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Susanne Mentzer

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International opera singer (Met Opera, etc) voice professor SFCM, pooch lover .

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The insurrectionist pedophile in question is Andrew Paul Johnson and it is public record that he tried to silence his victim(s) with promises of Trump millions for J6.
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A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse
Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse.
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newlois.bsky.social @newlois.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Best cartoon I've seen. And they're all great.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 11/02/2026
You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says
After the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis, FBI agents launched a civil rights probe into the shooting. The Justice Department says no such case now exists.
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Pod Save America @podsaveamerica.crooked.com · 13/01/2026
"The whole thing is f*cking absurd," –Jon Favreau reacts to shocking new video of ICE in Minneapolis.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
So the “closed” daycares…were closed during the last week of the year, during which most daycares are closed. And the doors were “locked,” which they are at every daycare. And they wouldn’t let in a “journalist” with a camera…which they wouldn’t do at any daycare. Got it.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
How did DOGE disrupt so much but save so little? In DOGE’s published list of canceled contracts and grants, the 13 largest were all incorrect. Of the 40 biggest claims on DOGE’s list, only 12 appeared accurate, per @nytimes.com analysis. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Why does America First mean America Alone? Insane. Also, he is a broken record. Sad.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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Kendall Powell @kendallsciwrite.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Reporter @virginiagewin.bsky.social interviewed 19 current and former US federal agency scientists about the science being dismantled at EPA, NOAA, NASA, CDC, NIH, & USGS. They say it's making America unprepared for environmental and public health crises. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
NEW: A federal judge said the decision by Trump WH to end sign language interpretation at briefings by Trump and Leavitt likely violated the Rehabilitation Act and harmed deaf people who communicate in ASL. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Judge orders White House to restore sign language interpreters at briefings by Trump, Leavitt
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali said the White House’s decision to end ASL interpretation illegally excluded deaf Americans from crucial updates from the government.
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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Dumbass
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Trump didn't send armed agents to the Chicago area to quell violence. He sent them there to cause violence.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
.@heathercherone.bsky.social is a great source for what's happening on the ground in and around Chicago.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
NEW: Court filings reveal that states using the Trump administration’s untested citizenship verification system to purge voter rolls may be mistakenly flagging eligible voters at an alarming rate, risking the chance of voters being disenfranchised.
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Trump’s Voter Citizenship Database Is ‘Flawed’ and Could Lead to Disenfranchisement, Election Administrator Warns
Read more here.
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Here is the Vice President defending adults who said they love Hitler, want to rape their enemies, put their political opponents in gas chambers, and that Black people are monkeys. Just to name a few. Are these those Christian values JD Vance talks about?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2025
REPORTER: Do you support repealing Obamacare and what's your healthcare plan? MIKE JOHNSON: We worked on repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. I still have PTSD from the experience. We know that American healthcare needs dramatic reform. We have lots of ideas. (So, no plan)
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
theberkshireedge.com/when-museums...
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When museums are told to tell only one story - The Berkshire Edge
Once curatorial independence is compromised, the slide toward state-approved history can be quick.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 13/08/2025
Breyer goes off on DOJ, saying the govt's "new national police force" is going to "intimidate" in order to bring about "certain types of behavior." "And that's what's violative" out of the Posse Comitatus Act. The law's designed "to get the federal govt out of states."
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 13/08/2025
U.S. taxpayers have spent $24 billion on Netanyahu's horrific war in Gaza. Instead of starving children, that money could pay for: 700,000 public housing units 500,000 low-income kids receiving health care 500,000 veterans receiving VA care 600,000 kids in Head Start Combined.
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 12/08/2025
Why is not Trump’s letter a federal crime- lying to Congress -given its false claims re DC crime?And why shd he be immune from suit for this when anyone else wd be prosecuted. Read Trump’s Letter to Congress About D.C. Police Department www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read Trump’s Letter to Congress About D.C. Police Department
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Trump fired the IRS commissioner just hours after the agency clashed with the White House over using tax data to help locate suspected undocumented immigrants. @jacobbogage.bsky.social @kadiagoba.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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IRS, White House clashed over immigrants’ data before tax chief was ousted
The Trump administration’s move to push out IRS Commissioner Billy Long came after the agency said it couldn’t release some information on taxpayers suspected of being here illegally.
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Trump Says He Doesn’t ‘Draw Pictures.’ But Many of His Sketches Sold at Auction. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/u...
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Trump Says He Doesn’t ‘Draw Pictures.’ But Many of His Sketches Sold at Auction.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Sickening, revealing stuff from someone with the president’s ear
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
This is the line from the horrific SCOTUS decision today that will stick with me. “Sure, the president should follow the law - but the courts can’t force him to do it.” Rendering the Constitution a dead letter if the president decides he’d rather not deal with it.
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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 21/06/2025
Yet another Friday victory: a federal judge blocked the Department of Transportation from withholding billions of dollars in funding to states unless they complied with the Trump regime’s demands on immigration enforcement. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/u...
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Judge Blocks Trump’s Tying of Transportation Funds to Immigration Enforcement
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Has anyone calculated the cost of detaining immigrants in camps and also the cost to the economy in general? #ice
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
"Wednesday’s show in the Oval Office was the asterisk hiding at the end of the text: Donald Trump does have a few human-rights lectures in him, but only on behalf of those with the right color skin," writes @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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Donald Trump Stages an Oval Office Mugging
Race-baiting South Africa’s visiting leader was a perfect summation of Trump’s racially charged second term.
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Does anyone else believe the Elon Doge thing was yet another gimmick?
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
#budget It is easy- just tax the ultra- wealthy 1% more
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Taxing the super rich just 5% would solve a lot. Just saying. #budget
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social Would like to contact SC because my brother worked with Gary Gygax.
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Wouldn't it have been so much easier to raise taxes for the ultra rich by just 5%? #budgetbill
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
What a jerk. I am so sick of hearing the dear leader type of comments. Seriously.
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Negotiating with Iran while golfing?
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
From NYT Doesn't sound like budget cutting to me Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Asked AI is tariffs and trade deficit are same: No, tariffs and trade deficits are distinct concepts, although they are sometimes discussed together. Tariffs are taxes on imported goods, while a trade deficit occurs when a country imports more than it exports.
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
#Tarrifs www.cbc.ca/news/world/h...
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He's the face of Trump's tariffs. But 9/11 attacks put Howard Lutnick on the national stage | CBC News
Canadians may know U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as the face of Donald Trump's tariffs. But nearly 25 years ago, he became a national figure when more than 650 employees of his Wall Street fi...
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Laura flipping Loomer is running national security. Great.
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
A far right conspiracy theorist is now calling the shots at the White House???
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
“I see you”. Senator Booker What an inspiration
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Closing- HHSThe office, located in San Fran consists of 318 staff who manage Medicare, Medicaid, health services for Native Americans and HIV/AIDS programs for Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, six American territories and nearly 160 federally-recognized tribes.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Leavitt is straight up lying. She says “it’s not true” that just a tattoo & a clothing brand can get you sent to El Salvador. But here is the document filed in court by Homeland Security. It clearly states that a tattoo (4pts) & dress (4pts) adds up to 8pts needed to be declared a TDA “terrorist”.
ALIEN ENEMIES ACT:
ALIEN ENEMY VALIDATION GUIDE
In the case of:

