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Billy Long's sole qualification to run the IRS is that, in 2023–24, he ran a large-scale tax fraud operation.
I am not making this up.
I am not making this up.
Boy, I feel for my former IRS colleagues who have to work for this buffoon.
Ex-congressman Billy Long confirmed as commissioner of the IRS, an agency he once sought to abolish
Former congressman Billy Long of Missouri has been confirmed to lead the Internal Revenue Service, an agency he once sought to abolish.
apnews.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Billy Long's sole qualification to run the IRS is that, in 2023–24, he ran a large-scale tax fraud operation.
I am not making this up.
I am not making this up.
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Kinda wild that so many Very Serious People take the need to build data centers for AI as a given when the main use case for AI so far seems to be degrading people’s ability to read, write, think critically and connect to other human beings
May 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Kinda wild that so many Very Serious People take the need to build data centers for AI as a given when the main use case for AI so far seems to be degrading people’s ability to read, write, think critically and connect to other human beings
It's almost that time of year when straight cis men wear what lesbians and trans masc men wore last summer
May 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It's almost that time of year when straight cis men wear what lesbians and trans masc men wore last summer
So much of the admins motives are just more laborers, less rights, more profits, total business domination. People have to wake up, the machine of fascism is in full swing
April 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
So much of the admins motives are just more laborers, less rights, more profits, total business domination. People have to wake up, the machine of fascism is in full swing
The road to fascism is littered with the powerful's opposition. If immigrants undocumented and otherwise are booted out, human rights orgs fall, then climate orgs, there is no telling who's next. Confront it now
April 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The road to fascism is littered with the powerful's opposition. If immigrants undocumented and otherwise are booted out, human rights orgs fall, then climate orgs, there is no telling who's next. Confront it now
Fascism wins out because it's actually very easy to be bad and do evil. It's hard work to live good values and create a society built on community, care, and mutual aid.
April 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Fascism wins out because it's actually very easy to be bad and do evil. It's hard work to live good values and create a society built on community, care, and mutual aid.
The first trump admin forced the legislative, judicial, and municipal to show its cards. I fear trump ii has fully figured out its entire barrage against everything that had been built given this latest stop against religious building being able to harbor migrants
April 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The first trump admin forced the legislative, judicial, and municipal to show its cards. I fear trump ii has fully figured out its entire barrage against everything that had been built given this latest stop against religious building being able to harbor migrants
What the actual f***
I would say more broadly that as policy you really shouldn’t allow government officials to accuse people of *terrorism* anonymously.
You’re not supposed to grant anonymity to liars. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
April 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
What the actual f***
Jill Stein is going on the same list that includes Candace Owens, Shaun King, and Aaron Rodgers. The 'never repost even when the broken clock it' list
April 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Jill Stein is going on the same list that includes Candace Owens, Shaun King, and Aaron Rodgers. The 'never repost even when the broken clock it' list
Dismantle the military industrial complex = pretty people centric hubs
A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
April 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Dismantle the military industrial complex = pretty people centric hubs
I thought we'd have flying cars fueled off mushroom juice before the apocalypse but the best we will get is overdraft fees on our payment plan food delivery that relies on underpaid gig workers
March 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I thought we'd have flying cars fueled off mushroom juice before the apocalypse but the best we will get is overdraft fees on our payment plan food delivery that relies on underpaid gig workers
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What happens when the U.N. climate talks are hosted by a petrostate?
We join @benrst.bsky.social to reflect on #COP28, and how journalists and activists around the world are exposing #BigPolluters' stranglehold on climate policy in @tbij.bsky.social's latest newsletter.
We join @benrst.bsky.social to reflect on #COP28, and how journalists and activists around the world are exposing #BigPolluters' stranglehold on climate policy in @tbij.bsky.social's latest newsletter.
Exposing a climate conference's biggest conflict
I've got the inside scoop on 2023's COP scandal from an old colleague at the Centre for Climate Reporting
the-spark-tbij.beehiiv.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
What happens when the U.N. climate talks are hosted by a petrostate?
We join @benrst.bsky.social to reflect on #COP28, and how journalists and activists around the world are exposing #BigPolluters' stranglehold on climate policy in @tbij.bsky.social's latest newsletter.
We join @benrst.bsky.social to reflect on #COP28, and how journalists and activists around the world are exposing #BigPolluters' stranglehold on climate policy in @tbij.bsky.social's latest newsletter.
