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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h
This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor 3) Donors make huge gains 4) Repeat This is why we must get Big Money out of politics — and support the candidates who will fix the system.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 13h
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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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 12h
Blue Cross Blue Shield is being sued as a monopoly after the state found it's been in a conspiracy to restrict access to healthcare. Corporations should not have this much power. We need money out of politics, money in our pockets, and Medicare for All.
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Michigan attorney general sues Blue Cross, alleging illegal monopoly
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sued Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in "arguably the most consequential antitrust case" of its kind.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 16h
The Trump administration's assault on the rule of law continues. Despite rhetoric about protecting Americans, the anti-ICC crusade is mostly motivated by a desire to shield Israeli officials from accountability. (Rubio's political ambitions may be relevant here.) www.reuters.com/world/us-imp...
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EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
More war has made us less safe, increased our prices, and cost servicemembers' lives. No war with Iran.
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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Naza and whose testimony we believe by Dr Omar Abdel-Mannan
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Naza and whose testimony we believe
Naza is being hailed as the definitive film on Gaza. Palestinian doctors have been showing us the same truth for three years. The question is why we only listen now. Would anyone be calling it a ma…
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 08/10/2026
Kimberly Guilfoyle begged a donor to send her $100,000 without leaving a trace as part of her pay-to-play grift—in the midst of her confirmation process last year to become U.S. ambassador to Greece. trib.al/yDDFS5l
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 08/10/2026
The US should stop deporting asylum seekers and refugees to third countries that lack the capacity to provide full and fair asylum procedures, and these countries should refuse to receive people under these conditions. 🎨: Illustrations by John R Holmes.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My gosh. Mike Huckabee's top aide: —Covered up an embassy report on Israeli killings of 9 Americans —Fabricated Orwellian reports on Israeli settler violence & the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" to make it sound good for Israel —Questioned staff on whether they were “pro-Israel” or “pro-Hamas”
In late March, at the height of the Iran war, Israel quietly approved more settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank than it ever had at one time.
Staff members at the United States Embassy in Jerusalem saw the move as potentially flouting one of President Trump's explicit red lines for Israel - no annexation of the West Bank - and drafted an urgent report intended for policy makers in Washington.
That memo never reached Washington. It was quashed by David Milstein, a top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee, according to three U.S. officials briefed on the process.
This was no isolated incident.
Since taking up his post in April 2025, Mr. Milstein, 36, has repeatedly suppressed or significantly revised embassy reporting on Israeli activities to present the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to a dozen people who work with or interact with Mr. Milstein in both Jerusalem and Washington:
• As settler violence in the West Bank surged in the spring, for instance, he stymied embassy reporting suggesting that the Israeli government was failing to take action, according to the three officials. Instead the embassy sent a cable to Washington, viewed by The New York Times, praising Israel for "cracking down" on the attacks.
• When members of Congress pushed for accountability over the killings of nine Palestinian Americans by Israeli settlers and security forces, he suppressed a detailed report that the embassy staff had written, effectively stonewalling lawmakers' efforts to gain information, according to multiple officials briefed on the matter.Mr. Milstein rewrote the cable to declare GHF's operation a success while overlooking the mass casualties, according to people who saw the cable and were briefed on the editing process.
Troubled by glaring discrepancies between news coverage and the embassy's official reports, White House and State Department officials seeking a clearer picture of events bypassed standard channels at least twice to communicate directly with embassy staff, according to two officials briefed on the outreach and an internal communication from late this summer seen by The Times.
Veteran American diplomats said that withholding or twisting the information sent to Washington should raise serious concerns.
"The embassy ought to tell Washington everything — the good, the bad and the ugly," said Dan Kurtzer, who was the U.S. ambassador to Israel under President George W. Bush. "If they're not doing so, they are damaging the policy-making process and possibly undermining the president's policies."
Mr. Milstein also questioned several colleagues on whether they were "pro-Israel" or "pro-Hamas," according to four officials, who found the question inappropriate and said it made some people fearful of speaking freely.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
New: Jewish students announce a boycott Columbia/Barnard Hillel, as it hosts an Israeli group "encouraging Jewish students to move to settlements on land Israel seized from Palestinians." Says the group recently demolished homes, displacing Palestinian families & it intends to demolish dozens more.
