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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2h

Yesterday afternoon in my town, ICE kidnapped a man walking home from Dunkin Donuts with coffee for his family right off the street. New Jersey is under siege. This is the least violent kidnapping we’ve had, but it’s still a kidnapping.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 13/10/2026

Matthew Shepard died on October 12th in 1998, 28 years ago. His ashes were interred at Washington National Cathedral 20 years later, in 2018, because before Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson offered the Cathedral's crypt, his family had no place for him that would be safe from desecration.

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

Thousands of human beings are held by the state and locked in cages, stripped of dignity, punished simply for crossing a border or living in a country they call home. ICE currently detains around 60,000 people at any given time These are not "holding facilities." They are concentration camps

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

BREAKING: Trump administration cut down more than 500 trees on Saturday at the East Potomac Golf Course after giving less than a full-day notice, with more tree-cutting planned, so plaintiffs challenging the effort went to court seeking a TRO tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

EMERGENCY MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER OR, ALTERNATIVELY, FOR A 14-DAY STAY UNDER SECTION 705 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
Plaintiffs hereby move the Court to enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, for a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705.
Despite the Court's admonitions not to "get to a point where someone is telling me, from
the government, that it's too late, too many things have happened and now we are, like, moving
Case 1:26-cv-00477-ACR
Document 76
Filed 10/11/26
Page 2 of 4
forward and we can't, you know, stop the trains," Status Conf. Tr. ("Apr. 13 Tr.") at 18:15-19:10,
Apr. 13, 2026, Defendants have begun irreversible damage to East Potomac Golf Course. At
4:55 p.m. on Friday preceding the holiday weekend, Defendants announced their intent to
begin-barely 12 hours later—a massive operation to clear 529 trees at East Potomac Golf
Course. Decl. of Dr. Kevin Griess, Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks,
National Park Service 920, ECF 74-1. Although they initially represented that their work would proceed in stages, Defendants in fact took down 529 trees on Saturday alone and have confirmed
to Plaintiffs that they intend to take down hundreds more.
Defendants' surprise tree-razing operation constitutes classic National Environmental
Policy Act segmentation: undertaking elements of a larger project piecemeal and insisting that they are independent and therefore need not be evaluated in a single NEPA review of the entire
project. Defendants cannot circumvent their NEPA obligations in this manner. Delaware
Riverkeeper Network v. F.E.R.C., 753 F.3d 1304, 1313 (D.C. Cir. 2014).

Therefore, and for the reasons explained in the Memorandum accompanying this Motion
and supporting exhibits, the Court should enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705, enjoining Defendants from any further tree felling at East Potomac Park. In addition, the
Court should order Defendants to provide the Court and Plaintiffs no less than three business days' written advance notice before any irreparable modification to any permanent forms or
features of East Potomac Park.
If the Court believes a hearing would be appropriate, Plaintiffs request a hearing on this
motion at the Court's first availability. At the parties' meet and confer on Sunday afternoon, Defendants represented that the tree-clearing operation would continue this week until
completed. Defendants indicated during the meet and confer that rain foreclosed any work on
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Sunday, and that the possibility of doing work on Monday depended on weather and the course's
condition. Depending on Defendants' plans, then, it is possible that no work will occur on
Monday.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The "Party of Reagan" has the United States siding with Russian aggression against NATO allies and a brutal war on a European democratic US partner. Yes, the whole party. If they didn't, they would impeach and remove the president who is blatantly breaking US law to help fund Russia's war effort.

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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 11/10/2026

Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.

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Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes

Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.

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Todd R. Rossman @mystic-scientist.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

An example of the loss of trust this regime has instilled.

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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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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/10/2026

Don’t forget: billionaires are using their grip on social media and the news to convince us that peaceful protests don’t work, our vote doesn’t matter, and that both parties are the same. They’re spending billions on it.

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Gwyrdd @gwyrdd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is utterly horrifying.

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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 08/10/2026

Local fire and EMS were called, Border Patrol told them to leave. BP is gassing and shooting pepper balls at people on private property, and moving the truck with the person still locked to it. Go follow tierralibre_no borders and rally.forthevalley on IG for updates.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Big brother is watching and taking notes.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026

We're continuing to report on sports betting apps, and we need your help. ProPublica is looking for at least 250 people who use DraftKings and FanDuel to share their data with us and help us understand how the apps respond to user behavior. ➡️ How to help: projects.propublica.org/sports-betti...

A neon green tracker shows that ProPublica has received 28 people's sports betting data, just over 10% of the way towards its goal of 250. Text below reads: If you’re one of millions of Americans who have placed an online bet on a sporting event, you know how quickly you can go from celebrating your wins to feeling like the odds are stacked against you.

ProPublica is trying to understand how sports betting apps incentivize users to keep playing and when they warn users to pump the brakes. To do that, we need your help: We’re aiming for at least 250 people to upload their gambling history from apps like FanDuel and DraftKings. We’re not quite there yet, so if you’ve used these apps, you can help our journalists. If you’ve worked in the industry, you can also help us by answering a few questions. (You can also reach us on Signal.)

