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IRS to States: Direct File Tool Is a No-Go for Next Tax Season The IRS told its state partners this week that the Biden-era Direct File tool won’t be offered for the 2026 tax filing season.

Yet another way Trump is screwing working families: this was a FREE tool we set up so folks could file taxes directly, without paying an expensive service. So who does cancelling it benefit? The answer is not working Americans, but it sure is big corporations who profit off them.

The Trump Adm is also exploring steps to prevent people with unused SNAP benefits from using those funds after Nov 1. The money in EBT accounts has already been appropriated and expended, so blocking their use does not save a dime. It just hurts Americans.

For Trump, hurting people is the goal.

A group of people in front of a courthouse sing and clap together

DC wants the National Guard out of our communities.

We’re outside the U.S. District court today as @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social’s lawsuit against the Trump administration has its first hearing.

This is where capitalism has really let us down

We're gonna end up with truck nuts on the white house before this is over aren't we

Silver graphic on a black background. In the center, a small gold line drawing of an old-fashioned scale. Around it, silver rays radiate. At the bottom it says, New Moon in Libra in silver.

Balancing on the Edge of Night

The New Moon in Libra, exact at 5:25 a.m. PDT on October 21st, occurs toward the end of the sign, at 28 degrees. Libra is all about relationships and balance. Opposite the Moon and Sun is Eris and Chiron. (1/5)

US citizen says ICE detained her, said her passport "isn't real" Maria Greeley was reportedly detained by agents, despite carrying documentation proving her citizenship.

Maria Greeley is a U.S. citizen who was detained by ICE and told her passport “isn’t real” and that she “doesn’t look like” her last name.

What do they think an American should look like?

This racial profiling happens every day under Trump’s lawless regime. It’s un-American.

It’s kind of wild that after seven million people were in the streets protesting, the president posted a hallucinated video of himself wearing a crown and shitting on Americans and then proceeded to start demolishing parts of the White House

Do not forget. I am Divine!

Standing next to a giant inflatable raccoon costume

The DC #nokings rally was a thing of joy and community. And I got to stand next to a raccoon

Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are melting down over "No Kings" success Trump posted an AI video of himself dropping raw sewage on the protesters from a plane. Yes, you read that right

Trump posted an AI video of himself dropping raw sewage on the No Kings protesters from a plane. Yes, you read that right. @motherjones.com

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Time magazine is owned by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who just came out as a Trump supporter and said it would be great if he sent the National Guard to invade San Francisco

Furloughed workers not guaranteed back pay after shutdown, OMB claims Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...

A leaked memo shows Trump is trying to deny furloughed federal employees the backpay they are legally entitled to after the government shutdown ends. This won’t be allowed to stand. And it’s because of a law he signed!

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

*sigh* www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...

"Axios reported that senior administration officials were developing guidance that furloughed federal workers are not entitled to back pay. White House officials said it would take a novel interpretation of the back pay law and argue it applied only to 2019."

AI’s original story

i’ll kill clippy in front of his whole family

i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’ Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen Republicans are lying through their teeth about this shutdown

You’re losing when you’re lying — and Trump and Republicans are lying when they say our plan to reopen the government would give benefits to undocumented immigrants.

The truth: our plan reopens the government and defuses a health care timebomb REPUBLICANS set on the American people⬇️

Arrested because a white woman demanded he change the way he was sitting and when he didn’t, she complained to the conductor about his posture.

His posture.

Do it.

Search your name.

Take their money.

It’s yours anyway.

Frame #7515 from E46 The Fox Hunt

House Dems blast Labor Department for abandoning disabled workers A letter led by California Rep. Lateefah Simon demands answers from Trump's labor secretary.

“The Trump administration is waging a war on disabled people and working to undo the hard-won rights our elders secured."

House Dems blast Labor Department for abandoning disabled workers.

When Hannah Arendt talked about "the banality of evil" do you think she meant the half-dozen armed National Guard troops at the McPherson Square Starbucks waiting in line for their pecan crunch oat milk lattes

A nighttime scene of 14th and U Street. Street lamps and car headlines illuminate the darkened street, with people walking by and scooters driving through the intersection. A light projection of the words "Free DC for all" with the DC flag illuminate the side of a building on the far side of the intersection.

DC will always rise.

Reminder for censoring photos:

1. Blackout, mark over, or blurr faces or other sensitive info — you can do it in the photo app on your phone!
2. Screenshot that image
3. Use the screenshot (screenshat?) image to post on socials

Returning to social media to lament my decision to have an 8 am dentist appointment on a Saturday. The world is hard enough, but I did this to myself

Tonight at the Rhode Island Ave metro station in DC a volunteer shouted to warn ICE was present, per a tip.

Agent screamed at her to leave: “These people are coming home from work. They don’t gotta hear your voice yelling at them.”

But they need feds surveilling them?

(Video shared w/ me)

Detail of artwork showing a broken brown glass bottletop held by a curl of wire against a rusty metal background. Part of the metal bottle cap has survived, weathered and corroded to a rough texture and earthy tone.

Three of my pieces have been accepted into the “Second Time Around” show at Del Ray Artisans in Alexandria, Virginia (all art made with recycled/repurposed materials). Starts Friday, Sept. 5th (reception 7-9 pm)!

Let them know you're filming them and keep asking the key questions:

"Do you have a warrant signed by a judge? Show me."

"Do you have a badge? Show me."

"Do you know how pathetic you are? You showed me."