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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 11h

Trump's tax cuts and botched tariffs will add over a trillion to deficits over the next five years.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 9h

CEO compensation has increased 1,316% since 1978. And worker compensation? Just 28%. The system is rigged. We need to start taxing the rich so they pay their fair share.

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1amfunk.bsky.social @1amfunk.bsky.social · 10h

The asshole who gave roaring crowds the Roman/Nazi salute, stole public databases, celebrated firing career public servants, bragged about taking food and medical aid from impoverished people, … that guy is now a Pentagon advisor. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Hegseth puts the future of warfare in the hands of major Maga donors

Installing tech billionaires Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to Pentago defense board raises conflict of interest concerns

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Want to take my Wealth and Poverty course? You can now, for free. Join me in the classroom? robertreich.substack.com/p/wealth-and...

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“Wealth and Poverty” Class 2: The investor’s view

The highest return, regardless

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/09/2026

🚨 FACT: There is a federal criminal law that prohibits any armed agent of the federal government from being at the polls. There is only one exception. Marc Elias explains. Stay in the know: demdock.com/3T3Owjg

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem?

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27/09/2026

This Supreme Court’s rulings come down to one question: Does Trump want this? “The Supreme Court could just close up shop and put out a sign that says, ‘The government always wins,’ and save us all the time,” Marc Elias says. Help us fight back: demdock.com/3T3Owjg

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Trump and Republicans are terrified of policies that curb their own wealth and power, and the wealth and power of the oligarchs that bankroll them. That's why they're amping up the fearmongering about "socialism."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/09/2026

With just under one month to go until the next No Kings, there are already more than 1,000 events on the map. That means October 17 will be the largest early vote activation in American history. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm excited to announce the relaunch of my UC Berkeley class “Wealth and Poverty.” Starting today (and every Monday), you’ll be able to take a new lesson in the course. Join me and Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse for a live “watch-along” of the first class! open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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LIVE NOW: LIVE “Wealth and Poverty” first class watch-a-long!

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Trump's ban on MSNOW, CNN, and Politico is not only part of the autocratic playbook, but the timing is no coincidence. Trump is well in the autocratic backfire process, thus, entire media outlets he sees as threats must be banished. This is a moment of reckoning for America.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 19/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: California enacts new safeguards aimed at blocking potential election interference by Trump in the midterms. The laws make illegal ballot seizures and certain efforts to disrupt mail voting felonies.

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California enacts new election safeguards against potential Trump interference in midterms

It’s the latest move by the Golden State to prevent law enforcement or federal officials from disrupting the counting of votes ahead of the midterms.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Judges are targets in the United States, a backsliding and damaged democracy, because they have repeatedly stood up for democratic notions of justice. We are in a fight for the soul of the judiciary and the future of what law will mean while Trump retains power.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In authoritarian states, “law” upholds lawlessness, and its first duty is to keep the leader safe from domestic or outside accountability processes. Judicial capture is the means, and the conversion of the law into what the leader and his enablers need it to be is the end.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Don Jr. & Eric have major investments in data centers and AI infrastructure. Don. Jr's firm 1789 Capital also has shares in major tech companies working in AI. Donald's own stock portfolio itself is heavily invested in Big Tech stocks. When Trump says AI doesn't need guardrails, follow the money.

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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

we've reached a new milestone- the U.S. average diesel price has hit $6.301/gal while gasoline is up to $4.355/gal. I expect both of these to jump noticably over the next 48 hours. diesel could hit $6.60/gal in a few days, surpassing the inflation-adjusted peak seen in 2022.

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nicla22.bsky.social @nicla22.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So now we find out what happened to all that data stolen by DOGE..

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Samuel Alito flew flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the Jan 6 plot. Both ruled in favor of Trump's mail-in ballot sabotage. I don't think I'll ever get over this.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Don't forget that nearly all Republicans stood by and supported Trump's... -Big Ugly Bill -Iran War -ICE abductions & National Guard deployments -Inflationary tariffs -Blatant corruption His unpopularity is theirs too — and the midterms are right around the corner.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/09/2026

If Ukraine would just surrender we could get on with making business deals

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/09/2026

If Trump can’t get USPS to disenfranchise voters through mail voting the way he wants, the story won’t end there. “He’ll escalate,” Marc Elias says. “He’ll do something even more extreme … because that’s what Donald Trump does.” Don’t miss a single update: demdock.com/3T3Owjg

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"In a large room full of current and retired senior military officers, everyone was playing the same game of “Let’s pretend everything is fine.”" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/o...

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Opinion | Military Officers Can’t Look Away From This Any Longer

How senior leaders of the armed forces dodge accountability.

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

NEW — The GOP is making their midterm convention entirely about Trump, calling it “Trump-a-palooza.” So we’re parking all 3.5 million Epstein files outside of the event so folks don’t forget who he really is. They want confetti. We’re bringing the paper.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"A pseudo-democratic fiscal basketcase, whose only apparent foreign policy objective is domination for the gratification of its president’s slapdash vanity... "Trump’s world — a world of transaction and submission — is not the only world we all have to live in..." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/o...

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Opinion | Canada Said No to America. It Will Reverberate Far Beyond Its Borders.

Mark Carney has chosen suffering, but he did what Canadians elected him to do.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 18/08/2026

The Trump administration plans to deploy approximately 1,000 DOJ election monitors across the country in November. 🤔 What exactly is an election monitor? We’ve got a quick refresher. Here’s what you need to know for the midterms: demdock.com/4gi2fLc

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/08/2026

The Trump administration gives a green light to crooks. Casey Michel explains: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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A Green Light for Crooks

The Treasury has made the American economy a safe space for corruption.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/08/2026

Apple: ~$2.2 billion Nike: $986 million FedEx: ~$800 million Amazon: $640 million General Motors: $500 million Giant corporations are raking in millions in tariff refunds and getting even richer. But remember: corporations passed tariff costs on to you. Where's YOUR refund?

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11/08/2026

In the decades to come, when this moment has passed, no one will remember this deal, Marc Elias writes to David Ellison. What they will remember is that at a time when our nation’s democracy was in peril, some stood against authoritarianism while others simply tried to make deals to get theirs.

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My open letter to David Ellison

You argued that the American people have misjudged you — that they are wrong about what is in your heart and mind. I want to be clear: I don't care what you think or feel. What I care about is your ac...

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Donald Trump wants 'fighting communism' to be the GOP's midterms theme. The man is seizing the central bank, nationalizing industry, and printing money with his face on it. I worked for him. The guy IS the communist threat.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/08/2026

Trump’s DOJ wants your personal voter data for one reason: to remove people from voter rolls who might vote against Republicans. “All of this is about weaponizing this data in order to make it harder for people like you to vote,” Marc Elias says. demdock.com/3T3Owjg

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This is grotesque and fascist.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Strongmen are always looking out for number one: themselves. That’s why they create inner sanctums around themselves, surrounding themselves with family members who do not give them objective feedback. We should all be concerned when leaders surround themselves with only sycophants.

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