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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

MARYLAND — @RepAndyHarrisMD gets laughed at 🤡 for trying to blame the Dems for high fuel prices, then whines about the “first amendment” 😢 Who wants to tell Andy getting appropriately ridiculed for saying embarrassing things doesn’t violate his rights?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

FLASHBACK: “Was the civil war fought over slavery?” REP. MIKE SPARKS (R): “I haven’t really studied it… we all need to study our history…🤔” (He backed keeping the KKK Grand Wizard bust in our capitol… up for re-election again in Rutherford County😬)

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & partners just sued ICE over a nasty catch-22 ICE detains people, takes their IDs & work papers, releases them, keeps the papers. Now they can't work & risk getting picked up again for having no ID We're going to court to get it ALL back -TN

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

Thirty years ago, Susan Collins promised Maine voters she’d serve only two terms. Now she’s a multimillionaire asking them for a sixth. Her current net worth is estimated to be roughly $6.8 million. Not bad for a Senate salary of $174,000 per year.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

This photo says everything about why Trump keeps hiring unqualified worshipful young women (who look like his daughter)

Pic of Trump boarding Marine One with Natalie and Katie absolutely beaming at him

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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 12h

Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026

Troy Jackson: "Sen. Collins says that she voted against it 9 times, but she didn't have the votes. Well, that sounds like then we probably ought to have Democrats in charge of the Senate so we have the votes to stop this war and hold Donald Trump in check. It sounds like Republicans won't do that."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026

Real America's Voice interviewed a guy at the Trump rally in Ohio who blasted Trump for peddling "lies and garbage." He went so hard on Trump and JD Vance that they cut the interview short.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/10/2026

🚨 WOW: WSJ reports Ken Paxton partied in a luxury Dubai high-rise with 2 FUGITIVES, Anosh Ahmed and Sameer Suhail, facing fed charges over an alleged $15 MILLION hospital embezzlement scheme — alongside his gf (not his wife). Ahmed donated $190K to Paxton, including $25K AFTER his indictment.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026

"When Trump plucked Katie Zacharia from obscurity & appointed her as his new press sec, he called her 'an attorney.' This is also how Zacharia describes herself. But Popular Information searched for evidence in all 50 states, plus DC, that she was admitted to practice law anywhere — & found none."

There is no evidence Zacharia has ever been licensed to practice law — and the White House did not provide any

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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife had to double back after overplaying her hand. Katie Miller quickly deleted a post on X gloating over the ICE raid on Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C., home on Monday, (cont.) www.thedailybeast.com/katie-miller...

thedailybeast.com

Katie Miller Quickly Deletes Post Exposing Truth Behind Shock Raid

The MAGA podcaster seemingly couldn’t stand by her initial statement.

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

DHS executed a raid of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home today. “House Democratic leaders said in a joint statement that the search was ‘deeply disturbing and raises serious questions about the continued corrupt weaponization of the federal government against Donald Trump’s adversaries.’”

DHS executed a raid of Rep. Omar’s home today.

“House Democratic leaders said in a joint statement that the search was ‘deeply disturbing and raises serious questions about the continued corrupt weaponization of the federal government against Donald Trump’s adversaries.’”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026

Markwayne Mullin: "As a father of six individuals -- er, six kids I mean -- no way would I ever put my kids in danger"

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This is why NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch must go. On Thursday, October 8, after ICE shot a man who was later taken into federal custody, NYPD officers were allegedly instructed to turn off their body cameras.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026

WELKER: Earlier this year you said President Trump should be impeached. What do you see as his impeachable offenses? EL-SAYED: Like, which one? There are many. Making sure that every president understands who comes after Trump that there is a rule of law I think that is absolutely critical

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/10/2026

Feels like someone is out to get her. And I love that for her. The best is yet to come.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Today in DC: "Beginning Saturday, crews will start another major round of cutting at the historic public golf course. The first phase contains 169 trees marked for removal. The Trump Administration says as many as 529 could eventually come down..." www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

washingtonpost.com

More than 500 trees may be removed from D.C. golf course Trump wants to redesign

Beginning Saturday, National Park Service crews will start another major round of cutting at East Potomac Golf Links, according to a new filing in federal court.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

🧊✈️ SEATTLE: A girl in chains boards an ICE-chartered GlobalX airplane (tail: N630VA) at Boeing Field, to be transported south to Arizona 👀

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Markwayne Mullin is clutching a stress ball as he takes questions about the latest ICE shooting

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

PSA: when Trump, @MarshaBlackburn, @BrentTaylorTN and other Republicans mock “socialism” what they’re really mocking is the idea of caring about other people

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/10/2026

SOMEBODY EXPLAIN HOW THIS MAN STILL HAS A JOB? Brenden Cuni, the same ICE agent seen on video brandishing a rifle at the scene of the shooting in NY, where officers shot an unarmed man in front of his 5-year-old child, was also filmed kneeling on a pregnant woman in Minneapolis last December.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

“.. The president also said he would not change the name of the Mississippi River .. adding that he has a particular affinity for the state because of his election outcomes.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026

Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."

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

Thank you to the beautiful city of Cadillac, MI💙🍂

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Quick story. My op-ed on how corporations that kept their DEI programs performed just as well financially was accepted & factchecked at TIME Magazine. Just needed "pro forma review by the legal department." Suddenly the piece is spiked Why? Benioff owns TIME and wants to ingratiate himself to Trump

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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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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

300,000 tons isn’t even a day of diesel, lol.

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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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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

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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onion person @junlper.beer · 09/10/2026

elon musk has more empathy for lines of code than a majority of humanity

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onion person @junlper.beer · 09/10/2026

its feels like a mass psychosis where tech leaders continue to insist you can be cruel, mean, and hurt the feelings of lines of code

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

St. Clair County, you blew me away. Change is coming. It's already here.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026

White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia nods along on Fox & Friends as Rachel Campos-Duffy blasts that "ingrate Zelenskyy who keeps blowing up refineries and making things more complicated for the president ahead of the midterms"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026

White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia on Fox & Friends: "People need to start giving him credit for his multifaceted approach and how he's trying to bring down prices almost unilaterally all by himself"

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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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026

this is my first exposure to new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia and let's just say she certainly didn't get the job because of her eloquence 😬

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026

a grandmotherly woman just got booted from the Trump rally for protesting, and she went out like a hero talking trash and flipping the double bird

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

🔥 “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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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026

Immigrant New Yorkers belong here. ICE does not. If you need help, call our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365 or dial 311 and say “Immigration Legal.” Help is here in your native language, no matter your immigration status. More info: nyc.gov/knowyourrights

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Know Your Rights: Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) - MOIA

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

Today, I'm releasing my Farmers Over Billionaires platform to champion Michigan farmers. Our broken politics has always favored corporations, monopolies, and billionaires over Michigan rural communities and family farms. That ends when I get to the United States Senate.

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