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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6h
"We said to him, 'You can do whatever you want to Russia, don't hit the refineries' ... And what does he do? He goes and hits the diesel fuel. He can do whatever he wants, but he can't do that." Trump would be much less angry if Ukraine had, say, bombed a building full of schoolchildren.
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Shawn Harris @shawnforcongress.bsky.social · 6h
The color of your skin should never make you a target. ICE is out of control, and responsibility goes all the way up to the president. When I get to Congress, I’ll fight to rein it in. People’s rights aren’t optional. Leadership Matters!
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 6h
🇺🇦Zelensky is trying to enlist the support of Europeans amid 🇺🇸Trump's statements: the president held a series of conversations today with the leaders of 🇬🇧Britain, 🇫🇷France, 🇫🇮Finland, and 🇳🇴Norway. ❓In your opinion. What should Zelensky do next?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h
"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇
Collage of 12 Republican posts on X opposing Russian oil purchases, 2022–2026. Senate GOP, 7/28/26: "Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." Senate GOP, 7/14/26: backing Graham's bill to hold "major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable." House GOP, 3/8/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil. Biden is fueling Putin's war on Ukraine." Rep. Garret Graves, 3/8/22: calling on the administration "to ban Russian oil." House GOP, 3/7/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/4/22: "Stop buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/3/22: "sanction the oil and gas industry in Russia." House GOP, 3/2/22: "Instead of buying Russian oil..." Rep. Steve Scalise, 3/1/22: "stop financing Putin's war with Russian oil." Marco Rubio: "Stop importing Russian oil... That's the plan." Rubio, 3/9/22, on Russian oil imports. Peter Navarro, 6/24/23: India "buying up bargain-basement Russian oil."
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 6h
Asked if he approved of the public execution,Trump said, “Absolutely.” After all, he’s been imagining executions since at least 1989 when he bought a full-page newspaper ad demanding that the Central Park Five be put to death. open.substack.com/pub/america/...
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How Much Lower Can Hegseth and Trump Go?
A Saturday Prompt
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 12h
🕯One of the girls killed today came to visit her uncle. It was the house where the KAB flew in this morning. She was supposed to celebrate her 7th birthday at soon, - Zaporizhzhia Mayor Light a candle today. For every innocent soul killed. For every life. For the girl Anya. For the girl Liza.
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 9h
🇺🇸 US Democratic Senators call US President Donald Trump's announcement authorizing the purchase of Russian diesel fuel for six months a betrayal of Ukraine, European allies, and US national security. They said the war with Iran has caused gasoline and diesel prices to skyrocket.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6h
Trump thanked Putin for a few hours’ worth of diesel, then told Ukraine it’s “time to get a new president.” Hours after Russia killed 12 people in Zaporizhzhia, including 3 children. Today’s update:
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Saturday Updates: Trump Just Lashed Out at Zelenskyy After Thanking Putin – 10/10/26
Important updates. Paywall-free.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million so far to defeat Prop 40. By spending their fortunes trying to stop California from taxing billionaires, they're making the argument for a billionaire wealth tax more clearly and articulately than anyone else possibly could.
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alisonjane.bsky.social @alisonjane.bsky.social · 6h
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 6h
A couple was taken out from the debris in Zaporizhzhia. Their daughter was killed. Russian aerial bombs hit a residential building, killing twenty people, three of them children.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 6h
Trump keeps breaking the law, & we & our partners keep beating him in court Just lately: his $1.8 B slush fund tossed, his mail ballot order blocked & the bogus charges against Davey Hearn dismissed for good Every round of it, in this week's @contrariannews.org publisher's note👇 -TN
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“Honey Please”— Stop Stealing From the American People!
How we are fighting the Trump & Cronies Top 10 corruption scandals: Publisher’s Roundup 88
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 6h
Breaking news: The Pentagon acknowledged that the number of troops who have died in the Middle East during its operations against Iran is higher than previously reported, and updated the official count to include two more noncombat deaths.
