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Talarico: I've heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice. People are concerned. He has asked for proof of life from me. I'm asking for proof of spine from him.

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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 Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

JD Vance on Amy Acton: "I did promise Amy that I would meet her at a bar later. I understand she's into that sort of thing, so I'm gonna try to get to know her."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.

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ash1981.bsky.social @ash1981.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Question - how did refinerary usage decrease, distallate supplied decrease, distallate exports increase And no change in distillate inventory? That would mean decrease in US demand would have to exactly match the increase in exports?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Soybean farmers lost their markets in China. Trump is killing beef farmers with imports from Argentina. Tariffs and record high diesel prices are pummeling all farmers-and raising prices for every American Other than that, things are A-OK

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Price controls, Iowa-style: ⛽️

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20/09/2026

Welker: "Do you agree with the president's ban [of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico]?" Barrasso: "We all respect and value the freedom of the press; it's in the Constitution…The press has an obligation to report fairly, and the president doesn't see it happening that way."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is hilarious. 😂 😂

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Anti-Fascist Translator Monkey @translatormonkey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

From last year. A good history lesson.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"My department has also dispatched three of our finest schooners to explore the part of our maps that say 'here be dragons.' We vow to get to the bottom of this mystery."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026

HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026

Ossoff: "Hurricanes, diabetes, and gas leaks don't check party affiliation when they hit. And when it comes to serving Georgia, I don't either."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026

Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."

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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

this is the time of year that most Americans see gas prices going down as demand falls and we soon change to winter gasoline, but as of late, we've been seeing a lot more ups- especially for diesel- the fuel that drives the U.S. economy and that may continue...

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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

BREAKING: according to GasBuddy data, the live U.S. national average price of diesel has set a new record: $5.820/gal, surpassing the previous daily $5.819/gal all-time high that occurred June 17, 2022. (9/3/26 3:25pm ET)

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Retro Blast 👻 @retroblastpod.com · 02/09/2026

Just get one of these. There's literally tens of thousands available, they still work, and you get one of the greatest video game libraries of all-time. It's from a better era. And it won't let you down.

A PS2 console upright with dual shock 2 controller. Both black.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 29/08/2026

This dude is losing his mind. Can’t win a war but obsesses in AI like the unhinged boomer he is

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026

They disinvented the VCR. You might think that the reason we don't have VCRs anymore is because VCRs were supplanted by DVDs, PVRs and streaming, but that's not the case. They had it in for the VCR from the very start, and they never stopped trying to kill it. Eventually, they succeeded. 1/

A 1960s family living room in which a mom, dad and two kids are mesmerized by a cabinet-style TV. The image has been altered. The TV has an early 1990s VCR atop it. The TV screen is displaying a cross-sectioned human head with brains and spine on display. A huge fist has materialized in the room, with bloody spiked knuckle-dusters, smashing into the VCR. The oil painting over the sofa has been replaced with a pulp image of a male head, its cranium removed and replaced by a dome. Inside the dome is a red eight-segment VCR clock, displaying 12:00. The background in the painting is a tangle of cassette tape. The whole image's colors have been boosted, giving it an overexposed look.

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 25/08/2026

I set a college football highlight video to the full 4 minutes and 19 seconds of Return to Innocence.

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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Video of US airforce transport aircraft landing in Moscow today in a highly unusual flight which still has an unknown purpose. Trump turning corners again?

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ash1981.bsky.social @ash1981.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Nevermind the terrible slur. If we are so tough and such great war fighters and the best military on earth, why haven't we sent ground troops to Iran?

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ash1981.bsky.social @ash1981.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

First of all, this is disgusting. Second, this is performative masculinity. Every trans guy out there understands better what it takes to be a man than this fake charlatan.

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ash1981.bsky.social @ash1981.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Absolute insanity in every branch of the federal government.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/08/2026

Trump: "Canada has been ripping off the US for years...On January 1, Tariffs on all Cars, Automotive Parts, & Steel, will be increased to 50%...Canada will be treated like a State no longer! On Trade & in other ways they are among the worst Nations to deal with. WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!"

