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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 20h

I'm not going to get caught up in stupid details like "who has the best M4A plan" because we're not passing any president's M4A plan. I want an executive branch that will do what's entirely within the executive branch's purview to do, which is indict people and put them in prison.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 20h

There is absolutely no viable path forward for this country that doesn’t hinge on extreme accountability for everyone involved in this administration. They’re going to whine about politicization and credulous media types will echo them, but the thing is, they’ve committed tons of obvious crimes!

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21h

the muslim hate in this country has become policy, but you don’t get 7,000 think pieces about how that makes american muslims feel.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.

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

Again, I will simply point out that Democrats do not get to talk about human beings or Americans like this, & everyone in the Democratic Party, including our former President, that keeps saying the Democrats are the ones with the language problem are not serious people: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

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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
WORKING PAPER 35854|
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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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.

Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

1/ When Viktor Orbán lost power in Hungary, something extraordinary happened inside his propaganda machine. Some journalists cried.Others celebrated. And suddenly, people who’d spent years following orders were expected to tell the truth & they struggled #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 07/10/2026

I think, if Democrats ever get back into power, they have to make anti-monopoly a core policy focus (ideally, as part of a larger anti-corruption focus). This will be a very hard sell considering Ellison’s Saudi sponsorship, but a foreign-backed media monopoly is simply incompatible with democracy.

finance.yahoo.com

Paramount Skydance Secures $24 Billion From Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi Funds for Warner Bros. Deal

Paramount Skydance, led by David Ellison, has received commitments of close to $24 billion to back its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery from three Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, Variety has ...

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“A rational billionaire would see the merits of buying social peace. An enlightened one would acknowledge his debts to federal science, public education and chance.Alas, there are few such super-rich to be found.” Me on the demagoguery against Prop 40. as.ft.com/r/4f1869f4-5...

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California’s oligarch tax would change America

The goal of its framers is political rather than budgetary

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"South Korea has already run the experiment. Its law requires the National Assembly to vote on presidential impeachment by anonymous ballot, and that rule has now removed two presidents." [@andycraig.bsky.social]

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A Democratic Senate Should Adopt Secret Impeachment Ballots on a Priority Basis

Such a change, requiring no constitutional amendment, would free senators to vote their judgment instead of their fears

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He isn’t old. He isn’t out of touch. He isn’t confused. He is choosing who will rule. Men — even those who love men — are citizens and everyone else isn’t. Thats it.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc...

John Anzalone &
@JohnAnzo
X.com
Underestimate @RahmEmanuel at your own risk.
He knows how to win. He knows how to fight.
And he knows how to message.
And no one will out work him. Regardless of whether he wins the Democratic nomination in 2028 he will make an impact on the race. You can be sure of that. Don't take your eyes off of him. At the minimum, learn from him.
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
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6:47 AM • 9/26/26 • 274K Views

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026

Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all

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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 25/09/2026

We were mid-handshake and he pulled me in and grabbed tighter and got upset and raised his voice and said: "What are you talking about man?! Those aren't real people. They're illegal aliens!"

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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 25/09/2026

Let's tag everyone else (who's on bsky) to make sure they see that Elon Musk is spending against them. If we're tagging you, you might want to think about highlighting the fact that the world's richest man, who is deeply unpopular, is trying to buy the election for your opponent.

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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is all right-wing politics is now, a guy who's killed tens of thousands of children complaining about podcasters

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 24/09/2026

The Chinese government has taken possession of potentially sensitive F-35 stealth aircraft parts that were inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong while being sent to the U.S. from Australia.

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China holding sensitive F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong

A cockpit canopy and weapons-bay door shipped via UPS from Australia to the U.S. were inexplicably diverted to the Chinese territory.

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Justin Wallace @justingwallace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

No amnesty. Tribunal and jail for every disgusting soul responsible for assaulting our neighbors like this.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Headline is not as strongly worded as the quote.

"There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law," Mr. Saul, a professor of international law at Australia's University of Sydney, concluded.

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Malevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back"

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404 Media @404media.co · 18/09/2026

It’s easy to see why the AI companies wanted to hide this from the public. The statements are some of the most damning indictments of the ways LLMs were trained, how they work, and the immediate threat they pose to human labor. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 18/09/2026

Had some great conversations with good people last night. It's important to understand that the data center problem is the corporation problem. We need to stop the build out and then combine the anti-monopolist and eco-socialist toolkit to end the Big Brutal Box era

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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We will vote to rebuke him so decisively no president will dare such abuses again for centuries.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Trump is a world-historical villain who's putting us all in extreme danger, so put him at the center of this story. Dems can highlight how Trump is actively using DOJ and EPA to help AI data centers steamroll communities, and vow that a Dem majority will stop it. 2/ newrepublic.com/article/2154...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026

New in PN: The muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failure "The words coming out of his mouth reveal a man completely deluded and awash in fictions of his own making. And as long as he’s surrounded by people who will let him live in that world, we’re all stuck in here with him."

publicnotice.co

The muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failure

It’s not “disputed.” He’s delusional.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Incredibly obvious how JD Vance keeps "leaking" these "sources close to JD Vance say JD Vance was secretly against the Iran war" stories; kind of unbelievable that the Times has now published two pieces like this www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...

nytimes.com

Behind the Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran War

Vice President JD Vance received sobering assessments about the war that did not line up with what he, along with President Trump and other top administration officials, were saying publicly.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Remember when Kristen Welker would always ask every Republican guest to repudiate the statements of Nick Fuentes, Jack Posobiec, Benny Johnson, or other MAGA racists? Neither do I.

