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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Update on Major Jason Watson
We are here to provide free publications that advance the cause of defending truth and our Constitution from those that wish to discard both.
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Friends, Sad news! Our dear friend #MajorJasonWatson will face a historic general court-martial, the military's most severe trial! He remains in pretrial confinement. His attorney told @cnn.com the conditions amount to "cruel and unusual" solitary confinement. Want to help? Keep posting about him!
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Attorney: US moving forward with general court martial of airman | CNN Politics
Air Force Major Jason Watson will face a historic general court-martial—the military’s most severe trial—following his high-profile July arrest for calling for President Trump’s impeachment in uniform...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6h
BREAKING: Trump administration cut down more than 500 trees on Saturday at the East Potomac Golf Course after giving less than a full-day notice, with more tree-cutting planned, so plaintiffs challenging the effort went to court seeking a TRO tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
EMERGENCY MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER OR, ALTERNATIVELY, FOR A 14-DAY STAY UNDER SECTION 705 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
Plaintiffs hereby move the Court to enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, for a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705.
Despite the Court's admonitions not to "get to a point where someone is telling me, from
the government, that it's too late, too many things have happened and now we are, like, moving
Case 1:26-cv-00477-ACR
Document 76
Filed 10/11/26
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forward and we can't, you know, stop the trains," Status Conf. Tr. ("Apr. 13 Tr.") at 18:15-19:10,
Apr. 13, 2026, Defendants have begun irreversible damage to East Potomac Golf Course. At
4:55 p.m. on Friday preceding the holiday weekend, Defendants announced their intent to
begin-barely 12 hours later—a massive operation to clear 529 trees at East Potomac Golf
Course. Decl. of Dr. Kevin Griess, Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks,
National Park Service 920, ECF 74-1. Although they initially represented that their work would proceed in stages, Defendants in fact took down 529 trees on Saturday alone and have confirmed
to Plaintiffs that they intend to take down hundreds more.
Defendants' surprise tree-razing operation constitutes classic National Environmental
Policy Act segmentation: undertaking elements of a larger project piecemeal and insisting that they are independent and therefore need not be evaluated in a single NEPA review of the entire
project. Defendants cannot circumvent their NEPA obligations in this manner. Delaware
Riverkeeper Network v. F.E.R.C., 753 F.3d 1304, 1313 (D.C. Cir. 2014).Therefore, and for the reasons explained in the Memorandum accompanying this Motion
and supporting exhibits, the Court should enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705, enjoining Defendants from any further tree felling at East Potomac Park. In addition, the
Court should order Defendants to provide the Court and Plaintiffs no less than three business days' written advance notice before any irreparable modification to any permanent forms or
features of East Potomac Park.
If the Court believes a hearing would be appropriate, Plaintiffs request a hearing on this
motion at the Court's first availability. At the parties' meet and confer on Sunday afternoon, Defendants represented that the tree-clearing operation would continue this week until
completed. Defendants indicated during the meet and confer that rain foreclosed any work on
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Sunday, and that the possibility of doing work on Monday depended on weather and the course's
condition. Depending on Defendants' plans, then, it is possible that no work will occur on
Monday.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 10h
And *this* is what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Do *you* see him running in front of the SUV?
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11h
Watch an ICE agent run down and then run over a man. The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!" Agents didn't help him. And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h
Peaceful resistance at a Trump concentration camp. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Detained immigrants at Georgia ICE facility launch mass hunger strike
At least 73 people estimated to have joined protest against prolonged detention and Folkston facility’s ‘violations’
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12h
Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...
abc7.com
ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say: VIDEO
Surveillance video shows the moment an unmarked SUV carrying ICE agents ran over a man during a pursuit at a shopping center in Texas.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h
The @houstonchronicle.com posted this video and it's pretty jarring. No matter that he was fleeing, law enforcement officers may not use deadly force on someone who poses no significant risk of death or serious injury to others. Deliberately hitting someone with a car is a use of deadly force.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11h
prospect.org/2026/10/07/f...
prospect.org
Federal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa - The American Prospect
A Trump-apppointed judge ordered Ahmed Soliman must be returned to the United States.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h
Asylum grant rates have dropped from an already-low 32 percent at the end of Biden’s term to less than 6 percent by June 2026, and removals of unsuccessful asylum seekers have been cranked up to industrial speed. This results. ICYMI Cathy Young:
lnk.thebulwark.com
He Fled a Dictatorship. We Sent Him Back.
Russian activist Leonid Melekhin sought refuge in America. His reward was a one-way trip to a penal colony.
