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"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇

Collage of 12 Republican posts on X opposing Russian oil purchases, 2022–2026. Senate GOP, 7/28/26: "Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." Senate GOP, 7/14/26: backing Graham's bill to hold "major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable." House GOP, 3/8/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil. Biden is fueling Putin's war on Ukraine." Rep. Garret Graves, 3/8/22: calling on the administration "to ban Russian oil." House GOP, 3/7/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/4/22: "Stop buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/3/22: "sanction the oil and gas industry in Russia." House GOP, 3/2/22: "Instead of buying Russian oil..." Rep. Steve Scalise, 3/1/22: "stop financing Putin's war with Russian oil." Marco Rubio: "Stop importing Russian oil... That's the plan." Rubio, 3/9/22, on Russian oil imports. Peter Navarro, 6/24/23: India "buying up bargain-basement Russian oil."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

Signs you’re a war criminal: You attack the court that goes after war criminals

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 7h

POPE LEO: “The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person. The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment…”

Pope Leo XIV
@Pontifex
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The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.
The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment: effective systems of detention have been developed that protect citizens while at the same time do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption. #NoDeathPenalty
6:30 AM • 10/10/26 • 217K Views

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Katie Klocksin, by the wayside @katieklocksin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Reminder: this story is very well done and is also a Netfix show called Unbelievable. In a way I can only assume is standard, male law enforcement disbelieved the girl and failed to investigate, until two female detectives in another state finally found the truth. www.propublica.org/article/fals...

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An Unbelievable Story of Rape

An 18-year-old said she was attacked at knifepoint. Then she said she made it up. That’s where our story begins.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 13h

The real risk of an ‘AI apocalypse’ is idiotic humans using AI in situations where real things that matter happen.

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Mike Pafford @mepafford.org · 19h

Very Relevant...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22h

Trump sanctioned the International Criminal Court while simultaneously easing sanctions on Russia which is massacring Ukrainian civilians. A masterclass in criminality and corruption.

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 09/10/2026

"Many people prefer to believe the brutes and the sadists are responsible, largely because they are not like 'us,'" writes @omerbartov.bsky.social. "But modern genocide is the product of the technocrats, bureaucrats and cold planners of extermination, who don’t get their hands dirty."

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How do human beings explain taking part in genocide? NAZA provides a chilling look | Omer Bartov

It’s easier to blame brutes and sadists for extreme violence. But as we see in the documentary, modern genocides are fueled by people who are uncomfortably recognizable

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 21h

I'm taking my "Norway's wealth tax didn't reduce tax revenue" victory lap.

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, nor is there any evidence that the reform induced more bankruptcies. ...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Tax billionaire wealth. I frankly don't care if a billionaire can make a second billion. I'd rather have the average person be able to make their first $100k.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 23h

One of the most disconcerting moments of living in this timeline of the world in the U.S. is that A LOT of people in this country keep acting like there's a special line that needs to be crossed for fascism to *arrive.* The reality is that we are CURRENTLY living under Federal fascism. NOW.

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Per Damkier @perdamkier.bsky.social · 23h

Is he going to pay in Tomahawk missiles?

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Per Damkier @perdamkier.bsky.social · 23h

The leading Nato member is now ecomomically supporting a Nation which is actively provoking and effectively waging war on numerous other Nato members. Betrayal. Treason.

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The man shot by ICE in NYC yesterday has disappeared after he was admitted to the hospital, and his lawyer reportedly doesn’t know where he is. www.courthousenews.com/ice-shot-a-m...

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ICE shot a man in New York City; his lawyers can’t find him

The agency claims Oscar Belgal "weaponized his vehicle” against agents in the Bronx, prompting them to fire seven shots at his car.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yikes — abc news has fallen… “outright deleted” a story about the Trump boys getting billions in government contracts 🤔👇🏽

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

JOINT STATEMENT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CANADA, DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM "As committed supporters of the ICC we regret and strongly disagree with the announcement of sanctions to be imposed upon the Court by the United States."

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Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Thought the sewage scandal was bad? Think again. Sewage works are also a major industrial waste disposal route. Power stations, airports, hospitals, landfills: ~608bn litres last year. No independent regulator. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies

Exclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants

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

THIS ⬇️ 💯

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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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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“Every member of this ethnic group is a criminal who needs to be imprisoned by the state” is just pure uncut Nazi shit

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Please read.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nonconformity with Newspeak now a Thoughtcrime

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Wendy the Woke @nomorex61.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

JD, ever the culture warrior. So full of hate, so devoid of actual facts or policies. #Sheshed

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 09/09/2026

In fact, Meta clearly already has systems in place that can identify this type of violent child abuse content -- its own recommendation algorithm starts serving them up en masse as soon as you've watched a few! If it turned that tech toward moderation, the effects could be profound:

For that matter, Meta appears to have already deployed systems that can identify the stomach-turning videos, even if it’s declining to use them to moderate content on its platforms. We identified the vast majority of the horrid accounts simply by loading one of them, and then scrolling Facebook’s recommendation feature, which eagerly provided a bottomless feed of similar appalling material.

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Poya Pakzad @ppkzd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

”Vi modtog anonyme trusler rettet mod en yngre forskerkollega med muslimsk baggrund, trusler som også anfægtede vores ret til overhovedet at have personen ansat. Desværre skete der kort tid efter truslerne et fysisk overfald på vores kollega, som ...” omnibus.au.dk/arkiv/vis/ar...

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ICE Flight Monitor @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Amidst continued abuses by ICE, @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social shines a light on an opaque, cruel system of removal flights occurring without due process, often to places where people are at serious risk. People should never be sent to places where they face grave harm.

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Per Damkier @perdamkier.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Has he been arrested yet? It sure seems that he just pleaded guilty to a traffic violation.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/10/2026

It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.

X post from AI industry insider Alvin Sng :

My wife: Can you read our baby a book?
Me: I can just play an audiobook from my phone.
My wife: But then it won't be in your voice.
Me: I can train a voice model.
Parenting hits different when you work in Al.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The following GOP Senators are on 2026 midterm ballots and voted to confirm Kimberly Guilfoyle: Shelley Moore Capito Susan Collins Tom Cotton Bill Hagerty Jon Husted Cindy Hyde-Smith Roger Marshall Ashley Moody Pete Ricketts Jim Risch Mike Rounds Dan Sullivan Marsha Blackburn Tommy Tuberville

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 08/10/2026

🧵 The Wehrmacht was a CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION responsible for mass crimes against humanity and genocide.🧵 🔥The mother of threads.🔥 Click below for an exhaustive discussion of the criminality of the German Army during WWII as I try to once again kill the cockroach that is the Clean Wehrmacht Myth!

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