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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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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
The last 100 years of US politics
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.
Map of tanker’s route
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jaimi.bsky.social @jaimi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Scott Bessent started the “Blame Ukraine, not Trump’s War” Big Lie on Sept 5th, it looks like—Trump and other cabinet members doubling down three days later is when & why I started my Refinery Wars spreadsheet and graphing to debunking it
Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries against Brent Crude and US diesel prices by month, January 2021 - August 2026
Data sources: Ukrainian refinery strikes collected by Kostiantyn Hoholenko on Bluesky Brent Crude daily prices from Business Insider Markets
US diesel weekly prices from US Federal Reserve Database (FRED)

(Oil and fuel prices spike when Russia invades Ukraine in late February 2022, trend steadily down again as Ukraine sends drones against Russian refineries in increasing numbers, then spike once more when the US attacks Iran in late February 2026)Pie chart showing days of US Average Diesel Prices as a Percentage of Brent
Crude Highs Jan 1, 2019 - Sept 30, 2026 (2812 consecutive days) from US Federal Reserve & Business Insider data

5% ratio = 66.7% 
4 & 6 % = 30.8%
3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11% combined = 2.4%

5% = 1,876 days
6% = 475 days
4% = 391 days 
8% = 19 days
7% = 15 days
10 % = 15 days
11% = 9 days
9 % = 7 days
3 % = 5 days

