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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 10/10/2026
The U.S. annual budget deficit just hit its highest level since COVID. The THIRD-LARGEST in American history. Almost $2 TRILLION in a year. The government spent 37% more than it collected. And somehow, this isn’t the biggest financial story in America right now.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Mortgage rates have increased now for *7 weeks in a row* They're at the highest levels in almost *3 years* This is EXACTLY what Donald Trump said he wants to do Can't afford to buy a home or even rent an apartment? Now you know why It's the #CostOfTrumpsCorruption And we're ALL paying for it
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Catherine @accomplishedseer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just more political terrorism sponsored by the Republican Political Party. bsky.app/profile/acco...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
👇🎯 I, for one, also look forward to Elissa Slotkin, Brian Schatz, President Obama, & Ezra Douthglesias offering their thoughts on how the Republican Party has a Funny Words problem.
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: Maybe it's time to take a good look at all these deaths in the Epstein-Trump orbit. jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/dead-men-t...
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Dead men tell no Epstein-Trump tales
When witnesses, whistleblowers and accusers die, it’s time to look at whether they have anything in common. Here is a list of some of the recent deaths.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: ICE collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of an effort to find voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal
It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Discretionary continues to dump... here are some 52wk drawdowns... @finviz_com
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump admin has canceled federal investigations, lawsuits, and penalties for OVER 200 corporations. Over 40% of those corporations have ties to Trump or his administration. In this admin, a donation or partnership with Trump could make your legal matters disappear.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Congrats again to Anthony Kennedy
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Citizens United, Explained
The 2010 Supreme Court decision further tilted political influence toward wealthy donors and corporations.
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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Periodic reminder that guillotines are the moderate solution
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The most unpresidential person ever to be president.
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Ewindham3 @ewindham3.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#PayToPlayPresident
Trump making billions selling off America
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine.
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Dav Raye @davraye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That's how this big government bureaucracy is going to keep millions of eligible voters from voting, nearly all because they have foreign or black sounding names. By the time they can prove they are citizens the election will be over. This is all very well planned, no accidents in US politics.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A couple quick observations here, which should be obvious. 1) insurance “risk pools” work by requiring younger/healthier people who make few or no claims to sign up and pay premiums alongside older/less healthy people who do, essentially covering their costs.
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A Nursing Home Owner Stole Workers' Social Security and Medicare Money He was sentenced to 18 months and $4.4M restitution. His mother bought a Pardon at Mar-a-Lago. Trump is selling pardons for $1 Million. Congress won't stop him. VOTE Out All Republicans #TrumpsCorruptCongress
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For just a moment, the world saw their true nature. This is a real photo. F*cking chilling.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
GOP pollsters: Stop making people think of elephants Vance: It's not an elephant, it's simply a large land mammal with a trunk and tusks. Don't get this twisted like the media does Hegseth: There's no elephants except in the hearts of the weak Trump: Oh, elephants? Sure, we did the elephant stuff
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"We've arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces." - Carl Sagan ....and here we are 🙄😒
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/09/2026
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It’s not just an arch, it’s a murder arch.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump's attacks on US higher ed, and Chinese scholars in particular, has been a gift to China's efforts to surge past the US on science and innovation. One report from Renmin University summed it up: "Thank Trump." 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
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China: “Thank Trump”
The big winner of Trump’s assault on higher ed is America’s chief geopolitical rival
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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What a chart
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Lawrence @ldog562.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
'REALLY WEIRD': Trump getting supporters to pledge to 'cheat like hell' in election raises alarms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKrq...
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'REALLY WEIRD': Trump getting supporters to pledge to 'cheat like hell' in election raises alarms
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Derek Gottlieb @derekgottliebphd.com · 09/09/2026
Just in general, even aside from the moral rot aspect of it, being hateful racists as a matter of policy IS BAD FOR EVERYONE
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Cath RN, PhD @headdoc35.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sen. Marshall, an MD, co-founded a surgi-center that became a full-service 🏥 raking in 10s of million$ per yr. He sued patients owing as little as $100 & was suing them while repealing the ACA in the House. If they didn’t show up in court, he had them arrested. Republicans for debtors prison, eh?
