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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Tim McVeigh killed 167 people in Oklahoma City but his name was "Tim," not "Nidal" so ...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yes this is stupid but it’s also a corrupt transfer of taxpayer money to a political ally www.washingtonsun.com/agencies/fbi...
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FBI Is Angling to Hand the UFC a No-Bid Contract to Train Agents
The contract would expand an existing partnership between the Trump administration and the UFC.
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
President Zelenskyy tells Axios that the diesel deal President Trump brokered with President Putin “looks like a happy birthday present for Putin. It looks absolutely terrible.”
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I'm taking my "Norway's wealth tax didn't reduce tax revenue" victory lap.
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, nor is there any evidence that the reform induced more bankruptcies. ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Trump is turning into a centaur. Look at the hindquarters on this thing. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty)
Trump and his gigantic ass walking out of the White House with [checks notes] Mike Tyson
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
republicans used to complain about the violence in gangster rap and now they want to livestream an execution
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Endlessly corrupt. He does nothing that doesn’t benefit him personally. Ever.
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Trump purchased up to $5 million of SpaceX bonds days before major space order | CNN Business
Right before launching an effort to slash red tape for commercial space transportation, Trump last month purchased up to $5 million of bonds issued by SpaceX.
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celeste088.bsky.social @celeste088.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
trump administration making flying in the US even worse www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/t...
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How the Trump Administration Is Eroding Airline Passengers’ Rights (Gift Article)
Under Sean Duffy, the Transportation Department has worked to roll back consumer protections. Passenger advocates say the changes favor airlines.
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celeste088.bsky.social @celeste088.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Also, I don't want to hear about antisemitism from Rick Scott, who is firmly embedded in a party that supports nazis
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celeste088.bsky.social @celeste088.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If Rick Scott's lips are moving, he's lying. His email newsletters are even more dishonest
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celeste088.bsky.social @celeste088.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Also, a ripe Mediterranean persimmon is like eating ice cream. I stand by the persimmons
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celeste088.bsky.social @celeste088.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sorry about the visa denial; might be Sudan, might be your social media, might just be general clusterfuckery
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celeste088.bsky.social @celeste088.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Agree re: dragonfruit. Mediterranean persimmons (ripe) are delicious though
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Republican Party was founded in Wisconsin, but there really is not a Wisconsin Republican Party any longer. When three people are paying for 90% of a gubernatorial campaign and 80% of legislative campaigns, you have a club, not a political party, owned and funded by billionaires.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The petty-ass bullshit this administration inflicts on people just trying to live their livea is truly something to behold
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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celeste088.bsky.social @celeste088.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
JFC what a bunch of losers
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There are 3 days (including today) left to get registered to vote in Florida! Visit angienixon.com/vote for more information on getting registered! #AngieForFlorida
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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.
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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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celeste088.bsky.social @celeste088.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
*involved in DOGE
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celeste088.bsky.social @celeste088.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Special place in hell and all that, but I'd like to live long enough to see all those in DOGE involved go to prison.
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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In streamed an army of cops...and, trotting after them, Nate Cavanaugh, along with more DOGE people. “They are ordering the D.C. cops around like their own private army,” said Colin. “I didn’t see that coming. I didn’t see the police taking sides.” www.wsj.com/politics/mic...
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Essay | Exclusive | Michael Lewis on the Lone Security Guard Who Resisted DOGE
In an exclusive excerpt from “Blockers,” the inside story of the high-stakes D.C. standoff where security chief Colin O’Brien fought off DOGE operatives.
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celeste088.bsky.social @celeste088.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
FFS, seriously?
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pete Hegseth removing tenure protections shows precisely why they are needed. He wants to silence dissent by being able to fire anyone who questions his vision of the military. www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
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Hegseth halts tenure appointments for civilian faculty at military academies
Military academies will no longer appoint civilian faculty to tenured positions as Hegseth says it can contribute to “academic stagnation.”
