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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 4h

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2h

Appalling: JB Pritzker tells me he hasn't been able to get a single conversation with Kristi Noem or any other top Trump officials to even discuss their Chicago operations. Pritzker just wants a heads up for logistical purposes. Nada.

Pritzker opens up on the pod:
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Trump ICE Raids Take Unnerving Turn as Dem Gov Drops Bombshell Warning

With Trump’s occupation of Chicago worsening, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker shares new details about what’s happening—and tells us the time is now for Americans to rise up against authoritarianism bef...

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1h

Happy Friday from the dogs

A yellow lab stands looking at a clearing with a smaller dog in an orange vest ahead

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Disintegration89 @disintegration89.bsky.social · 18h

For Stitt to say this is big.

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 18h

Big News! There is still a Republican with a brain, Oklahoma's governor condemns Trump's use of the National Guard www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Judges Challenge Arguments Against Deploying Troops in Portland, Ore.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1h

"He’d be right—except that, for those keeping count at home, Reid is the second Republican to be engulfed in a Nazi porn scandal in just over a year." newrepublic.com/article/2015...

The Candidate Caught in a Nazi Porn Scandal Is Today’s GOP Personified

Meet John Reid, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Virginia. There’s a lot to learn.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11h

To his great credit

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 19h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

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Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 12h

Important piece on air traffic controllers and the shutdown paydayreport.com/air-traffic-...

Air Traffic Controller "Sick Out" in Atlanta, Chicago and Nashville

Air Traffic Controller sick outs grow around the United States

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Nilabisan @nilabisan.bsky.social · 16h

We Han an intangibles tax in Florida for years. It worked just fine.

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NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · 15h

It's not brains they lack. It's character and courage. Yay Gov. Stitt! I hope he isn't harmed by Trump for speaking the simple truth.

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe people should send Trump items purchased from the burnt out stores in Portland -- include a picture of the store and the dated receipt.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 12h

Threat of rising Obamacare premiums has been Democrats’ main focus in the public debate, but the president’s defiance of laws, norms and congressional constraints has helped hold them together in opposition. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Democratic Alarm Over an Unbound Trump Fuels Shutdown Standoff

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ImDavidDunn @imdaviddunn.bsky.social · 1d

Not about reality.

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 18h

Big News! There is still a Republican with a brain, Oklahoma's governor condemns Trump's use of the National Guard www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Judges Challenge Arguments Against Deploying Troops in Portland, Ore.

www.nytimes.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Crucial from former prosecutor @kristyparker.bsky.social: Trump might have immunity, but those who commit corrupt or illegal orders for him do not. That's why DOJ insiders are leaking word that cases against Comey and Letitia James are collapsing.

All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2015...

Trump Threats to Jail Foes Take Darker Turn with Damning New DOJ Leaks

As ugly new information emerges about Trump’s efforts to prosecute James Comey and other enemies, a former federal prosecutor explains how his corrupt schemes are running into stiff internal resistanc...

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

New piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe people should send Trump items purchased from the burnt out stores in Portland -- include a picture of the store and the dated receipt.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Sista4justice @sista4justice.bsky.social · 1d

"Don't let them get billions in the first place"

Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 1d

The best way to get a wealth tax is to make government-granted patent monopolies shorter and weaker cepr.net/publications...

Weakening Patent Monopolies: The Most Effective Wealth Tax

A wealth tax faces huge legal and practical hurdles. The better solution is to prevent extreme fortunes through smarter market and patents.

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 1d

since it doesn't exist as an organization, it probably doesn't matter that Trump doesn't know the name

ACME Family Knitter @acmeleader.bsky.social · 1d

And pretty much zip about it from MSM. Where the hell is all the handwringing we saw over Biden?

ACME Family Knitter @acmeleader.bsky.social · 1d

@cnn.com @pbsnews.org l @stephruhle.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @velshi.com where are all the reports of this man’s deteriorated mental state? He signed an EO *last week* designating “Antifa” as a domestic terrorist organization. Now he seems not to even know the name!

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 1d

Good luck -- keep the world informed here.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Marty Olliff @martyolliff.bsky.social · 1d

The first emotion you feel when hearing the President of the fucking U.S. of A should NOT be pity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago isn’t licking boots. No Trump No ICE No Troops.

Last minute protest downtown.

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Dave Urban @davidjohnurban.bsky.social · 1d

The dementia has left the building.

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