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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 1h

Wow, amazing choice!

Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 5h

Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.

www.cbsnews.com

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 1h

American Philosophy: The Great Awakening to Dewey’s American Experimentalism

Sam Ulmschneider @samulmschneider.bsky.social · 4h

I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3h

NEWS

The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA
BECKLEY DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
V.
JAMES C. JUSTICE, II, and
CATHY L. JUSTICE
Defendants.
Case No. 5:25-cv-
COMPLAINT FOR FEDERAL TAXES
The United States of America, at the request of the Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue
Service, a delegate of the Secretary of Treasury, and at the direction of the Attorney General of
the United States, brings this action to collect the unpaid federal income tax assessments,
including statutory additions, owed by Defendants James C. Justice, II, and Cathy L. Justice.
Jurisdiction and Venue
The Plaintiff is the United States of America.
ri
The Court has jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1340,
and 1345 and 26 U.S.C. § 7402.
Venue is proper in the Southern District of West Virginia pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§$ 1391 and 1396. Defendants James C. Justice, II, and Cathy L. Justice, reside in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, which is also where the tax liabilities at issue accrued.
Upon information and belief, the Taxpayer Defendants, James C. Justice, II, and
Cathy L. Justice, maintain an address in Lewisburg, West Virginia.

I: Collect Federal Income Tax Assessments against Defendants
A delegate of the Secretary of Treasury properly and timely made income tax
assessments against Defendants James C. Justice, II, and Cathy L. Justice as follows:
Assessment
Type
Tax Period
Ending
Dates of
Assessments
Amounts of Assessments
Outstanding
Balance
(as of Aug. 4, 2025)
Income Tax (Form 1040)
12/31/2009
11/25/2015
$319,683.00
$32,445,072.00
$5,164,739.75
6. Penalties and interest have accrued according to law on the unpaid balance of
assessments set forth in Paragraph 5, and will continue to accrue until paid in full.
A delegate of the Secretary of the Treasury gave notice of the tax assessments set
forth in Paragraph 5, to Defendants James C. Justice, II, and Cathy L. Justice, and made demand
for payment of those assessments.
Despite notice and demand for payment of the assessments set forth in Paragraph
5, Defendants James C. Justice, II, and Cathy L. Justice have neglected or refused to make full
payment of those assessments to the United States.
9. As of August 4, 2025, with respect to the assessments described in Paragraph 5,
Defendants James C. Justice, II, and Cathy L. Justice are indebted to the United States in the
amount of $5,164,739.75 for federal income taxes, penalties, and interest, plus statutory
additions accruing after that date as provided by law for the 2009 tax year.

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 3h

Given the Pygmalion origins and the class politics, maybe—

Kirsten something or rather @leaferi.bsky.social · 3h

Mafia control and constitutional supremacy are not compatible.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe putting a dozen narcissistic poser Fox hosts in charge of sprawling federal agencies with millions of combined employees and vastly important responsibilities with enormous power wasn’t the greatest plan.

Sam Ulmschneider @samulmschneider.bsky.social · 4h

I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 4h

WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...

Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Statement on CDC's Vaccines and Autism Page

As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of autistic individuals and partners across the disability and public health sectors, we are deeply disappointed by the latest update to...

autisticadvocacy.org

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 4h

Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...

In the lawsuit, Garza alleges Bally said Campbell's makes
"highly processed food" for "poor people" and made several derogatory comments about Indian employees, calling them "idiots."
"We have s--t for f**king poor people. Who buys our s--t? | don't buy Campbell's products barely anymore. It's not healthy now that I know what the f—'s in it," part of the recording said. "Bioengineered meat -- I don't wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3-D printer."

Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 5h

Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.

www.cbsnews.com

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 5h

Each cabinet minister has their own special version of stupid. This guy thinks the secy of transportation is the decorum guy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5h

A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.

People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.

#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social

Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say

Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed

www.theguardian.com

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 5h

For Exxon and Country!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Rep. Salazar: "We're gonna be doing a favor to us, to our children, to our economy, to our oil companies to be able to liberate. And to Venezuelans who wants to be free."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Rep. Salazar: "We're gonna be doing a favor to us, to our children, to our economy, to our oil companies to be able to liberate. And to Venezuelans who wants to be free."

