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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 14h

It really does seem that: ”Every accusation is a confession”, It's Karma, Right? And trump's is just around the corner.

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Gig Drain @gigdrain.bsky.social · 55m

Drink some pickle juice, Bradley

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."

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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 21h

She wrote this op-ed last year.

Screenshot of a New York Times opinion guest essay.

“OPINION
GUEST ESSAY

My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide

Sept. 16, 2025”

Below the headline is a large Reuters photograph showing a grieving person dressed in purple, hunched forward with their face buried in their hands. Several people surround and comfort them, resting their hands on their shoulders, arms, and head. Another person wearing a light purple headscarf leans in from the left.

Mahmoud Issa/Reuters

By Navi Pillay

“Ms. Pillay is the chair of the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

AOC: “ICE is a rogue, lawless paramilitary and surveillance agency. It does not belong in NYC and should not exist in 🇺🇸. Abolish ICE.”

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Gig Drain @gigdrain.bsky.social · 2h

I would be Stopp, and everytime someone called my name I would say, “In the name of love”.

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The Supremes Diana Ross Performance

Alt: The Supremes Diana Ross Performance

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "The United States of America, represented by me as your president, should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn't. This is an indelible stain on the country of Norway. We will not forget, Norway." (note how tepid the crowd response is to this whining)

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Central casting.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h

🚨BREAKING: Federal court BLOCKS Dept. of Justice policy of collecting unredacted voter rolls, checking them against federal citizenship databases, and urging states to remove voters flagged as ineligible. www.democracydocket.com/cases/doj-na...

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🚨 Common Cause v. U.S. Department of Justice

Learn more.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21h

This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.

A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drink

The console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders.

In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink

A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 17h

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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Gig Drain @gigdrain.bsky.social · 11h

The stuff on the tVee screen comes from somewhere. Gonzo doing research. Case…DIIIIISmissed.

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Hogan's Heroes: Schultz and Klink Salute

Alt: Hogan's Heroes: Schultz and Klink Salute

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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 14h

This is clearly not acceptable

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.

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Gig Drain @gigdrain.bsky.social · 11h

Centaur? No. Jackass? YES. Hee fuckin haw.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

huh, interesting that vance thinks this is the worst terrorist attack and not oklahoma city

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Gig Drain @gigdrain.bsky.social · 11h

When someone denies being a racist but contradicts themselves in the same breath. Believe this sooper-jeanyus.

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Gig Drain @gigdrain.bsky.social · 11h

Canned. Mystery. Crypto. Ham.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Memo to Democrats: you can't win the public's trust if you drink from the same corporate trough as the Republicans. Reject Big AI Money (and all corporate campaign contributions) and regulate AI. www.commondreams.org/news/ai-electi…

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Voters in Key States See AI Campaign Cash as More Politically Toxic Than AIPAC: Poll | Common Dreams

"Candidates should seek support from the AI industry at their own peril."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Just despicable people. All of them. It’s not just that they’re corrupt and shitty at their jobs - they’re terrible humans.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"A couple quick follow ups, Mr. Secretary -- what the ever-loving fuck are you babbling about? When was the Pentagon recruiting soldiers with 'My Two Mommies'? And how fucking drunk are you right now?"

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Seamless transition from lying while working for Trump to lying while working for Fox since the job description is the same.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

OSSOFF: Mike Collins is one of the most extreme members of Congress. He's a Trump puppet election denier. I want to hear if Mike still believes the 2020 election was stolen. What do you say Mike? COLLINS: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

He doesn't even deny his son-in-law is a white supremacist. He simply claims it's out of bounds to ask about his support of white supremacy because he's family.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“Did you sell your yachts?” “I never had yachts in Florida, brother.” “Where was your yacht? You had 2.” 😬 @abdulelsayed.bsky.social taking it to Mike Rogers

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

After 2 years in foster homes, they finally reunite with their older brother. Original post

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Gig Drain @gigdrain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I think he might actually have the backbone and the drive to prosecute these republican nazis. We need every democrat to decide it’s happening and fall in line. WE THE PEOPLE want prosecutions.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If you are a member of the republican party who isn’t a Nazi, yes you are. Yes. You are.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It’s about time the Democrats started calling Republicans what they are: Nazis.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Q: Many feel you have not addressed the fact your son in law is a white supremacist influencer. What have you said to your family? COLLINS: That's my family OSSOFF: Imagine running for Senate while neo-Nazi propaganda is disseminated to an audience of millions from your home. That's Mike Collins.

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Absolutely 👇

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Senate Judiciary Democrats are asking Chair Chuck Grassley to apologize to Jack Smith on the behalf of his GOP committee members — especially for Republican Eric Schmitt. The letter also demands Grassley turn over the underlying records Schmitt used during the hearing.

politico.com

Democrats call on Chuck Grassley to apologize to Jack Smith for basketball gaffe

The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Republicans violated Senate rules.

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Gig Drain @gigdrain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Bread and circuses, I see

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026

a livestreamed execution is just a lynching

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026

this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It would be great if everyone in the Trump administration weren’t the worst fucking people on the face of the earth. Also would be great if mainstream media treated them as such, and not as just normal conservatives that you might happen to disagree with.

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Gig Drain @gigdrain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Where was this self-awareness when this shit started?

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 08/10/2026

The CDC just re-opened a previously shelved study that would withhold the hepatitis B vaccine from children in Guinea-Bissau, despite decades of evidence showing it is safe and effective. This is a violation of human rights, using “science” to harm some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

Breaking-news graphic featuring a photo of RFK Jr with headline that reads "RFK JR. TO GIVE 1.6M IN CDC FUNDS TO EXPERIMENT ON AFRICAN BABIES IN UNETHICAL TRIAL"

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