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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2h
Here's a winning campaign message: "Stop complaining about prices and eat less."
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 3h
Labor's share of income just hit an all-time low. That means for every dollar a company brings in, workers are taking home smaller and smaller slices. Income keeps shifting to the owners. With @svaneksmith .bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump is planning to host a third gala for the top investors of his $TRUMP crypto coin. He and his family have raked in $2.2 billion from their crypto ventures, while their investors have lost almost the same amount. They’ll fleece anyone they can — even their own supporters.
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This right here. This is how you respond to their bullshit.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 23h
This labor market has a type, and it's not a guy with a hoodie and a laptop. Its eyes are still on healthcare newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“For $45 you can start a school and charge $7000 per student — no background checks, they weren’t teachers — and taxpayers foot the bill… SCHOOL VOUCHERS ARE A SCAM.” @GovBillLee (H/T @piper_for_missouri) Pro Publica’s expose: www.propublica.org/article/prop...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tucker: “I never understood why 🇬🇧 fought World War 2?” 😕 Rees-Mogg: “It was good vs. evil…We did the right thing…” Tucker: “Has 🇬🇧 benefitted?” RM: “We defeated Hitler… We’d all be speaking German…” Tucker: “Who cares?” 🤔
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“.. shifting away tens of millions of dollars in a move that signals that Republicans no longer see a path to winning the state ..” @nytimes.com #NCsen www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm not sure who saw this coming, but so far nearly all the jobs created during the second Trump administration have gone to women.
Line chart titled "So far during Trump's second term, just 8% of all job growth has gone to men" showing change in employment by gender since January 2025. Total nonfarm employment grew by 776,000 jobs through September 2026, with women gaining 711,000 positions (92% of growth) while men added only 65,000 jobs (8% of growth). Women's employment gains accelerated sharply through 2026, reaching 711,000 by September, while men's employment growth remained flat with brief periods of decline, including a drop of 96,000 jobs in February 2026.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And so it continues... Our economic debates seem utterly disconnected from the reality. That reality: This is an economy mostly creating healthcare jobs, and it does so month after month, and everything else is just noise.
Line chart titled "Effectively all of the net job creation has been in healthcare and social assistance, and jobs are shrinking in the rest of the economy" showing change in non-farm payrolls since January 2025 through September 2026. Healthcare and social assistance added 998,000 jobs with consistent growth throughout the period, while the rest of the economy lost 222,000 jobs, meaning all net job creation came from healthcare. The rest of the economy showed particular weakness from May through August 2025 when losses reached 218,000 jobs. This striking divergence reveals an unusual concentration where one sector's growth of roughly 48,000 jobs per month has offset persistent contraction across all other industries combined.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
77 Candles 🎂 today for the legendary portraitist — ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Looks like Trump’s new “steel plant” in IA, announced to shore up support in midterms from people his policies have crushed, where he said construction has already begun, is nowhere close to happening and contingent on Iowans giving tax breaks & incentives to a company in India.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In econ terms: nominal wages are up. Real wages are down.⁣ ⁣ In normal terms: congrats on the raise, sorry about the pay cut. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0f8dsDt0o4
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Forbes @forbes.com · 01/10/2026
The family of Renee Good, killed during a January immigration sweep in Minneapolis, filed two lawsuits on Thursday naming the federal government, several Trump administration officials and the agent who shot her as defendants.
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Renee Good’s Family Sues Trump Administration, ICE Agent After Fatal Shooting
The family of Renee Good, killed during a January immigration sweep in Minneapolis, filed two lawsuits on Thursday naming the federal government, several Trump administration officials and the agent who shot her as defendants.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks Reagan 😕 The Republican agenda for the past 45 years in one chart 👇🏽
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semperloquatius.bsky.social @semperloquatius.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (again) and hands the GOP senators' butts to them.
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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📈 #El-Sayed Hits Highest #Polling Lead Against #Rogers Since Campaign Began. ✊️
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El-Sayed Hits Highest Polling Lead Against Rogers Since Campaign Began
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: “Our colleges and universities have become anti-American DEI-worshipping, woke factories…We need students of Western civilization and the pillars of our republic…who understand the faith of Jerusalem, the philosophy of Athens, the power of Rome, and the freedom of Philadelphia circa 1776.”