Jewish Students Announce Boycott Of Columbia/Barnard Hillel As It Hosts Israeli Officials Who Demolish Palestinian Homes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, October 8
Media Contact: columbiabarnardivp@gmail.com
NEW YORK, NY - The day after October 7th, Columbia/Barnard (CB) Hillel's Kraft Center is holding an event with the Jerusalem Municipality, encouraging Jewish students to move to settlements on land Israel recently seized from Palestinians. Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) announces a boycott of CB Hillel, as long as the organization continues to support settler Zionism.
The group Hillel is hosting, the Jerusalem Municipality, demolished a residential building in al-Bustan, East Jerusalem, displacing two Palestinian households, according to a United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs report from September 18. The Jerusalem Municipality also intends to demolish dozens of Palestinian housing units in al-Bustan. We condemn these demolitions as part of a sustained campaign of genocide against the Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem.
On October 6th, Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gir shared footage of himself sitting in a bulldozer in occupied East Jerusalem and boasting about the demolition of Palestinian homes.
"CB Hillel's collaboration with the Jerusalem Municipality makes clear what many Jewish students on our campus have known for years: Columbia/Barnard Hillel would rather platform and encourage violent Israeli settler-colonialism than create a welcoming religious space for all," said a spokesperson for Columbia JVP. "As a Jewish student, I am disgusted Columbia has allowed Hillel to platform an organization actively displacing Palestinians, and demand that the University not only create a space where anti-Zionist Jewish students feel comfortable and welcome, but drop Columbia/Barnard Hillel once and for all."
While Columbia/Barnard Hillel claims to be a pluralistic space for Jewish life, its support of Zionism and normalization of …
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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Gaza still has no hospital operating at full capacity: Israeli rights group
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Gaza still has no hospital operating at full capacity: Israeli rights group
Gaza still has no hospital operating at full capacity a year after a ceasefire took effect, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel said on Thursday, Anadolu reports. The Israeli rights organization rel…
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Analilia Mejia for New Jersey @analiliafornj.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
When I announced my run, I said we need to abolish and replace ICE. Martín Soto spent eight months detained for buying diapers for his baby. Today, he’s home with his family. One by one, I’ll keep fighting for everyone still detained, until we abolish ICE.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
oh my GOD
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In Minnesota, wrongful convictions have been a focal point of political campaigns. Before she was a state rep, Amy Klobuchar was a prosecutor. From 1999-2007, Klobuchar oversaw a 600% increase of Black men being sent to prison, including wrongfully convicted Myon Burrell.
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
With anti-Blackness built into the fabric of everyday life in the U.S., Black Americans are the most likely to be wrongfully convicted of a crime and represent up to 60% of all exonerations in the country despite making up less than 14% of the total population.
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Last Friday was Wrongful Conviction Day. In Minnesota, prisoner advocates estimate the number inmates serving time on wrongful convictions -- crimes they did not do -- to be at least 200. The state's unit to review wrongful convictions closed in July with 160 cases still under investigation. 🧵
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Minnesota Ends Conviction Review Unit With 160 Cases Still Under Investigation - UNICORN RIOT
Minnesota's Attorney General Keith Ellison has decided to "eliminate" the state's Conviction Review Unit (CRU) less than six years after he created it. The closure is a devastating blow to around 160 ...
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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE arrested a dad with his son—then confusingly declared the boy "unaccompanied." As a result, he went to foster care. Scenes like this are playing out across the country. “They’re kidnapping people’s kids,” a former official told us. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Bust up big corporations and tackle Wall Street’s greed. Get big money out of politics. Strengthen unions and boost wages. Pass Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare, and so much more... This is the agenda Democrats need to fight for. It's not enough to simply be anti-Trump.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Susan Collins cannot be trusted with voting on our next Supreme Court Justice. She voted for the three justices that overturned Roe v. Wade. And she's going to do the same damn thing if Alito retires unless we win this election.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In the last hours of Kristi Noem's tenure as Homeland Security secretary, her agency delivered a windfall to one of her political donors by buying five airplanes from the man's firm at a substantial markup, documents show.
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 05/10/2026
www.dropsitenews.com/p/cia-report...
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CIA Report Warns Israel Could Head Toward Civil War, Total Collapse
U.S. intelligence raises fears of civil unrest and state breakdown in Israel ahead of October 27 elections.
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 05/10/2026
Why ‘NAZA’ terrifies Israel’s liberal elite The film shatters ‘respectable’ Israelis’ illusion of moral superiority: The most prestigious, highly educated soldiers are the primary culprits of genocide. By Sebastian Ben Daniel (John Brown) www.972mag.com/why-naza-ter...