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
FWIW, Trump's Department of Transportation agrees that this rule will make you poorer. Fiscally stupid. Environmentally irresponsible. Politically moronic. But hey, at least the oil companies get to sell more gasoline. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
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POLITICO Pro: Trump’s ‘affordability’ car rule makes drivers pay more at the pump
Trump trumpeted the fuel economy revision as helping consumers. But its own documents suggest otherwise.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JUST FILED: Sitting behind her desk in central North Carolina, Amy Beros warned me: “It’s really hard for people in the United States to understand the scale……” of what’s about to unfold macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/they-dont-...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/09/2026
Punxsutawney Jill is sticking her head out a little early this cycle.
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Grist @grist.org · 27/09/2026
As researchers begin work on the next U.N. climate assessment, fears are growing that the Trump administration could meddle with critical U.S. data. In response, scientists are preparing to transfer troves of that data to repositories in Germany. (via @yalee360.bsky.social) bit.ly/4Atkwi5
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Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Social Security data SCOTUS just cleared the Trump Admin to use is known to have outdated and missing information on citizenship. Using it will almost certainly disenfranchise eligible citizen voters in the midterms. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
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Trump Administration Doubles Down on Using Flawed Data to Restrict Voting Access
September 10, 2026: In September, the Trump Administration asked the Supreme Court to overturn a lower-court ruling blocking the use of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s Systematic Alien Ver...
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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...
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Interactive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labels
Pork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.
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celeste088.bsky.social @celeste088.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And gilding statues in DC
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ABC: “A 36yo immigrant from Costa Rica died last week in ICE custody… Carlos Josue Marchena-Marchena marks the 55th such case during Trump’s second term… second person to die at the detention facility in Louisiana this year.”
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Costa Rican immigrant died while in ICE custody, agency says
A 36-year-old immigrant from Costa Rica died last week in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, according to an agency notification sent to lawmakers on Monday.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026
Two months after the CEO of defense contractor Navatek used a shell company to send $150,000 to the Susan Collins super PAC, the senator committed to getting Navatek $32 million in naval contracts, according to company emails.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
GOP aims to change Medicare adviser’s math so it’s more favorable to health insurers Lawmakers advance bill to change how MedPAC studies spending www.statnews.com/2026/09/16/m...
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GOP aims to change Medicare adviser’s math so it's more favorable to health insurers
The GOP bill directs MedPAC to study the topic of overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans in a manner that’s more favorable to insurers.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026
The DOJ dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in the first six months of Trump’s second term. (Published March)
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Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
2026 was the hottest summer on record since records began in 1895. Shockingly, Republicans are trying to stop ALL federal heat safety protection regs-NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. HR6213 prohibits OSHA from creating or enforcing ANY national heat safety standard. Let's stop this! 1/
Graphic reading “Not having shade, water, breaks is not just dangerous it is inhumane,” with a  hand holding strawberries chained to gray links with the link breaking up top; the stark design conveys urgency
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Call your Senator and tell them to vote “NO” on Dr. Heidi Overton 🚫
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 24/09/2026
Administration gags public servants from serving public talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
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Exclusive: Census Bureau Directs Staff to Keep Quiet During Comment Period for Controversial New Rule
Leadership at the Census Bureau has ordered staff to halt all external...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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celeste088.bsky.social @celeste088.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Our tax dollars, as used by MAGA republicans
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Texas and Florida would become ground zero for a possible Democratic tsunami, with the party’s chance at a large congressional majority potentially hinging on whether it could break through Republican gerrymanders in those states. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Hispanic Voters, Abandoning Trump, Are Transforming the Midterm Map (Gift Article)
Texas and even Florida are the places to watch in November if a polling pattern holds.
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celeste088.bsky.social @celeste088.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They're all lying, of course
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celeste088.bsky.social @celeste088.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Most corrupt administration in US history
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Ways and Means Committee Democrats @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
More here:
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1 in 3 Americans with health insurance have medical debt, survey finds
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
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celeste088.bsky.social @celeste088.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/b...
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Billions in Taxes Go Unpaid. Under Trump, the I.R.S. Won’t Say How Much. (Gift Article)
The absence of the annual estimate on the tax gap could make it more difficult to assess whether more taxes are going unpaid since President Trump took office.
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celeste088.bsky.social @celeste088.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hegseth is no Eisenhower a
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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
His kids get government contracts and Russian oligarchs paying for wedding after parties. This is why Americans associate the word "corrupt" with the Republican Party now. The hypocrisy is staggering.
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