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Pentagon raises official toll of troops killed during war with Iran to 21
The Post exclusively reported last month that the numbers of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting in its public database.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6h
🚨 BREAKING: The Pentagon has raised the official death toll of U.S. troops during the war with Iran to 21, with 865 wounded, weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called reporting that the military had undercounted deaths “a complete lie.”
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Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 6h
Can't make it to the polls on Election Day? You may be able to vote early with an absentee ballot. Mississippians 65+, people with disabilities and those who will be out of town on Election Day are eligible. Learn more and make your early voting plan ➡️ YallVote.ms #MississippiMatters
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 22h
He thinks icebergs and glaciers are the same thing, right?
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 7h
If Americans view, clip, share, and permanently enshrine an American public killing in a million ways on the internet, we will move towards fascist rituals of violence. snyder.substack.com/p/four-wrong...
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Four Wrongs of a Public Execution
Psychological, Historical, Political, and Ethical (Video and Text)
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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 12h
THIS IS HOW ITS DONE. Protestors in Syracuse, New York have surrounded Trump's motorcad, preventing it from moving, and chanting "Fuck Donald Trump." October 9, 2026
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Bryan Dawson @bryandawsonusa.bsky.social · 7h
Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states with abortion bans. My wife could have been a statistic. Don't let anyone be a statistic. VOTE BLUE ON NOVEMBER 3rd.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 7h
This looks like a carjacking. I think any reasonable person would hit the gas.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 7h
Time to burn Russian refineries…
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7h
Exclusive: Sen. Darline Graham, the Republican Senate candidate in South Carolina, has pledged to crack down on China. But her husband, Larry Nordone, has management roles in two companies that rely on Chinese manufacturing, company filings show.
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Darline Graham opposes Chinese manufacturing. Her husband’s job relies on it.
The senator and sister of the late Lindsey Graham has said the U.S. must “stop depending on Communist China for things America can make ourselves.”
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 7h
I think Ukraine needs a new president - President Trump. Looks like we've got "Oval Office crisis" number two. Could someone explain to the US President that appointing Ukrainian presidents is not within the scope of his duties.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 7h
This is government-sanctioned sadism. Trump, et. al., celebrate violence, taking pleasure in people's pain & death. A large % of America shares his motives and worldview. Every effort must be made to reverse this profoundly pathologic trend. Call your Rep and Senators. Say NO to public exectutions.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 7h
Like Putin, Trump has launched his own war of aggression.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h
In 2016, I was the general counsel to the Clinton campaign. In 2022, Trump sued me and others for RICO. The case was dismissed. Trump and his lawyers were sanctioned. Now, they have asked SCOTUS to hear the case. I will never back down. I will never stop fighting. When we fight we win.💪⚖️🗳️
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 7h
From the newsletter: - Cook moves 18 House races towards the Dems - Check out our library of intvs w/battleground candidates and state party leaders - In Pew Trump's job approval with Hispanics is 21% - This election needs to be about taking his keys away 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/cook-moves...
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Cook Moves 18 House Races Towards The Ds, Terrific New Candidate Discussions, We Need To Make These Elections About Taking The Keys Away From Our Terrible Leader
“Elections are decided in November, but they’re won in October” - Anderson Clayton
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 7h
Many states elect their top courts & elections officials next month—none is more pivotal than Texas. If Dems win for governor, they could appoint the secretary of state and veto new gerrymanders for 2028. Dems could win TX’s Supreme Court by 2028 by flipping 5 seats—4 are up in 2026 & 3 next cycle
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Voters can stop MAGA from running elections in more than a dozen states
Our complete guide every race for secretary of state (and more!) this year
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The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 13h
A massive Fourth Estate failure that “I can do anything I want” was not national news. Sanewashing by omission. Do corporate media leaders have no sense of civic duty to defend the Constitution? Cartoon h/t @anntelnaes.bsky.social
Cartoon “the enemies from within”  by Ann Telnaes lady liberty w rats crawling on her. “Ignorance” “fear” and Holds tablet of “sanewashing”
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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The D.C. Board of Elections says it’s asking the National Guard to avoid standing near D.C.’s ballot drop boxes, which opened today, in the wake of video footage showing them near a box in Foggy Bottom this week: www.washingtonsun.com/metro/nation...
