It isn't overcompensating. It's what they should have been doing all along. Enforcing anti-corruption laws should be the absolute lowest bar for anyone who wants to be a public servant. It's the one thing that should be universally agreed upon across all political parties.

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.

With Trump reportedly planning to end the IRS Direct File program, there's no better time to remember how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.

(Published 2019)

Israel military razed Gaza perimeter land to create ‘kill zone’, soldiers say Combatants’ testimonies describe how areas were destroyed to create ‘a death zone of enormous proportions’

“A lot of us went there, I went there, because they killed us and now we’re going to kill them...
And I found out that we’re not only killing them – we’re killing them, we’re killing their wives, their children, their cats, their dogs. We’re destroying their houses and pissing on their graves."

Is there any confirmation of this? I haven't been able to find any other reports of it

Notes on the Smith Report, Vol. 1 Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on the Jan. 6 prosecution of Donald Trump is live. What does it say that’s new?

Following the release of Volume I of the special counsel's report on his investigation of Trump, @qjurecic.bsky.social and @rparloff.bsky.social outline “the major points Smith makes that he had not already made elsewhere. Some are broad in scope, some exceedingly narrow."

Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 Report Sheds Light on Crimes Trump Dodged Read more here.

Smith dropped the investigation after Trump’s election victory, citing DOJ’s longstanding policy against prosecuting sitting presidents. Still, the full report nonetheless offers the most comprehensive view yet into the overwhelming evidence of Trump’s alleged election subversion crimes.

We could be a real country. It’s an option.

Donald Trump says it is an “absolute necessity” for the United States to annex Greenland.

“For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.”

Pelosi once again stops a brown woman from advancing in government

Alleged CEO Shooter Luigi Mangione Was Radicalized by Pain A journey through his online footprint and influences

A deep dive into the digital footprint of Luigi Mangione, a man radicalized by pain.

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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

Donald Trump Controls a Publicly Traded Company. Now He Will Pick Its Regulator. There have been internal concerns that Trump Media could be misleading investors, a source said. But with its largest shareholder about to be president, experts doubt the SEC is up to the job of…

NEW: For the first time, a president will be the majority owner of a publicly traded company. Former SEC officials are concerned that Trump could try to use the agency to go after the foes of his company, which accounts for more than half his fortune.

#NoWarButClassWar

"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."

Thomas Mann

THE JERUSALEM POST article titled: Southern Lebanon is actually northern Israel - opinion. By MICHAEL FREUND Published: NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Screenshot from the article reading: While some may view this idea as far-fetched, it is worth remembering that just a century ago, so too was the notion of a sovereign Jewish state. After all, today's dreams have a tendency to portend tomorrow's reality. Especially in the Middle East. The writer served as deputy communications director under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Holy shit, what the fuck? This is so fucking vile.

There are two Bellingcat workshops coming up! We have a course focused on verification and social media & individual-focused research, taking place on December 10-13, 2024, 9am-1pm EST / 3-7pm CET
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With H5N1 on the horizon, I figured I'd use my first post here to remind people that the new head of HHS claims that the H1N1 swine flu pandemic never happened, despite the fact that it killed almost 285,000 people in 2009-2010, and that the new head of the CDC is anti-vax

Starting a phony transgender bathroom debate and hiding behind the guise of “protecting women” to distract from your attempts to push through the confirmations of alleged rapists, sex traffickers, and fraudsters at the highest levels of government is peak Republican Party.

Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key questions facing both journalists and loyal oppositions these days is how do we stay honest as euphemisms an...

What is fascism? At this moment in history, this is crucial to understand. We cannot fight it, if we are not able to understand it. And to be clear, fascism is not everything the left dislikes. Neoliberalism, for example, is not fascism.

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