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JThomasAlbert

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Call me Tommy. Graphic designer stuck in the Florida panhandle, Tabletop gaming enthusiast, he/him, the good kind of weird

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JThomasAlbert @jthomasalbert.bsky.social · Nov 12

“Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the Earth itself to nobody.”

– Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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JThomasAlbert @jthomasalbert.bsky.social · 9m

I has a sad, now.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 54m

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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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 1h

i’m old enough to remember when rando big accounts were claiming 50501 was an op to get people hurt/arrested/surveilled due to it having no centralized figure and seeing a ton of people angstily boost that fearmongery

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 4h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 5h

"[O]ver 9,100 Palestinians continue to be held in Israeli prisons."

"Some 3,544 of them are held under the Israeli system of 'administrative detention,' which allows Israel to imprison Palestinians for up to six months without charge or trial."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Genocide

The 9,100 Palestinians left behind in Israeli prisons after the ‘peace’ deal

As world leaders celebrate the release of Israeli captives, over 9,000 Palestinian prisoners still face torture, hunger, and isolation behind bars. Half of them are held by Israel without charge or…

mondoweiss.net

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JThomasAlbert @jthomasalbert.bsky.social · 5h

More than 40% of voters didn't vote.

With the slightest effort, Harris could have gotten enough of them to the polls to beat Trump.

She had, like so many other Democrats had for decades, counted on a combination of brand loyalty and fear of the opposition.

That's not enough, anymore.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 8h

"There was no physical evidence tying Anthony to the killing."

"There is no justice system in the state of Alabama."

"There's a lot of tyranny, a lot of oppression, a lot of racial profiling, racial discrimination and a lot of underhanded tricks."
#Alabama #USA #Incarceration

He Was Convicted Entirely On Clashing Eyewitness Testimony. Alabama Plans to Execute Him Next Week.

No physical evidence connected Anthony Boyd to a 1993 murder. He was sent to death row on the word of a co-defendant who testified under the threat of capital punishment.

boltsmag.org

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Aruna D’Souza 🇨🇦 @arunadsouza.bsky.social · 8h

These are not kids; one of them is a state senator. The rest were mostly in their 30s.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h

Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."

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Jeffy 🌿 @jeffreon.bsky.social · 9h

Private finance for reconstruction. That's colonialist speak for corporate genocide profiteering.

The genocide is not over. Blair and Trump's colonialist occupational government, together with corporate 'aid', will strip Gazans of their land, culture, and homes.

A polite, very profitable genocide.

Tweet by @HFalconerMP:

"The rebuilding of Gaza will be one of the most challenging operations in modern times.

With a ceasefire in place, we must seize this moment.

That’s why this afternoon I convened partners at Wilton Park to drive forward private finance efforts for Gaza’s reconstruction"

Attached: presumably two images of said convention.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10h

In July, a subcontractor died in a workplace accident.
In August, Fort Bliss began accepting immigrant detainees.
In September, ICE’s own inspectors found that conditions at the facility violated at least 60 federal standards for immigrant detention.

@samanthamichaels.bsky.social reports:

How a tiny, inexperienced firm landed a $1.3 billion detention deal

To hold 5,000 human beings.

bit.ly

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Politico @politico.com · 10h

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears to be on the verge of weakening the Voting Rights Act.

Conservative justices seem poised to weaken Voting Rights Act

Several of the court’s conservatives appeared hostile to the traditional understanding of the civil rights law.

www.politico.com

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JThomasAlbert @jthomasalbert.bsky.social · 9h

I wonder if the nazis moved a lot of money to South America when they sensed the war was turning in the allies' favor?

JThomasAlbert @jthomasalbert.bsky.social · 9h

It would be super funny if it happens before 2026.

JThomasAlbert @jthomasalbert.bsky.social · 9h

He really believes he'll be President one day.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 10h

Billionaire wealth has gone up by $33 trillion in the last ten years.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 9h

Apparently $20B of our taxpayer money wasn't enough to bail out Argentina.

Now Trump wants U.S. banks to divert ANOTHER $20B away from lending to American businesses, farmers, and families to prop up Milei's corrupt presidency and failing economy.

So much for America First.

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JThomasAlbert @jthomasalbert.bsky.social · 9h

What makes him dangerous is the people with the power to hold him accountable refuse to do so.

Once they are out of power, we need to demand they be held accountable.

JThomasAlbert @jthomasalbert.bsky.social · 10h

It's only a crime if there are consequences.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11h

BREAKING: A Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire east of Gaza’s Khan Younis amid the first phase of the ceasefire, according to sources at Nasser Medical Complex.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ttcve3

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JThomasAlbert @jthomasalbert.bsky.social · 12h

"Locker room talk."

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 13h

DHS insists that the $51 million ad blitz thanking Trump for his border policies are a public service announcement.

ICE Barbie Runs the Year’s Most Expensive Ad Campaign to Thank Trump

The $51 million ad blitz features Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem front and center.

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JThomasAlbert @jthomasalbert.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah, that's good for the moment.

Going forward, however, I feel we should encourage more eldetly candidates to pass the torch.

Term limits and mandatory retirement at 65 is a good start.

JThomasAlbert @jthomasalbert.bsky.social · 14h

HUSBAND: "Honey, aren't you going to put the food on our plates?"

SUSAN: "I've been on my feet all day. I designed and built this turntable so you can serve yourselves and I can sit down to dinner for a change."

HUSBAND: "Okay, lazy."

JThomasAlbert @jthomasalbert.bsky.social · 14h

I'm not saying the elderly are less able to govern. I'm saying this is a matter of optics.

Maybe instead of running for Congress at the age of 79, they should have considered mentoring, guiding and supporting younger candidates?

I say we put an age cap of 65 on all elected & appointed officials.

JThomasAlbert @jthomasalbert.bsky.social · 15h

Harris lost to Trump by the thinnest of margins because she threw parts of the Democrat voter base under the bus in an effort to peel away Trump voters.

Coca-Cola once changed their formula to attract Pepsi dtinkers. The result was a drink neither Coca-cola drinkers nor Pepsi drinkers wanted.