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Kimtcga

@kimtc.bsky.social
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Former lawyer/librarian, true Blue 💙. I’m not procrastinating, I’m just on a side quest. 🌈

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31m
JD Vance blatantly lies: "We've made a lot of progress. Inflation is way lower today than it was when we took office." (Inflation has gone up!)
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 46m
Well, there's a reason they call it the Federal Bureau of Hand-to-Hand Combat
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1h
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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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3h
“A familiar feature of fascism is the transformation of politics into spectacle. Fascism wants to reduce active citizens into voyeurs—especially voyeurs of cruelty and death. Such degradation of a democratic public is key to fascism’s project and to its success.” www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-wa...
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Hegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff Film
Neo-fascism as spectacles of violence.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 41m
Arlington County's local elected body has just sued to block construction of Trump's planned triumphal arch — arguing that administration officials bypassed a key review process in their push to begin work on the structure.
washingtonpost.com
Northern Virginia county sues to block Trump from building his arch
Arlington County’s all-Democratic board argues that the planned 250-foot-tall arch needs more review.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 41m
Eric does great work, folks.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h
Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles’ daughter posts a pic at a training camp with a pro-Russian militia in Bosnia that specializes in destabilization… totally normal stuff! “The photo raises Q’s about White House links to the pro-Russian politician”🤔 www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-...
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2h
If you praise the Confederacy, everyone knows what you're doing. If you praise Rhodesia, though, you still get that little frisson of naughtiness, the little tingle of rebelliousness that can power you through the drudgery of your eight-hour shift at your dad's car dealership.
motherjones.com
How a defunct white supremacist state became a cult favorite on the Right
From battleground candidates to Elon Musk, Republicans can't stop posting wistfully about Rhodesia.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 1h
This is apparently happening in multiple areas in the capital. The DC board of elections has been made aware of it and have been in touch with the National Guard to address it. It’s no accident.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h
As @mrjamesob.bsky.social was saying… Hegseth is literally doing ISIS things in our name…
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POSIWID 🇵🇸🏴 @posiwidowmaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It is time to abolish the fraternity/sorority aspect of college. It will be a glorious first step in ridding the world of elitism and the many organizations that foster abuse and protect the abusers.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
Republican candidate for Congress on Texas Brandon Herrera on women voting: “I’m not saying the 19th amendment was a mistake, I’m just saying the country went to shit after.”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h
There’s not a whole lot of room left for him to fall here. Nixon still had 25% approval when he resigned and Trump has an even more loyal cult behind him. It’s staggering that he’s this low but frankly it’ll be an earthquake if he goes any lower
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“‘Eric, I really wish you would stop papering all these things,’ Guilfoyle responded. ‘It’s really dangerous and not helpful to you or me while you could simply just call me on signal.’ …A U.S. ambassador lecturing her briber on bribing best practices.” www.thebulwark.com/p/our-big-fa...
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Our Big Fat Greek Bribery Scandal
Kimberly Guilfoyle’s corruption is shocking, damning, and—by now—chump change.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 1h
Trump’s beef gamble isn’t paying off
politico.com
Trump’s beef gamble isn’t paying off
Agriculture industry leaders who’ve traditionally backed Trump are pushing the president to roll back his import plan.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22h
The U.S. re-joins an exclusive club
Screenshot of a list citing human rights organizations such as Amnesty International identifying four countries that have recently or historically carried out public executions: Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia. The text describes public hangings in Iran, executions under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, reported public executions in North Korea, and Saudi Arabia’s historical use of public beheadings.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 6h
“Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe. And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.” ~Pete Buttigieg
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 2h
NEW: The beleaguered “grand conspiracy” case has moved back under DC control. No career prosecutors want anything to do with it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
nytimes.com
How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil
The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence...
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Is it good when you admit your military strategy is timed to elections?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h
Trump's hand is looking real nasty today (REUTERS/Evan Vucci)
pic of Trump's handzoom in on back of right hand, which shows yellow/green makeup caked over what looks to be a wound of some sort
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h
Watched lots of footage of civil rights protests in GA, AL and MS in the 1960s. Maybe some of you were there. Mike Collins acts, talks and behaves like a small town sheriff with a club in 1963 after the fire hoses got done. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2h
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reviewed Ken Paxton's travel records dating back to 2015. Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips with a state-funded security detail, costing $3.3 million. The outlets could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to actual state business.
propublica.org
Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h
I love this so much❤️ 122 new dads met their babies for the very first time yesterday when the USS Abraham Lincoln finally returned to San Diego. Families waited almost a year for this moment.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 2h
Hate corrodes the container it’s carried in.
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Kimtcga @kimtc.bsky.social · 1h
Exactly. I knew native Italians when I was a kid in the 60s and 70s, and even then they were of the elderly widow in black variety.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h
NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence.
