Seems very likely the Musk/Trump regime could also try to use IRS data to get home addresses for dissidents, queer people, and other minorities. - ThreadSky

faineg.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Seems very likely the Musk/Trump regime could also try to use IRS data to get home addresses for dissidents, queer people, and other minorities.

Reposted from Mikhail Klimentov

This story is tough to summarize in a catchy way, but I'll try: The DHS asked the IRS to share the home addresses of 700,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally, and the IRS said no because that's not legal. Nixon was nearly impeached for a similar move.

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politicsaddict.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sometimes the slippery slope has truth at the bottom

isolinearchip.bsky.social•3 days ago

Excited for these guys to know exactly which causes I've donated money to since I turned 18 and started filing taxes........

mystranw.bsky.social•3 days ago

This was always their plan. They already said it out loud, long before the election.

bananapantz.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s pretty concerning.

thomopolis.bsky.social•3 days ago

Such as anyone who files with a spouse if the same sex.

oldewolfe.bsky.social•3 days ago

Or claimed donations to LGBTQ+ charities.

survivingyes.bsky.social•3 days ago

Bingo. The goal of data scraping is to have it available for AI pattern finding for multiple reasons. Ask the NSA

babblingfringe.bsky.social•3 days ago

One of those cases where even more so than in other cases I’m glad the civil service response to the current admin was No Pasarán

jeremyludlow.bsky.social•3 days ago

I can't imagine how many false matches there will be from combining these databases quickly and carelessly.

squizzradical.bsky.social•3 days ago

They just get disappeared :(

blocksincoming.bsky.social•3 days ago

Or blackmail, doxxing, targeting individuals or groups of undesireables, all sorts of things.

zoeyknowsstuff.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is my fear.

NO groups should be targeted through these means, but it's foolish to think the administration will stop here.

They will look for any and all groups they feel are targets.

Stay safe, everyone
🩷🤍🩵

aubergeniuslab.bsky.social•3 days ago

Think of it: the federal agency most despised by USians is standing as a bulwark against the Mump Regime's purge.

Get your money out of the bank, folks. This wall may not be able to hold back the fascist flood.

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