𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> </p><p>"...counterweights that usually strengthen when stocks fall—such as government bonds and the U.S. dollar—are also under pressure, leaving investors with few havens to wait out the storm. </p><p>“ 'It’s the hallmark of the ‘no confidence’ trade,' said Scott Ladner, chief investment officer at Horizon Investments. 'It’s impossible to commit capital to an economy that is unstable and unknowable because of policy structure.' ”</p><p>Archived link: <br><a href="https://archive.md/RZ8Rb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/RZ8Rb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-trump-tariffs-trade-war-04-22-25/card/dow-heads-for-worst-april-since-1932-aAYmUHTfFPxPtuWmxty4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-mar</span><span class="invisible">ket-trump-tariffs-trade-war-04-22-25/card/dow-heads-for-worst-april-since-1932-aAYmUHTfFPxPtuWmxty4</span></a></p>
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Carmen Zedler<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://norden.social/@hart" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hart</span></a></span> -das ist bei der derzeitigen Personalsituation eher kein Kompliment, sondern schon ein Hilfeschrei- aber <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/habeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>habeck</span></a> wäre ein besserer <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/kanzler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kanzler</span></a> eines zivilisierteren, aufgeklärteren, progressiven <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/deutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deutschland</span></a>... <br>Die Zeiten sind jedoch andere:-(<br><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/cdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/afd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>afd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/merz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/rechtslibertar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rechtslibertar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/faschismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faschismus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/patriarchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patriarchat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/rollback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rollback</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/hass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/grune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grune</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/klimawandel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>klimawandel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/besitzstandwahrer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>besitzstandwahrer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/gier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gier</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/m%C3%A4nner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>männer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/zivilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zivilisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/toxicmasculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxicmasculinity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/weltzerstorer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weltzerstorer</span></a></p>
Farhad<p>Watching American TV shows where people kill each other for a flash drive is the most pathetic thing I've ever seen.</p><p>And it's in so many shows</p><p>Do they really think people are stupid and can't copy data?</p><p>And they are upset that I call the country for <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Dumbfuckistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dumbfuckistan</span></a><br><a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=TVShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TVShow</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Hollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hollywood</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> shared detailed military plans in second <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> chat that included his wife and brother [and his lawyer!]</p><p>By Natasha Bertrand, Jake Tapper, Haley Britzky and Zachary Cohen, CNN<br>Sun April 20, 2025</p><p>Excerpt: "Similar to the first Signal chat, which was revealed publicly by The Atlantic after its editor was mistakenly included by national security adviser Mike Waltz, the military plans Hegseth shared in the second chat were about strikes against the Houthis, the people said.</p><p>"Hegseth’s brother Phil, as well as his lawyer Tim Parlatore, both have jobs at the Department of Defense. But his wife, Jennifer, does not, despite Hegseth regularly including her during the beginning of his tenure in meetings with foreign leaders. It is not clear whether everyone in the second Signal chat has a security clearance."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/politics/hegseth-second-signal-chat-military-plans/index.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/04/20/politics/he</span><span class="invisible">gseth-second-signal-chat-military-plans/index.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalInsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalInsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiskeyLeaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiskeyLeaks</span></a></p>
Galad<p>I guess I will be exclusively buying food from my local Co-Op from now on. JFC. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-food-safety-inspections-plans/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/fda-food-safe</span><span class="invisible">ty-inspections-plans/</span></a></p>
Nando161<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nazis</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/neonazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neonazis</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/neofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neofascism</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/conartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conartist</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/conman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conman</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/rightwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rightwing</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/farright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farright</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Cthulhu<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@wood5y" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wood5y</span></a></span></p><p>Christians have a pretty low bar for their deity. 🤣</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/idiots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiots</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>“The US plane manufacturer Boeing has begun flying 737 Max jets that were refused by Chinese airline customers back to the United States, as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies escalates.”</p><p><a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/3006447/boeing-begins-flying-back-planes-refused-by-chinese-airlines" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bangkokpost.com/business/gener</span><span class="invisible">al/3006447/boeing-begins-flying-back-planes-refused-by-chinese-airlines</span></a></p><p>Oopsie!</p><p>🤭</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"The [Division of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Viral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Viral</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hepatitis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hepatitis</span></a>] Laboratory Branch had the highest degree of viral hepatitis expertise of any <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> laboratory in the world," wrote Scott Becker, the assn's CEO. "Their loss eliminated critical national testing services that do not exist anywhere else within the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> agencies."