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John Mone

@johnmone.bsky.social
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Fmr. TV Correspondent, TX based, Scripps & AP alum. ArdMhachaAbu. Deanta in Eireann. Verstehe Deutsch. Español tambien. Si me matan, resucitare en mi pueblo. encrypted email: jmone@protonmail.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7h
Being corrupt is no big deal in the Trump regime. It just makes the scam artist fit in with the rest of the gang. The only sin is getting caught.
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AP source: Trump, Rubio weigh firing U.S. envoy to Greece after mounting reports of improper conduct
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging she has engaged in improper and possibl...
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ryandevereaux.bsky.social @ryandevereaux.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In July, I took a ride through the Arizona desert with Verlon Jose, chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation, a sprawling reservation on the U.S.-Mexico border that may soon be changed forever. It was the beginning of an investigation that ProPublica is publishing today. THREAD ⬇️
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John Mone @johnmone.bsky.social · 6h
Brooks is a well paid wing nut welfare recipient. A subsidized “idea warrior.” Ah yes, please please tell more about the market place of ideas, that only exists on your terms!
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21h
if Elon is spending millions of dollars of his own money to push this message with paid media, what do you think he does to the black box algorithm on his platform that chooses which posts you see and which of your posts are shown to others?
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Dictator Move of the Day.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Pope Leo XIV called the death penalty “inadmissible” on Saturday, two days after the Pentagon set a livestreamed firing squad for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan on Dec. 3. Cardinal Parolin called the plan “truly incomprehensible.”
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Pope Leo XIV Condemns the Death Penalty as Hegseth Plans a Livestreamed Execution
The pope’s message came two days after the Pentagon set a Dec. 3 firing squad for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan. Cardinal Parolin called the plan “incomprehensible,” and Americans agree.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
El-Sayed’s response to Kennedy:
El-Sayed: “That’s rich coming from someone who wears his bed sheets out at night.”
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
when i was a kid my teachers warned us not to click links on Wikipedia because it wasn't safe
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The word for this is racism
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It would really be great if folks not affiliated with the Trump Administration could stop using "Department of War." The Department of Defense is a statutory creation, and the name is statutorily given--the administration cannot unilaterally change it.
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John Mone @johnmone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston... ICE keeps either hurting, maiming or murdering people
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Man struck by vehicle during ICE enforcement operation
The collision appears to have occurred while ICE authorities were conducting an enforcement operation in the area, the sheriff’s office said.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Zelenskyy approval rating: 54% Trump approval rating: 32%
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John Mone @johnmone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Is publishing rage baiting making what I thought was a very serious publication dumber? You can can empirically track how many people are going to die from preventable disease because of DOGE cuts and the assault on USAID. Plus the framing. What are we doing here?
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
How the rancid sausage of 287(g) gets made
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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John Mone @johnmone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Miller, Homan, Noem, Mullin all need to pay
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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
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Marius A. K. Ring
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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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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: The ICE agent seen wearing a hi-vis vest and waving around an AR-style rifle at the scene of the shooting in New York was a supervisor named Brenden Cuni, who has a history of alleged violence and lying in court. @dmehro.bsky.social, @awinston.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social report:
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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John Mone @johnmone.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They are doing away with habeas corpus
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump is helping Russia finance its war against Ukraine because his own stupid war has made him desperate for Russian diesel. What a humiliation and what a betrayal of the Ukrainians.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026
Turning to some of the new reviews, the New York Times says that "because the mogul has long been in the spotlight, little is new" in the film... to which I say: oh, please. There is new material, but more critically, the film's narrative reframing is what matters. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/m...
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In Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’, the Answer to the Trillionaire’s Power Is Unsatisfying.
Alex Gibney’s nearly four-hour documentary is deeply researched. But because the mogul has long been in the spotlight, little is new.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There’s always a tweet
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Absolute lawlessness. Backed by American taxpayers. If the little boy running away doesn’t infuriate you something is very wrong
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John Mone @johnmone.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hail satan
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Love that my opponent is trying to paint me as someone who wants political violence and meanwhile her party is going to execute someone on live tv (after already murdering multiple citizens in the streets and fishermen in boats)
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026
come 2028 vance will be cutting ads specifically denouncing his in-laws for coming to the united states
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
AOC: “ICE is a rogue, lawless paramilitary and surveillance agency. It does not belong in NYC and should not exist in 🇺🇸. Abolish ICE.”
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
AOC calls on the Target Corp. to stop allowing ICE to use its parking lots as "private staging areas ... for paramilitary activity."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026
the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
mom! I made the local paper!
Texas Monthly reporter Rob Downen posted on X that he was removed from the event after entering with a general admission ticket.

