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Business Reporter, Austin American-Statesman

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lula (president of Brazil) “asked the court to investigate possible support from the Rockbridge Network, a [Peter Thiel-backed] conservative U.S. donor network co-founded by…JD Vance. It said a political organizer tied to the group works at Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign headquarters...” 10/4/26 …1/
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Lula seeks probe into possible US election interference
Lula’s coalition asked Brazil’s top electoral court to investigate actions benefiting Flávio Bolsonaro, while the Workers’ Party sought a Federal Police inquiry from the Supreme Court.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h
Is it bad if major defense contractors have their own foreign policies?
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Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say www.reuters.com/world/europe...
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...
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Paul Flahive @paulflahive.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Elon Musk won’t have to testify in a case over his $1 million voter lottery after all. www.statesman.com/business/art...
statesman.com
Elon Musk settles Austin lawsuit over $1 million voter sweepstakes
Elon Musk and America PAC settled class-action lawsuits over the $1 million giveaways, ending a legal fight that could have forced him to testify under oath.
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Paul Flahive @paulflahive.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
A massive insurance company and its affialiates are suing two Texas-based stone companies, seeking to bow out of representing or compensating them for lawsuits dealing with a potentially fatal lung disease linked quartz countertops. www.statesman.com/business/art...
statesman.com
Austin lawsuit fight puts quartz countertop insurance coverage in question
A Liberty Mutual unit asks an Austin federal judge to rule it needn’t defend Wilsonart and Architectural Surfaces in 100+ silicosis suits, citing silica exclusions.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 14/10/2026
Sheesh. www.thebulwark.com/p/ramaswamy-...
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Ramaswamy Campaign Ad Accidentally Featured a Sex Offender
The campaign says it’s recutting the spot, which was meant to be about the plague of high property taxes.
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“Why would a Chinese law firm hire someone to advise on foreign law if they were not licensed to practice that law in their home countries?” popular.info/p/update-kat...
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UPDATE: Katie Zacharia’s disastrous response to Popular Information’s report
Zacharia, who claimed for years to be a lawyer, is not a lawyer.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 14/10/2026
"MAGA blood feud" www.axios.com/2026/10/14/t...
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Exclusive: White House probes claims of missing Kennedy Center money in "MAGA blood feud"
"If there is missing money, this is a big, big problem," a senior administration official said.
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Paul Flahive @paulflahive.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Clawback lawsuits valued at $6 million have collapsed and a judge may eliminate the receiver altogether for Storybuilt. Former executives are claiming validation. Stapleton Group accused the executives of fraud. www.statesman.com/business/art...
statesman.com
What's next for StoryBuilt? Austin judge to decide cases' future
Most StoryBuilt cases over investor payouts are being dismissed, leaving the receiver’s future and creditor recoveries in question.
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Paul Flahive @paulflahive.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Agreed, it was a weird post. And I disagree that it was somehow "the bigger story" that they didn't immediately release video proving he was where he said he was. As for fueling rampant speculation, I think that was all fox news.
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Paul Flahive @paulflahive.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Austin gun-rights advocate Michael Cargill will spend the next few months ensuring his i’s are dotted and t’s crossed — or risk losing his newly reinstated bankruptcy protection. www.statesman.com/business/art...
statesman.com
Austin gun-rights advocate gets 'one more chance' in bankruptcy case
Judge reinstated Michael Cargill’s bankruptcy case but set strict deadlines tied to tax returns, financial schedules and a Chapter 11 plan.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 12/10/2026
AP: "Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the Catholic Church’s pastoral services to Catholics in the U.S. military…stipulated that any Catholic soldier assigned to the U.S. Army firing squad should ask to be excused from that duty, which he described as contrary to the teachings of the church."
politico.com
Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad
The archbishop described the planned execution of a gunman who killed 13 people on a military base as contrary to the teachings of the church.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 12/10/2026
Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of criminal investigation, AP sources say
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Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of criminal investigation, AP sources say
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Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
turns out the real National Treasure was the Nicolas Cage we made along the way
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Aram Sinnreich @aramsinn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We were just discussing this in my grad-level Media, Technology & Democracy class yesterday.
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New Report Says WNBA Trans Debate Is Being Pushed Online For Profit: 'The Point Is to Sow Division'
The trans athlete fight feels inescapable online. Data startup GUDEA says the data shows a different story
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
St. Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago has placed more than 100 crosses outside the parish. Each bears the name of someone who died in ICE custody or during an immigration enforcement action. Union workers built the traveling memorial, which began at Holy Name Cathedral last month.