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 02/10/2026

In 2003, the U.S. military bombed Iraq’s national seed bank in Abu Ghraib, effectively eliminating hundreds of varieties of indigenous seeds adapted to growing in the drought-prone desert climate. A year later, U.S. law prohibited Iraqi farmers from seed saving. (First published in 2025 by Prism)

thexylom.com

Saving Iraq’s Seeds, One Garden at a Time

Comprising a diverse range of backgrounds and ages, the collective fosters a space for voices of Jewish, Muslim, and Christian seed stewards from the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region…

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/10/2026

I have no illusions that NYT would ever offer me a job, nor do I want one. But they may want to consider that their unwritten policy of not crediting previous reporting (the way everyone else in journalism does!) may be costing them the hiring of great journalists they actually do want.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/10/2026

Nick and Dan first reported on William Walters’ donation to the Noem PAC and the awarding of a shady contract A YEAR AGO. I first reported his connection to Daedalus and all of the airplane purchases for a markup in February. I first reported that the final planes were purchased under Mullin’s

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/10/2026

There are new and specific numbers in this story, so it’s worth reading. I continue to resent the lack of credit to Nick Schwellenbach at @pogo.org, Dan Friedman at @motherjones.com, and me, who have previously reported every other aspect of this story, including that the sale prices were very high.

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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Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

i need everyone to pls read these pages from a letter Weill Cornell Medicine (led by Robert Harrington) sent rapist Jeffrey Epstein asking him to continue as their patient in 2019—a decade after his conviction!! they sent Epstein best wishes for his health😳 this is absolutely sickening… #cornell

Two pages of a 4-page letter Weill Cornell Medicine sent Jeffrey Epstein in 2019 offering him continued patient care.

Two pages of a 4-page letter from Weill Cornell Medicine in 2019 offering him continued care & best wishes for his health

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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 03/10/2026

Darius Paduch was Jeffrey Epstein’s urologist. Paduch is also a sexually abusive physician who worked at Cornell for years. In 2024, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for his crimes. Paduch abused at least 50 identified victims, many of whom were minors.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.

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News for 38 Year Olds @newsfor38yearolds.com · 03/10/2026

Corporations Are Dodging Accountability for PFAS Contamination Around the Globe Truthout truthout.org/articles/corporations-… Tip your reporter →

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Corporations Are Dodging Accountability for PFAS Contamination Around the Globe

Truthout

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Polarization Is Not the Problem" This paragraph says more about "both sides" journalism than just about anything I have read. Read the rest here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... By @lilymasonphd.bsky.social via @brizzyc.bsky.social

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Project MUSE -- Verification required!

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404 Media @404media.co · 03/10/2026

help jason pls

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Buffalo Bills - singlehandedly healing international rifts.

Buffalo,
we could hear you singing from here.
At your home opener, many of you stood up and sang O Canada. What a moment.
Us Canadians sang along, from the stadium, in sports bars, and on couches across the country.
Then you put it on billboards across Southern Ontario. We're still singing it, you said. We be lieved you.
Well, we want to return the feeling.
On Saturday, October 3rd, the sky over Niagara Falls will go red, white and blue in Buffalo Bills colours.
You're invited. Come across the bridge, find a spot along the river and soak it all in. We'll be right there with you.
We've shared this river a long time. We share the view, the mist, a lot of family, and even more Bills games. Thanks for being a neighbour.
Niagara Falls, Canada
OCTOBER 32026 -THE HORSESHOE FALLS - WWW.NIAGARAFALLSTOURISM.COM

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You’re probably hearing about this on TV. Remember, Republicans are too and are hoping we will be complacent. DON’T BE COMPLACENT, GET OUT AND VOTE!! VOTE EARLY, VOTE IN PERSON AND VOTE WITH A FRIEND!!!

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

all of capital has been pushed towards developing tools that they hope will put writers out of jobs, so the only jobs are to help them steal your past work so they can steal your future work. It's bleak.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

in writing there's money for AI and kind of no money for anything else. all the work for hire jobs that used to be out there are now ai.

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A man died in a GEO Group cell in Michigan while Congress begged for answers. Ten weeks later GEO's PAC wrote a check to the Republican running for Senate there. He kept it. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill...

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Gwyrdd @gwyrdd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How both stupid and horrible!

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Gwyrdd @gwyrdd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

wait how is he not a Tigers fan?

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Gwyrdd @gwyrdd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What a sad and terrible story. Transphobia making a bad situation even worse

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026

If you were in camp “focus on the important things” when they were restoring Confederate monuments and base names here but can recognize the danger there you may want to interrogate some things.

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Gwyrdd @gwyrdd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Easy for two str8 cis white men. Neither is denying the other’s humanity. 🙄

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Gwyrdd @gwyrdd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Are the Emmanuels connected to that?

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026

This is what happens when you get loud and demand Dems not drop trans people. We CAN get orgs to realize this. But we can’t stop with Kaptur. She’s the worst but not the only one. There is NO acceptable anti-trans vote or statement or ad from a Democrat. None. GET LOUDER!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026

Our latest story. Like this is the entire Democratic Party of Ohio. There's reason for concern here. bsky.app/profile/erin...

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

1868: Let's allow these people to save face so we can move one and get back to work fixing the country. 1974: Let's allow Nixon to save face so we can move on and heal the country. 2021: Let's not convict Trump so we can move on and get back to work fixing and healing the country. 2026: …

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