If any of these three requirements are not satisfied, the person named above shall not be ordered removed under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA). In such a case, you should consult your supervisor and the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and, where applicable, initiate removal proceedings under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
4. The person named above is validated as a member of Tren de Aragua (TDA), as determined by reference to the following evaluation form:
Instructions: Complete the following validation evaluation form for each suspected alien targeted for removal under the AEA, or, following apprehension, for each alien potentially subject to an AEA removal.
After accounting for the two comments below, aliens scoring 8 points and higher are
validated as members of TDA; you should proceed with issuing Form AEA-21B, titled,
"Notice
and Warrant of Apprehension and Removal under the Alien Enemies Act." Aliens scoring 6 or 7 points may be validated as members of TDA; you should consult with a supervisor and OPLA, reviewing the totality of the facts, before making that determination; if you determine an alien should not be validated at this time as a member of IDA, when available, you should initiate removal proceedings under the INA. Alien scoring 5 points or less should not be validated at this time as member of TDA; when available, you should initiate removal proceedings under the INA.'
Comment 1: Even if 8 points or higher, if all tallied points for an alien are from the Symbolism and/or Association categories (with no points scoring in any other category), consult your supervisor and OPLA before determining whether to validate the alien as a member of TDA (and proceed with an AEA removal) or initiate INA removal proceedings.4


b.
Subject has tattoos denoting membership/loyalty to TDA
Social media posts by the subject displaying symbols of TDA or depicting activity with other known members of TDA
2

