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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 4h

Watching an Abdul El-Sayed press conference and the contempt for Mike Rogers is just palpably thick

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 11h

I took it for granted for so many years. 'Pint of Anchor' was like a catchphrase for me.

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 11h

I have dubbed this The Prop 187 Syndrome, where the GOP wins latino voters over with issues like abortion, "business friendliness", and gender issues, only to be incapable of *not* governing like the xenophobic racists they really are once they come into power. Didn't work out well for them in CA.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I'm taking my "Norway's wealth tax didn't reduce tax revenue" victory lap.

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, nor is there any evidence that the reform induced more bankruptcies. ...

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ooooh, I have some potentially Canadian forebears. Not sure if they were citizens or just passing through, though.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 09/10/2026

nationalize everything Elon Musk owns.

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ah, this might be the crime that the execution scandal is meant to obscure.

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Maybe they want the streaming execution story to preempt wall to wall coverage of Ossoff drubbing Collins?

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

As always when the Trumpistas are splashing a scandal all over the media, I wonder what crime they are trying to crowd out of the limelight.

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laurierking.bsky.social @laurierking.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Organizer Kyoko Takayama (@kyoko4us) put together a list for CA voters. Because before we can vote for a matter, it helps to know who supports it. #vote2027 #FollowTheMoney @IndivisibleGuide

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Only if those bad things are happening to Sam Altman and the other wannabe techlords

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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I wish I felt better about the answer to this.

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I fervently hope they start shooting down starlinks as soon as is practicable

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tropicana field ass stadium

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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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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I sometimes wonder if it's Vought or Miller that's the real Cryptopresident, or if they maybe have a power sharing agreement

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dls100.bsky.social @dls100.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 02/10/2026

Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Investigate the Cornell administrators and the DA as accomplices after the fact

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 01/10/2026

Which legislative chambers could each party flip, and via which districts? What school boards are seeing tensions over the rights of LGBTQ students? Explore our guide to November’s elections to learn what’s at stake:

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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - Bolts

Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read More

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That's Cryptopresident Stephen Miller to you, bub. He's our unelected secret leader.

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I didn't realize how much of a part Foghorn Leghorn played in that ridiculous tableaux

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When this happens, the sentence should be considered complete and the prisoner released. No second chances for the executioner.

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hmmm... I'm not finding any fucks to give about her plight.

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Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hegseth, for example, can get a separate murder indictment for each boat strike. We should also encourage other countries to charge them as well where justified, and be open to extradition.

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