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Larry Hosek

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Just L I V I N', trying not to be that guy, Catholic ...Hutto, Texas

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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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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 12h
A lot of Latino Texans voted in 2024 hoping for cheaper groceries, fewer wars, accountability, and the Epstein files. They got tariffs that raise prices, another forever war, and more secrecy. James Talarico’s message matters: meet disappointment with an open hand, not contempt. #momsky#sheshed
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2h
Ken Paxton’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan. with @texastribune.org
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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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Ryan Ritter @ndtex.gamin4aven.org · 3h
“Wow, your QB fucked up. Let’s throw a flag on the defender that is trying to stay in phase”
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 6h
Trump is helping Russia who is helping Iran attack and kill Americans. So that means Trump is knowingly taking steps to weaken the US and bolster Russia and its close ally, Iran. Does that make him a traitor? Let's have the debate.... www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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Iran able to replenish its missiles and drones, getting arms from Russia, officials tell Bloomberg
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
"If you look at what the data itself is showing us, it sure looks like we’re in the process of seeing a fairly major repudiation of Trump and the deeper ideologies that he represents"
publicnotice.co
Trump’s collapse with indy voters, explained by Greg Sargent
“This is the center of the electorate completely turning on Trump.”
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Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 7h
We @txfreedomread.bsky.social had the opportunity to tell the Texas Senate’s Ed Committee, where book-banning bills SB12 & SB13 originated, what their laws have done to students in the state. Here’s what we told them: franklinstrong.substack.com/p/what-we-to...
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What We Told the Senate Education Committee
Our big report on Texas school book bans in 2025-2026 just dropped. You need to read it.
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Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
8 time Texas HS football state champion coach knows what’s at stake this November.
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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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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 17h
"Grandfather knot clock” by Australian woodworker George Andrew, who handcrafted this piece using Radiata pine and plywood, shaping the dramatic curves using a bandsaw, an angle grinder, and lots of hand sanding. www.woodreview.com.au/photocompent...
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Ordinary (Ruined) Catholic @ordinarycatholic.bsky.social · 15h
#catholic youtube.com/shorts/nt1Ap...
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The Catholic Teaching on the Death Penalty with Archbishop Fabre
YouTube video by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Fellow Texans - our property taxes increased 85% under Greg Abbott. 85%! Sure, we don't have income tax, so you have to get money from somewhere. But we have a $27B surplus. That's our money! @ginafortexas.bsky.social wants to make Texas affordable again and stop increasing property tax.
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Texans work hard for what they earn. That’s why our constitution bans an income tax.
YouTube video by Gina Hinojosa
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Televising the execution of Nidal Hasan is about more than voyeuristic violence Authoritarianism requires rituals of death that seek to transform secular oppression into religious orthodoxy while communicating the need to murderously purge “the other.” jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/descent-in...
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Descent Into Madness: The Ritualization of Death and Fascism
The public execution of Nidal Hasan is a potent milestone
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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We’re no longer free people living in the free state of Texas. We live in Dan Patrick’s world, ruled by Patrick’s laws. What we actually want doesn’t matter. www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...
houstonchronicle.com
Dan Patrick is out of touch with Texans. Vote for Vikki Goodwin. | Endorsement
We’re no longer free people living in the free state of Texas. We live in Dan Patrick’s world, ruled by Patrick’s laws. What we actually want doesn’t matter.
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News 📰 @some-news.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ken Paxton, US Senate nominee in Texas, advocates for cutting programs such as  Social Security and Medicare in leaked recording. Texas Democrats call him "evil."
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'He Thinks Working People Are a Joke': Ken Paxton Floats Social Security Cuts in Leaked Audio | Common Dreams
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Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Governor Abbott, I'll meet you at the Governor's Mansion next Thursday at 10 AM. If you're not man enough to debate me, you don't deserve to be the governor of Texas.
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Capitol Whip @capitolwhip.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Greg Abbott told his donors this week he’s losing sleep over the state of his re-election campaign. Abbot’s campaign has spent $146M this year, and he’s still facing the toughest challenge of his political career because Texans are sick and tired of his failed leadership.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Intelligence must draw on memory. The mind must not simply compile data — as an algorithm now does more quickly than we can — but recall lived experiences, which contain depths of meaning that only the human soul can recognize.” — Pope Leo XIV
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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Psychotic bloodthirst” is the most on-point description of Hegseth’s worldview ever.
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kth @ktheintz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If Ossoff is still around when the Democratic primary comes to Texas, I'll vote for him. I'm not super-picky about issues, I just want someone on our side who will kick ass.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 08/10/2026
Ken Paxton wants to cut Social Security benefits for 1.3 million Texans. His opponent, Democratic candidate James Talarico, is committed to protecting and expanding your hard-earned benefits. The choice is clear for working-class families. @jamestalarico.bsky.social
A graphic with Ken Paxton's head superimposed someone giving two thumbs up. The text says, "WHO HAS 15 HOMES, TWO THUMBS AND WANTS TO CUT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS?"
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San Antonio Express-News @expressnews.com · 08/10/2026
Opinion | Voters in Texas Senate District 19 should return Roland Gutierrez to the Legislature. He has been a fighter for the district.