A vertical graphic on a white background displays an October 9, 2026, joint statement from the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The full statement, presented in black serif text, reaffirms unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), strongly opposes U.S. sanctions against the Court, warns of their impact on its work, staff, and families, and pledges continued support for international justice, accountability, and the rules-based international system.Marco Rubio, mouth agape, as he announces sweeping sanctions on the ICC to try to punish them for acknowledging Bibi Netanyahu’s war crimes
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Micah @rincewind.run · 2h
we are going to have to be prepared for these people getting even stupider and more vicious as power starts to slip through their fingers
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 3h
One thing that Ossoff does - thank god - is COMPLETELY abandon the weird liberal wisdom that you should never say your opponent’s name. He says “Mike Collins” about 30 times in this clip, not “my opponent” or some such, and the directness make his attacks exponentially more brutal.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h
Trump: "This guy, I call him Mohammed El-Fayad. Some people call him Abdul. I call him Mohammed. Somebody said, 'why?' I said, I don't know. I feel like it."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h
Trump on DC: "It was places like Iowa. The kids coming in from Idaho. These beautiful kids come in, they go home in a coffin."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h
Trump: "They would've probably hit places like San Diego, Los Angeles, first. Because the route for a missile is much more convenient."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h
Plug THAT into your discounted cash flow model. $SPCX
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 4h
Mike Rogers' yacht has a yacht.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h
Trump: "We demand that Christopher Columbus be put back into the heart of Columbus, Ohio. We want it back. I see my Italian lawyer over here. We gonna win the case? The monument! We're building a military complex, uh, it's a arch. A triumphal arch."
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Kimtcga @kimtc.bsky.social · 2h
Right? Italians no longer need the protection of a specific neighborhood! It’s not 1920!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h
Trump: "Can you imagine if your president was standing here 25 years ago saying, 'We will stop men from participating in women's sports!' They'd say, 'This guy is nuts!' Or 'we will stop the transgender mutilization!' You know what that is? *makes cutting motion*"
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Kimtcga @kimtc.bsky.social · 2h
Trump explains geography and missile telemetry. Hilarity ensues.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h
“.. AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event .. most likely a cyberattack, that shuts down access to financial services, internet connectivity, or even power and water.” @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/10/09/a...
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Kimtcga @kimtc.bsky.social · 2h
Who is this *they* and are they in the room with you now?
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Todd Lambert @toddlambert.com · 16h
Gov Ron DeSantis is on TV complaining about the name of Hurricane Isaias, saying "Can't we have English names like Isabella". 🙄
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h
"Next month, Trump is hosting the 'most exclusive dinner in the world' at his golf club in Virginia — & you’re invited! Well, only if you can pony up millions to buy his scammy meme coin. It’s just another breathtaking bit of corruption that, by now, is depressingly routine." — @snipy.bsky.social
publicnotice.co
Trump’s meme coin grift hits a new low
Buyers have lost almost everything. He keeps pumping them anyway.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h
Yikes — abc news has fallen… “outright deleted” a story about the Trump boys getting billions in government contracts 🤔👇🏽
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 3h
Will this committee be anything like the Kennedy Center board?
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h
Here's what Trump judge Gary Brown said in a filing ON MONDAY about Brenan Cuni, who almost shot a kid in NYC. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
After the Court required a further submission to explain this incongruity,
respondents submitted an affidavit from Brenden Cuni, a Supervisory Detention and
Deportation Officer with ICE, who was responsible for conducting the background
searches. DE 20-7. Cuni was notified “some time before 5:50 PM” that “Petitioner was detained.” Id. ¶3. He searched five separate federal databases, all of which “yielded
negative results.” Id. ¶5 (emphasis added). Cuni then “issued and signed the I-200,
Warrant of Arrest, and checked off the boxes relating to ‘biometric confirmation of the
subject’s identity and a records check of federal databases . . . .’” Id. Of course, since the
records checks were negative, it was undeniably false, though represented as true in the
warrant, that “biometric confirmation [and] records check of federal databases
affirmatively indicate” that the petitioner lacked immigration status. DE 7-1. Cuni
explains that ICE then processed the petitioner, and in so doing, entered his data into
those various databases. After processing (and after the warrant was signed and
executed), Cuni ordered another officer to run “a second records check of the electronic
federal databases, which then yielded positive results . . . because Petitioner’s information
was now part of the system.” DE 20-7 ¶7 (emphasis added).
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h
Republicans gave corporations a huge tax cut. The deficit exploded again. Now they want to blow another massive hole by borrowing billions more for weapons to feed the endless series of Republican wars. The national credit card is maxed out while Republicans enrich themselves.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h
Absolute lawlessness. Backed by American taxpayers. If the little boy running away doesn’t infuriate you something is very wrong
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Bugs, Yaoist @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 21h
maybe i'm old fashion but the coolest thing about video games is being taken to new worlds that i hadn't thought up and experiencing something exciting that the artists behind the game want to show me
Paul Ifeanyichukwu Gabriel @ @...•2h
Can you explain to me like a 5 yrs old ?

Nikita Bier
@nikitabier • 2h

Every video game -- and every piece of software -- will be personalized exactly to your preferences.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 3h
Does John Roberts consider insider trading an "official act?"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 4h
“We are enforcing the nation’s laws. Why is that controversial?” The Fugitive Slave Act. The Three-Fifths Compromise. The Nuremberg Laws. Dred Scott. The Indian Removal Act. The Law for Protection of German Blood. Anti-miscegenation laws. The Defense of Marriage Act. The Reichstag Fire Decree.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h
Crybaby Trump is posting his lawyer complaining about him not winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
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