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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 Notes prev | next (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.
October 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
joyunconfined.bsky.social
Ugh! Trying to delete my Meta accounts and had to deactivate instead so I can sort out logins to other apps before I completely delete. This just underscores how insidious meta has been. I'm determined to delete, but it's just going to be more of a process than anticipated. Meh.
January 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
joyunconfined.bsky.social
This feed is full of people STILL talking about TikTok. It's over man. Game over. IF it returns it will be an abomination and mockery of the community we knew. Speech is no longer free in America. We have to get used to the fact that piblic servants no longer serve us and prepare/react accordingly.
January 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
joyunconfined.bsky.social
We all realize it will be back, right? It will be back with a vastly adjusted algorithm to serve 🍭🧊, Donny and friends. I don't think I'll return if that is the case. I was ALREADY getting some pretty sus things on my FYP that didn't match the rest of my stuff. It's well and truly over, kids.
January 19, 2025 at 4:51 AM