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The Trump administration's cuts to tax enforcement have been substantial. The IRS' criminal enforcement section lost 10% of its workforce, more than 300 people. Some of those who remain have been diverted to other types of cases. And DOJ lost at least a third of its lawyers who focused on tax crime.
December 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The Trump administration's cuts to tax enforcement have been substantial. The IRS' criminal enforcement section lost 10% of its workforce, more than 300 people. Some of those who remain have been diverted to other types of cases. And DOJ lost at least a third of its lawyers who focused on tax crime.
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For someone who has spent time working at sea, the big question is why a small craft powered by outboard motors needed a crew of 11. One or two (tops) would have sufficed. The other nine or ten took up space that would better have been used for cargo. The Hegseth version makes absolutely no sense.
December 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
For someone who has spent time working at sea, the big question is why a small craft powered by outboard motors needed a crew of 11. One or two (tops) would have sufficed. The other nine or ten took up space that would better have been used for cargo. The Hegseth version makes absolutely no sense.
federalism shmederalism. Words mean nothing to him.
December 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
federalism shmederalism. Words mean nothing to him.
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The details about how the Trump Regime is murdering people keeps changing … that is generally a very bad sign.
EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military on Sept. 2 to kill all 11 people on a suspected drug-smuggling boat because they were on an internal list of military targets, the commander overseeing the operation told lawmakers, according to multiple sources.
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling vessels.
nbcnews.to
December 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The details about how the Trump Regime is murdering people keeps changing … that is generally a very bad sign.
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On the bubble: "in the first half of 2025, the US was arguably in a recession absent AI CapEx spending which was scarcely a ripple in terms of people saying, 'hello, we’re running a giant private sector stimulus program that’s keeping the US out of recession...'"
December 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
On the bubble: "in the first half of 2025, the US was arguably in a recession absent AI CapEx spending which was scarcely a ripple in terms of people saying, 'hello, we’re running a giant private sector stimulus program that’s keeping the US out of recession...'"
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
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ICE is moving from illegal raids & brutality to ethnic cleansing, just like any good Gestapo would do...
U.S. citizen was detained by ICE on her way to work during a traffic stop.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
No masks, no swapped out plates, no badgeless enforcement!
#StopGestapoICE
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U.S. citizen was detained by ICE on her way to work during a traffic stop.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
No masks, no swapped out plates, no badgeless enforcement!
#StopGestapoICE
2/2🧵
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
ICE is moving from illegal raids & brutality to ethnic cleansing, just like any good Gestapo would do...
U.S. citizen was detained by ICE on her way to work during a traffic stop.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
No masks, no swapped out plates, no badgeless enforcement!
#StopGestapoICE
2/2🧵
U.S. citizen was detained by ICE on her way to work during a traffic stop.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
No masks, no swapped out plates, no badgeless enforcement!
#StopGestapoICE
2/2🧵
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Here is that Commander who was "just following orders."
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Here is that Commander who was "just following orders."