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If the animation in which Trump beats Carney with a hockey stick showed the reverse and were distributed by Carney... Trump and his criminal cult would be demanding Carney be arrested for threatening a head of state Canada should demand Trump's arrest and extradition
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/09/2026
"this republican politician is a total piece of shit" is like a dog bites man story at this point www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.
Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The ultra-wealthy keep trying to pit the rest of us against each other with scare tactics ("communists!" "men in the ladies room!!" "brown people!!!" "drag queens!!!!") to keep us from noticing that our real problem is THEM. They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war. Happy Labor Day.
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Oklahoma Republicans are paying people in prison $2 an hour to call voters on behalf of the GOP. oklahomavoice.com/2026/08/30/oklahoma-prison-inmates-operated-political-insurance-calls-centers-behind-bars/
Background: closeup of Black man in orange jumpsuit standing behind bars | text: OKLAHOMA REPUBLICANS ARE PAYING PEOPLE IN PRISON $2/HOUR TO CALL VOTERS FOR THE GOP
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I love re-upping this: for decades the main library at UCLA had the generic name University Research Library because the person most responsible for getting it built was an English professor named Hugh G. Dick and the university refused to name it after him.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Turp @turpin4prez.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This story should have more attention. ASU's idiot coach brought in some military prick to run a grueling boot camp-style workout in the heat, which included restricting water intake. NHL prospect player suffers a heat stroke and is probably going to die from it. arizonasports.com/ncaa/arizona...
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ASU hockey player Matthew Mayich has no chance of recovery after heatstroke, attorney says - Arizona Sports
"His body ceased functioning in a fundamental way, and this condition is irreversible," Robert Carey said.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026
Trade xkcd.com/3290/
Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This regime doesn’t want you to vote. They don’t want you to voice your concerns over their lack of doing anything for America. Tearing down democracy is the goal. Fuck them ALL! 🗣️ #Vote in numbers too big to rig!
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... Bel stepped into oncoming traffic and died from his injuries, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. His family blamed the humiliation brought on by the ankle monitor he had been wearing since July. 🗣️FUCK #ICE
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Haitian student dies by suicide after ICE issued him an ankle monitor
Pierre Damas Bel, 20, of Springfield, Ohio, expressed feeling “shame and humiliation” at having to wear an ankle monitor. The college student died by suicide days later.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Our outrage is simmering. It needs to be at a boil. joycevance.substack.com/p/about-liam...
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About Liam Ramos
Everyone remembers Liam Ramos.
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Well, that can't be good for LeTHaLitY
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hook this right into my veins.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Apparently, one thing that USAID was funding before Elon put it in the woodchipper was an early warning system along those Nepali rivers billmckibben.substack.com/p/two-men?r=...
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Two Men
One as great as America ever produced, and the other Elon Musk
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Kash Patel would not have made it through the first stage (of many) of FBI screening. He knows it, and it makes him mad. Remember that authoritarians hire mediocre doofuses previsely because it ensures their loyalty: there is no other universe where these guys would ever have their jobs
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
As a Jewish person, I'm horrified by this. This is Holocaust-style imagery used to dehumanize an entire people. Anyone who can't call it a genocide is a coward and failing a basic test of morality and human decency.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is what TPS is meant for. Taking it away from Haitians here is immoral and evil.
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🚨NEW: The videos shared with HuffPost depict a dazed, bleeding and visibly confused Mejia Hernandez. As he tries to sit up, he cannot do it alone. An officer appears to help him stand, though he is clearly wobbly, unsure of his footing and breathing heavily. ⬇️ www.huffpost.com/entry/jose-m...
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Man Demands Police Treat His Alleged Beating By ICE As A Crime
New video shared with HuffPost appears to show the moments after Jose Mejia Hernandez’s interaction with federal agents.
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Deborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity @deborah-10.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
An international pissing contest
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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is a machine to ethnically cleanse the country - and anyone who pretends otherwise is kidding themselves
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