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#USPol

Questions and an idea for my #USAnian friends...

Your ~~feral~~ federal government is currently being commandeered by an executive that believes that it can rewrite the U.S. constitution via executive orders. One of the primary techniques they are using is usurping the congress's "power of the purse", by either refusing to spend congressionally-allocated funds, or by spending those funds on things other than congress allocated them for.

If the executive branch thinks it's fine to ignore your constitution and screw taxpayers with tax dollars, then...

1) Most of the feds' tax income comes from income tax and various #employment taxes.

2) Employers collect these taxes and remit them to the government.

3) Q: exactly *who* do they remit them to? Based on history, I would think this would be a state agency, who would keep the state/municipal portion and remit the rest to the federal government. Is this correct?

4) "Blue" states are, in general, net payers of tax dollars vs. federal services received.

5) "Red" states are, in general, the opposite - they receive more in federal services / support than they remit in taxes.

So, depending on the answer to (3), my #idea is: why don't blue states stop remitting funds to the federal #government? Don't steal it, just hold it in trust until the feds can be made to follow the law correctly.

I would think this would hurt the feds, a *lot*.

#American#taxes#remissions
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Desert Trail

It’s not hysteria to say dissolution of #departmentofeducation will lead to abuses. See: #ryanwalters, #oklahoma cartoon bad guy, at it again: “Ryan Walters…is in talks with the department about a waiver that could allow federal funding provided under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act…to be used in education savings accounts that would follow students to the school of their parents’ choice, ideally including #privateschools or independent tutors.” #IDEA edweek.org/policy-politics/sta

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order alongside Secretary of Education Linda McMahon in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 20, 2025.
Education Week · States Are Testing How Much Leeway They Can Get From Trump's Ed. Dept.A provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act allows the secretary of education to waive certain state requirements.
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Nonilex

This appears to be a reference to the federal #law known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (#IDEA), which the #Education Dept administers. The law guarantees students w/ #disabilities the right to a #free, appropriate education &, in 2024, sent ~$15B to schools to help pay for #SpecialEducation services. The law also makes clear that it is the secretary of education's responsibility to administer these funds.

#kakistocracy#USpol#Trump
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Desert Trail

Here’s your friendly reminder that #charterschools came about as a white reaction to #desegregation, which tells you all you need to know about the intended beneficiaries of #SchoolVouchers. But if there’s no #departmentofeducation there’s no one to ensure #IDEA and other #civilrights are being enforced in your new for-profit “#schools. Neither will there be a nonprofit group collecting #data to track #educational outcomes for #students attending for-profit schools.

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Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? 30 Days Until Martial Law...? (By Jessica Wildfire • 20 Mar 2025.) the-sentinel-intelligence.net/ Salacious title, but worryingly possible.

She links (Safe Travel Trans Americans Passport Policy) 19thnews.org/2025/03/safe-trav
(TGNC Checklist under Trump) lambdalegal.org/tgnc-checklist

(Travel State gov page on passport help on sex marker) travel.state.gov/content/trave
(Reddit thread A Guide for Americans to Leave) reddit.com/r/AmerExit/comments

(SF Chronicle on the Insurrection Act) sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo

"Meanwhile, corporate media asks, “Can he do that?” These stories are engineered to distract the public with technicalities. While everyone’s debating what they can and can’t do, they are doing it.

We know this administration’s pattern of loose interpretation when it comes to law and historical precedent. There’s no reason to believe he’ll stop here, instead using this act to use force against anyone his administration considers a threat, regardless of their status or what they’re protesting.

You also have to remember this country has a long, established history of censoring speech and leading witch hunts. During WWI, god help you if you didn’t buy enough liberty bonds or called yourself a pacifist.

We’re the land of moral panics.

Every single one of this administration’s actions have been building toward this moment, when the president suspends our civil and human rights. It explains why they’ve taken such aggressive action toward federal agencies, firing tens of thousands of workers and purging their ranks of anyone who might say no. They’ve already been testing boundaries, daring courts to stop them as they shut down government operations and kidnap U.S. citizens."

(some bullshit from an insecure asshole puppetted for power) whitehouse.gov/presidential-ac
(How to move out of the USA) forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybl

The Sentinel-Intelligence · Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? 30 Days Until Martial Law...?It could happen.
#politics#pol#US
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Kevin LaRose, #SlavaUkraini

Morning. Right now I’m reserving the good. I’m not in a great headspace to start the day. #OrangeJulius is getting rid of the Epartment of Education by snapping his fingers today. It was clear this was going to happen, he made no secret of it even in his campaign, but it still hits hard for me. What will this mean for issues like #IDEA (which the Education Secretary was ignornat of) and Section 504? I fear nothing good. The rhetoric seems to be that giving control back to the states will be a wonderful thing. Sure, if you live in a state like #Washington or #California where education is actually valued. I’m not expecting the same here in #Tennessee where I fear for disabled students.

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Still Mad About CD Prices

It's been a while since I saw anyone type out T-Rex. I, too, have texted "trex" because it's a pain in the ass to do capitals and hyphens on phones. Because of that, I've been thinking "trex" (rhymes with "wrecks") would be a pretty cool name for a tribute band to the #70s band T-Rex.

It would be perfect; the band would be made up of millennials and zoomers, and their name would be the original band's name, just written like #millenials and #zoomers do it.

#trex#dinosaurs#bandName
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Heat Pumps: refrigerators that run both ways.

omg wait. Het Pumps: shoes that denote utter straight-ness.

He Pumps: description of masc person who doth lift.

H Pumps: uhhh, probably a biology or chemistry thing? Like H is Hydrogen, so just one proton (+1 positive charge, +1 atomic mass in the nucleus) with maybe a neutron or two (+0 charge, +1 atomic mass in the nucleus). So an H pump would probably just be a proton pump, like the opposite of what you give people for stomach ulcers? Cuz acid is more protons, giving a stronger overall positive charge.

E Pumps: come on, this is a free trans chick joke. Or maybe like e-girls, or both tbh. Are e-boys a thing? Are e-boys just fem bois in a more cyber punk aesthetic?

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