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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
When Kai “The stock market is not the economy” Ryssdal asked me if, at this moment, the stock market kinda is the economy, I thought it was a trap.
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The stock market isn’t the economy — except when maybe it is?
Households are increasingly invested in the stock market, and massive AI investment is boosting GDP.
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A letter from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, and a member of the Senate Finance Committee:
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Over the last decade, there were two hypotheses: H1: the political right genuinely cared about threats to speech from the left. H2: they were using campus speech wars to impose their values and silence dissent. Today, the answer is clear, but I can't find any of the H1 people admitting their error.
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I host a show where famous people talk at length about less than interesting topics. Today, I ask your help with topic selection.
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pelikans.bsky.social @pelikans.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
TinyDesk #2✅
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In case you missed our breakthrough yesterday:
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Spaf @spaf.me · 05/10/2026
Stop living in the past! You have a future to screw up.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Heads up. Milei introduced his Thiel-aligned “Super RIGI bill” in an op-ed, “opening with “praise for the Dutch East India Company.” As noted by others, the Dutch East India Company was granted a “commercial monopoly, its own army, currency & legal system, & the power to declare war.” 7/31/26 … 1/
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Latin America is becoming a laboratory for tech-supremacism
share.googleMilei introduced the Super RIGI project in an op-ed for The Financial Times, opening with praise for the Dutch East India Company (VOC), a corporation that fused corporate and governmental power. It was granted a commercial monopoly, its own army, currency and legal system, and the power to declare war. It built its wealth on colonial exploitation and the enslavement of hundreds of thousands of people. In this sense, the Super RIGI is the legal framework for a foreign-flagged VOC to operate on Argentine soil.
Milei celebrates the VOC as the birthplace of limited liability, "the invention that allowed capitalism to develop its full potential", a supposed gift from the West to the world, upon which Western superiority rests.
Shortly before Thiel's arrival, Argentina's Ministry of Human Capital announced on social media the creation of a social information integration platform called the "Social Digital Twin" (Gemelo Digital Social), de-
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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
That, my fellow Americans, is unquestionably the hand of a short-fingered vulgarian. By the way, you can subscribe for free to this daily limited-run Spy magazine Substack. We start publishing on Monday. spymagazine.substack.com/p/coming-soo...
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Coming Soon — Spy at 40
Spy Magazine’s Anniversary Chronicle of a Certain Short-Fingered Vulgarian
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Also their position is that it is not just ok but *constitutionally required* that the president have the authority to rig DoJ if he wants. bsky.app/profile/dave...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
This is wrong: Trump and Republicans in Congress gave BILLIONS in tax breaks to Big Tech companies building AI data centers. So YOUR tax dollars are subsidizing their AI data centers — at the same time you pay higher electricity and water bills.
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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This week we learned that the Irish government has proposed weakening Europeans citizens' fundamental right to privacy to favour AI companies. We also learned this week that 83% of Irish people under 25 want stronger government regulation of AI. Who *exactly* does our government work for?
AI: EU Member States plan "digital expropriation" of Europeans in the interest of Al companies
Artificial Intelligence / 21 September 2026
In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of OpenAl, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental right to data protection. Use of personal data "in the context of Al" should automatically be lawful.
There seems to be wide informal agreement by many Member States. In particular, Big Tech would be able to use all personal data collected over the past decades with virtually no restrictions, as long as this happens "in the context" of Al. Schrems: "Under these proposals, the profits of Al companies would trump European's fundamental right to privacy. This is nothing but a digital expropriation of Europeans." All this is happening despite the key figures of Al corporations actively warn about the enormous risks associated with their own products.Transport costs and mental health also remain prominent concerns.
More than seven in ten adults believe Al will make it harder for young people to find secure employment over the next five years, while 83% support stronger government regulation of Al.
Just 17% of young adults said they believe the Government is doing enough to support them through the cost-of-living crisis.
"These findings should serve as a wake-up call," said Grace McManus, Policy and Campaigns Manager at NYCI.