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Why ‘NAZA’ terrifies Israel's liberal elite
The film shatters ‘respectable’ Israelis’ illusion of moral superiority: The most prestigious, highly educated soldiers are the primary culprits of genocide.
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Josep Goded @josepgoded.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Israeli strike on Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, injures children and other civilians in southern Gaza.
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CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Palestinian women and men are facing systematic sexual and gendered violence by Israel. This is a matter of reproductive rights. We call on the Center for Reproductive Rights to speak up with Palestine. Send them a letter: www.codepink.org/cfrrletter
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The Center for Reproductive Rights: Stand with the women in Palestine!
🔍 The sexual violence Palestinians face under Israeli genocide has become well documented. 💔 But where are the feminists? Send a letter to the leadership at The Center for Reproductive Rights to urge them to stand with the women in Palestine!
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
25 kids in one Texas courtroom. 15 with no lawyer. The youngest was 3. One of them, 13-year-old Angel, broke down crying: "I have no one. I have nothing." And it's happening to kids in immigration courts across the country. It's evil.
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“There’s a genocide happening in Gaza… none of us are free til all of us are free… there’s no one coming to save us except us…” Cypress Hill & Tom Morello put a message from @macklemore on the screen — and joke they kicked Ed Sheeran off the bill. (From @jolly_good_ginger)
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
‘The Israeli occupation does not distinguish’: Gaza family mourns Christian mother and daughter - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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‘The Israeli occupation does not distinguish’: Gaza family mourns Christian mother and daughter
<article data-history-node-id="448808" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-occupation-does-not-distinguish-gaza-family-mourns-christian" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-occupation-does-not-distinguish-gaza-family-mourns-christian" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">‘The Israeli occupation does not distinguish’: Gaza family mourns Christian mother and daughter</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Fourteen-year-old Fuad woke up at around 5am on Saturday at his father’s house to get ready for school.</p> <p>He learned that his mother and grandmother had been killed in an Israeli air strike on their apartment in western Gaza City.</p> <p>Mary Abu Dawud and her mother Maysaa were among the five Palestinians killed in the al-Asala residential building, after three strikes hit the area at around 1.30am,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strike-kills-four-people-gaza-medics-say-2026-10-02/" target="_blank">according to</a>&nbsp;Palestinian authorities and church representatives.</p> <p>“My mother was thrown against the wall by the force of the explosion, and my grandmother was engulfed in flames after the missile hit the house,” Fuad said.</p> <p>“Today, I lost the most precious person in my life. There are no words to describe my feelings.”</p> <h3><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-occupation-does-not-distinguish-gaza-family-mourns-christian-mother-and-daughter">Read more:&nbsp;‘The Israeli occupation does not distinguish’: Gaza family mourns Christian mother and daughter</a></h3> <div alt="Gaza mother and grandmother killed Israel" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="309ccbb8-d0aa-4683-8180-ddcb9196eef1" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/Fourteen-year-old%20Fuad%20shows%20a%20photo%20of%20his%20mother%20and%20grandmother%2C%20Mary%20Abu%20Dawud%20and%20her%20mother%20Maysaa%2C%20on%20a%20mobile%20phone%20after%20they%20were%20killed%20in%20Gaza%20City%20%28Middle%20East%20Eye%29.jpg" width="1800" height="1013" alt="Gaza mother and grandmother killed Israel" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </div> </div> </article>
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Josep Goded @josepgoded.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Israeli soldiers fire tear gas as children flee while heading to kindergarten in al-Mughayyir.
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 03/10/2026
Rep. Jared Moskowitz supports censorship bills to destroy free speech in America on behalf of Israel.
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CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"We are all here because we refuse to be complicit" CODEPINK Sonoma County and Bay Area chapters joined organizers fly 100 kites to fundraise for Gaza Soup Kitchen and send we send love, hope, and solidarity for the children of Palestine. 📷 Drone footage: David Creech
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Glaucous @glaucousness.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thank you, Charles! Let’s get this done!! charlesbookerky.org
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Charles Booker for U.S. Senate | Kentucky 2026
From the hood to the holler. Charles Booker is running for U.S. Senate to build a Kentucky that works for every family. Donate, volunteer, and join the movement.