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Irreparable harm is only one of the TRO/stay factors, and in the face of a likelihood of success is not even dispositive. (Also, the suit seeks relief from not just future harm, but past harm, so the argument is incomplete in the first place.)
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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.
theguardian.com
Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/10/2026
Another HBCU student athlete has been snatched up by ICE. hbcugameday.com/2026/10/08/h...
hbcugameday.com
HBCU basketball player with Chinese nationality detained by ICE
An HBCU basketball player faces detention by ICE as concerns grow for international student-athletes navigating immigration issues.
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Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04) @ivey.house.gov · 09/10/2026
I am heartbroken by the death of Julián Curo-Churata, a Laurel resident, husband, and father who died in ICE custody far from his family. My prayers are with his loved ones. His family deserves answers, and the American people deserve accountability and transparency.
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Michael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is law as vibes, not rules. There are multiple possible reasons why SCOTUS acted as it did. In D.V.D., the Supreme Court may have favored the govt's position as to the availability of a class action. But this case is NOT A CLASS ACTION. A humanitarian and legal mess.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And, yes, this, too. D.V.D. has other issues involved as well, as to the class and scope of relief.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is truly horrifying and somewhat predictable. That said, I am a little concerned at how much this is doing the Supreme Court’s work for them by saying they “effectively ratified” this. At most, it was a likelihood standard. And the appeals courts shouldn’t be suggesting more than that.
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Daniel Michael Hernandez @longdrivesouth.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Inmates keep dying inside the Twin Towers in Los Angeles. Why? The family of Daniel Magaña, a 40-year-old who died on Sept 5., have filed a wrongful death claim @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/s...
latimes.com
10 deaths at L.A.'s Twin Towers jail: One man's family alleges staff failed to provide care
The family of Daniel Magaña has filed a wrongful death claim against L.A. County, alleging staff at the Twin Towers jail failed to provide him with "psychiatric evaluation, monitoring, medication, and...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/10/2026
Breaking News: At least 12 people were killed and 50 more were injured in a Houthi attack on an airport in the Saudi capital, officials said. The strike was the deadliest attack in a Gulf Arab country since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran began in February.
nyti.ms
Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Airport Attacked Again, After Days of Houthi Strikes
The strike on Saturday was the deadliest attack in a Gulf Arab country since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran began in February, and forced the airport to temporarily suspend operations.
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American Oversight @americanoversight.org · 10/10/2026
ICE has 287(g) partnerships with more than 2,600 law enforcement agencies across the country that allow local police to make immigration arrests. Emails we obtained show ICE slashed the training for these officers from 4-5 weeks to just one. americanoversight.org/press-releas...
americanoversight.org
ICE 287(g) Records Show How Agency Cut Training by 75-80 Percent for Local Police Making Immigration Arrests - American Oversight
Emails we obtained show instruction on citizenship, immigration status, and removal charges was cut as ICE rapidly expanded its 287(g) program.
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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Target has been allowing CBP and ICE to use their bathrooms and parking lots since the beginning. It was a huge issue in MN and internally among Target employees.
nytimes.com
Target Says It’s Not Working With ICE Amid Uproar Over Parking Lot Use
The retailer came under attack for being a staging area for immigration officers after Thursday’s shooting in New York City.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10/10/2026
Breaking news: The Pentagon acknowledged that the number of troops who have died in the Middle East during its operations against Iran is higher than previously reported, and updated the official count to include two more noncombat deaths.
washingtonpost.com
Pentagon raises official toll of troops killed during war with Iran to 21
The Post exclusively reported last month that the numbers of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting in its public database.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And the five-year-old boy who was in the car? His mom says he's "traumatized" and hasn't spoken since the shooting. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/n...
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 10/10/2026
This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers (October 10, 2026) austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-...
austinkocher.substack.com
This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers (October 10, 2026)
Welcome to the weekly segment called This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers.
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Skote Mizer @skotemizer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A sadly timely third-country-deportation-themed "by the {Immigration} Numbers" this week. The lack of high-profile outrage over the shadow docket stay on DVD is infuriating.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🧊✈️ SEATTLE: A girl in chains boards an ICE-chartered GlobalX airplane (tail: N630VA) at Boeing Field, to be transported south to Arizona 👀
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Judge Brown ordered the ICE field office director, on pain of contempt, to explain within 21 days how he’d ensure ICE acts lawfully in future. @wired.com & others have reported that an officer identified in Brown’s ruling was present at the subsequent Bronx shooting, brandishing a weapon. 2/2
Some of these failings fall within this Court's powers to impose sanctions, to refer these
matters for further action by other authorities and/or to exercise its contempt powers.