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 8h

The world’s stupidest people run the world’s most powerful nation

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Q: Passengers say you're putting the onus on passengers to create a more pleasant air travel experience. What are you doing immediately on your end to help?

DUFFY: In the end, it's my responsibility to behave well. I can't offload that to anybody else. How I dress? I can't blame anybody else.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Q: Passengers say you're putting the onus on passengers to create a more pleasant air travel experience. What are you doing immediately on your end to help?

DUFFY: In the end, it's my responsibility to behave well. I can't offload that to anybody else. How I dress? I can't blame anybody else.

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 8h

“This heist is over … easy!”

Jake Peralta voice

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 8h

The tech bros don’t want artificial intelligence, they want artificial wit. They want this because they have no natural wit.

InsultComicGPT or Don Grokles is indeed the saddest thing imaginable.

Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 15h

Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 8h

Do not ask a Brit “should I change my pants?”

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 9h

“In” is doing a lot of work in that headline

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16h

Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?

Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM

Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 9h

Meanwhile, in that same press conference, Carney moved away from characterizing Canada’s foreign policy as feminist and called gender quality a meme “aspect” of our foreign policy.

Carney’s words prompted this response from the former secretary general of Amnesty International Canada:

Alex Neve, sharing a Globe and Mail article titled “No more feminist foreign policy, Carney says” writes:

“Gender equality is a mere "aspect" of Canadian foreign policy. And we certainly don't call that policy "feminist". At a time when we need & crave global human rights leadership, the Carney government keeps heading in the other direction.”

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10h

BREAKING: Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.

Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed

A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump’s urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.

bit.ly

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 11h

Come to the philosophy department, we can explain why probabilities of word sequences in text corpuses isn’t a guide to truth.

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 11h

Spoke to a colleague about their recent attendance at an annual digital tech + [the field] conference. Most panels were about AI applications — and nearly all took the form of: here's what we tried, a cpl things worked, most was terrible. What's next? We're just gonna keep trying to make AI work 🙄

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 11h

Spoke to a colleague about their recent attendance at an annual digital tech + [the field] conference. Most panels were about AI applications — and nearly all took the form of: here's what we tried, a cpl things worked, most was terrible. What's next? We're just gonna keep trying to make AI work 🙄

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 11h

What people don’t understand is that Marie Antoinette was a populist….

Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 12h

Costs are up bigly, and this is what Trump has been focused on.

Malicious clowns.

White text reads, “What Trump’s focused on as the economy tanks” Followed by a red table featuring: Bailout to Argentina $40,000,000,000, White House Ballroom $250,000,000, Upgrading a Qatari Jet $1,000,000,000, and Kristi Noem’s Private Jet $200,000,000. In the background is a picture of Trump and Argentina’s president.

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 12h

Dead workers? Well, at least we aren’t confusing businesses!

Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 12h

Texas workers are dying from heat, but business leaders and Republicans support a ban on local protections, because too many different laws will confuse businesses.

But they oppose a national OSHA standard as well.

Maybe they just don't care?
insideclimatenews.org/news/2411202...

Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat - Inside Climate News

Despite its blazing temperatures, Texas has no labor protections for heat. That leaves workers, especially immigrants, vulnerable on the job.

insideclimatenews.org

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 12h

My favourite part of the traditional philosophy talk was the speaker finally noticing the ms is way too long, shuffling through many pages, and finally turning 57 pages over to get the summary at the end. Less satisfying when done with slides.

Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 12h

Costs are up bigly, and this is what Trump has been focused on.

Malicious clowns.

Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 12h

Texas workers are dying from heat, but business leaders and Republicans support a ban on local protections, because too many different laws will confuse businesses.

But they oppose a national OSHA standard as well.

Maybe they just don't care?
insideclimatenews.org/news/2411202...

Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat - Inside Climate News

Despite its blazing temperatures, Texas has no labor protections for heat. That leaves workers, especially immigrants, vulnerable on the job.

insideclimatenews.org

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