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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 53m

Hang this in the Louvre

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h

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
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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.

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Spencer @gilmansg13.bsky.social · 4h

Current Brewers vs Glasnow are 10/71 for a .141 BA and a .228 OBP in their careers. The 3 homers were by Bauers (1) and Jansen (2). Jansen has by far the best numbers against Glasnow and Yelich is 1 for 14 with 7 ks.

They’re not benching Yelich but…..

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Spencer @gilmansg13.bsky.social · 20h

If it looks like a goose, sounds like a goose, and steps like a goose….

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Scott Spratt @scottspratt.bsky.social · 1d

When Joe Flacco vs. Aaron Rodgers is the last game you'll ever watch where both quarterbacks are older than you are:

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Spencer @gilmansg13.bsky.social · 1d

All I’m saying is maybe we shouldn’t have stopped bullying the Nazi kids in school.

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

It’s incredible that the VT State Senator wrapped up in this hasn’t resigned yet — every major GOP leader in the state has called for his resignation. Fixing democracy requires restoring shame to public life. And accountability. Lots of accountability. vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...

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Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 1d

Yamamoto to the entire Dodgers Bullpen:

Good Will Hunting - Know How Easy This Is for me?

YouTube video by Vi Cross

www.youtube.com

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Spencer @gilmansg13.bsky.social · 1d

Sure why not just let Uribe finish the game here.

Spencer @gilmansg13.bsky.social · 1d

Lol Murphy getting Uribe up.

Spencer @gilmansg13.bsky.social · 1d

Acuna?

Spencer @gilmansg13.bsky.social · 1d

Yovani was very similar in that it would seem like he’d get to an 0-2 or 1-2 count and then spend like 6 pitches trying to get the strikeout.

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Spencer @gilmansg13.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t explain it but Peralta is the pitcher that I never feel confident having on the mound despite his numbers being very good to excellent so consistently.

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Spencer @gilmansg13.bsky.social · 1d

Especially when one of the rosters has 4 former MVPs and 2 Cy Young winners and the biggest payroll in baseball history.

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BadgerNoonan @badgernoonan.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, that seems right.

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Spencer @gilmansg13.bsky.social · 2d

That ball started on the inner part of the zone on a 2-strike count. He’s gearing up to potentially have to swing when it darts hard inside at his back knee. I don’t know how people expect him to turn into it or risk severe injury off his kneecap at that point.

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Jay Gugel @googs33.bsky.social · 2d

Something that is alarming....Yelich has had 54 playoff ABs since 2018 and does not have a single RBI...when you talk about not winning a series...this is an issue

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Spencer @gilmansg13.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, the Dodgers also had a 2x Cy Young winning starting pitcher they just signed to a $36M/year deal and had runs driven in by 2 former MVP hitters with contracts worth more than $500m combined.

It’s not exactly the same thing.

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Spencer @gilmansg13.bsky.social · 2d

Regarding Turang getting out of the way of that pitch, I can’t bring myself to get mad. That’s all instinct and was heading straight for his back knee.

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Spencer @gilmansg13.bsky.social · 2d

Would have been ball 3.

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Spencer @gilmansg13.bsky.social · 2d

Well they can’t throw Snell every game at least. Problem is they can also throw Yamamoto and Shohei and Kershaw and Glasnow.

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Spencer @gilmansg13.bsky.social · 2d

The Brewers should really try to sign more $30m AAV pitchers.

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Spencer @gilmansg13.bsky.social · 2d

BA is so good on the mic.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 2d

potentially the most accurately officiated/announced play in sports history, the umps and the announcer knew exactly what was happening on a once-in-a-lifetime play

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 2d

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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JR Radcliffe @jrradcliffe.bsky.social · 2d

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