"Too many young people feel that the chance to build a secure and independent life is slipping out of reach," Ms McManus said.
The polling was conducted by RED C, which surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,010 adults, including a cohort aged 18-24.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Elizabeth Warren: "It's gonna look like whatever Xi Jinping wants it to look like. Donald Trump loves to bully when he's talking to the press. He loves to bully when he's front of a big crowd. But face to face is there any evidence that he has ever been tough with another dictator?"
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Update:
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Per Texas media, it’s looking like +100K registrations were affected. Secretary of State is saying that it shouldn’t affect voting.
We reached out to 24 counties today to see the extent of the problem. Here's what we got back:
Collin County - 40,000+
Travis County - 32,000
Brazoria County - 9,000+
Hays County - 8,100
Cameron County - 5,000
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New Marist poll has Talarico with 50% of the vote and, wait for it, with a 56-point lead among 18 to 29 year olds.
Crosstabs from the new Marist poll
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I host a show where famous people talk at GREAT LENGTH about something they care about but that they know other people won't. It's to put you to sleep. So this week, Wil Wheaton goes on and on about The Prisoner.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15/09/2026
WARREN: You and Kennedy are keeping these pharma deals secret. The companies say they are immaterial. You still want the American people to believe they are a great deal? KLOMP: Billions of dollars have been saved in out-of-pocket transactions— WARREN: Then show me the receipts.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Yet even as he tried to return to Trump's fold, Cohen kept a foot in the other camp. George Conway says Cohen called to offer to help his campaign for Congress. “I’m like, what? He’s trying to suck up to Trump and literally my entire campaign was about sending this guy to jail.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Corporations spend more than $1.5 billion a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5 billion they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions.
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U.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion annually on union avoidance
Key takeaways Many U.S. employers hire union avoidance consultants to keep their workers from organizing and bargaining
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Blair Braverman @blairbraverman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Jen’s whole way of seeing the world is so beautiful. Like a dog’s, even… and this book is available for preorder now!
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Robin 🦋 @robinh2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
💙 @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 25/08/2026
Basically Musk hijacked billions of taxpayer dollars that was supposed to go to affordable fiber optic broadband, and instead gave it to himself for slower, more congested satellite broadband he had ALREADY PLANNED TO DEPLOY anyway My June piece in The Verge, if you missed it:
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Elon Musk and the plot to hijack America’s broadband
“We’re fed up … The BEAD program has failed us.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government [Trump’s America] to enable them” 8/5/26
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‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
DOGE’s legacy lives on.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Maria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 11/08/2026
CORRECT. So great to see Paulina get her due.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The WaPo story was masterful not just for the magnitude of its scoop, but for the visual journalism that showed just how Trump escaped. And there were some feats of editing in it that deserve applause, like ending with this mic drop.
Asked why reporters had been instructed to lower the window shades on the plane in Turkey, Trump said that it was “because you’re probably on a dangerous flight because of the sleaze bags that we have to deal with.” Trump said that he has a “threat all the time” against his life, and that he is “number one” on Iran’s “list.”

“But if I go, you go. Right?” Trump suggested to reporters. “Perhaps someday you want to change professions.”
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Over the last nine months, I’ve travelled across America to speak about the ideas in my book, Autocrats vs. Democrats. These stops have also given me the chance to meet and hear from people in different parts of our great country. My takeaways: michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/what-i-lea...
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I hate Trump’s thought police and their vapid, destructive revisionism.
Sign at Mammoth Cave: Mammoth Cave
National Park
belongs to the American people, and the National Park Service wants your feedback. Please let us know if you have identified
(1) any areas that need repair; (2) any services that need improvement; or (3) any signs or other information that are negative about either past or living Americans or that fail to emphasize the beauty, grandeur, and abundance of landscapes and other natural features.
To make a submission, please visit go.nps.gov/eo14253 or scan QR code.
