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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

No one has more contempt for Donald Trump's voters than Donald Trump.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 5h

Former antitrust lawyer here. No they did not.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

Trump’s goons are now going after the media for NOT covering him. 😕🤷🏼 We are so far off the cliff. 🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Turns out that everything Trump is doing in the lead up to the midterms to try to boost Republican turnout is only producing the opposite effect while also boosting Democratic and independent turnout of people enraged at what he’s doing and saying.

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 15h

If and when we get the truth and reconciliation process, and an American Nuremberg underway, the number of Trump lackeys who will say “I was only following orders” will rival that of the Nazis after World War II

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Don Schreiber/Methane Mad Man @vivarioarriba.bsky.social · 6h

He's the president. And he controls both the House and the Senate. And the Supreme Court. Many state governors as well. He's got Apple, Elon, Bezos all sucking his kneecaps... ...he couldn't get any of them to help him "bring down prices?" Like, no one? Seems weak.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10h

It's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

Weird that Donald Trump's message is that people who are being assaulted can stop it all by giving up and submitting to the aggressor, so weird, so so weird

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Drives Like a Dream @urban-achiever.bsky.social · 7h

history's worst midterm president. if he were running an op to sabotage his own party it would be indistinguishable from his current course.

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VoteHub @votehub.com · 7h

Donald Trump's net approval rating has reached another all-time low, now 24.8 points underwater. Despite some expectations that previous lows represented his floor, continued declines among young, Hispanic, and non-college white voters have pushed his approval even lower.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14h

Trump is a coward. Zelensky is a warrior. Trump is a pathological liar. Zelensky is a truth teller. Trump is a scoundrel. Zelensky is a hero. Trump kisses Putin’s ass. Zelensky is kicking Putin’s ass. Trump is a traitor to the free world. Zelensky is defending the free world.

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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 7h

Not sure if it’s real, but this is how you fight Nazis.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trump's suit appears to be part of Jos. A. Bank's Traveler line. The suit is listed as having been made abroad using a wool-polyester-spandex blend. The company describes it as having the "ultimate stretch" and was designed to minimize body odor.

Trump wearing a blue suit on stage. He is flashing his jacket open, such that you can see the interior labels. One label says Jos. A. Bank.

A product shot from Jos. A. Bank's website. This is from the Traveler line. It appears to match the label in Trump's suit.

A photo from the product page touts that the suit is made from a new "fabric technology" that has "ultimate stretch performance" and "anti-microbial/ reduce moisture and odor" qualities. There is a photo of a man wearing the suit.

From the product page: "Product Details & Care
Stay comfortable and confident with this Traveler® Collection suit separates jacket, powered by innovative 37.5 © technology. Designed to maintain your body's ideal microclimate, the fabric removes moisture at the vapor stage to keep you dry before sweat even forms. Plus, 37.5 helps absorb and trap odor molecules, keeping you fresh and ready for every occasion. Offering maximum mobility with built-in stretch, this jacket moves effortlessly with you throughout your day. As part of the suit separates collection, it allows you to customize your fit by selecting jacket, vest, and pant sizes individually, ensuring a tailored look that's perfect for you.
Traditional Fit
Two button
Natural stretch fabric
Water- and stain-resistant
Performance stretch lining
66% wool, 30% 37.5 polyester, 4% spandex
Dry clean only
Imported

Shipping and returns
Get free standard shipping on orders over $50, or enjoy it on every purchase, no minimum by joining our Bank Account Rewards® program—join for free and never pay for standard shipping again! See our Shipping Policy for more details.
Shop worry-free knowing returns are free on every purchase. Return within 90 days from original date of purchase at any Jos. A. Bank store or by mail at no cost. See our Return Policy for more details."

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/10/2026

According to VPAP, twice as many Virginians have voted early at this point in the midterms than 2022. TWICE as many. www.vpap.org/elections/ea...

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Micah @rincewind.run · 10/10/2026

you literally started a war with iran!

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Michigan Polling: Governor: 🔵 Benson: 55% 🔴 James: 45% Senate: 🔵 El-Sayed: 53% 🔴 Rogers: 47% Wedgewood / Oct 9, 2026 (MI-SEN model result: DEM 53% - GOP 46%) (MI-GOV model result: DEM 56% - GOP 43%) unitedstatespolling.com/p/democrats-...

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Democrats Surge as Republicans Enter the Final Stretch

Republicans still have time to shift the trajectory, but the latest numbers show Democrats continuing to move forward

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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Impeach

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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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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 09/10/2026

Stephen Miller keeps violating the Hatch Act, disparaging political candidates and calling them extremists and cowards. We just filed a complaint with OSC. Repeat violators must be held accountable.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026

🚨BREAKING: A judge ruled the DOJ's policy of collecting states' unredacted voter rolls and urging them to remove voters flagged as ineligible is illegal. "This policy...has left untold numbers of disenfranchised voters in its wake and inflicted injuries to the Plaintiffs' privacy," the court wrote.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 09/10/2026

The FBI was ordered to investigate Californians exercising their First Amendment rights. Ordered by the Trump White House. And federal resources were diverted from cases involving drug trafficking and violent crime in order to further the administration’s cruel agenda.