</p><p>As of April 16, the assn had not received a response from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>, Becker said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cuts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HepatitisC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HepatitisC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virus</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/outbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outbreak</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But on April 1, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/outbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outbreak</span></a> investigation was brought to a halt. All 27 of the lab's scientists received an email from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> informing them that they were losing their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a>. Like thousands of other employees who received similar emails that day, the scientists were told they would be placed on administrative leave until June 2, after which they would no longer work for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hepatitis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hepatitis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In the middle of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hepatitis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hepatitis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/outbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outbreak</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> shutters the one lab that could help </p><p>After people started testing positive for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HepatitisC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HepatitisC</span></a> in a coastal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> town in December, state ofcls collected blood from patients, wrapped their specimens in dry ice & mailed them straight to the CDC in ATL, GA.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cuts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5355131/hepatitis-cdc-lab-outbreak-ghost" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-53551</span><span class="invisible">31/hepatitis-cdc-lab-outbreak-ghost</span></a></p>
Simone<p>This is insane.</p><p>The U.S. joined russia, Belarus, and North Korea in voting against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning russian aggression against Ukraine.</p><p>The resolution, introduced by Luxembourg and Lithuania, was supported by 105 countries.</p><p>I never would have imagined that the U.S. would fully align itself with some of the world’s most brutal dictatorships. (By Roman Sheremeta) <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/potus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>potus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zelensky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unitednations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unitednations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unitedstates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/absurd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>absurd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crazy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crazy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The NYT’s report added that the next acting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> chief is expected to be the dpty secy of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a>, Michael Faulkender. If that proves true, he’ll be the 5th person to serve as the IRS’ leader in the last 3 months. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chaos</span></a></p><p>In Jan, then-IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel, who was nominated by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>, resigned on Inauguration Day as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> prepared to replace him. Werfel was followed by Doug O’Donnell, a longtime IRS ofcl, who stepped down 1 month later.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>...<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> believed that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> had done an end run around him to get <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GaryShapley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GaryShapley</span></a> installed as the interim head of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a>, even though the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> collection agency reports to Bessent. Musk’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> pushed the appointment through <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> White House channels, but Bessent was not consulted or asked for his blessing, sources said.</p><p>NBC News has confirmed the fact that Shapley has been ousted.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinances</span></a></p>
Bohemian Peasant<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheConversationUS</span></a></span> </p><p>There are many important issues that should be debated and discussed by the <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/ushouseofrepresenatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ushouseofrepresenatives</span></a> . Refrigeration energy standards are not in the top 100. </p><p>The <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> should not be wasting their time attacking <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/refrigeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refrigeration</span></a> efficiency standards. </p><p>No one ran for office on this issue and no one voted for this stupid and performative change. </p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Farhad<p>These MFers rewriting history to whitewash the bloody hands of the CIA</p><p>As if the rest of the world, who was on the receiving end of those policies are naive and ignorant to buy this shit.<br>It's really sickening.<br><a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=BlueMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueMAGA</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Revisionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Revisionism</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=ShockDoctrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShockDoctrine</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocracy</span></a></p>
Tyler K. Nothing<p>I am not an illustrator or an artist of any kind, but I’ve been messing with images for decades. However <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adobe</span></a> sucks ass so instead I’ve been using Pixelmator since 2010 or so. I made this in Pixelmator Pro for macOS 15. <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TFG</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satire</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/EndFascismNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndFascismNow</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/DeposeTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeposeTrump</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/SaveAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveAmerica</span></a></p>
Farhad ☮️🆓🇵🇸<p>Do you want to understand how fucked up Stupid people on BlueSky are?</p><p>this guy is educated, old, well traveled liberal posting this with straight face.</p><p>but not a single word about Netanyahu in his profile.</p><p>I honestly want to know what is the definition of crime in his sad and pathetic head?</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Trumpistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpistan</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/dumbfuckistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dumbfuckistan</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a></p>
Bohemian Peasant<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span> </p><p>The <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectFile</span></a> program has saved <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayers</span></a> millions of dollars and made filing quick & convenient. Losing the program at this point would be a travesty. <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> taxpayers need to be liberated from the predations of incompetent tax prep companies. Tax prep charges too much and makes too many mistakes. </p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/taxprep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxprep</span></a></p>
Silkester<p>Prof Drosten points to consequences from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>''s & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s aggression + science denial doesn't just affect the US and Russia.</p><p>Trump's plunder about Greenland and NATO support and Putin's war of aggression incl. threats against Balkan nations is shifting priorities towards investing in military, which is not wrong. I'd rather be prepared than not.</p><p>But politicians are dicks and there is nothing more enticing than bragging with military prowess.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/braggingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>braggingRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Budgets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budgets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocracy</span></a></p>
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