Before the Court considers invoking that authority, it will provide respondents with an
opportunity to address the concerns raised above and, if they so choose, propose
investigatory, operational and/or disciplinary measures to remediate these apparent
violations. Alfaro, 831 F. Supp. 3d at 186 ("Respondents, charged with enforcing the laws of this nation, cannot ignore the scores of decisions which they have unsuccessfully litigated before this Court and others, without taking action to ensure that their agents and agencies are not acting in contravention of the law.") Should
respondents fail to propose and carry out sufficient measures, the Court will consider
further action.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Four days before yesterday’s ICE shooting in the Bronx, Judge Gary Brown of EDNY (Trump apptee) listed 7 outrages in an ICE case before him, including evasive & apparently perjurious testimony, post-hoc sworn arrest warrant containing false info, woeful lack of training … 1/2
The evidence points to numerous failings on the part of both ICE and the officers
who testified, including:
1. evasive and apparently perjurious testimony by the ICE agents, including the
testimony concerning supposed observations of the petitioner engaging in drug
transactions, which bear all the hallmarks of coordinated fabrication,12 the absence of any recovered drugs, paraphernalia or cash from the petitioner,
the failure of the agents to follow up upon these supposed observations or refer
the matter to another law enforcement agency, and the notable absence of any
reference to these observations in the voluminous documentary records, further undermining the agents' testimony;
2. the seemingly reflexive, though false, claims that the petitioner was
"misidentified" as the target of the operation;
3. fundamental misconceptions about ICE agents authorities and duties;
4. illegality of the arrest and detention of petitioner and Concepcion;
5. the post-arrest documents, which not only were procedurally and legally
suspect, but contain false statements;Notably, in its filings, Government counsel has not referenced this testimony, seemingly abandoning any argument predicated upon these sworn assertions by the agents.

6. the database search process used to justify the administrative warrant, as
described by the ranking supervisory officer, which appears designed to generate misleading information in official records; and
7. the inexperience of the agents involved, their woeful lack of proper training, understanding of law, policies and procedures, and their ready recourse to false testimony to conceal these failings.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Here's something I wrote for @politico.com back in 2019, right after the really important ruling in which a 5-4 Court turned its back on more than six decades of Eighth Amendment jurisprudence: www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
politico.com
It's Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court Now, Not Anthony Kennedy's
Monday's 5-4 decision is a foreboding omen of the rancor yet to come.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Right after Justice Kennedy retired, #SCOTUS materially shifted its Eighth Amendment jurisprudence, moving away from a test tied to "evolving standards of decency," and toward a static assessment of what was cruel and unusual in 1791. That shift will matter a *lot* if there's a challenge in Hasan.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 10/10/2026
He has a appeal of his asylum claim pending with BIA so, legally, he cannot be deported. But stranger things have happened. It's certainly ICE's right to move my client around the country to attempt to deprive him of further judicial relief in the District of Minnesota. It's also my right to note it
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 10/10/2026
ICE moved my client in this case to Camp East Montana in El Paso yesterday afternoon, with no notice to me or his immigration attorney. On the Friday afternoon of a long weekend. He was off the detainee locator system until this morning. We had no idea whether he'd been illegal deported or not.
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The Trace @thetrace.org · 10/10/2026
The Trace has identified 32 incidents in which immigration agents shot at people since President Donald Trump’s operations began last year. Nine people were killed in these incidents. Another 15 people were injured.
projects.thetrace.org
Federal Immigration Agent Shootings Tracker
See how many times ICE and other federal agents have shot someone, held someone at gunpoint or used less-lethal munitions.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 10/10/2026
Half the Answer #107: ICE has been transporting people in inhumane conditions to countries to which they have no affiliation or connection. What do the courts think about this? It's…confusing. Reporter Gillian Brockell is here to get the word out. www.liberalcurrents.com/at-first-ice...
liberalcurrents.com
At First ICE Loses, Then It Flies, Flies Again (Half the Answer #107, with Gillian Brockell)
ICE has been transporting people in inhumane conditions to countries to which they have no affiliation or connection.
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Matthew Hoppock @hoppock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Asylum applicants deserve fair consideration of their requests. Their lawyers deserve to demand one without being threatened for doing their jobs. The Board should answer criticism with sound reasoning and fidelity to the law. This decision gives us every reason to keep asking questions.
