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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is an important element of the 2026 elections, and I'm glad to see @stephenwolf.bsky.social and @the-downballot.com looking at it systemically.
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David Corbett @davidcorbett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The nightmare may have abated but it’s still with us. We need a Blue Wave to end it Videos Show ICE Agents Mistakenly Detaining U.S. Citizen
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Video: Videos Show ICE Agents Mistakenly Detaining U.S. Citizen
Federal immigration agents in Evanston, Ill., mistakenly detained a U.S. citizen, who was later released after he identified himself.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 22/09/2026
Whether this was intentional or not, Trump sketched out a position on Venezuelan oil today that made the United States sound less like a global superpower and more like pirates. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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‘To the victor belong the spoils’: In U.N. address, Trump brags about seizing Venezuelan oil
The president sketched out a position that made the U.S. sound less like a global superpower and more like pirates.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
footage is making the rounds on Facebook of a canvasser wearing a Stronger Maine shirt (a super PAC that supports Susan Collins) stealing a package yesterday
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Trump excuses Xi for helping Iran kill US troops 👇 Q: On the topic of Xi, we recently reported Chinese entities may have provided Iranians w/ satellite imagery of airbases in Jordan-- TRUMP: He's behaved reasonably well. When they say China spies on us, I say, you're right, and we spy on them too.
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David Corbett @davidcorbett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Check out the custom banner Therese Walsh created for my interview with John Copenhaver that's up today at Writer Unboxed, where John discusses writing across cultural, ethnic, religious and gender difference. @johncopenhaver.bsky.social @writerunboxed.bsky.social #fiction #writing
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Writing Across Difference
I met John Copenhaver several years ago when I moderated a panel on politics in fiction. I was struck by his intelligence, his heart, and just his overall menschiness, qualities I rediscovered when…
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
BREAKING: Pentagon agrees to hold off firing 3 Stars & Stripes journalists through next Friday to allow their court challenge to be argued. Reprieve came as Judge Trevor McFadden (Trump/DC) mulled their request for TRO. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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Fired Stars and Stripes journalists sue Pentagon to get their jobs back
The ousted publisher, editor-in-chief and a senior reporter say their firings violated their free speech rights as well as a law regulating government administrative policies.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
"We have one goal right now, to win Michigan, and given the fact my opponent is Mike Rogers, who you agree is a beta, it probably shouldn't be very hard" -- Abdul El-Sayed more than held his own against Jesse Watters, who tried to trip him up on loaded culture war questions. Here's whole interview:
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Abdul El-Sayed slugs it out with Jesse Watters
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Massive voter fraud case against Elon Musk moves forward to trial as the case looks daunting for Musk. www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musk-fr...
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Federal Judge Rules Elon Musk's Million Dollar Voter Payout Was Rigged as Fraud Lawsuit Moves to Trial
A federal judge in Texas has refused to dismiss a massive fraud lawsuit against Elon Musk, ruling that his controversial million-dollar voter payout scheme may have been deliberately rigged.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Trump's cycle of threats of devastation versus promises of reconciliation and claims that peace is at hand bear a remarkable relationship for massive oil futures contracts someone is executing in the hours before each announcement. The world is right to be skeptical at this flagrant corruption.
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News zu Iran: Trump droht Iran mit „Wirtschaftskrieg“
Auch Länder, die Iran „unterstützen“, sollen bestraft werden. Iranische Medien zeigen sich von den Drohgebärden des US-Präsidenten unbeeindruckt.
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David Corbett @davidcorbett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My monthly contribution to Writer Unboxed--in which I challenge our fascination with heroes and wonder if it doesn't obscure recognition of the natural emergence of innate heroism found, for example, in communities in the wake of disasters. Eastern vs western storytelling also discussed.
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Do We Really Need Another Hero?
With the release of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey this summer and renewed discussion of its “complicated” hero (Emily Wilson translation), some of us have been taken back to that fraught decade p…
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Only one company bid on a $244 million federal contract. There’s a reason nobody else did.
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What The Trump Regime Filed At 9:04 On Friday Night
Plus: A judge just saved 116,000 votes. Every major doctors’ group told Trump no. And he left Turkey in a catering truck.
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Tracy Jan @tracyjan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
His conviction was thrown out after a prosecutor admitted he had failed to turn over key fingerprint evidence. Eligible for up to $480K in state compensation, he hasn't received a cent. The Louisiana attorney general has opposed 22 of 23 compensation claims by wrongfully convicted people.
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He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.
Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Peace Arch Park has long been known as a unique international park where visitors from both Canada and the United States could meet within the park without immediately passing through a traditional border checkpoint.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
“To make our settlement with the Gambino Crime Family more equitable, we have limited its immunity from consequences for committing crimes to only the family members most likely to murder.”
