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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 22h
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 2h
And FEMA's down 4500 employees.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 7h
RFK Jr. is *checks notes* widening the GRAS loopholes? buff.ly/QEz5j4X
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FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed
Regulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 8h
Also, buy @benwikler.bsky.social's book, where he discusses this.
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bbmjcandy.bsky.social @bbmjcandy.bsky.social · 8h
GINA! Come on Texas!
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 8h
Tim Buchanan was elected to the Texas Football Coach Hall of Fame and left coaching with a 281-58-3 record. Maybe he'll make it 282.
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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 8h
Senator Tammy Duckworth: "Putin told Iran the locations of our warships. Today, Trump rewarded him by lifting sanctions and allowing American dollars to fuel Russia’s war machine. Our troops are in harm’s way, and the President cut a deal with the adversary putting a target on their backs."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h
JPM, on oil and the tanker crisis: “October is beginning to look a lot like April. .. The problem is not simply how many tankers are available, but how efficiently they can be used. .. If freight costs rise beyond what refiners can economically absorb, refinery runs .. will eventually decline.”
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bbmjcandy.bsky.social @bbmjcandy.bsky.social · 8h
Hahahahaha!
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 9h
Very special. I know it's hard to get him to talk about the ballroom because he's got so much on his plate improving the lives of regular Americans.
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 10h
That decision was wild but only because what the judge was describing as DOJ’s & DHS’s behavior was even wilder. (I quoted extensively from the opinion last night as I read it in real time. www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...) ✅⚖️
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bbmjcandy.bsky.social @bbmjcandy.bsky.social · 11h
BOOM!
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wizardkitten @wizardkitten.bsky.social · 11h
Hey Michigan peeps - who was that? Anyone know?
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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 14h
Live: Russian strikes on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia kill at least seven, including children
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Live: Russian strikes on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia kill at least seven, including children
Russian strikes on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least eight people including three children, regional authorities said on Saturday, as US, Ukrainian and European officials met in Miami for fresh talks aimed at finding a path to end Russia's war in Ukraine. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments. 
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h
Trump wants the US to fund Putin’s evil regime.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 12h
A developer wants to build a short road in the park for his planned resort. Opponents say it would set a terrible precedent. on.wsj.com/4dv356X
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A sliver of meadow and trees on the edge of Yosemite has become an unlikely battleground over whether development is allowed in national parks
A developer wants to build a short road in the park for his planned resort. Opponents say it would set a terrible precedent.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 21h
I’m feeling sick! ​Today, our supposed allies decided to give the mad goblin in the Kremlin more money to keep killing us, and blamed us for it in the process! We made them buy russian oil, you see? By defending ourselves. Freaking circus. ​Donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 17h
October 9, 2026
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October 9, 2026
Late Wednesday afternoon, Dana Mattioli, Drew Hinshaw, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Joe Parkinson of the Wall Street Journal reported on the tawdry grifting of Kimberly Guilfoyle, former fiancee of Donald Tr...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23h
Nailed it. 🔨
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
Not happening, Donald! Just days after claiming it would be a “great discredit” if he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, the prize went to South African anti-apartheid lawyer and human rights judge Navi Pillay.
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Trump Denied Nobel Peace Prize Yet Again; Winner is South African Anti-Apartheid Judge Navanethem “Navi” Pillay
Pillay was honored for her courage in defending international law and justice as a pioneering South African judge
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Nathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is a complete betrayal of Ukraine and of Europe to violate sanctions on Russia. And Congress has passed laws to block Russia oil sales So Trump is violating international sanctions and federal law This should be his second impeachment related to Ukraine
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump announces that the U.S. will buy Russian oil. This is just a few weeks after Trump signed the Lindsey Graham Russia Sanctions bill, which authorized him to place 100% tariffs on countries that are the biggest importers of Russian oil/gas. Are we going to tariff ourselves now?
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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Despite being the “go-to person” in her department, Sharon Davis was fired from her job at the FDA after 24 years of employment. She and more than 95,000 Black women were affected by the massive job cuts led by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency. bit.ly/4hPDwP3
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A 'Gut Punch': Black Women Fired by DOGE Work to Overcome Shame and Self-Blame
This story is a collaboration between MindSite News, Capital B, The 19th, and The Nation, and was edited by MindSite News. Photographs by Kuwilileni Hauwanga When Sharon Davis opened her email at 5 a....
