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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 5h

Absolutely. Fuck our bloated, ridiculous military budget. Especially with complete psychos in our government deciding where our tax money goes.

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🇱🇹 4fouls @4fouls.bsky.social · 4h

Trump said he would end the Ukraine war in 1 day. Instead, he’s selling out to Putin because he’s afraid of losing Texas. Pathetic.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

a grandmotherly woman just got booted from the Trump rally for protesting, and she went out like a hero talking trash and flipping the double bird

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Blue Tint @mtproteus.bsky.social · 4h

Trump must think he is untouchable at this point and could give a rat’s ass about the elections. He definitely has plans to destroy the elections.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 08/10/2026

Starting January 2027, Washington will pay its workers $17.73 an hour – the highest state minimum wage in the country. I was proud to serve on the committee that helped tie the minimum wage to inflation here in Seattle. This is how you put workers first!

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WA’s nation-high minimum wage rising to nearly $18 an hour in 2027

Washington’s minimum wage workers will get a 3.5% pay bump in 2027.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14h

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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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 12h

No Corporation Should Profit From Our Suffering And Pain

INSTEAD OF STEALING GREENLAND FROM DENMARK, LET'S STEAL SOME OF THEIR POLICIES.

IN DENMARK:

HEALTH CARE AND COLLEGE ARE FREE.

THE STARTING WAGE IS $22 PER HOUR.

PAID PARENTAL LEAVE IS 1 YEAR.

PAID VACATION IS 6 WEEKS.

ALL WORKERS GET PENSIONS.

SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS

OCCUPY

DEMOCRATS

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump claims that his proposed $5,000 payoff to voters wouldn't be inflationary, citing the $21 trillion foreign investment figure he totally made up

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

Trump has denied disaster relief for Illinois following severe storms in August. Trump approved a request from Indiana for damage resulting from the same storms. One is a "blue state." The other is a "red state." No other president has politicized natural disasters the way that Trump has.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 6h

Regardless of the legality of posting armed national guard members at drop boxes, whether the boxes were open yet, or whether drop boxes qualify as polling sites under the law; the optics are what matter. Lawful or not, it’s overt, intentional voter suppression.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

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Steve Wisniewski @stevewiski.bsky.social · 1h

I guess Putin threatened to release the pee tape.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 5h

It’s simple to figure out at this point, he’s a Russian asset. Thank you for your attention to this treason.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Trump’s banning of entire media outlines is part and parcel of what authoritarians do to a free press. Authoritarians simply do not like a free press — and the latest escalation from Trump is a dangerous moment for a functioning democracy.

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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 6h

Genuinely think history will judge Putin to be one of the worst American presidents ever

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Ethan 🦋Proud Blue🦋 @grand-pa-etan.bsky.social · 11h

All Trump’s MAGA cult cronies will pay the price they deserve when the day comes.

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 4h

Every bit of this 👇

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Students at the Australian National University vote by a show of hands in favor of cutting ties with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and divesting from arms companies in solidarity with Palestine. 👏🇦🇺👏🇦🇺👏🇦🇺👏🇦🇺👏🇦🇺👏🇦🇺👏🇵🇸

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

“We need to ramp up deportations”😡 “Trump selling access to market-moving posts for $100,000 isn’t insider trading”🤯 “Trump has been the most transparent president on the Epstein files”🤔 New Secretary of Lying Katie Zacharia will fit right in 🤥 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Gayle Harris @gayleharris.bsky.social · 1h

Hegseth and Trump both need to be removed. How is any of this acceptable to any of us?

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1h

🚨 THEY’VE SEEN ENOUGH: Trump rallygoers in Syracuse start leaving early while he’s still speaking

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 9h

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump makes genocidal threats against Iran and then IMMEDIATELY pivots to whining about not winning the Nobel Peace Price. You can't make it up.

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Brett Coughlin @coughlinbrett.bsky.social · 1h

The school bombing in Minab, Iran killed 120 schoolchildren (73 boys and 47 girls), according to reports on the 2026 Minab school attack. 156 people were killed in all.

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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The pattern is simple and it is everywhere now: donate to Trump or do business with his family, and the rules stop applying to you. Skip the donation, and the rules suddenly apply with a vengeance. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption

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zgirl098.bsky.social @zgirl098.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Seriously Americans….. Why are WE allowing this to happen???? When as a collective are WE going to stand up for these people???

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Protestors gather at 225th st & Marble Hill after ICE agent shoots man in Bronx, NYC.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Just today: - The Trump admin announced the first public execution since 1936. - Trump tried to incite a race war against Somalis. - Trump said anyone using the phrase AI is "THE ENEMY" - The NYT reported on a potential ICE plan to deport migrants on military boats and ferries.

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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Texas just made weed a felony after over 70% of voters voted to legalize it… That's what happens when incarceration rates go down and for-profit prisons start to lose money! Mad yet?! 😎✨

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 08/10/2026

At 5 AM tomorrow Norway announces the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. At 5:01, Trump announces the invasion of Norway.

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Wile E. Coyote's ACME Sales Rep @crankyoldcrackpot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Republicans, like all other fascists, don't find solutions. They find scapegoats. They don't build; they bankrupt. And build concentration camps and start wars...

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Ethan 🦋Proud Blue🦋 @grand-pa-etan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Obama, out of office for nearly ten years, is wrongly accused by Chris Wright of the rise in diesel prices. Oil prices depend on the global market, manipulated by Trump for his own profit, and do not depend on Obama or Biden, as the incompetent Trump regime's cronies often claim. #ProudBlue #DV1

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 08/10/2026

Donald Trump is using fear and panic as a weapon — putting families at risk, undermining our economy, and terrorizing communities. No President is above the Constitution. No one in this country is without rights. California will stand up for our communities and hold federal agents accountable.

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ICE to hit California hard before midterm elections: Sources

ICE leadership has told officers to arrest all illegal immigrants they encounter, regardless of whether an individual has a criminal history.

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Jax (the original) @jacqueline321.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Fkng pussy. More of this.

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