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FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters

The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026

This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.

A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drink

The console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders.

In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink

A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Americans are struggling to put food on the table and this is what the president of the United States is focusing on.

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Maine - Senate Polling: 🔵 Jackson: 50% 🔴 Collins: 46%* Schar Poll / Oct 5, 2026

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 09/10/2026

this obviously isn't going to happen but if any neoliberal nation wants to go back to having an even moderately stable center-right capitalist society then they need to, at the bare minimum, start throwing every single tech ceo who doesn't understand who calls the shots in jail no questions asked

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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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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Some of these quotes are too delicious: “I think the scary part is we don’t know where the bottom is” “The environment has a lot people scared to death” “People that are in R+10 districts are showing [polling that] they’re tied and they’re saying, ‘I need help’”

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

ICE agents fired into the back of a car with a 5 year old inside, trying to arrest a guy. Miraculously, she survived. If you're not furious about what happened in the Bronx yesterday, you're not paying attention. FUCK ICE.

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🎃ℌ𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴 ℑ𝔞𝔫👻 @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When I say I'm not a strategist, I mean it. Maybe the median voter just doesn't believe it when you say that the other side is literal Nazis. I just have this deep, gnawing well of anger in me, and I do not feel like it is well funneled into the current political moment focused on gas prices.

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🎃ℌ𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴 ℑ𝔞𝔫👻 @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am not a political strategist and maybe it is the winning move to focus on gas and grocery prices, but it is wild to me that I am not seeing general election commercials that mention the president's fascist paramilitary force that invaded US cities and kidnapped and killed people.

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Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I can’t stop thinking about this. Insane to me that the unanimous midterm message isn’t “the president wants to kidnap or kill you and your neighbors”

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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026

the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it

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Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Governor Abbott, I'll meet you at the Governor's Mansion next Thursday at 10 AM. If you're not man enough to debate me, you don't deserve to be the governor of Texas.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Q: Many feel you have not addressed the fact your son in law is a white supremacist influencer. What have you said to your family? COLLINS: That's my family OSSOFF: Imagine running for Senate while neo-Nazi propaganda is disseminated to an audience of millions from your home. That's Mike Collins.

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VoteHub @votehub.com · 09/10/2026

On Supreme Court term limits: Sen. Susan Collins: “Absolutely not. I’m sure that Troy wants to pack the court.” Troy Jackson: “I wouldn’t have to pack it if you didn’t put in Kavanaugh."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

El-Sayed: "Weak, cowardly, won't stand up until his poll numbers drop ... he has the audacity to do an ad looking at the drugs prices in Canada, expect he voted four times to keep you from buying the prescriptions drugs in Canada. It's incoherent."

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Pass Medicare for All. Cradle to grave, it's there for you.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Masked federal thugs on our streets killing and terrorizing immigrants & citizens. And now live-streaming public executions. Trump’s America. A dark, ugly, fearful, cruel place. Please American voters, in November, tell the world this is not who we are.👇

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek.

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

After years of Tech Billionaires telling us AI will take our jobs, negate our votes and kill us all, voters... believe it might do that stuff.

"voters in key states believe AI is a threat to democracy and the survival of humanity"

Iowa Voters
AI could eventually pose a risk to the survival of humanity — 65 % agree, 23% disagree

AI is a threat to American democracy — 59% agree, 27% disagree

Michigan Voters
AI could eventually pose a risk to the survival of humanity — 61 % agree, 25% disagree

AI is a threat to American democracy — 59% agree, 27% disagree

Ohio Voters
Iowa Voters
AI could eventually pose a risk to the survival of humanity — 60 % agree, 24% disagree

AI is a threat to American democracy — 57% agree, 29% disagree

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Voters have correctly figured out that the broligarchs DO. NOT. FUCKING. CARE. ABOUT. US.

How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following: the executives who run AI companies care about people like me

Iowa: Disagree 78%, agree 13%
Michigan: Disagree 78%, agree 12%
Ohio: Disagree 74%, agree 14%

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is incitement. Racist incitement.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Stochastic terrorism

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New Pew poll has Trump's approval at 30% (!) 68% of the country disapproves of him. Lowest in his second term, at January 6 levels. *31%* of Trump 2024 voters now disapprove of him.

Trump's approval rating continues to drop
Three-in-ten Americans now say they approve of Trump's handling of his job as president, while 68% disapprove - down 4 percentage points from July and his lowest approval rating of his second term.
Trump's approval rating drops to 30% - on par with his rating prior to leaving office in January 2021

*chart showing his sinking approval ratings, compared alongside his first term*

Much of this decline in his approval ratings over the course of his term is among Trump's own 2024 voters - 67% of validated Trump 2024 voters approve of his job performance today while 31% disapprove. At the beginning of his term, 95% approved.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026

this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

ICE went after voter registration groups, collected 99 million voter records to find "high-value targets," and sent armed agents to polling sites. But their intimidation won’t stop a blue wave. My write-up in the link in the comments.

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