Created with Datawrapper
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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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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share
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Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Brian Sicknick died. Four more law enforcement officers took their own lives in the following months. Aquilino Gonell was one of the 174 police officers injured, which ended his career. Tillis: “January 6th worked itself out.” Republicans have nothing but contempt for other people.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is Nazi rhetoric, full stop. It's not only a call to instigate a race war in the United States, but it's reminiscent of historic European justifications used to incite pogroms against Jews. People who say things like this are incredibly dangerous, as there is nothing they won't eventually do.
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We’ve got the Pentagon posting QAnon slop on a verified government account. What an utterly humiliating time to live in this country.
Department of War CTO posts a Qanon meme on X
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Credit to the US for making the point the conference was trying to make about US foreign interference in European democracies for them, and bringing more attention to the conference and its themes than they could have possibly hoped for. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
EU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressure
The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.
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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 07/10/2026
The only reason we still have to have this discussion is endless amounts of narcissistic boomers rouse themselves from their gin-soaked country club luncheons to pen screeds like “I called my daughter’s husband a slur why can’t I see my grandkids?”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Watch this.
youtu.be
Daisy L.A.
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Party of limited government: we will pass a law to resolve internal family disputes.
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” ~President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936. Image: Universal History Archive/Getty Images.
This black and white photo shows a clean-shaven man, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, sitting at a desk and wearing a suit. He holds a paper in his right hand and appears to be speaking into a microphone that sits on the desk.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 06/10/2026
kinda breathtaking to watch the U.S. media establishment lose its shit about one maybe-plague death in a Russian backwater town with 3,887 confirmed measles cases reported in the United States, SO FAR, in 2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Iran can't possibly blow up LA or San Diego, that's not a threat. The actual harmful part is Trump was negotiating. Trying to go "you don't have leverage over me, I don't care," as if that would alter the dynamic. Similar to when he pretended the Strait of Hormuz doesn't matter. It did not work.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 06/10/2026
The President of the United States just offered to sacrifice American lives.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump suggested tonight that Iran could "take out" American cities: "It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take— let it, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests. Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade. Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
cbsnews.com
The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice
Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children. Paxton alleges a vague conspiracy between doctors and vaccine makers. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation. But for a donation of $10,000 or more they can buy an exemption from Paxton's probe.
nytimes.com
Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Of course when Russia said Ukraine had bioweapons labs what they really meant was that they did. There's a lot we don't know about the current situation. Russia should be bringing in experts from the WHO to clarify and advise. Will they? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
U.S. officials seeking details of reported Russian plague death, quarantines
Officials said they need to learn more about the evolving situation before determining the potential threat to the United States.
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Prof Caroline Mala Corbin @carolinemalacorbin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Gee, I wonder why trust in the Supreme Court has plummeted. /s
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mcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026
Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So, just to review. In roughly seven months the US has had to abandon all bases in the Middle East, flee from a British base, the petrodollar system that is the foundation for hegemony has collapsed, and we’re facing historical energy and food crises. Great work. www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/p...
cnn.com
US removes all Air Force bombers from UK base following new threat | CNN Politics
The United States has moved long-range bombers back to their American home stations after an unspecified new threat, according to a person familiar, days after the British government arrested a number...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
nytimes.com
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In case you’re wondering, no New York Times news story in the last 4 months has used the phrase “convicted felon” in association with Donald Trump.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 03/10/2026
If a man was at a party with a dozen women and he got so intoxicated that he couldn't function, he'd be about as safe as anyone could be because 99 times out of 100 the women would look after him and see that he got home safely.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. It is the second time in five years that Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, has paused executions because of questions over the effectiveness of the state’s lethal injections.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Jim_Writes @jpwwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Steve, that was [the] eye opening analysis. As well as the A.I. sector valley labor report.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The 10-year Treasury yield is at its highest since 2007; the 30-year, its highest since 2002. Meanwhile, mortgage rates are back above 7%. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Nick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
hey is the strait open yet
Six hundred of our finest warriors joined SECWAR
 for morning PT at the Pentagon ahead of his HISTORIC State of the Force address.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Leaked audio of Ken Paxton: Q: Do you think Trump is a bit of a drag? Paxton: To be honest with you, when we did that midterm convention, it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Yeah. Not good.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Republicans cut $1 trillion from Medicaid. They handed billionaires a $3.7 trillion tax break. They call it a budget. We call it THEFT. 11.8+ million Americans lose healthcare. The top 1% gets richer. That is the SCAM.
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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump signed as President of the Unites [sic] States.
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Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Honestly the more fascinating aspect of this is how all the right wing influencers had their "aha gotcha" posts ready to go and seemingly proved that none of them actually watched it (and they were all coordinated ahead of time)
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 29/09/2026
The site's question-and-answer function confirms that President Donald Trump's name is in the Epstein files and that Democrat Joe Biden beat him in the 2020 election. It says federal officials did not find widespread fraud in that election, as Trump says constantly. to.pbs.org/4yZmkO8
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WATCH: Trump launches AI-powered government website America.gov
The president said the site is “glamorizing” the federal bureaucracy — but it doesn’t agree with him on many key issues.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is so weird. I was JUST at the grocery store this morning and I thought, "You know what would fix these prices? A new steel mill in Iowa that might be running by 2030." Our prayers are answered! www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Trump to Unveil Planned $15 Billion Iowa Steel Project
The announcement comes as the president is looking for wins ahead of a tough midterm election for Republicans.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Prof. Eliot Jacobson: Below is a snapshot of Antarctic sea-ice extent over the last 47 years on September 27th.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 25/09/2026
I kept walking to my seat a few rows behind him. His staff or security are not happy with me. But Oz holds a position of public trust and is using it to make life unlivable for human beings in America. I should be the least of his problems. If you see Oz, let him have it. Let them eat crudités.
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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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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One of my most galaxy-brained takes is that politicians and political groups should talk more about workers’ share of national income. It's one of the clearest, simplest ways to describe how billionaires and corporate elites captured so much of the economy--and something policy can change.
axios.com
U.S. workers' share of national income falls to a new low
Labor's bargaining position has worsened markedly in the last half-decade.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In sworn testimony, the Treasury Department says it hasn't seen the money from Venezuela, and doesn't know where it's gone. Time to figure out who's pocketing it. In an overall kleptocracy, this may well be the most brazen act of embezzlement so far. www.ft.com/content/0588...
ft.com
US state department under pressure to disclose Venezuelan oil takings
Trump administration holds back from revealing how much money it has collected and how much it has sent back to Caracas
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 21/09/2026
Turns out the comms tech that the aviation sector relies on was never designed with security in mind. This is a massive national security threat at a time when Trump has already made flying more dangerous than ever. The FAA needs to implement new standards as soon as possible to protect passengers.
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I have been turning this quote over and over in my head and still can't quite wrap my head around the idea
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tweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 19/09/2026
eliminate EV subsidies, ban cheap overseas EVs, ban EV component import, deport people bringing battery technology to the US, pay billions to kill clean energy projects, end fuel economy standards, and then do THIS is such an elaborate prank on the American people you almost have to respect it
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