“I was also removed from the event as soon as I got through security,” Downen wrote. “I had a general admission ticket but was told by security that TPUSA had passed around a photo of me in order to kick me out.”

Earlier Wednesday, the Statesman reported that UT president’s office helped reserve LBJ Auditorium.

The reservation renewed criticism from some students and faculty members who have argued university leadership has exercised increasing influence over political events — while favoring conservative speakers — despite the university’s commitment to institutional neutrali
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you are planning to monitor ICE on the ground in California, especially San Diego and LA, and you want company, please hmu.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
At this stage it doesn't matter to me if this guy is cosplaying. I want a person who talks like this and then promises to back it up to be the next president. If there's somebody who winds up being more convincing than him in the next year or so, I'll vote for that person instead.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 08/10/2026
the more Musk spends on the midterm elections, the more ubiquitous this image needs to be
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Nerve Center debuts next week on InfoWars! Here's more about it!
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Inside ‘Nerve Center,’ InfoWars’ New Flagship Show That Wants to Hold Every Possible Opinion at Once
Take a look inside 'Nerve Center,' InfoWars' new show hosted by Patti Harrison and David Brown.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 08/10/2026
Most people don't realize dumb is spelled with a B
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 08/10/2026
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Third round of Paxton audio recordings is out
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Paxton suggests cutting federal benefits in newest leaked audio
In a conversation that has been leaked in pieces to multiple publications, the GOP Senate nominee called for “reasonable cuts to mandatory spending,” which is driven by Social Security, Medicare and M...
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John Mone @johnmone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If elected Dems do not start investigations on day 1 of ‘27….
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
WHOA. This is big news. Mr. Soliman is a 31-year-old gay man from Egypt who came here at 3 with a green card. He lost his green card after a conviction, but an immigration judge found that he would be persecuted in Egypt and barred sending him there. He's locked in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea now.
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, five months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, a country where he has no ties, in a decision that could have far-reaching implications for thousands of others subjected to the Trump administration’s third-country removal scheme.

Arizona District Court Judge John C. Hinderaker, a Trump appointee, ruled that DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and “must facilitate Plaintiff’s release from custody in Equatorial Guinea and return to the United States and must ensure his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to Equatorial Guinea.”
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Jemin Na, CPA @jeminna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Millennials choose surprising landing spots Where Californians relocate diverges by age Oct. 7, 2026 Terry Castleman www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Young people are fleeing Los Angeles for some surprising places. Fresno in, Texas out?
A Times analysis of U-Haul data shows that young Los Angeles residents are more often leaving for other California cities than older Angelenos who are more likely to leave the state.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026
who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026
one funny thing about Alito is he is constantly fuming over his critics. just a big blubbering baby.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There's a takeover of the American news industry going on, pushed by Elon Musk, the Ellisons, the Saudis and others. Democracy is impossible if the truth is buried under right-wing propaganda, so we've got to push back against this "media capture." My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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American oligarchs and foreign fatcats are attempting ‘media capture’
Your access to real news is threatened by Elon Musk, the Ellisons, the Saudis, and others
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sadly, there are many stories of campus sex abuse and rape, so why did the shocking allegations at Cornell become a front-page story? Elite impunity for Ivy League boys felt like the last straw in a nation where presidents and QBs strut untouchable My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/corn...
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For a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw | Will Bunch
A nation’s frustration with rich and powerful men boils over after a stunning rape allegation at an Ivy League college.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In case you weren't aware, the only competent Republican speaker of the House in the modern era was also a child molester
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 05/10/2026
“I’ve never been in a race where I felt less control over the campaign,” Texas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton said at a private fundraiser, according to audio obtained by Politico. www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ken…
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Ken Paxton Blames D.C. for His Campaign Messaging in a Leaked Recording
“I’ve never been in a race where I felt less control over the campaign,” he said, according to audio obtained by Politico.
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 06/10/2026
Richard Hoste and the Sweatiest Baby getting the vapors over a wrestling joke
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dispatch from southwest Florida, where I watched ICE and Border Patrol work with local cops as they arrested hundreds of immigrants.
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John Mone @johnmone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I would have added in the flourish that you were going to wear a beanie while slamming the car door
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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