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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
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 drinkThe 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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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
1/ Russian sources expect that as well as purchasing Russian oil and diesel, Donald Trump will provide Russia with spare parts to repair the refineries damaged by Ukrainian drone strikes. They anticipate that Trump's fuel deal will lead to a Russian victory. ⬇️
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22h
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In her statement on the ICE shooting in New York, AOC specifically calls out Target. The congresswoman demands that the mega-corporation stop allowing ICE to stage paramilitary raids from its parking lots. migrantinsider.com/p/aoc-to-tar...
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AOC to Target: Stop Lending Your Bronx Parking Lots to ICE
After federal agents fired into a car with a 5-year-old in the back seat, Ocasio-Cortez names the retailer that lawmakers say gave ICE a place to wait.
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God @thegodshow.com · 10/10/2026
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h
Thank you, America! Money from diesel will help me kill even more Ukrainian children.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 19h
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Roadrunner33 @roadrunner33.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump is proving why he has said over and over and over and over Russia Russia Russia Because that’s who he is beholden to Lifting sanctions on Russia and Trump agreeing to purchase their fuel lets Putin keep funding his genocidal war against Ukraine Where is Congress? Vote them out
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I can’t tell you how much I needed this message of hope from the great President Barack Obama. 💙👊
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22h
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 22h
Again. Impeach him.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 21h
Life In Trumplandia.......
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 19h
How dare Vladimir Zelensky fight for his country’s sovereignty and freedom.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence.
A vertical graphic on a white background displays an October 9, 2026, joint statement from the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The full statement, presented in black serif text, reaffirms unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), strongly opposes U.S. sanctions against the Court, warns of their impact on its work, staff, and families, and pledges continued support for international justice, accountability, and the rules-based international system.Marco Rubio, mouth agape, as he announces sweeping sanctions on the ICC to try to punish them for acknowledging Bibi Netanyahu’s war crimes
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
Trump’s deal to buy Russian diesel from Putin just weeks before the midterms funnels money directly into Russia’s war machine. Trump is now facing calls for Congress to block the deal and impeach him. Meanwhile, energy analysts say it’s unlikely to even make a dent in fuel prices.
meidasnews.com
Trump Announces Russian Diesel Deal Ahead of Midterms
Trump campaigned against foreign oil.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Roadrunner33 @roadrunner33.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Police are trained to do a car stop and never approach the car from the front As long as poorly trained masked unidentifiable ICE thugs continue using bad tactics unnecessary unjustified use of deadly force will continue to keep happening Shooting anyone through their windshield shouldn’t happen
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pete needs to be removed without hesitation.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“I love my Somali friends and neighbors,” said one former Democratic official in the state. “If Trump tries to come for them, he needs to come through all of us.” www.commondreams.org/news/trump-f...
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‘This is Incitement’: Minnesotans Reject Trump's Call to 'Fight Back’ Against Somali Americans | Common Dreams
"The president is trying to foment a race war here in Minnesota."
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A win for voters! A judge ruled that the DOJ’s policy of collecting states’ unredacted voter rolls and urging states to remove voters flagged as ineligible is illegal.
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Federal judge shuts down Trump DOJ’s nationwide voter roll crusade, even in states that cooperated
The ruling also reaches voter rolls that states voluntarily turned over. By vacating the policy itself, the court barred DOJ from continuing to use those already-obtained files as part of the nationwi...
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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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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.
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Roadrunner33 @roadrunner33.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Don’t worry about the hurricane Gulf Coast The Gropenfuhrer in Chief Donald J Trump has a sharpie and a couple rolls of paper towels and he alone can fix it
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
More than half of Canadians are avoiding buying American goods, poll finds Canadian shoppers are pressuring grocery stores to respond, with nearly nine in 10 wanting clear labels on domestic products www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
More than half of Canadians are avoiding buying American goods, poll finds
Canadian shoppers are pressuring grocery stores to respond, with nearly nine in 10 wanting clear labels on domestic products
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
This is as treasonous as it gets
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Televised executions? Killer Pete Hegseth is a sick person. He, like his boss, never should have been allowed near the levers of power.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This Isn’t About Candidates Anymore Too many are still searching for the perfect nominee, the magic bullet who can “beat Trump.” That time is gone. We are past the point of choosing the right savior. We are in the fight to save the right to choose at all.
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Runs with scissors in the dark @tevistickles.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The blackbird of exasperation has replaced the bluebird of happiness until further notice.
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Jax (the original) @jacqueline321.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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ℂ𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕟ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 🏳️‍🌈 ✡️ 😸 🌊 @stevefm20.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He makes a good point.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I note how Christian Nationalists, who think the public execution of Jesus was the most horrific thing humans ever did, are giddy at the prospect of getting to watch a public execution on live streaming—being so “pro-life” and all . . .
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Impeach his ass 👇
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“The death penalty on its own is morally indefensible,” said one critic. “Turning it into a public spectacle is an abomination.” www.commondreams.org/news/death-p...
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'Barbarity for the Sake of Barbarity': Trump Pentagon Confirms Plan to Livestream Firing Squad Execution | Common Dreams
The Pentagon's plan to livestream an execution by firing squad has sparked outrage and disgust.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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WilliamHaugh @williamhaugh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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ALT: Starving Alien Creature Close-Up
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If they’re admitting 81 planes, drones and helicopters worth $3.3 billion have been lost in Iran, imagine what they’re not telling us. The real cost is likely far higher, and our grandchildren will be paying for this unnecessary war and his reckless spending. www.businesstoday.in/amp/world/st...
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ladies I am all about self-love, self-worth & freedom of expression. But if you need to do this to your face to feel pretty or loved, seek counseling. This is NOT pretty. Once you start fillers, plastic surgery or Botox, it becomes habitual. Proud to say I've NEVER done any of it.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war
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