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49 communities with Americans were flooded in the darkness of night in Alaska.

This tragedy reminds me of the girls summer camp in Texas on July 4th, but it’s not getting press coverage. These Americans deserve better. Thank You Coast Gaurd!

1,400 people are displaced, 1 fatality and 3 missing.

Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella @juliefrancella.com · Oct 17

Join @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & me live tonight at 10 p.m. ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM Show ch. 127 for our We’re Still Here segment. We’ll be talking with Rae Fancher, Alaska Native, about the devastating flooding in Alaska, & more.
Tune in and Call in. 🪶📻 #Indigenous

A blue-toned graphic with swirling storm imagery in the background and bold white text at the top reading “WESTERN ALASKA DISASTER RELIEF.” Below, smaller text explains that Western Alaska’s coastal communities are facing severe flooding and displacement from Typhoon Halong. On the left side, there is a large black-and-white QR code with the label “ONLINE FUNDRAISER.” To the right of the QR code, text encourages people to support relief efforts by scanning the code to donate, noting that all funds will go directly to affected communities. Along the bottom, several words of thanks appear in different Alaska Native languages, including “QUYANA CAKNEQ,” “QUYANAQPAK,” “QAGAASAKUNG,” “TAIKUU,” “MAHSI CHO,” “GUNALCHÉESH,” “HÁW’AA,” and “THANK YOU.”

October 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

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
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(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

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Corpsy

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August 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM

otterwisperer.bsky.social

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · Jun 3

The hate as an existential analgesic? Do you agree with James Baldwin? The question remains - WHY people cling to their hates?

June 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝

@sundaedivine.lol

Obama: First black president of Harvard Law Review.
Trump: First orange convict in the White House.

May 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈

@beingliberal.bsky.social

This is why he hates Harvard...

May 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM

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Charlie Wilkins

@charlottewilkins.bsky.social

Here is 41 year old Donald Trump in Moscow in 1987.

The visit was part of a KGB strategy to cultivate Trump as a potential asset. Upon his return to NY, he paid over $100k in newspaper ads saying the US should abandon their allies and let them fend for themselves.

Do you think they succeeded?

March 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM

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Politico

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Column: The Biden administration attempted a policy revolution on antitrust. Trump’s team is putting an end to that, writes POLITICO Magazine's Ankush Khardori.