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Where's the outrage and nonstop coverage over Max Miller, corporate media? Is that only reserved for Democrats and progressives? Why are Republicans supporting a mam who allegedly beat his wife and injured his child?
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/08/2026
Bernie Sanders: "People look at the Republicans. They say, 'No they're out of touch.' They look at the Democratic leadership and say, 'No, they're out of touch.'"
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"Some people act like only way to support universal coverage as a goal is to support Medicare for All, as if anyone who doesn’t back M4A isn’t truly committed to universal coverage. That would surprise the likes of Ted Kennedy, legendary MA Dem senator who was the patron saint of universal coverage"
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The ‘Medicare for All’ Test for Michigan Democrats
Haley Stevens wants to move legislation. Abdul El-Sayed wants to move the debate. But first, one of them has to keep the seat blue.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Exclusive: Daphy Michel, from Haiti, was dropped off in Pittsburgh in 20F temperatures wearing summer clothes. She froze to death. Another ICE homicide. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Family to sue after woman released from ICE custody froze to death
Exclusive: Daphy Michel, from Haiti, was dropped off in Pittsburgh in 20F temperatures wearing summer clothes
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/08/2026
I love this. Every blue state should be doing everything in its power to max out the vote.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/08/2026
I remember when Bill Clinton met with the Attorney General for three minutes when Hillary was being investigated for mishandling classified information, and the republicans cried bloody murder. Now, the AG nominee is covering for pedophiles and that seems okay. WHAT THE FUCK?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/07/2026
TUBERVILLE: Fauci killed 9 million people FOX BUSINESS: Yeah. We can't prove that, right? TUBERVILLE: We can
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
On Secretary Pete Hegseth's orders, the Pentagon has been wildly manipulating the US killed in action and casualty numbers from the Iran War so as to depress them.The Pentagon quietly changed its reporting categories Saturday for overseas casualties after nearly a week of glitches and
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Iran war casualty count eclipses 600 as Pentagon quietly changes accounting | CNN Politics
The Pentagon updated its war casualty database Saturday, recording more than 140 new wounded and restoring the four soldiers killed due to Iranian strikes last weekend.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Trump bet nobody would check the math on his library fund. Warren checked. Up to $21 million is missing. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/we-read-tr...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A company he's about to tax paid him $2 million. Why?
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We Read Trump’s Filings. They Tell One Ugly Story.
A $13 million bet fined $200. $2 million from a company he’s about to tax. Millions missing from his library. And that’s before the Epstein survivors.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I guess this is what the FBI does now that they've stopped investigating white-collar crime? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...
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FBI Evidence Team Visits Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
Officials surveyed the newly drained pool, where the floor began peeling soon after a $16 million repair job. President Trump has blamed vandals.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
MS Now - USSS agents are concerned about JD Vance and his office pressing them for trips and assignments considered inappropriate or an unprecedented use of government resources compared to prior vice presidents. www.ms.now/news/veeps-securit...
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Vance’s security detail ‘fed up’ with hastily arranged personal and family travel requests
Secret Service sources said the Vance family asks included getting their young son to a golf lesson on a military helicopter.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Donald Trump is a stone-cold liar. He lies about his height, his wealth and his golf game. He lies about his accomplishments and his failures. He lies about everything, large and small, important and insignificant. newsletters.democracydocket.com/-the-media-h...
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The media has one job Thursday night: Tell the truth about Trump's lies
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 10/07/2026
This week, 1,200+ ex-DOJ lawyers signed one letter opposing Blanche's nomination, and 2,600+ attorneys signed another. A GOP lawyers' group wants to throw partisan support his way, All Rise News has learned. www.allrisenews.com/p/blanche-le...
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As Blanche faces bipartisan rebuke, GOP lawyers' group rustles up support
The Republican National Lawyers Association has been gathering signatures backing Blanche's nomination, All Rise News has learned.
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David Corbett @davidcorbett.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Do we live our lives in accordance with a narrative we create as we move through our days, or was Kierkegaard correct that we live our lives forward but only understand them backwards? And which idea better suits writers of fiction? That's the subject of my post today at Writer Unboxed. #fiction
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The Story Within the Story: The Life Narrative of Your Character
t Let’s consider two characters—we’ll call them Angus and Zelda. Each is in their mid-twenties, living in New York City. Angus has lived his life without any clear direction, seizing on opportuniti…
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David Corbett @davidcorbett.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Incredible discount -- 60% off, a mere $8.00 -- plus you get a bonus of TWO ADDITIONAL AUDIOBOOKS FREE if you act by July 30th! Narrated by the inimitable John Keating, whose other credits include Ian McGuire's THE NORTH WATER, Leon Uris's TRINITY, the novels of Ken Bruen and many more.
