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ri-ndex.bsky.social @ri-ndex.bsky.social · 39m

What an arsehole, but we knew that.

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Kelly Kennedy @kellyskennedy.bsky.social · 2h

He hates when you call him a mercenary. Mercenary. “What brought both men to Congo was their employment by Mr. Prince, the founder of Blackwater Worldwide, a company notorious for a civilian massacre in Iraq in 2007.”

nytimes.com

Inside Erik Prince’s Mercenary Deal in Congo (Gift Article)

The injury of a former Green Beret and death of an elite soldier from New Zealand have highlighted the Blackwater founder’s growing role in one of Africa’s most intractable conflicts.

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 21h

50 million of my fellow Americans are brainwashed and trapped in a cult. This insanity will only end when Trump dies.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

Nothing is stopping your blue state or city from renaming its waste treatment plants and sewage facilities and garbage dumps after the needy, sweaty president. They could do it today! Give the man the attention he desperately needs!

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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 5h

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 3h

The grim irony is that if Trump hadn't started his damn fool war with Iran, we could have shifted much of those interceptor stocks over to Ukraine to protect Ukrainian civilians and then we would actually have the leverage to ask Zelensky and Ukraine not to kinetically sanction Russian oil.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

Pretty much the GOP as it was before Trump.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Crazy times.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 5h

If Trump had been Britain's prime minister in 1938, he would have happily handed over Czechoslovakia to Hitler, as Neville Chamberlain did. The only dfference is that Trump would have demanded a bribe, maybe approval of a Trump Tower Prague.

wbaltv.com

'Total betrayal of Ukraine': Lawmakers react to Trump's diesel deal with Russia

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are voicing concerns after President Donald Trump struck a diesel deal with Russia, his latest push to lower prices ahead of the midterm elections.

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ri-ndex.bsky.social @ri-ndex.bsky.social · 7h

Absolutely. As if "calling off the broadcast" is going to end the creeping fascism.

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🎃 Baby Saja Funko Pop 🎃 @babysajaboy.bsky.social · 13h

Ukraine keep going ur doing amazing sweetie

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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
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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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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It's important to remember that the AI doom scenario assumes not only that intelligence is a single well-defined thing, but also that intelligence solves literally every single problem, and that in every conflict overwhelming intelligence always wins. This is just not how anything works.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 18h

This is the most corrupt President in history. He doesn't even hide it, but this Republican Congress is too afraid to even criticize him. A Democratic Congress will investigate the corruption and hold Trump accountable.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h

Hegseth is having his nut-case, heretical and alcohol infested counterfeit Christianity peddled straight to the troops as a justification for the Iran War, and it's now being documented.

jonathanlarsen.substack.com

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus

Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Still nothing yet from Darlene Graham about Trump pissing on the Lindsey O. Graham Russia Sanction Act.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 19h

I guess we know what the “quo” is for the “quid” of Russia ostensibly supplying diesel to the U.S.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19h

In Alabama, three Republican elected officials have been arrested and charged with human trafficking involving children. They're all white, Evangelical Christians and pillars of the MAGA community. So the Alabama media have decided it's really no big deal. www.wkrg.com/alabama-news...

wkrg.com

Alabama lawmaker and Satsuma school board president arrested on charges of human trafficking | WKRG.com

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Oct. 2, 2026 UPDATE (10/5/2026 8:15 a.m.): A news release from Satsuma City Schools says Kory Wesley has resigned: Satsuma City Schools announced Sunday…

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ri-ndex.bsky.social @ri-ndex.bsky.social · 19h

He's so pissed that Zelensky won't just roll over so he can declare victory and get his hands on that Nobel Peace Prize. Doesn't care in the least about what is right, or the long-term safety and security of the world. A real piece of shit.

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

For almost 2 years now, DHS has repeatedly told me they're not detaining U.S. citizens It's simply not true So @propublica.org published the receipts: a searchable database of the 500+ citizens detained by immigration agents during this Trump administration projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 21h

It’s long past time for the U.S. to get a new president.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Racism got him here and he’s clinging to it like his life ring — it’s all he’s ever had, the gateway corruption from which all others flow — and look how far it’s got him and how horribly it’s cost us.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22h

Again, I never again want to hear the Republicans claim the mantle of, or be referred to as, the "party of national security." This, as with threatening to invade our NATO allies, should have long ago immediately ended his presidency. It also should again now.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 21h

“could”?

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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

We must elect leaders in Congress with the courage to stand up for freedom, humanity, and the US Constitution. Instead, we have #GOPCowards who abdicated their Congressional authority to the evil #EpsteinAdministration. #VoteBlue Read this 🧵to the very end!

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ri-ndex.bsky.social @ri-ndex.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

They are all profiles in cowardice, but we knew that already.

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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A man picking up his kid from school is far less dangerous than our government that routinely jeopardizes the safety of our communities by exciting violence and even murdering people in the streets

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026

“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

As ever, Gary Kasparov understands exactly what's going down.

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

In Another Instalment of: “Didn’t Age Well” 🥴 Here is every time Trump said that no one should buy oil from Russia:

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Fixed it for Trump.

Trump's post announcing a diesel deal with Russia. I've covered up false claims he made with grey boxes, and in yellow text written what is true, including that "receiving bribes from Vladimir Putin" is his greatest priority.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 10/10/2026

The people who don’t want you to watch miss rachel want you to watch a public execution

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

My man ended USAID, condemning millions to death

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Trump's plan to betray Ukraine and align the US with Russia in their current war continues to unfold in predictable fashion. www.ft.com/content/7fd4...

ft.com

US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing

Donald Trump’s administration delivered threat after Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised diesel deal with Moscow

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ri-ndex.bsky.social @ri-ndex.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Hey Donald, did you also rid the world of Osama Bin Laden? Remind us who did that?

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ri-ndex.bsky.social @ri-ndex.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

"I won't forget" doesn't pack much of a punch when you are almost dead.

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

Trump wants the US to fund Putin’s evil regime.

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

Donnie having a late night cry.

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

Another lie to fool voters that never happened.

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

Notice how Trump did not repeat this lie, one of his favorites, when his boyfriend Xi was here.

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ri-ndex.bsky.social @ri-ndex.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'm kind of surprised no journalist has asked him to remind us about the 8 wars he resolved, because you know he wouldn't be able to name more than about three participating countries (if that).

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ri-ndex.bsky.social @ri-ndex.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Looks like tha audience is in the dozens. Very impressive, sir.

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ri-ndex.bsky.social @ri-ndex.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The only place where he's been able to construct a personal militia from the NG is DC, where they don't elect Congress-persons. We must push for DC statehood so no-one call pull this bullshit ever again.

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 09/10/2026

The kind of shit you see in Russia or Pakistan.

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ri-ndex.bsky.social @ri-ndex.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Fits right in, in more ways than one.

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

a lot of people are replying with 'what are you going to do about it,' and while every level of government could do more, the powers the *DC City Council* has in this situation are comparatively limited. This isn't just voter intimidation, but an argument for statehood for the District of Columbia.

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