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Matthew Hoppock @hoppock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The problem is institutional. DHS is a party before the BIA. The BIA is supposed to be neutral. But it broadly adopts the position DHS advocates in a threat letter sent to immigration attorneys. Yet now the enforcement agency’s rhetoric and the adjudicator’s reasoning converge. It's actually gross
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Matthew Hoppock @hoppock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
More to say on Matter of BSAN. I just compared it to the letter from DHS General Counsel last month to asylum attorneys, and it's so clear that the BIA "got the memo" Change the rules about who qualifies and then accuse people of filing frivolous claims bc they don't meet your new rules. Cute. 🧵
x.com
James Percival (@DHSGenCounsel) on X
This week, I wrote a letter to open borders immigration lawyers. Most countries in the Western Hemisphere simply lack conditions supporting asylum claims. Abuse of our immigration system must stop.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“A US diplomat, David Milstein, sparked outrage after being accused of having “repeatedly suppressed or significantly revised” reporting to paint the Israeli government “in a favorable light,” including by “stonewalling” lawmakers’ probes into Israeli killings of Americans, the NYT reported.“
rawstory.com
Fury as American diplomat accused of 'covering up' US deaths for foreign nation: 'Traitor'
A U.S. diplomat sparked outrage after being accused of having “repeatedly suppressed or significantly revised” reporting to paint the Israeli government “in a favorable light,” including by “stonewall...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/10/2026
In the United States, Russian dissident activist Leonid Melekhin ended up in immigration detention, but he was confident he would be granted asylum. Instead, he was deported back to Russia. Now he has six years in a penal colony.
lnk.thebulwark.com
He Fled a Dictatorship. We Sent Him Back.
Russian activist Leonid Melekhin sought refuge in America. His reward was a one-way trip to a penal colony.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/10/2026
"Papa, don't die." That's what a 5-year-old cried after an ICE agent fired seven shots into the car carrying him and his father in New York City, striking his dad in the neck. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social reacts to the agent's history of alleged excessive force and unlawful arrests.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A real welfare state and universal health care require broad taxation, including the middle class. But high end wealth taxation is the kind of tax that protects democracy and the rule of law, and prevents aristocratic dynasties. It keeps us human.
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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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I'd be curious to see what happens immediately before that video; I wish the NYPD had made that public as well. But I have to say... on initial view, that looks indistinguishable from a carjacking, and if I'd been the driver I would also probably have floored it.
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 09/10/2026
We're well-equipped to document these flights in Minnesota, but our neighbors in other states could use a hand - if you're able to chip in a few bucks to help get them gear, it'd be appreciated: ottergoose.net/ice
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 09/10/2026
Our team has observed 165 flights, with an estimated 5,449 people being loaded here at MSP, and we've never seen the WRAP used before. It is routinely set next to the stairs as a deterrent though.
ap.org
ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment | The Associated Press
The Nigerian man described being roused with other detainees in September in the middle of the night. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 09/10/2026
A shackled detainee was thrown to the ground, placed in a WRAP full-body restraint, and carried onto today's ICE Air flight at MSP. This is the first time we've seen the device used in Minnesota. If a loved one may have been aboard, full loading sequence is here: youtube.com/watch?v=MEMv2ngB1GI
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
This is awful. Put in a full-body straitjacket and then pulled up the air stairs by his wrists and ankles. The WRAP is regularly used on ICE flights to Africa.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 09/10/2026
"Many people prefer to believe the brutes and the sadists are responsible, largely because they are not like 'us,'" writes @omerbartov.bsky.social. "But modern genocide is the product of the technocrats, bureaucrats and cold planners of extermination, who don’t get their hands dirty."
theguardian.com
How do human beings explain taking part in genocide? NAZA provides a chilling look | Omer Bartov
It’s easier to blame brutes and sadists for extreme violence. But as we see in the documentary, modern genocides are fueled by people who are uncomfortably recognizable
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Death of a handyman: ICE cited “convictions for driving with expired vehicle registration” and an unspecified judgment against him in favor of the Maryland comptroller. The 47-year-old Curo-Churata "had volunteered to leave the country on his own, but a judge denied the request."
thebanner.com
Laurel father and husband died in ICE custody in Louisiana
Julián Curo-Churata lived in Laurel for about 17 years before he was detained in June by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. He died in the agency’s custody on Sept. 29.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A federal judge has sanctioned a DOJ attorney for accusing an ICE detainee's attorney of misconduct without any evidence. The punishment: Two hours of legal training about the "special role of US attorneys" and the need to support claims with evidence. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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