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60% OFF The Truth Against the World: A Novel
A country descending into civil war . . . A young artist forced to cross a nation in chaos to retrieve her stolen masterpiece . . . Her guide and guardian—whose past remains strangely ...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
MacFarlane: There are literally dozens of pending pieces of legislation to try to lower food costs, gas costs, college costs, housing costs. These things are all sitting idle because Trump and Republican leadership have absolutely jammed up the congress
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We would recommend getting an ICE whistle and staying connected to local alert networks as we continue to receive reports of raging enforcement activity affecting neighborhoods. Please do what you can to protect your loved ones and your community! ✊💚
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Anderson Cooper is one of a number of CNN stars saying that the idea of working for Bari Weiss is a nonstarter. nypost.com/2026/06/29/m...
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CNN star Anderson Cooper told colleagues he doesn’t want to work for Bari Weiss: report
Cooper’s reported opposition comes as other top CNN figures are also signaling resistance to a potential Weiss-led future, New York Times reported.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
A retired Brooklyn priest who befriended Donald Trump is alleged to have taken money from a convicted $1.6 billion fraudster to lobby the president for his release. Days after the commutation came through, Trump’s Justice Department quietly shut down the federal probe into the priest.
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Brooklyn Priest Close to Trump Allegedly Took Payments for a Fraudster’s Clemency
David Gentile defrauded thousands of farmers, veterans, and retirees of $1.6 billion. Days into his sentence, Trump set him free — and prosecutors started asking what a priest friendly with the presid...
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The Economist @economist.com · 27/06/2026
The vice-president casts himself as leading a struggle to save the world from liberalism. But he may not mean any of it: econ.st/3QDykVa Illustration: David Simons
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Few people know Russian spies better than Sean Wiswesser, a former CIA station chief who spent much of his career working in the ex-Soviet Union. But he says we are ‘wilfully unprepared’ for Moscow’s hybrid war of sabotage and assassinations
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I spent my life fighting Russian spies. They haven’t been this reckless for years
Former CIA station chief says the West is ‘wilfully unprepared’ for Moscow’s hybrid war of sabotage and assassination plots
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/06/2026
PAULA WHITE: Nobody has stood up like you have stood up TRUMP: *sitting* *asleep*
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/06/2026
"The last leg of this cursed stool enlists the mailman to suppress the vote. Trump’s EO directs the Postal Service to create a 'Mail-In & Absentee Participation List' — constructed from stolen state voter rolls fed into an illegal database — & prohibit delivery of ballots to anyone who’s not on it."
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Trump's disenfranchisement machine is besieging the courts
They're holding strong — so far.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/06/2026
Today was an *extremely* heavy day for clips w/multiple big hearings, pressers, & an Oval Office event. If you appreciate my efforts to bring you the newsiest clips from all of them, pls support what I do by signing up for my newsletter. I think you'll enjoy PN & paid subs make my work possible. Thx
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/06/2026
Exclusive: The Interior Department’s new policy prohibits park staff or other department employees from directly notifying the public about fatalities or the severity of injuries, breaking from past disclosure practices.
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Internal memo tells staff to stay mum on deaths at national parks
Guidance issued by the Interior Department instructs Nation Park Service staff not to confirm deaths, the severity of injuries or other details.
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 24/06/2026
Insurance is a scam, a transfer of wealth from poor to rich…who can absorb risk the poor and middle class can’t. The industry should be regulated—EBITDA margins >20% triggers customer rebate(s).
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 23/06/2026
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Two defendants who received 50 years each, Savanna Batten and Elizabeth Soto, were never accused of helping plan the demonstration here. They arrived separately, left the protest when guards asked them to, and were not accused of any act of violence talkingpointsmemo.com/news/prairie...
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Prairieland ‘Antifa’ Activists Sentenced to Decades in Prison on ‘Terrorism’ Charges
Federal judges in Fort Worth handed down maximum sentences to eight people...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/06/2026
Meidas: Any reaction to this Reflecting Pool controversy? Smith: I think there's much bigger and more important things to worry about. Meidas: Such as? Smith: Affordability Meidas: What are Republicans doing to help affordability? Smith: LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION! WHO ARE YOU WITH?!
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
this is what is insane abt this case and these sentences. this isn't a sandwich throw. real violence happened here. a cop got shot. but by framing the protest as a conspiracy people who literally were uninvolved in the violence got de facto life sentences
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security on 100% of their income. A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security on less than 1% of their income. Instead of raising the retirement age, we should scrap the Social Security tax cap.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
US Treasury issues a general license allowing production, delivery, and sale of Iranian-origin crude oil, petrochemical, and petroleum products thru Aug. 21, 2026, according to the Treasury Dept website. The authorization defines a temporary regulatory window for Iran-linked energy transactions.
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US issues Iran-related general license for oil sales
The U.S. ‌Treasury Department issued a general license for Iran on Monday that authorized the ​production, delivery and sale ​of crude oil and petrochemical ⁠and petroleum products of Iranian-origin ​...
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