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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Zelensky speaking the truth. The US is now a Russian ally, and the Starlink decision is a massive benefit for the Russian military (and it has nothing to do with Ukraine attacking Russian refineries). The US is literally riding to Putin’s rescue.

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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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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It’s called pattern recognition

• Panel 1 & 2: A character representing Ukraine is shown pulling a rope, eventually joined by an EU-flagged figure.
• Panel 3: The opposing side features figures associated with Russia and North Korea alongside figures representing the United States and Israel.

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Car deB 🇪🇺 🌻 @cartinedeb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A long, likely not complete, list of ties between Germany's AfD party and Russia, posted by @vatniksoup.bsky.social on that musk-rat site. It's highly worrying that someone like Dumb congratulated 'Alternatives' with their recent win. @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu @olgalautman.bsky.social

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In the 25 years since 9/11, the United States has spent $8 trillion+ on wars that have taken millions of lives in the name of fighting "terror." Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education?

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"She's a stalker" wrote Natalie Harp about Maggie Hagerman in a Truth Social post.

A rambling Trump Truth Social post about Maggie Hagerman

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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." ~ Plato

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 24/08/2026

The cockroach, out of hatred for the ant, voted for the insecticide. They all died. Including the cricket, who cast an invalid vote, and the fly, who did not go to the polls at all. America’s political landscape in a nutshell.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Happy Independence Day to Ukraine! Слава Україні 💙💛💪🔵🟨💪💙💛

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Chef’s kiss

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Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Israel was never going to hold their forces to account for the murder of Zomi Frankcom. This is what we warned the Albanese Government about from the beginning. It was their responsibility to ensure justice for Zomi. They have completely failed in their duty.

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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

REMEMBER: They all knew.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

In the US, they break up families and put children in cages due to a large population of losers who can’t afford health care or homes who to feel in control of something, pay parasitic billionaires and corporations responsible for their plight to harm others they use as scapegoats.

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Sage @sage-is-spicy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The US has 5% of the world's population, holds 25% of the world's prisoners, and somehow still thinks the problem is ‘not enough law enforcement’. That’s boy math.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Bullock: "people who have mortgages, they see the cost of their mortgages going up, and therefore, their cost of living goes up and they say that cost of living going up is inflation. They're not actually the same thing." Guess someone read my column... www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

theguardian.com

The RBA says rate rises don’t really increase living costs. But the data is clear – they very much do | Greg Jericho

The latest cost of living figures show interest rate rises are having an impact on household costs, despite what the central bank says

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

They will barricade themselves in bunkers and refuse to leave power. He needs 💵💰to pay the Insurrectionists.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

MacFarlane: Another huge Reflecting Pool loss for Trump. A judge here in D.C. has dismissed the criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn. He was the one charged with destruction of the pool after putting his hands in or near the water.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

BREAKING: STATEMENT ON DOJ’S DISMISSAL OF CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST DAVEY HEARN

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Watch it till the end. This is moral clarity -- TMZ understands the moment, and what that Rand Paul kangaroo court was, better than any coverage I've seen so far. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zaO...

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

As an American, as someone who majored in communications, as someone who grew up believing journalism was one of the last sacred callings in a democracy… That shit made me fucking sick. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

open.substack.com

The Fourth Estate Forgot to Stand the Fuck Up

The Correspondents’ Dinner Was a Black-Tie Surrender

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South Carolina Department of Propaganda @southcarolinadop.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Fun fact: everyone in that image is an immigrant or anchor baby

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Just be grateful for Donarrhea's astonishing incompetence.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I'm never going to get over the fact that the president of the United States paid a woman more than $5 million after a jury found him liable for raping her. And he's still president. And people still support him. Never. Get. Over. It.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

If you ever quoted @kudelka.bsky.social's Rusted-on tea towel you are legally obligated to donate (or you know, if you are able to, that'd be great)

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Oh what do we have here

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bigbaddaddy.bsky.social @bigbaddaddy.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

The public was warned. Several of his business ventures went bankrupt. He inherited his initial wealth. He is facing over 300 lawsuits. The east wing was supposed to be paid for by donors. Talk about a scam artist.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Happy Father's Day 🖤

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The plan is for this plane to be in service for two years and then Trump will take if for himself. No President has ever stolen an Air Force for himself. And you paid for it. The total cost could be $1 billion of your money for a new luxury jet for Trump and his family.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/06/2026

March 9: "We're now totally independent of the Middle East. We don't need their oil." April 1: "It doesn't really affect us. We have so much oil, much more than we need." June 17: If I didn't agree to the MOU, we "would run out of reserves at about 4 weeks..."

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JonZoidberg @jonzoidberg.xyz · 16/06/2026

Only Trump could start a war of choice, surrender unconditionally, and declare it a victory. 300 billion dollars when they criticized Obama for 0.6% of that. 0.6%! Art of the Deal.

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Robert Ellingsworth @by1959.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

So, We Surrendered?

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Your daily reminder this should be the biggest scandal in American politics right now but nobody seems to care. Ken Paxton freed a man who raped a boy for 3 years. He also doesnt have to register as a sex offender. www.texastribune.org/2026/05/19/k...

texastribune.org

Inside Ken Paxton’s plea deal for a child sex abuse case

Critics are pointing to two other serious felony cases that the attorney general’s prosecutors took to trial that ended in mistrials and, eventually, plea deals.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The Great Goblin from the Rankin Bass version of “The Hobbit”.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

When you are too racist and misogynistic to be subtle about it. Because that's what the boss likes.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The US military is being run by a gutter racist whose obsession with what he calls merit belies his own total lack of competence or qualifications

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 18/05/2026

This is easily the saddest time in American history. The absolute worst people are systematically destroying the country, and our system is completely failing to stop them.

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BenInHobart @beninhobart.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 08/05/2026

The wildest thing about the release of new files on UFOs is that Donald Trump was mentioned in the Epstein files over 38,000 times.

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