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D.C. Elections Board Asks National Guard to Stay Away From Ballot Drop Boxes
Guard members were seen standing next to a drop box in Foggy Bottom this week.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 7h
Zelenskyy approval rating: 54% Trump approval rating: 32%
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 6h
SAULT STE. MARIE. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 16.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 6h
⚡️️️️️️️'He better damn well stop' — Trump slams Zelensky for attacking Russian refineries, says Ukraine should get 'new president.' "I think it's time for Ukraine to get a new president," Trump said when questioned about his deal to ease sanctions against Russia in exchange for diesel.
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'He better damn well stop' — Trump slams Zelensky for attacking Russian refineries, says Ukraine should get 'new president'
"I think it's time for Ukraine to get a new president," U.S. President Donald Trump said when questioned about his deal to ease sanctions against Russia in exchange for diesel.
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Cait Conley @caitfornewyork.bsky.social · 6h
Yesterday I had the incredible privilege of joining the send off of Rockland’s own Austin Conjura. Austin is heading off to boot camp in South Carolina to start his journey in the Marine Corps. Thank you for choosing service, Austin. You represent the best of us. We are so proud.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 11h
We can debate the death penalty, but live-streaming an execution demeans human dignity, Hasan’s and ours. www.detroitnews.com/story/opinio...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 11h
This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe won’t. On Monday, EU Foreign Ministers intend to approve the biggest set of sanctions listings targeting Russia’s war machine since the start of the war.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 11h
🇪🇺 Kallas: Russian strikes killed over 80 Ukrainian civilians in two days. Moreover, it has stepped up its hybrid attacks against Europe, both EU Member States and NATO Allies. Suspending sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more revenues to wage war.
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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 11h
Packed houses & great volunteer base too for Scranton Mayor @PaigeCognetti.bsky.social in PA-08! Her opponent Rob Bresnahan, wants to turn your Social Security over to Wall Street. And his massive insider trading scandal shows he’s pretty cozy with Wall St already! VOTE HIM OUT!!!
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 11h
The people who don’t want you to watch miss rachel want you to watch a public execution
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My man ended USAID, condemning millions to death
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 12h
This. He’s making it clear that these are NOT ordinary political times. That MAGA isn’t part of our “party system.” That we MUST be speaking to the truth and horrors of this moment—NOT dragging politics-as-normal habits into it.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 12h
Unfortunately, these days there is a particular threat of further missile strikes. It is important to increase pressure on Russia in response. We discussed challenges of easing sanctions against oil products. The Russians must feel that they will no longer have the potential to drag out the war.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 12h
🇺🇦🇫🇷 Zelensky: It was during today's Russian ballistic attack on Kyiv that we spoke with the President of France. Thank you, Emmanuel, for your support. The need for additional air defense packages for Ukraine is obvious, and we are working with all partners to find appropriate solutions.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 12h
THREAD. People in the U.S. legally, deported with nothing—and dumped in a country where they have no place to live, no belongings.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 12h
Trump is trying to create chaos and confusion around the midterms. Our job is to deny him the fear and cynicism he needs.
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 12h
This is BEYOND shameful. Families in Illinois are still picking up the pieces from tornadoes, extreme wind, and floods. But only families in Indiana are getting the federal help they deserve. Donald Trump only cares about the states that voted for him.
A person standing at a podium with the Presidential seal, speaking into a microphone. The backdrop includes people and a building. A caption reads: "CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS. Trump administration denies Illinois' request for disaster relief — again.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h
🔥 “What did HIS health care book say? Did you read it? He doesn’t have one. I actually write my ideas down… he takes money from Blue Cross Blue Shield.” Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social eviscerates Mike Rogers on health care, and expertly makes the case for #MedicareForAllNOW
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Mary Lou Fraser Gargas @loulou712203.bsky.social · 12h
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How Much Lower Can Hegseth and Trump Go?
A Saturday Prompt
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 13h
🔴🚀 A red alert level has been declared in Kyiv and a number of regions - missile danger
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