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 02/10/2026
89% of Democratic voters in Michigan say reducing support for Israel will play a role in their vote in 2028.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good news: Wilber Garces Perez finally had surgery to remove the bullet that was in his back for 11 days. It took far too long, and it's more proof of ICE cruelty. But we kept up the pressure, and Wilber got the care he needed. Speaking up for our neighbors works.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My campaign has held more than 600(*!) events in 110 cities across Michigan. From Escanaba to Eaton Rapids, I see the same thing. Too many places left behind, a rigged economy, and corrupt politicians. New ad:
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The Lever @levernews.com · 02/10/2026
From @davidsirota.com: The Bulwark's founders cheered on Kamala Harris's closing message. She lost. Now they want to steer the 2028 Democratic primary. www.levernews.com/bulwark-neoc...
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It’s Not A Bulwark. It’s A Plot.
The former GOP operatives behind The Bulwark helped sell Democrats a losing strategy. Now they’re positioning themselves to shape the party’s 2028 nominee.
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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#Wolffbites: To cruelty add incompetence. Tennessee's botched its killing of a woman arrested at 19 (after a life of sexual abuse) and jailed until now (she is 50). www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...?
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Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say
Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Kushner's financial stakes in Israeli defence firms raises conflict of interest concerns: Report - www.middleeasteye.net/news/jared-ku…
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Kushner's financial stakes in Israeli defence firms raises conflict of interest concerns: Report
Kushner's Gulf-backed investment firm has a stake in an Israeli company with extensive holdings in Israeli arms makers
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 01/10/2026
The arrest of the entire Matsadaash newsroom marks a dangerous escalation in Egypt's assault on independent media. Egyptian authorities should immediately release all six journalists and stop targeting the platform. ⤵️ bit.ly/3VlDYxe
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Global Call for the Release of Entire Newsroom at Egyptian Investigative Journalism Platform Matsadaash
Civil society organizations and independent media outlets join together to condemn the escalating crackdown on independent Egyptian investigative journalism platform Matsadaash.
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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Last night six justices allowed Tennessee to barrel ahead with this monstrously botched execution www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say
Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is horrific. Lethal injection has never been a reliable means of execution, because doctors with the necessary expertise refused to help develop the process, and most drug companies don’t want to supply the substances used. It is a story of cruelty and incompetence.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the definition of cruel and unusual punishment. The state of Tennessee botched an execution and tried to hide the gory consequences as witnesses twice watched a woman survival the supposedly “lethal” injection. The death penalty is a crime against humanity.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 01/10/2026
Press release I woke up to, on Christa Pike’s condition (sent 9/30 at 11:36pm ET)
Statement from Christa Pike’s attorney Randy Spivey and Kelly Gleason from the TN Office of the Post Conviction Defender, and Stephen Ferrell and Luke Ihnen from Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee

Tonight the State of Tennessee once again failed to carry out a lawful execution. We take no pleasure in being right, but the concerns raised by Ms. Pike proved to be true: difficult vein access, blown veins, degraded pentobarbital, no emergency medical care available when things inevitably go wrong, all under a protocol that remains veiled in secrecy. 

Christa is being treated at a nearby hospital. We have not been informed as to her condition.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 01/10/2026
Only woman on Tennessee 'death row' is in hospital after two injections failed to kill her aje.news/krlkeg
Only woman on Tennessee 'death row' is in hospital after two injections failed to kill her
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
abolish the death penalty
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Lis Power @lispower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fox News is honing in on the enemy ... and it's ... Ms. Rachel?
Graphic showing "Ms. Rachel's controversial stances" 

which includes supporting Dem candidates, supporting Palestine, opposing ICE, and stating no one needs a billion dollars.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Justice Kavanaugh, please explain to me — and Christa Pike— how this is an “interim” decision? Justice Barrett, please explain to us how this is merely a “preliminary” ruling?
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The nation explicitly cast as a fortressed bunker ensuring "survivability" for the in-group. A.K.A. end times fascism.
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Josep Goded @josepgoded.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Israeli attacks have killed at least 8 Palestinians and injured more than 15 in Gaza since dawn.
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 30/09/2026
Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair wrote Wafaa Akila, the name of an 8-year-old girl killed by Israel, on his face tape.
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NFL threatened to ban player from game for honoring slain Palestinian girl
Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair wrote Wafaa Akila, the name of an 8-year-old girl killed by Israel, on his face tape.
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