Trump: "Canada has been ripping off the United States of America for years. Their ridiculously high tariffs on our Farmers and farm products has made life impossible for these great American Patriots, and has long created a 60 Billion Dollar Deficit between our two Countries. Not sustainable, and NOT ANYMORE! On January First, 2027, Tariffs on all Cars, Trucks, both large and small, Automotive Parts, and Steel, will be increased to 50%. Build in the U.S. and there are ZERO TARIFFS. Canada will be treated like a State no longer! On Trade, and in other ways, also, they are among the worst Nations in the World to deal with. They feel entitled, and yet, WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US! They do 95% of their business with the U.S., with us, the exact opposite! Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I put the one from over 4 months ago with today’s.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Speaks volumes

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I wonder if there's ever been a political movement before that claimed that immigrants were all carriers of diseases and therefore needed to be removed from society? Eh, it was probably a really positive movement, not one associated with evil in any way

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/08/2026

Sean Duffy: "The fact we provide their security for them, and they take advantage of us? ... I think you're gonna see Mark Carney come to the table very very quickly, because it's gonna be devastating for his country."

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 22/08/2026

I’m still trying to process how the president of the United States somehow talks tougher about Canada than North Korea.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Trump is escalating a trade war with Canada for his own vanity. Even before this new round, Canadian tariffs were costing Michigan families an additional $3,200 a year. It’s going to get much worse.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 23/08/2026

how odd that our gilded age would also see a dramatic rise in racism and eugenics, what a strange coincidence

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Bessent is a huckster. US GDP increased at an annualized rate of 1.5% in the second quarter of 2026, slowing from a 2.1% growth rate in the first quarter. Plus, he wants other nations to band together on this phony promise while Trump threatens them with trade wars. It's all bonkers.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

“In other words, the U.S. government now spends more money just on interest on the debt that it does to fund the entire U.S. military or to provide health care for seniors.”👇

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Mentions tracked on Fox News from 12pm EST to 10 PM EST Hong – 110 Trump – 110 Iran – 50 Thanksgiving – 48 El-Sayed – 48 Fauci – 46 Piker – 43 Mamdani – 30 AOC – 18 Flanagan – 16 WNBA – 11

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wisewebwoman.bsky.social @wisewebwoman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Honestly, this is like a Monty Python skit. She's swaying to her own private head music, Brainworms is spouting insane nonsense as usual and yer man is snoring in the middle. This is the US government.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The Secretary of State got to play decoy while Natalie Harp traveled in safety with Trump. On brand.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Here’s the thing: It’s not going with him after the presidency. We’re taking it from him.

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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 11/08/2026

The man's skeletal injuries looked like a train hit him, but he died in 1304 CE. At #ppa26Berlin last week, @uniofbradford.bsky.social scientist Jo Buckberry concluded he was likely whacked by a flying boulder, making him the first confirmed trebuchet death in the archaeological record. @science.org

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Shattered skeleton in Scottish castle is first confirmed death from trebuchet

“Devastation” across body of 14th century warrior indicates horrific demise from flying boulder

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Mentions I tracked on Fox News from 12 p.m. ET to 10 p.m. ET Fauci: 89 El-Sayed: 64 WNBA: 64 AOC: 59 Hong: 52 Sophie Cunningham: 34 Mamdani: 32 Hasan Piker: 29

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

So illegal. And he brags about it.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This may have actually been posted from the catering truck.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Todd Blanche: “I am not sure of the uproar of having a Border Patrol or ICE agent at a polling location. What's the risk?” Uhm, maybe because it’s illegal? Federal statute 18 U.S.C. § 592 prohibits deploying “troops or armed men” to locations where elections are held. An AG should know this.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Iran is now publicly talking about what I’ve been saying since this war started: They’re trying to Jimmy Carter him, and he’s letting it happen while telling everyone he’s winning.

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