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Update:
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 09/10/2026
the 130 million people cut from india’s voter rolls is (roughly) equal to… - the entire population of mexico - four californias - thirteen swedens - twenty-six new zealands - one hundred estonias
A newspaper headline reads: "India Cut 130 Million From Voter Roll, Fueling Protests Against Modi". The subheading discusses public anger over disenfranchisement, particularly affecting Muslims under the Hindu nationalist government.
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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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bbmjcandy.bsky.social @bbmjcandy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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bbmjcandy.bsky.social @bbmjcandy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Racist creep
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Just feels more racist, I guess?”
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bbmjcandy.bsky.social @bbmjcandy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
GO VOTE!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/10/2026
Regardless of the legality of posting armed national guard members at drop boxes, whether the boxes were open yet, or whether drop boxes qualify as polling sites under the law; the optics are what matter. Lawful or not, it’s overt, intentional voter suppression.
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bbmjcandy.bsky.social @bbmjcandy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Get out!
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What the actual ….
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 09/10/2026
Trump bought millions in bonds of Elon Musk's SpaceX. Two days later, he signed a national space launch policy. Then, after handing out science medals to his tech buddies, Trump announced America was in a new "golden age" of innovation while slashing science budgets. Link to the full show below ⬇️
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1kr5ur43m.bsky.social @1kr5ur43m.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Republicans’ New Plan to Save the Senate: Start a Race War in Minnesota talkingpointsmemo.com/the-brief/re...
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Republicans’ New Plan to Save the Senate: Start a Race War in Minnesota
An Ugly Hate Campaign Returns As polls show Republicans doing poorly in...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 09/10/2026
Navi Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize. to.pbs.org/4yev2Y2
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WATCH: Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to uphold international justice
Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel comm...
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An amazingly stark example of how the US economy has broken: Zaslav clears nearly a *billion* dollars amid a CEO tenure where he made basically anything he touched worse, harmed multiple prestigious brands, led huge layoffs—but delivered a corrupt merger for shareholders. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
David Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Another international cbb player, this one from China, has been abducted by ICE. DHS says he will ‘self-deport.’ His lawyer says he was traveling to sort visa issues when he was taken. One report suggests “it’s a delayed paperwork issue with the university.” www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
A Mississippi Valley State men’s basketball player has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Qingfang Pang, a junior power forward on the Delta Devils, is in ICE custody at the Richwood Correctional Center in Richwood, Louisiana, according to the ICE database.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
two reform-minded groups have wasted no time in exposing the extent of the autocratic abuse and beginning to formulate reform plans. With their help, our task of restoring and bolstering our democracy will be less onerous.
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Undaunted Democracy Fighters
🚨 25 Days to the Midterms 🚨
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is what Christo-fascism looked like — specifically the Romanian fascism of the 1930s. Hegseth is a Christo-fascist. (1/3)
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
A father dropping his daughter off at college. Dozens more Californians separated from their families. This administration is not done pushing their destructive immigration agenda, backed by court-allowed racial profiling, and utilizing ICE agents armed to the teeth by your tax dollars.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked DOD Memo Reveals Controversial “Heat Ray” Weapon Approved for Use in Trump Border Crackdown open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked DOD Memo Reveals Controversial “Heat Ray” Weapon Approved for Use in Trump Border Crackdown
A DOD memo dated in September states an “Active Denial System” - a non-lethal but painful directed energy weapon - had been authorized for Customs and Border Protection operations.
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bbmjcandy.bsky.social @bbmjcandy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When hell freezes over
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hey Markwayne, where’s Kristi? What happened to her? Are you sure you want to go down this road?
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: New Jersey voters sued Ocean County to stop a GOP-driven purge targeting Democratic and unaffiliated voters ahead of the midterms.
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New Jersey voters sue after GOP officials target Democrats for removal ahead of midterms
In one particularly stark example cited in the complaint, a Democratic voter received a challenge letter while their Republican spouse, who lived in the same household, did not.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
Fewer than 400 noncitizens in New Jersey voted after a software error registered them through no fault of their own. New records show the Trump administration discussed how to deport them anyway. ➡️ demdock.com/4hNQKfb
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