Farmer Tim
@farmertim.bsky.social
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For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
February 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
Are you a prepper? If so, what disasters are you prepping for and how are you making decisions around what to focus on?
February 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Are you a prepper? If so, what disasters are you prepping for and how are you making decisions around what to focus on?
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Thank you!
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Thank you!
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Representatives from Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service have fed sensitive data from across the Education Department into artificial intelligence software to probe the agency’s programs and spending, according to two people with knowledge of the DOGE team’s actions.
Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts
Department of Government Efficiency workers embedded in the Education Department have been processing sensitive agency data using artificial intelligence.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Representatives from Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service have fed sensitive data from across the Education Department into artificial intelligence software to probe the agency’s programs and spending, according to two people with knowledge of the DOGE team’s actions.
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Voting and legal experts worry that adopting Project 2025 priorities “would likely result in a decrease in enforcement of federal civil rights and voting laws.”
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Voting rights groups are concerned about priorities shifting under Trump's Justice Department
The Justice Department appears poised to take a very different approach to investigating voting and elections.
apnews.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Voting and legal experts worry that adopting Project 2025 priorities “would likely result in a decrease in enforcement of federal civil rights and voting laws.”
Learn more ⤵️
apnews.com/article/pam-...
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apnews.com/article/pam-...
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An analysis found that “at least 14 precincts across the city of Boston ran out of ballots at some point during Election Day this November — more than officials have previously disclosed.” ⤵️
www.wbur.org/news/2024/12...
www.wbur.org/news/2024/12...
At least 14 Boston precincts ran out of ballots in November election, WBUR analysis finds
Precincts in Charlestown, Dorchester, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, the South End and West Roxbury ran out of ballots, according to complaints compiled by WBUR from interviews with elected off...
www.wbur.org
December 11, 2024 at 6:04 PM
An analysis found that “at least 14 precincts across the city of Boston ran out of ballots at some point during Election Day this November — more than officials have previously disclosed.” ⤵️
www.wbur.org/news/2024/12...
www.wbur.org/news/2024/12...
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THE BELL JAR
HARD ❌
It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York
EASY ✅
That summer was sizzling, and so were the Rosenbergs
HARD ❌
It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York
EASY ✅
That summer was sizzling, and so were the Rosenbergs
November 17, 2024 at 3:03 PM
THE BELL JAR
HARD ❌
It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York
EASY ✅
That summer was sizzling, and so were the Rosenbergs
HARD ❌
It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York
EASY ✅
That summer was sizzling, and so were the Rosenbergs
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After X owner Elon Musk helped Donald Trump successfully run for office, some X users are jumping ship for the decentralized Twitter clone Bluesky.
How to get started on Bluesky, the app some X users are defecting to
After X owner Elon Musk helped Donald Trump successfully run for office, some X users are jumping ship for the decentralized Twitter clone Bluesky.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2024 at 4:10 PM
After X owner Elon Musk helped Donald Trump successfully run for office, some X users are jumping ship for the decentralized Twitter clone Bluesky.