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Once you've got more money than you could ever spend, what's the point of earning another dollar? From my conversation with @RobinsonErhardt.bsky.social
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🇺🇸❤️🤍💙
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Owning the libs.
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Politico @politico.com · 30/09/2026
Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to block sanctions over IRS settlement
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Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to block sanctions over IRS settlement
An 11th Circuit panel said the president’s attorneys didn’t rebut a judge’s conclusion that the deal was a product of collusion.
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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this is a terrific statement.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I guess the point is that Roger Marshall wants to keep this story in the news cycle as long as possible. Nice work.
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Politico @politico.com · 29/09/2026
‘Fires are everywhere right now’: Trump hits the road to shore up red states
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‘Fires are everywhere right now’: Trump hits the road to shore up red states
Each trip to play defense robs the GOP of a chance to put Democrats on the back foot in states that are traditionally competitive.
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Politico @politico.com · 29/09/2026
Nvidia, AMD want Trump to keep their chips flowing to China
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Nvidia, AMD want Trump to keep their chips flowing to China
Tech companies are ramping up outreach to the administration as they lose ground in Congress, where concern over AI's risks is rapidly growing.
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Politico @politico.com · 28/09/2026
Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pedophiles, big corporations, and billionaires all have something in common – Jon Husted puts them first ahead of the hardworking Ohioans he’s supposed to represent.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We keep getting comments on YouTube about my Golden Pig, so here's the backstory. A little Platypus Economics lore:
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Page One in Milwaukee: @mcbridetd.bsky.social
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So in the last week in MAGA, we got a newfound acceptance for people who have sex with actual animals, and a weird new moral panic about people who dress up as animals to have sex with each other. newrepublic.com/post/215838/...
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MAGA Senator Goes on Crazed Posting Spree About Furries
You read that right.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
👏😂👇
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 23/09/2026
In 2024, nearly 2,400 women were killed by men, according to the Violence Policy Center. Of these, 86.9 percent knew their killer—nearly nine out of 10.
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A Restraining Order Is Not Enough When an Abuser Has a Gun
Nearly 2,400 women were killed by men in 2024, according to a recent Violence Policy Center report. Nearly nine out of 10 knew their killer, and firearms were used in 63.4 percent of these homicides. ...
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Katie Porter’s White Board @ohdangitevie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This poor cat has been fated to answer phones in a call center for life.
White cat with black markings that look like a call center headset
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Our military on their hands and knees wiping off the red carpet for the Chinese. A perfect metaphor for where we are with Trump. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump has now got the US economy on the same track as his Atlantic City casinos.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When no one's writing it down, there's less incentive to show up. That's the simple case why the press is good newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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‘F*ck These Guys!’ Kara Swisher Says She’s Leaving CNN Following Ellison Merger
"I thought like I was trying to figure out ways I could work with them in some like licensing way. But then I thought, f*ck these guys. I don't want to work for them."
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patpolley23.bsky.social @patpolley23.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In light of recent polling, I post this pic of Belshazzar's Feast by Rembrandt, with the famous scene from the Book of Daniel, the writing on the wall.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Brian M. Wise: Snarkasaurus Rex. Ω, MFers. @brianmwise.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The best kind of masculinity is the kind that doesn't give a fuck if you wear a tutu and have a beard because your daughter wants you to be a fairy princess. Or if your son wants to be on the dance team, not baseball. Men are not defined by what some idiot thinks is masculine.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
USPS in Utah dumped 300 mail-in ballots into a parking lot garbage bin. USPS’s current defense? “Laziness.”
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Utah postal worker accused of throwing away 300 mail-in ballots in church parking lot
Over 95% of Utah voters rely on mail-in ballots, making destroyed ballots critical loss.
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hispanic Voters, Abandoning Trump, Are Transforming the Midterm Map www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Hispanic Voters, Abandoning Trump, Are Transforming the Midterm Map
Texas and even Florida are the places to watch in November if a polling pattern holds.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
Ashley Hinson voted repeatedly against efforts to end U.S. hostilities with Iran while taking more than $217,000 from oil and gas interests, including $38,500 since the war began. Meanwhile, Iowa gas prices have surged 60% since the start of the war as major oil companies report soaring profits.
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Ashley Hinson Got Big Money From Oil Companies After Repeatedly Voting For the Iran War
The price of gas for her Iowa constituents has risen by 60% since the start of the war, while oil companies are making record profits
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As we suspected:
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