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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15h
NEW on “Paper Trail”: A defense contractor CEO told the FBI that he had bribed politicians — and that Susan Collins was his most important patron. Then Trump shut down an elite FBI anti-corruption unit. So we took it upon ourselves to investigate.
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Podcast: Susan Collins and the Case of the Disappearing FBI Probe
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 21h
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 9h
Here's how Capitalism works. Netflix made a record profit this year, $426,000 per employee. So they fired 1/15th of their workforce who helped make that profit. To make even more. The system needs to be destroyed.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 18h
Emerald tree monitor: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...
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unhinged leftist ☭🔻 @gnommunist.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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A Left-Wing Account ™
@PushDemsLeft • Oct 12
No.
2003: Democrats fund ICE.
2004: Democrats fund ICE.
2005: Democrats fund ICE.
2006: Democrats fund ICE.
2007: Democrats fund ICE.
2008: Democrats fund ICE.
2009: Democrats fund ICE.
2010: Democrats fund ICE.
2011: Democrats fund ICE.
2012: Democrats fund ICE.
2013: Democrats fund ICE.
2014: Democrats fund ICE.
2015: Democrats fund ICE.
2016: Democrats fund ICE.
2017: Democrats denounce ICE.
2018: Democrats denounce ICE.
2019: Democrats denounce ICE.
2020:Democrats denounce ICE.
2021: Democrats fund ICE again.
2022: Democrats break funding record for ICE.
2023: Democrats break funding record for ICE.
2024: Democrats break funding record for ICE.
2025: Democrats denounce ICE.
#gaybaristapaulSorrentino3 • Oct 8
do democrats have a plan to ABOLISH ICE if they win the midterms
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Owen From Ohio @owenfromohio.bsky.social · 16h
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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 14/10/2026
Miley and Tish Cyrus are helping build Rosa’s Place, a new Skid Row housing development for women and survivors exiting homelessness.
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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 15h
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zapradon.bsky.social @zapradon.bsky.social · 8h
Especially considering that there's absolutely no mechanism in US politics to determine who "the best" might be. China has quality control. We don't. We have no idea what we're getting.
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zapradon.bsky.social @zapradon.bsky.social · 8h
Gift to the entire world really. His oil wars are accelerating the shift to solar and wind into overdrive worldwide. It'll be ironic if he's remembered as the president that inadvertently saved us all from climate change...🤪
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Attorney Ben Crump @attorneybencrump.bsky.social · 15h
POWERFUL! Houston dad Dorian Ojemen became the first father in Texas to use a wearable incubator to hold his premature baby skin-to-skin. This is what scientific innovation can do — give a father the precious opportunity to bond with his babies, even in the NICU!
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Bloomarosa @bloomarosa.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Morning
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TonyHQ @tonyhq1985.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h
Kroger just announced the largest layoffs in its history, with plans to cut 3,000 employees as it ramps up use of AI. Reminder that Kroger has spent $12.3B on stock buybacks since 2019 and paid its CEO $14M last year — 417x its median worker's pay. AI is turbo-charging corporate greed.
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Kroger plans largest layoffs in its nearly 150-year history
The company's CEO said it was committed to "simplifying" operations and "deploying more resources where they matter most
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 20h
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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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zapradon.bsky.social @zapradon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Facts. Published, confirmed, etc. Expand your datasets.
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Comrade Jingle Pants ☭🔻Organize Against Oligarchs! @cptjinglepants.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
With the latest news about ActBlue, I remind everyone again that elections are placebos. Getting money out of politics would literally destroy the entire system the US Government is built on, and would be like stripping the frame out of a house. The entire system DEPENDS on this corruption.
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zapradon.bsky.social @zapradon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Of course, Russia bombed all of Ukraine's datacenters a week ago, and nobody is even mentioning that. Ukraine's bot farms have been notorious for years.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Another day, another record breaking rally for Lula. 2 million turned up in Rio.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Well done, Ma'am. I love it. Racist, sexist asswipes probably hate seeing posts like this. Fucking GOOD. Follow me for more things like this daily that will piss you off if you're a goddamn moron. The more the merrier. 🖕😅🖕
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Leigh Booker @leighbooker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Left needs to be as strong in Europe as it is in Brazil.
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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The stock market can hit record highs while people struggle to buy food. Corporate profits can soar while wages stagnate. The economy can grow while public services collapse. Maybe the problem isn't that the economy isn't working. Maybe it's that we keep measuring how well it works for the rich.
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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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👻Calvinboo Congress👻 @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
bitch, fuck off. we blew up 100+ little girls in Iran and no one held us accountable. no one gives a fuck about our troops.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Dude uses table to save people from burning building Original post
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zapradon.bsky.social @zapradon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Just like Ukraine did to the Donbass for 8 consecutive years...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Flávio Bolsonaro WON in 86% of the polling stations in militia-controlled areas in Rio de Janeiro, reports a Metrópoles article. Intimidating voters with thugs carrying assault rifles. Flávio Bolsonaro and his thugs belong in prison.
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Good point. Call Nazis what they are. Nazis.
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💢Marx Was Right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
🇺🇦 🇷🇺
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Shoebill storks will bow to communicate with other shoebills they have a friendly relationship with. This is Sushi, the shoebill stork who resides at the Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Center. [📹 Melissa Askew] Original post
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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zapradon.bsky.social @zapradon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If so, they've been thoroughly confused ever since. I'm quite sure the KGB is more intelligent than that.
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zapradon.bsky.social @zapradon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Russiagate rerun.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
You may well be unaware, because Western Media hasn't told you. But the current conflict between Yemen and Saudi Arabia started on 4th October when SAUDI ARABIA launched a massive offensive. It went very badly and Yemen is now actually advancing.
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zapradon.bsky.social @zapradon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ugh. If you had any idea what a scumbag that guy is. Ukrainians hate his guts.
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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
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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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/10/2026
ProPublica designed a reporting experiment to demonstrate how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. We succeeded in opening two schools. No credentials or background checks required.
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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
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zapradon.bsky.social @zapradon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Evidence?
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I don't know if this is real, but it did make me smile. I had a customer whisper to me that she was voting blue in November after hearing me talk with a co-worker.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Pedro Sanchez declares his aim of completely equalising the pay between Men and Women. So there is no gender discrimination. If he succeeds Spain will be the first country in the world to do it. Luxembourg are the closest currently with Women earning 0.8% less than Men.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Comrade Jingle Pants ☭🔻Organize Against Oligarchs! @cptjinglepants.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Because Ukraine is the most corrupt nation in Europe... And that's saying something.
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