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JoeCGiles

@joecgiles.bsky.social
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If we can find a way out of oligarchy, the first priority should be taxing billionaires at Eisenhower rates. Decades of US tax policy insufficiently taxing the wealthiest Americans has become a threat to democracy worldwide. Northern CA.

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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Before this year, the Bay Area weather service office had never issued a coastal flood advisory in September. This week’s advisory marks the second such instance this month, an indication of El Niño’s capacity to raise the seas that will only grow into winter.
sfchronicle.com
Bay Area gets second-ever September coastal flood advisory as seas rise with El Niño
The unusually high September tides are a taste of what is to come this winter, when record tides are possible.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 9h
I spent the full hour on NPR/@wbur.org's "On Point" in conversation with Meghna Chakrabarti on this year's very strong El Niño event--which is expected reach record intensity by Nov--and the broader context surrounding it, as well as local-to-global impacts.
wbur.org
How the 'super' El Niño will shape the global climate
El Niño has become an annual global climate phenomenon. But this year, scientists are warning of a record-setting 'super' El Niño. What that could mean for the weather everywhere on planet earth.
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Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe @aaberhe.com · 7h
Applications are now open for the UC President's Postdoc Fellowship Reach out if you want to submit an applicaiton focused on environmental/soil sciences, biogeochemistry, climate change, & related areas As a former fellow, this is a program I highly recommend 4 ECRs interested in academic careers
screenshot of the call for applications for the UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship program
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h
Again, gas prices spiked in 2022-23 because Russia invaded Ukraine which caused a major disruption in global supply. Then they came down. Biden didn’t cause it. Gas prices rose in 2026 due solely to the stupidity of Trump who started a war in the Middle East.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In March, Washington State passed a tax on millionaires to fund public education, childcare, and expand its earned income tax credit. Now, special interest groups backed by the rich are trying to trick voters into repealing the tax by claiming it will apply to non-millionaires. Don't fall for it.
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Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed.
Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Republican members of the Georgia State Election Board (SEB) adopted a resolution Monday seeking the Trump administration to intervene in a vague crusade against the state’s voting system just weeks before the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Georgia election board asks for Trump admin to help go after state’s voting machines
“I think this is federal overreach," the board's lone Democrat warned.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
IMPORTANT: There are 15 states that require in-person registration 28–30 days before an election, meaning this maybe your last week to register. Check your registration at Vote.gov.
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Register to vote in your state | Vote.gov
Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Palantir CEO Alex Karp bought 15,000 hectares of forest in Härjedalen, Sweden for ~$22 million. A local hunting group found out when they were told by mail they could no longer hunt on land they'd leased. Karp's purpose is unknown.
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Mark 🌊🌊🌊 @puffandretti.bsky.social · 9h
The stupidest president since Hoover—and Trump is much more stupid than Hoover—has given us chronic inflation & high prices thanks to his dumb-dumb tariffs and nonsense Iran war. On the bright side, it'll cause people to vote who don't fully appreciate what's really at stake, ie America's democracy.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 13h
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Victory L. 🇨🇦🇵🇱🇺🇦🇦🇹🇾🇪 We are All Born Antifacist @victoryrenfrew.bsky.social · 12h
US nazi education regime .
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h
Millions of dollars that Trump is using to support Republican candidates was donated to his PAC by wealthy fraudsters and their family members before they were pardoned for their crimes. Instead of crime victims getting restitution, Republicans got campaign cash from the felons.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h
RBADVISERS: “.. For those who don’t think the world is changing, LT Treasury returns are now negative for the 1st time in 40+ years.”
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Olive ridley sea turtles seen nesting in California for the first time: www.earth.com/animals/oliv...
earth.com
Olive ridley sea turtles seen nesting in California for the first time
Olive ridley sea turtles nested in California for the first time, raising questions about warm waters, nesting range, and future habitat.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 23h
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JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 13h
2002, when another Republican criminal was in the White House. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/29/t...
cnbc.com
30-year Treasury bond yield scales to highest level since 2002
U.S. Treasury yields rose Tuesday, adding to their rip-roaring moves to multiyear highs due to concerns around inflation and central bank monetary policy.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h
Trump continues to steal your money to pay for political ads while media companies continue to be co-conspirators to a crime by accepting the stolen funds.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nicki Minaj is not a US citizen. She’s a green card holder. Her husband, Kenneth Petty, is a registered sex offender. Her brother, Jelani Maraj, was convicted of repeatedly raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter. So, of course, she’s MAGA.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio.