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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It was a big mistake that politicians and civic leaders haven’t been uniformly insistent about prosecuting ICE and others involved in this ethic cleansing campaign. They know what they’re doing is illegal (why else wear masks and scrub tail numbers off planes?) and they’re afraid of consequences.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I dunno much about Maness or Anderson but Schlicter is a straight-up fascist who wants to among other things "use the law to ensure blue submission" and "imprison dissenters" to achieve the aim, "force them to be like us."

2021 Schlicter posts:

For too long red state conservatives have offered to live and let live with blue state liberals but the blues are evangelical Marxists who cannot allow us to provide a counter example of freedom. 1/

So, no more. We must, by any means necessary, force them to be like us. No quarter. No compromise. 2/

Ban CRT, Marxism and anti-American misinformation. Nationalize big tech and academia and mandate conservatism as their operational ideology. Ban leftist media and entertainment from spreading misinformation.3

Penalize barren, non-familial lifestyles through taxes and disqualification from political participation. Establish property and military service qualifications for voting. Increase America’s carbon footprint. Ban masks. Dismantle unions.n4/

Use the law to ensure blue submission. Imprison dissenters. Force them to act against their deepest beliefs to keep their jobs. End all social programs and deport all illegals. Outlaw crime again. 5/

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

An essay I've just written for @nytimes on why Big Tech is the 21st Century’s equivalent of the East India Company: "What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...

nytimes.com

Opinion | What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World

A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.

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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Ben Gvir posted this video on twitter today which shows fat and happy Palestinians on a conveyer built going through the Israeli "prison" (torture camp) system and coming out emaciated and maudlin. This is textbook genocidal content.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Maybe some of those "why are you campaigning with an antisemite?" questions could go to Republicans backed by a Sieg Heiling white nationalist. The silence is especially deafening because Musk's involvement helped Republicans lose in WI in 2025, so the press even has its preferred horserace frame.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/08/2026

The is white privilege in action. There are brown and Black people who are sitting in detention for months, AFTER they already gave up on their valid claims to be here and agreed to be deported. Then they’re deported shackled on an ICE flight while this guy, who had no valid claim, goes commercial.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

One of the easiest ban calls in sports. Enes leaves no doubt he opposes and seeks to undermine the very idea of the WNBA. If just words, maybe ignore, but he came to an arena and harassed players. Should be league-wide. That’s on the commissioner. Don’t leave players and the Sky standing alone.

chicago.suntimes.com

Sky ban Enes Kanter Freedom from games, according to principal owner Michael Alter

In a rare media appearance, Alter let it be known that Kanter Freedom is no friend of the Sky's.

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Derek G @derekinnyc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Brooklyn’s most exclusive club is…the county committee meeting on inclusivity.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

LMAOOOOOOOOOO somebody finally asked the transphobes if they know any WNBA players besides and NOPE

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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/08/2026

being the sorest primary loser in the country in this of all years, when folks like haley stevens have gotten right on board with the nominee in their states, is A Choice

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

BREAKING: In unusual 9PM Friday Federal Register filing, Postal Service finalizes regulation to deny delivery of mail-in ballots not matching addresses in database BUT says won't implement 'til court orders are lifted. #SCOTUS still quiet. Doc: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17238.pdf

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Masha Cerovic @mcerovic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I'll admit, this is really scary. Tried all the queries myself (some of those are not included - German got Gemini to point to a movie, Chinese or Turk to translations from English to these languages, Canadian to one of their immigration laws, American did not give any AI short result at all etc).

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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The videos can't capture the scope of what's happening. ICE is out of control. ICE accosted a man on his way to a medical appointment, handcuffed him, and forced him back to his house. Agents conducted a warrantless invasion of his home, where his 3 minor US citizen kids lived

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The @economist.com slam on Daron Acemoglu chooses to cite Noah Smith and Tyler Cowen and Larry Summers as critics of his work and well, that tells me quite a lot of what I need to know about the merits of the piece. A very odd choice of article and weakly argued and written. Ah well...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

At an invitation-only gathering in Italy, white supremacists mapped out strategies to target rural America while local press coverage vanishes www.confrontthehate.com/p/white-nati...

As economic pressures gut local newsrooms across the country, white nationalist figures see an untapped opening: stepping into media deserts where there are few journalists left to sound the alarm.

“Local media has been dying all over America, which means that there’s essentially no real way to hold local governments accountable—and they can do whatever they want,” Kevin DeAnna told an invitation-only gathering of approximately 50 white nationalists in Rome.

Breaking into a broad smile, he excitedly added: “You should be fantasizing about this. This is a good thing.”

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Trump's covert surveillance of anti-ICE protesters is much worse than we thought. I dug into this and found that DHS agents secretly spied on over a dozen meetings of left-leaning groups, all protected by First Amendment. The details are unnerving. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2144...

newrepublic.com

Trump’s Secret Police Spying on Americans? It’s Darker than We Knew.

Court papers reveal that the Department of Homeland Security’s covert surveillance of anti-ICE groups is much darker than it first appeared. Welcome to Donald Trump’s America.

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