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Democracy Matters :verified:<p>LOL. 40% of a Scaramucci!</p><p>The New IRS Head Was Just Sworn In. He's Already Out Of The Job.<br><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-irs-head-just-sworn-in-fired_n_68029d31e4b01dc12d4bdea9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/new-irs-hea</span><span class="invisible">d-just-sworn-in-fired_n_68029d31e4b01dc12d4bdea9</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GaryShapley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GaryShapley</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpIncompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIncompetence</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>...<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> believed that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> had done an end run around him to get <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GaryShapley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GaryShapley</span></a> installed as the interim head of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a>, even though the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> collection agency reports to Bessent. Musk’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> pushed the appointment through <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> White House channels, but Bessent was not consulted or asked for his blessing, sources said.</p><p>NBC News has confirmed the fact that Shapley has been ousted.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinances</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Amid <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>-imposed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> loses its 4th commissioner in 3 months</p><p>How short was <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GaryShapley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GaryShapley</span></a>'s tenure? He's out after &gt;1 week on the job.</p><p>In recent weeks, the Internal Revenue Service has lost its chief of staff, its chief financial officer, its chief information officer &amp; its top officials overseeing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> policy, all of which has had a predictably <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/destabilizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destabilizing</span></a> effect on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> agency.</p><p>[begs the question: why did I file/pay <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> this year??]<br><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-imposed-chaos-irs-loses-fourth-commissioner-three-months-rcna201914" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/m</span><span class="invisible">addowblog/trump-imposed-chaos-irs-loses-fourth-commissioner-three-months-rcna201914</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>CAT FIGHT! Another job by Musk!</p><p>Trump is replacing the acting IRS commissioner, part of a dispute between treasury and Elon Musk<br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-replacing-acting-irs-commissioner-rcna201907" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/politics-</span><span class="invisible">news/trump-replacing-acting-irs-commissioner-rcna201907</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GaryShapley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GaryShapley</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GaryShapley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GaryShapley</span></a> was a longtime <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> agent when he told Congress in 2023 that prosecutors slow-walked an inquiry into then-President Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>’s son for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> offenses.…

But Shapley’s testimony, along w/that of Joseph Ziegler, has made him a celebrated figure on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> &amp; endeared him to advisers to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, who in his first term openly mused about using <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> investigations to persecute his perceived <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/enemies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enemies</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpEnemiesList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpEnemiesList</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>That ofcl, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GaryShapley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GaryShapley</span></a>, was recently appointed to dpty chief of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> division &amp; to an “unprecedented” senior advisory role at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept, he wrote to colleagues in a recent email…— giving <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> appointees a direct line to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> investigations for the first time since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nixon</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpEnemiesList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpEnemiesList</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a></p>