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Most jurors would understand why a driver would assume they were being carjacked or robbed at gunpoint since these masked assholes refuse to wear identification. Creating an army of domestic terrorists will be a big part of trump’s disgraceful legacy.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 20h

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

Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."

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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 12h

It's so weird, because--and I know I'm a broken record on this--I was told in no uncertain terms this would not be happening, by one of the NYT's brightest stars.

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 13h

It's not that hard to have a spine and a soul. Dems in general just make easy things look impossible. Nice to see Brown at least using common sense.

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 13h

ICE agents are the worst of America. We should be rid of all of them.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 23h

Sam Altman said people are just gonna have to die in order to implement AI. In the very same week, Anthropic claimed it’s a human rights violation to be mean to the computer. These people need to be held accountable. They think lines of code are a person with rights but living people are debris.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 07/10/2026

ICE is slamming far northern Illinois for a second day in a row. Rapid responders in Rockford say federal agents detained a group of roofing workers this morning—eight men all the way from Minnesota. Volunteers are currently trying to locate their families. From a local immigration attorney:

From Sara Dady Facebook page

Image of black pathfinder SUV

Sprayed plates like on this vehicle currently parked at the Radisson on Bell School Road in Rockford are illegal. FLOCK can't read ICE's sprayed plates but can read law-abiding drivers' plates.

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Mass working-class mobilizations taking place in Spain right now against evictions. These same conditions and problems are happening here. We can learn from these struggles.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just another day in the Presidency as directed by Fellini.

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sounds a lot more like grooming a minor into an entrapment situation than anything remotely heroic. Benefit of the doubt should always go against police.

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Trump floated two U.S. cities getting wiped out, used an anti-trans slur on a Senate candidate, and demanded reporters be arrested for reporting crowd sizes. The press largely brushed the crazy off. My write-up in the link in the comments.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she reached out to a Trump donor with an urgent request: She needed $100,000 that she said she owed American Express—in a way that wouldn't leave a paper trail.

wsj.com

Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account

Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Diplomatic cable leaked to me shows Marco Rubio order embassies to bar people from the US for speech-related reasons. Hours later, Rubio gave a speech at the Acropolis celebrating "free debate and public discussion": www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-speech...

kenklippenstein.com

The Speech That Gets You Banned From America

Leaked Rubio cable details “far-left” speech that bars people from entering the U.S.

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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026

“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I love that. He's such an academic that he's busy studying the vampire's reaction more than anything else.

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The repetition of them trying to save Lucy multiple times is good in the book but would grind the movie pacing to a halt.

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Should've been Doug Jones for AG.

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Fuck. I need help fixing my car. Even if I throw every cent I have at this I’m short $750. It’s multiple suspension pieces that need fixing; that’s him cutting me a break. And I need the car for work. I’m on Venmo and PayPal @QueerArmorer, if you can help keep my car online it would help so much.

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Country's big and inertia is strong.

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There's a reason Dolly Parton wasn't a billionaire despite having the opportunity.

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Or you end up being promoted to Bajoran Worker.

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

That's what I had thought offhand, too, but no.

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Which is doubly depressing, with how awful Carney has been on environmental issues.

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hydrogen peroxide is worthless for injuries, but so damn good at getting blood out of things.

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

She's been extremely good and extremely hot in everything since forever.

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's got massive historical value, but is absolutely not the kind of film you push in ads. Gross.

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The image they used would indicate it's the original.

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The owl's expression could be surprise that this is happening. I prefer to think that it is a trauma response to being bullied by this specific squirrel repeatedly over the years, though.

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Danny @dgb49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026