Symbolism
C.
Subject observed tagging or graffitiing to mark the territory of, and the subject's allegiance to, TDA
2

d
Subject observed displaying hand signs used by TDA
2

e.
Subject displays insignia, logos, notations, drawings, or dress known to indicate allegiance to TDA, as observed by law enforcement in person or via virtual mediums
4Based on the validation guide and instructions above, including Comments 1 and 2, I find
that the person named above,
1. Is fourteen years or older;
Is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States;
Is a citizen of Venezuela; and
4. Is a member of Tren de Aragua.
Accordingly, the above-named person is validated as an Alien Enemy.
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Susanne Mentzer @mezzomentzer.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I am all for making things in America but it takes time nit tariffs. Moreover, other than the auto makers, who would be the work force? Wouldn’t training be needed? And how will the country cope with higher costs because of union laborers. ( I am pro- Union by the way)
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
ALIEN ENEMIES ACT:
ALIEN ENEMY VALIDATION GUIDE
In the case of: ________________________________ A-File No:__________________
1. The person named above is fourteen years or older:
2. The person named above is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United
States:
3. The person named above is a citizen of Venezuela:
If any of these three requirements are not satisfied, the person named above shall not
be ordered removed under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA). In such a case, you should consult
your supervisor and the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, and, where applicable, initiate removal proceedings under the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
4. The person named above is validated as a member of Tren de Aragua (TDA), as
determined by reference to the following evaluation form:
Instructions: Complete the following validation evaluation form for each suspected
alien targeted for removal under the AEA, or, following apprehension, for each alien
potentially subject to an AEA removal.
After accounting for the two comments below, aliens scoring 8 points and higher are
validated as members of TDA; you should proceed with issuing Form AEA-21B, titled, “Notice
and Warrant of Apprehension and Removal under the Alien Enemies Act.” Aliens scoring 6 or
7 points may be validated as members of TDA; you should consult with a supervisor and
OPLA, reviewing the totality of the facts, before making that determination; if you determine
an alien should not be validated at this time as a member of TDA, when available, you should
initiate removal proceedings under the INA. Alien scoring 5 points or less should not be
validated at this time as member of TDA; when available, you should initiate removal
proceedings under the INA.The following alt-text is excerpted of a larger checklist, as the whole page doesn't fit within alt-text character limits.

Comment 2: For purposes of validating an alien as a member of TDA, at least one
scoring category must involve conduct occurring, or information received, within the past five
years.
Valuation Explanation
Category Definition Explanation Points
Judicial
Outcomes and
Official
Documents
a. Subject has been convicted of violating Title 18, United States Code,
Section 521 or any other federal or state law criminalizing or imposing
civil penalties for activity related to TDA
10
b. Court records (e.g., indictments, criminal complaints, sentencing
memorandums) identifying the subject as a member of TDA, describing
specific activity of TDA
5
Self-Admission
a. Subject self-identifies as a member or associate of TDA verbally or in
writing to law enforcement officer, even if that self identification to a
law enforcement officer is unwitting, e.g., through lawful interception of
communications.
10
Criminal
Conduct and
Information
a. Subject participates in criminal activity (e.g., narcotics trafficking,
human smuggling, etc.) with other members of TDA, including
preparatory meetings and significant incidents directly attributed to TDA
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b. Law enforcement or intelligence reporting identifying subject as a
member of TDA, to include Bureau of Prisons validations and reliable
foreign partner information.
4
c. Credible testimonies/statements from victims, community members, or
informants that affirm the subject’s membership in or allegiance to TDA. 3
d. Detailed open-source media (e.g., newspapers, investigative journalism
reports) that describe arrest, prosecution, or operations of a subject as a
member of TDA
2
e. Subject conducts and/or facilitates business with TDA (e.g., money
laundering, mule, service provider) 2
Documents and
Communications
Final page: Association
a. Surveillance documentation that a subject is frequently observed closely
associating with known leaders and members of TDA 2
b. Subject part of group photos with two or more known members of TDA 2
c. Subject presently resides with known members of TDA 2
Total Points
VALIDATION DETERMINATION
Note: If any of the four requirements are not satisfied, do not
complete this validation determination.
Based on the validation guide and instructions above, including Comments 1 and 2, I find
that the person named above, _______________________________________________:
1. Is fourteen years or older;
2. Is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States;
3. Is a citizen of Venezuela; and
4. Is a member of Tren de Aragua.
Accordingly, the above-named person is validated as an Alien Enemy.
 _____________________ _________________________ __________________
 Name of Agent/officer Signature of agent/officer Date
 completing the form completing the form
 ______________________ _________________________ ____________________
 Name of Supervisor Signature of Supervisor Date
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
In 2019, Pfizer reported ZERO taxable profits in the US—despite selling $20 BILLION worth of drugs to American patients. By reporting their profits offshore, they dodged billions in taxes and paid a 5.4% tax rate. Don't tell me our tax code isn't rigged for giant corporations.
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