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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 5h

To his great credit

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 13h

“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.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 6h

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 · 10h

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

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NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · 9h

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 · 19h

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 · 19h

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 6h

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 · 18h

Not about reality.

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 12h

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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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19h

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 · 19h

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 19h

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 · 19h

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 · 19h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

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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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Hello?

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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Dave Urban @davidjohnurban.bsky.social · 1d

The dementia is getting so much worse every day.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump is fighting sleep during this antifa roundtable and sleep is gaining the upper hand

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Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social · 1d

Trump canceled the USDA's annual report on household food security. But that won't hide the suffering he's causing.

My latest @washingtonmonthly.com:

washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/08/a...

An American Hunger Crisis Is Coming

Trump’s cruel and disastrous policies—slashing food stamps and hiking inflationary tariffs—are creating an American hunger crisis.

washingtonmonthly.com

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 1d

There will be egg on your face when his plan comes out in 2 weeks! Or is that over because "Nobody knew health care could be so complicated!"?

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