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🕊️KatKriz~KK🕊️On the turning away~Pink Floyd. Happy. 🌸 Pissed.21h ago

Bullshit! The American #taxpayers will pay

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mbjx2kawqz2z

Techdirt 5d ago

The Wall Street Journal Applauds Republicans’ Corrupt, Illegal Theft Of Billions In Taxpayer Dollars

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/30/the-wall-street-journal-applauds-republicans-corrupt-illegal-theft-of-billions-in-taxpayer-dollars/

The Wall Street Journal Applauds Republicans’ Corrupt, Illegal Theft Of Billions In Taxpayer Dollars

I’ve written repeatedly about how Republicans effectively rewrote the 2021 infrastructure bill (they voted against) to ensure that billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded broadband grants …

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🕊️KatKriz~KK🕊️On the turning away~Pink Floyd. Happy. 🌸 Pissed.Dec 24

Investors Warn of ‘Rot in Private Equity’ as Funds Strike Circular Deals www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b... Guess who pays for The Bailouts? When the wealthy fűck around? #TaxPayers that’s who. We have bailed them out enough times. No more rich people’s reindeer games! #TaxTheRich

Investors Warn of ‘Rot in Priv...

Investors Warn of ‘Rot in Private Equity’ as Funds Strike Circular Deals

Buyout firms have struggled to sell companies they own and have instead found a workaround to get cash back to clients: Selling the companies to themselves.

The New York Times

Techdirt Dec 16

Trump Has Announced Nine Different Things He’s Going To Spend His Unconstitutional Tariff Tax Revenue On

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Trump Has Announced Nine Different Things He’s Going To Spend His Unconstitutional Tariff Tax Revenue On

The President of the United States is currently promising to spend the same pot of money on at least nine different things. The pot in question: revenue from all the random and fluctuating tariff d…

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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Dec 13

“Of course #taxpayers have high expectations as they should, as they must for the use of #TaxpayersMoney,” … “And that’s why the prime minister is getting some *independent advice*.”

Asked whether the broad entitlements “seem fair” to taxpayers, #Bowen said “staff work very hard” on both sides of parliament”

Taking the piss 🤪

#labor <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/13/bowen-says-turnbull-era-travel-expenses-rules-changed-to-simplify-them-despite-criticism-they-became-broader>

Techdirt Dec 11

Our Corrupt Congress Just Quietly Killed Military Right To Repair Reforms

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Our Corrupt Congress Just Quietly Killed Military Right To Repair Reforms

We’ve covered how there’s a real push afoot to implement statewide “right to repair” laws that try to make it cheaper, easier, and environmentally friendlier for you to repair…

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Don Hawkins - W7DAH Dec 9

https://substack.com/@karmageddon54/note/c-185795435

#tRump #Grift #Corruption #DonJr #USPol #Politics #Law #Crime #Justice #Fraud #Taxpayers #Tax #Federal #USA #America #Republicans #GOP #Activism #Resist #Protest #EatTheRich #ToxicCapitalism #Capitalism #ShellCompanies #Congress #Pentagon #Labor #Impeach

C Leonard (@karmageddon54)

“I hope you liked working this last year, because a large portion of your labor went directly to paying for junior’s next bump …”

Substack

Steve Dustcircle 🌹Dec 7

The #wealthy profit from #publiclands, and #taxpayers pick up the tab

https://grist.org/economics/the-wealthy-profit-from-public-lands-and-taxpayers-pick-up-the-tab/

The wealthy profit from public lands, and taxpayers pick up the tab

Roughly two-thirds of grazing on Bureau of Land Management land is controlled by just 10 percent of permit holders.

Grist

Steve Dustcircle 🌹Dec 2

#Alabama #taxpayers are funding #Christian #textbooks that lie to #children

Last year, Alabama passed the #CHOOSEAct, which gives #families thousands of dollars to spend on #privateschool #tuition, #privatetutoring, or #educational material.

That means we now have a sense of how that money is being used. According to Rebecca Griesbach of AL com, a lot of the money is funding #Christianity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QSANxK_m2o