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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 8h

The federal government is going after Ilhan Omar only because of her race, gender, religion, and party, openly admitting they have no probable cause and aim to manufacture something. Worse because she’s a sitting member of Congress. That makes it an attack on her constituents and US democracy too.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14h

Exposure is a first step towards accountability, but real accountability needs punishment, yes. Put it this way: Should a grand effort to overthrow US democracy that involved a lot of lawbreaking go down as a cautionary tale—a Do Not—or as a thing to try again because the consequences are minimal?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15h

“I think there is a real possibility that someone who is 30 today will see major changes associated with climate tipping points during their lifetime,” said William J. Ripple, a professor of ecology at Oregon State University and lead author of the new study. Cool cool cool.

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The Earth’s vital signs are concerning, a new report says

Still, the study’s authors say there is hope for solutions despite record-setting heat and historic storms.

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 17h

A literal dangerous lunatic.

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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 19h

Did everyone notice yesterday that the president admitted the entire "Russian diesel deal" thing is complete bullshit, none of the fuel is actually coming to the U.S. and obviously never was, and with a minimum of 40% of Russian refining capacity offline it probably does not exist at all.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 20h

Inflation ran at a rate of 3.7% last month. And that was despite the Fed raising interest rates. It’s been at least 3.4% every month since Trump attacked Iran. To put that in perspective: In the supposedly horrific year of 2024, monthly inflation averaged 2.9% and was trending down rather than up.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Talarico refusing to immediately release the evidence debunking our idiotic conspiracy theories made us look ridiculous, and we cannot afford to be made to look ridiculous

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Folks, I know this is a heartwarming story, but this isn’t how it works. You can’t shut down state-sponsored botnets on the global Internet more than temporarily by destroying localized infrastructure.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

When you take away healthier insurance from tens of millions of people is does reduce payments to insurance companies, have to give him that one

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The Duckman))) @theduckman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Half a great film, half an ok one.

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

KITTEN ADOPTION KLAXON Gravy needs a home in the Baltimore/DC area ASAP, preferably one with other young cats. After the sudden death of her only sister, she really craves playtime with other kittens. Gravy is fully vaccinated and spayed, cuddly and playful, and learns what is ok and not ok fast.

gray kitten sleeping, curled into a cinnamon roll shape

gray kitten sitting on a wooden letter box, looking up expectantly

gray kitten lying on her back reaching her paws out to you

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

They intentionally destroyed a person's reputation and career with lies that they knew were lies just to avoid a minor amount of blame. And the media acted as accomplices to this cruel, targeted attack.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I wrote about the media's unwillingness to call a spade a spade last week: religiondispatches.org/2026/10/06/e...

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The Duckman))) @theduckman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Don't think Wrobo is the solution to the long ball.

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Fozofthedead @fozofthedead.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

We don't have time for idiots

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The Duckman))) @theduckman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

David Brooks can lick my taint.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 11/10/2026

“Give us the money we need to make Stephen Miller cry on national television”

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The Duckman))) @theduckman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Failing to bow is a bootable offense.

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Y’all acting like you’ve never seen an octogenarian drug addict POTUS let his alcoholic Fox-n-friends Sec Def livestream a wheelchair-bound paraplegic firing squad execution while cutting diesel deals w/Putin because he’s worked w/Russian mob for decades, esp w/Epstein, before?

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If there were a Nobel Prize for inflation Trump would be a very worthy recipient

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If I were an American president losing a war to Iran, I wouldn't work to boost the economy of an American adversary that has been helping Iran kill Americans. Just sayin'.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Since we're a top trader of energy with Russia, doesn't the Trump administration under the Russia sanctions law now have to impose tariffs on goods produced in the rogue country of the United States?

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Someone should tell Natalie Harp that it is spelled ‘Nobel’ Peace Prize. We have THE dumbest motherf*cker in American history as POTUS y’all.

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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Fun Fact: Switzerland is synonymous with watches because France was the technological center of the 16th C. clock/watchmaking world and many of the industry's leading figures were Huguenots, who fled over the border en masse after the St Bart's Day Massacre. Anyway, this country is so cooked.

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The Duckman))) @theduckman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Your weekend is almost certainly going to be an upward trend. #silverlining

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The Duckman))) @theduckman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

That’s a testament to your lack of imagination. 😏

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The Duckman))) @theduckman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Gold covered everything can’t be cheap

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The Duckman))) @theduckman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

In the strictest sense of course

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The Duckman))) @theduckman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Garrison’s homoeroticism never fails to strike me.

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The Duckman))) @theduckman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

“How is it, then, that Trump is worshiped as the very pinnacle of (straight) Manhood by his cult? The answer, it would seem, is that Trump’s purported masculinity, like his purported charisma, is something that is wholly projected onto him by those who need these things to exist…”

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The Duckman))) @theduckman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It’s still amazing that they became big *after* Randy left

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ossoff is acting like Trump/MAGA/GOP and what they’ve done to the country is Actually Bad. Charismatic and well spoken, which sure helps. But no “my friends across the aisle,” no acting like the imaginary “Baileys” are the only ones who matter, no “don’t talk values, only kitchen table.” That’s it.

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The Duckman))) @theduckman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trump will not attend Georgia-Alabama game due to Hurricane Isaias Why doesn’t he just use a sharpie to redirect it

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A lot of rich guys want you to think that the bar on the right is always going to be bigger than the bar on the left.

Vertical bar chart titled "Norwegian wealth tax revenue, change from 2021 to 2024," in billions of Norwegian kroner (BNOK), nominal. Subtitle: top rate 0.85% to 1.1% and stock valuation discount cut from 2022.

Two bars. "Growth with no emigration": 13.71 BNOK, a tall bar. "Lost to reform-driven emigration": 0.65 BNOK, a barely visible stub, about one-twenty-first the height.

Notes: Growth includes the rate and valuation changes and wealth growth. Net of tax that emigrants still paid, the reform-driven loss is 0.49 BNOK.

Source: Ring (2026), NBER Working Paper 35854, equation 2 and figure 5.

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Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Now this is a Ditka Story

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is an excellent point. When pro-democracy, anti-corruption forces get power, they won't need elaborate new laws to start getting Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, Peter Thiel, and other tech oligarchs out of government. They've almost certainly committed fraud and other already existing crimes.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Your now-regular reminder that adding a few seats to SCOTUS is the <baseline moderate> position now. Other, more serious positions also remain available: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

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