Posted by order of the Secretary of the Interior in support of Executive Order (EO) 14253, titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History."
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I get it's a Monday in August, but 9:44am eastern would typically be working hours for the Secretary of Transportation? And he's in a diner next to his son-in-law who's running for Congress? Touting his coming reality TV show?
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Evil MoPac @evilmopacatx.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
You're either against this stupid bullshit happening in Big Bend or you're not a real Texan There's nothing in the middle
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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Bulldozers are tearing up the exquisite Big Bend National Park in Texas - a protected wilderness. Soon they will be dynamiting Mariscal Mountain and other sheer canyon walls to build senseless roads allegedly for building a wall to prevent "aliens" from entry.
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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This marks the beginning of the biggest attack on an American national park in generations. Now moving forward quickly. Texas Dems have *written a letter* in opposition. 🙄
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Harry McCracken @harrymccracken.com · 08/08/2026
When I first started going to Vegas for work, in the 1990s, a certain degree of quirky charm remained. It’s almost all gone now. But it turns out a lot of it ended up at the Neon Museum.
Neon Museum Las Vegas at night featuring El Cortez Hotel Casino sign and weathered "GAMBL" letters on sandy ground.Vintage neon sign reading "Sassy Sally's Bingo" displayed outdoors at night at the Neon Museum in Las Vegas.Binion's Horseshoe vintage neon sign displayed at night in Las Vegas's Neon Museum Boneyard, bathed in pink light.Vintage "City Center Motel Vacancy" neon sign displayed outdoors at night, surrounded by other retro signs at a neon museum.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This is the $300M mega yacht owned by billionaire Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg that didn't answer a distress call from a much smaller cruise ship that ran out of fuel in Alaska this week. Photo Credit: Arno Lippert.
LAUNCHPAD, a 387-foot FEADSHIP megayacht reportedly owned by Mark Zuckerberg is one of the largest private yachts in the world. Photo by Arno Lippert.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“This is not a black or white decision.” - man whose job is to cast “yes” or “no” votes
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Neil but, like, SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOKY @burghpunk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It’s pretty humid out there your grace. I wouldn’t go for anything more than 25%
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
They’re calling it the most theater kid story of all time
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Witch King of Angmar @high-desert-pagan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Jesus. Patton in Red Army shoulder boards and Rock Hudson MacArthur is a British corporal. Draft dodging piece of shit.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The Senate has confirmed nearly 60 Trump-nominated election deniers to the judiciary. The attorneys who prosecuted the Jan. 6, 2021 rioters want them to stop. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Jan. 6 prosecutors urge Senate to stop confirming Trump's election-denier nominees
“The institutional denial of truth — especially by potential federal judges — is dangerous, yet it’s become all too clear that President Trump expects his nominees to provide evasive answers about bot...
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Jon Husted looked this mother in the eye, and promised he wouldn't vote to cut her daughter's health care. One week later, that's exactly what he did.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 03/08/2026
I really feel like I have my people here at Bluesky.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Democratic National Committee is horribly struggling. Republican National Committee is sitting on nearly $130 million. While DNC is $2 million in debt. Bad management of DNC but also another sign that the energy in the Dem base is for change--not the establishment. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...
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Inside the Phone-Throwing Drama at the Troubled, Broke Democratic Party (Gift Article)
The Democrats should be well positioned to make gains in this year’s midterms. But inside party headquarters, every week brings paranoia, worries about money and, on occasion, emotional eruptions.
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Claude Taylor @realclaudetaylor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
CNN is missing a salient point in Markey - Moulton primary. It’s not just age. Moulton is a bit of an overly ambitious asshole-remember when he challenged Pelosi for Speaker? Sure, Markey is older. But he’s not a jerk. It matters. Just my opinion.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
While the legacy media is hosting a dinner to honor Donald Trump, I am woking to stop his efforts to subvert the 2026 elections. Democracy Docket exposes attacks on democracy. It does not seek Trump's favor but it needs your support. Subscribe now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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