
July 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Donald Trump's immigration agents are parading around masked, in unmarked cars, and snatching hardworking people off the streets — ripping them away from their families and disappearing them into federal detention labyrinths just to meet indiscriminate arrest quotas.
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The GOP Budget Bill is a tragedy for the American people and a complete moral failure.
Donald Trump and his MAGA enablers are ripping care from cancer patients, meals from children, and money from working families — just to give tax breaks to the ultra-rich.
Donald Trump and his MAGA enablers are ripping care from cancer patients, meals from children, and money from working families — just to give tax breaks to the ultra-rich.
Breaking news: The House voted to pass President Trump's massive tax and immigration bill, sending it to the president's desk ahead of his July 4 deadline.
House passes tax and immigration bill, sending it to Trump’s desk
Republicans passed a mammoth tax and immigration agenda they hope will reshape the U.S. economy and unwind many of the Biden administration’s accomplishments.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The GOP Budget Bill is a tragedy for the American people and a complete moral failure.
Donald Trump and his MAGA enablers are ripping care from cancer patients, meals from children, and money from working families — just to give tax breaks to the ultra-rich.
Donald Trump and his MAGA enablers are ripping care from cancer patients, meals from children, and money from working families — just to give tax breaks to the ultra-rich.