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people can smell a phony from a mile away!
And everyone, when evaluating James Carville's winning advice, please consider what Gavin Newsom's anti-trans swing has done for his numbers:
March 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
people can smell a phony from a mile away!
Latest episode out, we recorded at the beginning of the month and thought about this topic a couple of years ago. I enjoyed having my high school friend and immigrant and worker advocate Marven Hyppolite
open.spotify.com/episode/6Zry...
open.spotify.com/episode/6Zry...
Politics of Precarity, Beyond Divide and Conquer
Upon Request · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Latest episode out, we recorded at the beginning of the month and thought about this topic a couple of years ago. I enjoyed having my high school friend and immigrant and worker advocate Marven Hyppolite
open.spotify.com/episode/6Zry...
open.spotify.com/episode/6Zry...
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Now that Schumer and Dems have abjectly decided to cave, when they scream about the cuts that Musk and Trump continue to undertake in violation of *their own CR,* it will only sound all the more hollow. Great job all around, guys.
March 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Now that Schumer and Dems have abjectly decided to cave, when they scream about the cuts that Musk and Trump continue to undertake in violation of *their own CR,* it will only sound all the more hollow. Great job all around, guys.
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
A Jewish sitting elected leader was called 'Palestinian' for his viewpoints. We are in an awful era. Best case scenario we're in the red scare anti-communism America, worst case we're in full fledged Nazi third Reich. Palestinian liberation is the line, if we lose on that front it's floodgates open
March 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A Jewish sitting elected leader was called 'Palestinian' for his viewpoints. We are in an awful era. Best case scenario we're in the red scare anti-communism America, worst case we're in full fledged Nazi third Reich. Palestinian liberation is the line, if we lose on that front it's floodgates open
When things were built to last, they also were beautifully absorbed because the makers knew it'd be seen for a lifetime. Bring us back to the right to repair era and lightbulbs that last centuries
March 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
When things were built to last, they also were beautifully absorbed because the makers knew it'd be seen for a lifetime. Bring us back to the right to repair era and lightbulbs that last centuries
For years people were worried about video games, but I think Fox News is worse for the world than Grand theft auto
March 6, 2025 at 7:11 AM
For years people were worried about video games, but I think Fox News is worse for the world than Grand theft auto
I've been wondering what medicine JD took to all of a sudden be able to even "stomach" being a lapdog this bad ??
March 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I've been wondering what medicine JD took to all of a sudden be able to even "stomach" being a lapdog this bad ??
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my superpower for predicting things? paying attention to what people with power say and do
People laughed a few days ago when @jamellebouie.net said we might not have flu shots next year, but:
NEWS: The FDA abruptly canceled its upcoming advisory committee meeting to select the strains for next year's flu shot.
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
my superpower for predicting things? paying attention to what people with power say and do
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Our #PBS Spotlight on Community #Conservation is now live on YouTube! Check out how we are working together to protect nature. Watch the video here: buff.ly/3F88RNb
February 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Our #PBS Spotlight on Community #Conservation is now live on YouTube! Check out how we are working together to protect nature. Watch the video here: buff.ly/3F88RNb
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🧵 THREAD: On Friday, Veolia, the world's largest private water corporation, announced a $53 million settlement with #Flint residents and the state of Michigan.
But this settlement is nowhere near enough to account for the impact of Veolia’s abuses on the people of Flint.
But this settlement is nowhere near enough to account for the impact of Veolia’s abuses on the people of Flint.
World's largest private water corporation settles in Flint water crisis lawsuits
Veolia's actions in Flint remind us of the very simple fact that corporations care more about their profits than about our communities.
corporateaccountability.org
February 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🧵 THREAD: On Friday, Veolia, the world's largest private water corporation, announced a $53 million settlement with #Flint residents and the state of Michigan.
But this settlement is nowhere near enough to account for the impact of Veolia’s abuses on the people of Flint.
But this settlement is nowhere near enough to account for the impact of Veolia’s abuses on the people of Flint.
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Many of the cruelest policies criminalizing poverty and mutual aid are coming from deep blue cities and states. Must read by @rickpaulas.bsky.social for @lukeoneil47.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/hurt-the-hel...
February 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Many of the cruelest policies criminalizing poverty and mutual aid are coming from deep blue cities and states. Must read by @rickpaulas.bsky.social for @lukeoneil47.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/hurt-the-hel...