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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 3h
If you live in the following states, TODAY is the last day to register to vote before the midterm elections: –Kansas –New Jersey –Oregon –West Virginia –Louisiana (online only) Go to IWillVote.com for more info
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
There will be a lot of equivocating about all the times search warrants have been executed on members of Congress for corruption investigations and the like, and it can't be stressed enough in how many ways HSI raiding Ilhan Omar is extremely not like that.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
For decades, Republicans in Washington have told us that tax cuts would trickle down to workers. Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us. Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work. It was a hoax.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.
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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 th
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.
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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
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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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor 3) Donors make huge gains 4) Repeat This is why we must get Big Money out of politics — and support the candidates who will fix the system.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 09/10/2026
My statement on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill ⬇️

"Today in Marble Hill, ICE agents fired multiple shots at a man in his vehicle while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat.
ICE's already unwelcome presence in our city has been growing more escalatory and dangerous by the day. Today's shooting is a grave development that requires a swift and immediate response to protect the safety of all New Yorkers.
First, we must have a full and independent investigation of this incident.
"There must also be a full and immediate release of all body camera footage of the incident.
In addition, the Target Corporation must stop offering their Bronx properties as private staging sites for ICE, in compliance with requests from New York officials. Target opening up large, active retail parking lots for paramilitary activity is unacceptable and places the entire community at risk.
ICE is a rogue, lawless paramilitary and surveillance agency.
It does not belong in New York City and it should not exist in the United States of America. Abolish ICE.”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/10/2026
Here's some history the US Supreme Court doesn't want you to think about. In April 2026, SCOTUS effectively ended the Voting Rights Act. The decision has startling parallels with Plessy v. Ferguson, the decision that established “separate but equal" and cemented Jim Crow.
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a good guy with a gut @traviskeens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
give them a minute, they'll get in line, just watch ... we're talking about the same lickspittles who went along with changing the name of a fucking lake
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
New research indicates Walmart is working to compile massive amounts of data on individual shoppers and potentially charge them different prices, despite the company’s denial. This shady tactic is called surveillance pricing, and Walmart isn’t the only corporation planning to use it. Watch.
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The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off?Well, they may already be doing that thanks t
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Drain the swamp." www.citizen.org/article/trump-casca…
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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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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.
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CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
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a good guy with a gut @traviskeens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
this is what straitjackets were invented for
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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Three FBI interviews with a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting / raping her when she was 13–15, after Jeffrey Epstein introduced them, were missing from the DOJ’s initial Epstein files release. #OpDeathEaters
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why have so many people fallen behind? It's not because of immigrants, trans people, or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP. It's because corporations and billionaires rigged the system in their favor — and a bought-off political establishment let it happen. It's time to fix the system.
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a good guy with a gut @traviskeens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
yeah but she could roll her Rs like nobody's business
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly TRIPLED since 2020. Meanwhile, Amazon's profits have soared by 550% in the same time frame. Watch this before you shop for Prime Day.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Watch this before you go Prime Day shopping.
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a good guy with a gut @traviskeens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
quit whining and help me find my daughter
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Who's really paying the price for those killer Amazon Prime Day deals?
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a good guy with a gut @traviskeens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
as to why we haven't yet been contacted by intelligent aliens, my theory is that they've been close enough to hear about this delusional diapered nazi psycho & decided that with even one such person on this planet then keep the pedal to the metal, maybe swing back in another few thousand years
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org
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a good guy with a gut @traviskeens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
tragedy + time, amigo
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TODAY (Monday, Oct. 5) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in: AMERICAN SAMOA ARIZONA ARKANSAS FLORIDA GEORGIA INDIANA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online) MISSISSIPPI MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person) OHIO SOUTH CAROLINA — mail TENNESSEE TEXAS npr.org/vote
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today is the day! The deadline to register to vote is October 5 in AZ, AR, FL, GA, IN, KY, MS, MT, OH, TN, & TX. Check out all these resources & get prepared. #VotingIsPunk #VoteEarly
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Very important - today 10/5 is the last day to register to vote if you live in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas
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a good guy with a gut @traviskeens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I trust you left him a generous tip 🤨
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a good guy with a gut @traviskeens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
American Psycho, unAmerican psycho
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Trump administration was too stupid to realize that cutting food safety programs and firing thousands of public servants would have shitty consequences. Watch.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Feeling the squeeze after paying your rent today? There’s a way for you and millions of other tenants to fight back against skyrocketing rental housing costs: tenant unions. @taraghuveer.bsky.social explains what they are, how they work, and how you can start your own.
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What Your Landlord Doesn’t Want You to Know (ft. Tara Raghuveer)
Are you sick and tired of dealing with soaring rent and crumbling buildings? Do you want to level the playing field betw
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a good guy with a gut @traviskeens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
this is why we need a statute of limitations on callbacks 🤨
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a good guy with a gut @traviskeens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the heart wants what the heart wants [evidently this is a multi-purpose reply this evening 🤷🏻‍♂️]
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a good guy with a gut @traviskeens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the heart wants what the heart wants 💜❤️
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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a good guy with a gut @traviskeens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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a good guy with a gut @traviskeens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
because it's unsafe to masturbate to clown porn on a Parkway #duh
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Other states besides Texas with voter registration deadlines over the next 7 days: Arkansas, Arizona, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, South Carolina.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The arguments you've heard against California's billionaire tax are utter BS. Here to debunk them — and explain why you should vote YES on Prop 40 — is renowned economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
Moed Tov! Суккот муборак! Today I joined Rabbi Shlomo Nisanov in Kew Gardens to distribute free food to New Yorkers in honor of Sukkot. Thank you to Rabbi Nisanov for the reminder that community and service deepen our most joyful holidays.
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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
can’t say it much better than this
Something that many people who work in the press do not like to acknowledge is that the press is a participant in a fight—an ideological, political, power struggle against entrenched power itself. In a free society, accumulated power attracts the interest of the press, whose reporting tends to erode (or at least trouble) that power.
Great concentrations of wealth and power tend to be built through morally odious if not outright illegal means, and being able to whitewash that reality is a perpetual interest of the powerful, just as exposing it is a perpetual interest of the press. Powerful people and institutions, as a rule, do not like journalism because journalism
properly done makes n harder for powerful people to carry out their will with no public oversight or pushback. Some in the media find it uncomfortable to state these things plainly, because they are wedded to the idea of objectivity and they mistakenly believe that political conflict is a sign of political bias. It is not. This is just the way of the world. Behind every fortune is a crime; behind every crime is a journalist trying to expose it; behind every journalist trying to expose it is a powerful person trying to shut the journalists down. It has always been thus.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. In 2025, he made 1,794x more. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers? I will continue my boycott of Starbucks.
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a good guy with a gut @traviskeens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
wow, what an asshole
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a good guy with a gut @traviskeens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
never mind, just keep shoveling
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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