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Roland Gutierrez has been a fighter in Texas Senate District 19
Voters in Texas Senate District 19 should return Roland Gutierrez to the Legislature. He has been a fighter for the district.
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Graig Mellon @mellongraig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And speaking of... the DGA and others are starting to spend money investing on her campaign, as they feel confident about #TXGov. All I can say is this - about time... bsky.app/profile/trum...
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Why Today? @winteroak.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#Texas #txlege
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isaac @sevier.io · 07/10/2026
Tonight in the world's coziest bookstore with @amywestervelt.bsky.social and @gilduran.com
Amy and Gil in a bookstore with wood shelving surrounding them and stacked high with books, the room is dim except for where they're sitting
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This money is absolutely meaningless to Elon Musk, but it has the potential to completely rewrite your future. He's spent over $36 million in about 4 weeks, and he's adding millions a day. All to corrupt our government to push his agenda. Let your friends know what's up.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 06/10/2026
Quorum Report talking about how unusual it is that the Dem Gov and Lt Gov candidates having strong TXLege experience makes me hopeful they'd be able to govern somewhat effectively in a split government.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The archdiocese of St Louis has become the eighth American diocese to sue the Trump administration over its repression against Catholics. The gravamen this time focuses on the fact that Markwayne Mullin refuses access of priests to ICE facilities to hear confessions and deliver the sacrament.
thecatholicherald.com
Archdiocese sues Trump administration over sacramental access to detainees
The lawsuit says priests are restricted to four-hour weekly visits and are separated from detainees by a glass partition
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RAD - Richardson Area Democrats @richardsonareadems.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Follow the money.. How Texas Helped a Private School Chain’s AI Tool Get Into Public School Classrooms www.propublica.org/article/alph...
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How Texas Helped a Private School Chain’s AI Tool Get Into Public School Classrooms
Just three months after the Texas State Board of Education raised concerns about Alpha School’s AI learning platform, Education Commissioner Mike Morath was in talks about using the tool in public sch...
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
dictatorships are incredibly inefficient, as you'd know if you ever read a fucking book you pissbaby nazi wannabe.
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 06/10/2026
They’re coming for our water, our farms, and now our beer. You can’t have Texas beer without Texas agriculture. At the State Fair, Texans are telling us they’re worried about AI data centers taking the resources our farms and communities depend on.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
ms.now
Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 06/10/2026
Composting leftover coffee grounds, eggshells and carrot tops is a way to reduce the amount of food waste that goes into landfills, where it produces the potent greenhouse gas methane.
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Folks who really know what MLK was about seem to be having a moment. Let's make it more than a moment, shall we?
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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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.
stopthepresses.news
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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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What is really interesting in this exchange is that he fully put Martha MacCallum on the defensive to the point where she was trying to act like she hasn't been a cheerleader for this war -- which anyone who has watched her program the past year can say in unequivocably false.
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CNN @cnn.com · 05/10/2026
Latino voters have deeply soured on President Donald Trump and his party, particularly on crucial economic issues, a new NBC/Telemundo poll finds.
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Latino voters, souring on Trump, swing toward Democrats, new poll finds | CNN Politics
The growing electorate played a critical role in Trump’s 2024 victory. Now, sentiment is dipping, particularly on economic issues, a new NBC/Telemundo poll finds.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I feel like I’m the only one writing about realistic deliverables in the next two years: www.ms.now/opinion/demo... and www.salon.com/2026/09/24/t...
salon.com
The Democratic playbook for taking on Trump after the midterms
The party will have many tools to hold the administration accountable — if it uses them
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The Liberty Pear @thelibertypear.com · 05/10/2026
We really can get @ginafortexas.bsky.social across the finish line. Can you repost? Donate? Thank you. ginafortexas.com
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Gina Hinojosa for Texas Governor | Official Campaign Website
Gina Hinojosa has spent her life advocating for Texas families and kids. From advocating for workers, challenging the status quo, to taking on corrupt politicians – Gina has always put Texas families ...
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Bexar County Democratic Party @bexardems.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Public money belongs in public schools. Texas Comptroller Don Huffines, appointed, not elected, runs the voucher program and wants $2B more. #TXLege #PublicSchools
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Rep. Vikki Goodwin @vikkigoodwintx.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m sick of watching our elected leaders dismantle our public school system — and disrespect our teachers and superintendents in the process. My opponent was in Midland last week and said he “proudly stands beside” TEA commissioner Mike Morath...
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dosxx1957.bsky.social @dosxx1957.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There's Texas Maga ads claiming Gina Hinojosa voted 40 times to raise property taxes? But as the Houston Chronicle concluded, “Hinojosa has never directly voted to make your property taxes go even higher” because the state legislature does not levy property taxes – counties and school districts do.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
De Niro: When that coward, that fucking piece of shit, Donald Trump, tries to take our voice and power away, what do we tell him? Keep your fucking hands off our vote.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Again, <only Republicans> ever get to talk like this. If a single municipal level Democrat ever did, it would be a national outrage &spark a wave of “civility” discourse, & op-eds about how Dems must Respect Real Folkz & talk across difference. Democracy is incompatible with this double standard.
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lmm72.bsky.social @lmm72.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Catholic here. I read an essay he wrote back in 2019, I think, where he said that before he converted he knew that Catholics reject the legitimacy of Scripture. I was stunned. He’s a moron.
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