Trump isn't just suing the IRS. He's waging a war on it.

His regime has...

-Shut down the IRS's Direct File program, a huge gift to the tax prep industry

-Gutted IRS staff, leaving fewer employees to assist taxpayers

-Deprioritized federal tax prosecutions, letting tax cheats off the hook

"SPIRIT HALLOWEEN COMING SOON" banner on Trump-Kennedy Center

stealing from Reddit

you know the weather is bad when

1) Ted Cruz leaves Texas

2) Chicago public schools closes

if you work at Waffle House, may you clean up in tips this weekend

Detention of 5-Year-Old by Federal Agents Incenses Minneapolis

"Liam, age 5, was the fourth child in the district to be detained by immigration agents in the past two weeks, school officials said.

"Two of them are high-schoolers.

"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

Announcements Sullivan Elementary • 10:30 AM • To: Sullivan Elementary Hello Sullivan Families, we have learned that ICE is sending out flyers offering food support to families. For your safety, do not respond to these offers. If your family is in need of support, please contact the school and we will connect you with one of our School Social Workers. Thank you!

There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.

Back from Colorado. Drive was long but the view was lovely

Being disconnected for several days was really nice

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

Acrylic painting of a peacock sitting inside a seashell on the beach. Dark clouds hover in the background.

One of a group of new small paintings created for my solo show. They're 4" square. On view at LeMieux Galleries in NOLA through Feb 21st and online: lemieuxgalleries.com

"Eternal"
Acrylic on canvas
4" x 4"

#art #painting #surrealism #birds #nature #contemporaryart

Chicago Man Acquitted of Murder-for-Hire Charge in Plot Allegedly Targeting Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino A 12-person jury reached its verdict Thursday afternoon in the case of Juan Espinoza Martinez, who was charged in a murder-for-hire plot after prosecutors alleged he offered $10,000 for someone to kil...

It appears that juries are no more likely to believe Kristi Noem's lying bullshit than they are to believe Pam Bondi's lying bullshit. Nice try, little Greg Bovino.
news.wttw.com/2026/01/22/c...

Screenshot of an X post by Kelly (@broadwaybabyto) saying Mamdani defends calling the Renee Nicole Good shooting “a murder,” saying people are being asked “not to believe our own eyes,” and adding “We all saw the video” and “We all heard the ‘fcking btch’,” ending with “This isn’t going away. We believe our eyes.” Below is a video still of a man in a suit and blue tie outdoors near a river or park.

I really like the new mayor of NYC.

Today's charity shop find.....all mine for less than £3!

House Armed Services Committee seeks answers on Pentagon plan for Stars and Stripes The House Armed Services Committee has asked the Pentagon how Stars and Stripes will be able to keep its congressionally mandated independence.

The House Armed Services Committee has sent two bipartisan requests to the Pentagon seeking answers about its plan for Stars and Stripes and how it will ensure the outlet's congressionally mandated independence amid efforts to "refocus" its content. (from @svetashko.bsky.social)

Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."

ICAO: 461F09
Owner: FINNAIR
Flt: FIN16 OH-LTP A333 JFK-HEL
Time: 2026-01-20 23:14:33 EST
Min Alt: 38825 ft
Min Dist: 4.6 nm (-39° NW)
Squawk: 1510

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#music #musicSky #musicianSky

Every outlet worth a damn should be calling this out.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

An ICE employee was among 16 men arrested after trying to solicit a minor for sex in Bloomington, Minnesota, police say

"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."

Hit single: Airbus’s A320 finally leaves Boeing’s 737 in its wake Airbus's commercial aircraft chief, Christian Scherer, is quietly satisfied about the A320 family's landmark achievement in overtaking the Boeing 737, its primary rival, in terms of deliveries.

Hit single: Airbus’s A320 finally leaves Boeing’s 737 in its wake
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PlaneAlert ICAO: 880DB6 Tail: 11111 Flt: STF02
Owner: RoyalThaiAirForce
Aircraft: Boeing 737
2025-11-19 04:16:12 CET
B734 Thailand TankTop AirChiefMarshallFufu
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The age of keeping whales and dolphins in captivity must finally come to an end Research shows it is not possible for captive cetaceans to thrive in concrete pools

From Lori Marino, founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project; also of @safinacenter.bsky.social (gift link). www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...

Prominence just before end of totality. Eclipse 2017. DSC02056

8/21/2017 Eclipse, Prominence - From Brian Swift (bswift.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/XGs9WN

At least he was consistent. All the rest that refused to sign the discharge petition and spent months minimizing the scandal at every turn are no better.

Balair Convair CV-990-30A-6 Coronado HB-ICH. Originally delivered to SAS Scandinavian Airlines on April 10, 1962. BSL. August 1968. Postcard from my collection. Ueli Klee is the photographer according to the postcard.

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Today we won a big victory in Texas but the fight for democracy is not over. We all need to steel ourselves for the battles ahead. We won't win them all, but we can never lose sight of what we need to do to prepare fee and fair elections.

PlaneAlert ICAO: 780926 Tail: B8255 Flt: BDJ610
Owner: DeerJetBeijing
Aircraft: Gulfstream G550
2025-11-19 06:09:46 CET
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787-9, Alaska Airlines, , N784HA (MSN 66432) 787-9, Alaska Airlines, , N784HA (MSN 66432) | Second Flight CHS-CHS

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Stunning

And the sun has set for the final time in Utqiaġvik, Alaska for 2025...
The next sunrise will take place on January 22, 2026. That's over two months without a sunrise.
#SpectrumNews1 #akwx #Utqiaġvik

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