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RN Mayhem @mayhem1994.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’ll give them credit. She is the perfect spokesman. 
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sirhpflashman.bsky.social @sirhpflashman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Go vote. None of that happens if people take it for granted that it will.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We need to get a full accounting of every dollar each media company accepted of our money stolen by Trump to run his partisan political ads on their channels. Companies who accept these ads are receiving property stolen from the American people & are a disgrace for accepting them
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
While you are getting up and going to start the work week, members of the Trump Admin are planning their next lavish taxpayer funded parties, trips and personal vanity projects while searching for new ways to turn their govt appointment into another grift to enrich themselves.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russia is bombing museums, apartment buildings, hospitals, research facilities, schools, and parks. Ukraine is bombing military targets and refineries. Guess which one Trump has been complaining about?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you put Republicans in charge of the presidency, they blame Congress for their failures. If they also control Congress, they blame the courts. If they control the courts, they blame their state. If they control their state, they blame a secret shadowy deep state, NGOs & media.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So far Trump has tried to rig the midterms by: 1. Attempted to nationalize voter registration & voting requirements. 2. Mid-decade gerrymanders. 3. Tried to use the USPS to obstruct mail-in balloting. 4. Used taxpayer money for ads. 5. Intimidation of election officials.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russia has been carrying out attacks against Ukrainian civilians again. Ukraine needs more Patriot interceptors before winter. We are calling on Member States that have them in their stocks to provide them to Ukraine. (1/2)
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JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just like Reagan did.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026
Why not just cut to the chase and give the weapons directly to Iran? thehill.com/policy/defen...
thehill.com
Trump floated US weapons sales to Xi, ambassador says
U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue said Sunday that President Trump proposed selling weapons to China during recent meetings with the country’s president Xi Jinping. “President Trump continues t…
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We have enough food, technology, and money to save the planet. We just have a system where destroying it is more profitable. That's not a climate problem. That's a greed problem. #ClimateJustice
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JUST FILED: Sitting behind her desk in central North Carolina, Amy Beros warned me: “It’s really hard for people in the United States to understand the scale……” of what’s about to unfold macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/they-dont-...
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JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every Republican accusation is a confession.
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JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Zuckerberg: Do you have a conscience? CJ Desai: Of course not. Would I be interviewing with Meta if I had one? Zuckerberg: You’re hired! www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/m...
cnbc.com
Meta hires MongoDB CEO CJ Desai to lead enterprise unit. MongoDB shares crater
Desai will lead the new Meta Enterprise Platform unit and report to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This 👇
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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alan51972.bsky.social @alan51972.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump is warning of a "final battle" against Democrats, who he calls "communists, Marxists, and fascists". He is using OUR taxpayer dollars to fund these ads calling us Democrats "the enemy". This is illegal and unconstitutional, like everything else he does. www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
cnn.com
White House airs another government-funded ad, this time with Trump warning of ‘final battle’ | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is set to launch another overtly political campaign ad funded by taxpayer dollars, attacking the “fake news media” and “the sick political class that hates our country.”
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thank you! @filosia.bsky.social #GetReadyToVote #VoteBlue #Blues
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Lajfun @lajfun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Is that the Russian spelling of Kool-Aid?
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K🤦‍♀️𝘝 @kv417.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As seen on Indivisible Roseville @indrosevilleca.bsky.social
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Tesla, activate the floating feature.”
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 27/09/2026
www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2026...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here’s Susan Collins walking in a parade-style campaign event. She’s concerned and wants to give Maine six more years of MAGA and corruption. Kudos to whoever took this video and captured the gas station sign.
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Chris Vagasky @coweatherman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Shut it down. We need a salary cap and no ballpark in a national park. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
espn.com
MLB, White House discuss playing game at national park
The White House said in a statement that MLB asked the administration about hosting a game at a national park, adding that the National Park Service has not granted a permit to do so.
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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I am a mom and scientist begging everyone to look closer at the muck. We’ve been conditioned to see wetlands as wastelands. But three decades of research, I see a fiercely defiant wilderness. The boreal mire is a dynamic carbon-trapping vault that in some places has outlasted ice ages. 1/
A woman scientist - me! - standing over the boreal forest in interior Alaska.
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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hurricane #Nolo took a sharp turn west and passed about 150 south of Hawaii, sparing the state from a storm that at one point was forecast to cause potentially catastrophic flooding. There were isolated road closures, but the National Weather Service is not reporting any significant flash flooding.
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