@southerngrit.bsky.social
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ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax.
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich
Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax.
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group
The escalation exerts unprecedented pressure on the Maduro regime, threatening to bankrupt Venezuela's already struggling economy.
www.axios.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
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MIT Professor Nuno F. Loureiro was shot multiple times in his Brookline, Mass home last night. He passed away this morning. Professor Loureiro was one of the world's leading experts in Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion. There is no suspect in custody.
MIT professor shot and killed in Massachusetts home
YouTube video by CBS Boston
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
MIT Professor Nuno F. Loureiro was shot multiple times in his Brookline, Mass home last night. He passed away this morning. Professor Loureiro was one of the world's leading experts in Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion. There is no suspect in custody.
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This threatened military action directly contradicts what Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth told my Senate colleagues and I today about the mission and goals of their operations in the Caribbean. 1/2
December 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This threatened military action directly contradicts what Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth told my Senate colleagues and I today about the mission and goals of their operations in the Caribbean. 1/2
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Read this. Then read it again.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Hopefully this gets it on record that he destroyed what's not his personal property, & lied his way through it
Also hopefully spares us from another one of his tasteless "improvements":
"[He wants to] “fix” the 100-year-old Reflecting Pool [in DC]. Fix what, exactly? Your guess is as good as ours"
Also hopefully spares us from another one of his tasteless "improvements":
"[He wants to] “fix” the 100-year-old Reflecting Pool [in DC]. Fix what, exactly? Your guess is as good as ours"
Trump Hit With Massive Lawsuit Over His Tacky Ballroom
Donald Trump is being sued for destroying the White House to build his gaudy ballroom.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Hopefully this gets it on record that he destroyed what's not his personal property, & lied his way through it
Also hopefully spares us from another one of his tasteless "improvements":
"[He wants to] “fix” the 100-year-old Reflecting Pool [in DC]. Fix what, exactly? Your guess is as good as ours"
Also hopefully spares us from another one of his tasteless "improvements":
"[He wants to] “fix” the 100-year-old Reflecting Pool [in DC]. Fix what, exactly? Your guess is as good as ours"
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Listening to Dr. Liz makes it obvious: the leaked “black box warning” tease is fear-bait, not science. This is how the chaos machine works: seed panic, chase clicks, undermine trust.
Demand evidence, demand transparency, and follow real experts like sciencewhizliz on IG
Demand evidence, demand transparency, and follow real experts like sciencewhizliz on IG
December 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Listening to Dr. Liz makes it obvious: the leaked “black box warning” tease is fear-bait, not science. This is how the chaos machine works: seed panic, chase clicks, undermine trust.
Demand evidence, demand transparency, and follow real experts like sciencewhizliz on IG
Demand evidence, demand transparency, and follow real experts like sciencewhizliz on IG
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Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
December 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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Happy birthday to my friend @sarabareilles!
Flashback to the 2014 Grammys
Flashback to the 2014 Grammys
December 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Happy birthday to my friend @sarabareilles!
Flashback to the 2014 Grammys
Flashback to the 2014 Grammys
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70 years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man.
Thank you Rosa, for your courage, long ago. May we learn from your example.
Thank you Rosa, for your courage, long ago. May we learn from your example.
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
70 years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man.
Thank you Rosa, for your courage, long ago. May we learn from your example.
Thank you Rosa, for your courage, long ago. May we learn from your example.
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FBI Deputy Director Bongino is suddenly in defense mode after an email surfaced showing he was looped in on the Trump-era mass redactions of Epstein files on Day 2 of the job. The question isn’t why he knew it’s why the public wasn’t supposed to.
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/A0bLUpHFVQQy...
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/A0bLUpHFVQQy...
Dan Bongino Scrambles to Explain Epstein Files Redaction Email — The Daily Beast
The FBI deputy director had faced questions over his role in a “special” project to redact Epstein-related materials.
apple.news
December 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
FBI Deputy Director Bongino is suddenly in defense mode after an email surfaced showing he was looped in on the Trump-era mass redactions of Epstein files on Day 2 of the job. The question isn’t why he knew it’s why the public wasn’t supposed to.
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/A0bLUpHFVQQy...
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/A0bLUpHFVQQy...
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This is a must read. The most in depth understanding of how corrupt our foreign policy has become. Trump and Witkoff (Rubio totally sidelined) are proposing to sell out Ukraine in exchange for Russian deals for their billionaire crowd.
Not about peace. Just about profit.
Not about peace. Just about profit.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is a must read. The most in depth understanding of how corrupt our foreign policy has become. Trump and Witkoff (Rubio totally sidelined) are proposing to sell out Ukraine in exchange for Russian deals for their billionaire crowd.
Not about peace. Just about profit.
Not about peace. Just about profit.
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wild that this guy still has a job
December 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
wild that this guy still has a job
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Senate Armed Services chair:
December 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Senate Armed Services chair:
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Well, this is exhibit number one in any lawsuit challenging a new travel ban on unconstitutional animus grounds.
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Well, this is exhibit number one in any lawsuit challenging a new travel ban on unconstitutional animus grounds.
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The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
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AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
Emily Atkin
https://heated.world/p/data-centers-arent-just-guzzling
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
Emily Atkin
https://heated.world/p/data-centers-arent-just-guzzling
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
Emily Atkin
https://heated.world/p/data-centers-arent-just-guzzling
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
Emily Atkin
https://heated.world/p/data-centers-arent-just-guzzling
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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It’s not unimaginable. This is the same peace deal the kremlin peddled to Trump in 2016 via Kilimnik. And don’t forget Jared’s multiple Middle East “peace deals” that never included Palestine. There’s been like three of those.
Himes: "This shows Steve Witkoff almost literally sitting side with the Russians on this ... it's unimaginable to consider the fact that you would propose a peace deal that the Ukrainians didn't even know about."
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
It’s not unimaginable. This is the same peace deal the kremlin peddled to Trump in 2016 via Kilimnik. And don’t forget Jared’s multiple Middle East “peace deals” that never included Palestine. There’s been like three of those.