Pamela D Woodberry
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The Kentucky Derby is Saturday, meaning superwealthy horse owners will not only be gathering to sip mint juleps and indulge in their expensive equine hobby, but probably use it to slash their income tax bill.
An evergreen dispatch from @propublica.org's Secret IRS Files👇
An evergreen dispatch from @propublica.org's Secret IRS Files👇
When You’re a Billionaire, Your Hobbies Can Slash Your Tax Bill
Thoroughbred horses, auto racing, massive ranches, luxury hotels. The hobbies and side businesses of the ultrawealthy create huge write-offs that can let them get away with paying little or no income ...
www.propublica.org
May 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
NEW: If you want to know how the Trump administration is dismantling civil rights enforcement in schools, and how that affects families, read this story from @jsmithrichards.bsky.social and @jodiscohen.bsky.social of @propublica.org.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students
The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing i...
www.propublica.org
May 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A crypto company part-owned by the Trump family stands to earn millions of dollars from a business deal involving a state-backed investment fund from the UAE. The arrangement amounts to “foreign policy for sale,” critics claim. www.wired.com/story/as-tru...
As Trump’s Family Crypto Business Gains Steam, Ethical Concerns Mount
A crypto company part-owned by the Trump family stands to earn millions of dollars from a business deal involving a state-backed investment fund from the UAE. The arrangement amounts to “foreign policy...
www.wired.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
JUST IN: Judge HOWELL rules forcefully in favor of Perkins Coie against Trump's punitive executive order, comparing him to a Shakespearean character who famously called to "kill all the lawyers" in order to amass power.
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May 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
April 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
*Giggle*
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A priest, a pastor, and a rabbit walk into a blood donation center.
The nurse asks the rabbit, " What is your blood type?"
The rabbit responds, "I am probably a type O."
The nurse asks the rabbit, " What is your blood type?"
The rabbit responds, "I am probably a type O."
April 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
*Giggle*
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The startup has raised over $2B in venture capital, much of it from firms with ties to Trump and Musk.
In addition to Thiel, other major backers include Thrive Capital, which was founded by Jared Kushner's brother, and 8VC, a firm run by Musk allies.
By @chrisbing.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
In addition to Thiel, other major backers include Thrive Capital, which was founded by Jared Kushner's brother, and 8VC, a firm run by Musk allies.
By @chrisbing.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program
A little-known firm with investors linked to JD Vance, Elon Musk and Trump could get a piece of the federal expense card system — and its hundreds of millions in fees. “This goes against all the…
www.propublica.org
April 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Reposted by Pamela D Woodberry
Odd, how the United States doesn't have enough money to give sick veterans healthcare, impoverished seniors Social Security, or hungry schoolkids lunches, but it does have enough money to pay a Central American dictator millions to torture American residents in his brutal concentration camp.
April 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Odd, how the United States doesn't have enough money to give sick veterans healthcare, impoverished seniors Social Security, or hungry schoolkids lunches, but it does have enough money to pay a Central American dictator millions to torture American residents in his brutal concentration camp.
Reposted by Pamela D Woodberry
I'm sure this has *nothing* to do with the fact that Intuit, the company that owns TruboTax, which makes money off filing income taxes with the IRS, gave Donald Trump $1,000,000 for his inauguration slush fund. #Corruption
New, from me: The Trump administration is killing Direct File, the free IRS e-filing tool.
Users love it, and it creates incredible value for the public.
It's the clearest sign that DOGE wants a government that serves private and not public interests. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Users love it, and it creates incredible value for the public.
It's the clearest sign that DOGE wants a government that serves private and not public interests. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
The Death of Direct File
Tech for good not welcome in the Trump administration
donmoynihan.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I'm sure this has *nothing* to do with the fact that Intuit, the company that owns TruboTax, which makes money off filing income taxes with the IRS, gave Donald Trump $1,000,000 for his inauguration slush fund. #Corruption
April 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
April 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I imagine that certain factions in America would read this and not even understand how this is a serious problem…
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission is beginning to onboard officials with billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, according to an email sent to department staff reut.rs/4l3gjKl
US Securities and Exchange Commission beginning to onboard DOGE staff, email says
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is beginning to onboard officials with billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, according to an email sent on Friday to department staff.
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March 29, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I imagine that certain factions in America would read this and not even understand how this is a serious problem…
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I don't know, the answers are always much more complicated than any one thing, but the "revenged humiliation" concept has that horrible, sinking feeling of truth to it.
I hate it, but people will do almost anything to avoid acknowledging their own faults and mistakes.
14/14
I hate it, but people will do almost anything to avoid acknowledging their own faults and mistakes.
14/14
March 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
apnews.com/article/trum... executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
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March 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
apnews.com/article/trum... executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
A ProPublica analysis revealed a stark pattern across the Deep South, where about 200 majority-Black public school districts educate 1.3 million students. Alongside those districts are private academies filled almost entirely with white students.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation
A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across states in the Deep South: Alongside majority-Black public school districts, a separate web of private academies are filled almost entirely with…
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March 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
So, what is being done to effectively address this mess and minimize the nation’s losses?
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Exclusive: The best-known member of Elon Musk's US DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters reut.rs/4l2R9eL 1/5 @raphae.li
March 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
So, what is being done to effectively address this mess and minimize the nation’s losses?
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March 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It’s as if the powers that be want people with major health issues to die off, but I’m sure the pharma lobbyists wouldn’t want that to happen… 😕😡😢
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A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
March 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It’s as if the powers that be want people with major health issues to die off, but I’m sure the pharma lobbyists wouldn’t want that to happen… 😕😡😢
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I had a surprise young constituent in my Dallas office yesterday — precious Ms. Lilli!
Special thanks to her amazing family for their advocacy and for reminding us all on why protecting our access to quality education MATTERS!
Special thanks to her amazing family for their advocacy and for reminding us all on why protecting our access to quality education MATTERS!
March 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
We suspended the Constitution and upended our criminal justice system so Trump could run for office on the platform of suspending the Constitution and upending our criminal justice system.
March 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I wrote about the Tampa Bay Young Republicans inviting Andrew Tate to speak and the relationship between rape and the authoritarian right. Read at @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/guys-win-and...
Guys Win: Andrew Tate, Rape Politics, and the Authoritarian Right
Misogyny is a preeminent feature of authoritarian politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The United States didn't originate rounding up minorities who've been stereotyped & villainized in propaganda for the greater population, and then, without legal hearings, transporting them to another country, where they can be mistreated (or worse) away from the prying eyes of the press or public.
March 19, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Ask yourself:
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
March 19, 2025 at 5:43 AM