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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Notice the headline and the sub leave out the ICE agent physically attacked the 72yo man and his daughter "Once Gonzalez was woken up, police say he appeared drunk and assaulted the 72-year-old. Police say the daughter tried to intervene to protect her father, and Gonzalez physically attacked her"
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 10/10/2026
Katie Zacharia is heading to the White House podium with a record of election denial, vaccine conspiracism, and enthusiasm for dismantling constitutional limits. We went through her posts—including the deleted ones. www.thebulwark.com/p/katie-zach...
thebulwark.com
The Deleted Tweets of the New White House Press Secretary
Katie Zacharia is ready to defend Trump. The Constitution? Less so.
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Sam @bannedhat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Ha Ha Nelson
ALT: Ha Ha Nelson
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
1. Trump’s new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is a prolific user of Truth Social where she regularly promoted Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracies, accusing elites in the Democratic Party and Hollywood of running child sex rings and eating people.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 10/10/2026
not at all disturbing www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed
Regulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic
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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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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
BREAKING NYT: The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether the major television networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox — violated federal antitrust laws when the group briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump, according to six people with knowledge of the department's action.
nytimes.com
Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/10/2026
Pope Leo XIV declared capital punishment ''inadmissible” as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.
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Pope Leo declares death penalty 'inadmissible' as his native US plans to livestream execution
Pope Leo XIV has declared capital punishment "inadmissible.” He has penned a social media post for the World Day Against the Death Penalty, as his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
Aminata Seck has been freed. "I'm just ready to go back to school, get my master's and get this surgery done,” she said. ICE kept her in pain in detention for two months for no reason. www.espn.com/womens-colle...
espn.com
Kentucky State player released on bond from ICE custody
Kentucky State University women's basketball center Aminata Seck was released on bond Wednesday after spending two months in ICE custody.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
wired.com
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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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
> @apnews.com #measles apnews.com/article/meas...
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
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Reuters @reuters.com · 08/10/2026
OpenAI's annualized revenue $20 billion less than previously signaled, FT reports reut.rs/3VBcUKq
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OpenAI's annualized revenue $20 billion less than previously signaled, FT reports
OpenAI's annualized revenue is about $20 billion less than has been previously signaled, the Financial Times reported ​on Thursday, citing financial documents shared with investors.
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Paul Flahive @paulflahive.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It is quite small
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/10/2026
Gov. Gavin Newsom, a possible presidential candidate, is seriously considering whether to spare the lives of all 563 prisoners on death row in California as one of his final acts in office, according to two people familiar with his thinking.
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Newsom Mulls Sparing Lives of All 563 Prisoners on Death Row in California
Gov. Gavin Newsom ramped up talks after a botched execution in Tennessee.
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Paul Flahive @paulflahive.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What is Ben Shapiro afraid of? Reporter removed from Ben Shapiro’s UT Austin event after clash over media access www.statesman.com/news/educati...
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Reporter removed from Ben Shapiro’s UT event after media access clash
A reporter was removed from Ben Shapiro’s UT event after a dispute over press access and general admission.
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: Maybe it's time to take a good look at all these deaths in the Epstein-Trump orbit. jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/dead-men-t...
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Dead men tell no Epstein-Trump tales
When witnesses, whistleblowers and accusers die, it’s time to look at whether they have anything in common. Here is a list of some of the recent deaths.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 07/10/2026
Ten years ago today, we heard the most damning recording in modern politics—and then quickly discovered that "damning" no longer meant "disqualifying." Read @ilyseh.bsky.social on the legacy of the 'Access Hollywood' tape. www.thebulwark.com/p/access-hol...
thebulwark.com
10 Years After the ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape
In retrospect, it marked the end of the gender politics debate.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 07/10/2026
Kimberly Guilfoyle exchanging favors and promises of influence for money. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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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Kent Lind @camasonian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Also Russia. Russia is actually advertising for conservative White Christians to immigrate.
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Russia offers simplified resettlement process for those who embrace traditional values
The order was signed by President Putin yesterday, August 19, establishing a 3-month visa for those who reject the policies of their countries “imposing destructive neoliberal ideological attitudes th...
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 04/10/2026
Egypt condemned by more than 80 rights groups after detaining newsroom of journalists
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Egypt condemned by more than 80 rights groups after detaining newsroom of journalists
Arrests follow US waiving of Egypt’s human rights responsibilities linked to receiving military aid
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 04/10/2026
A document seen by The Sunday Times suggests Putin is making life harder for conscription dodgers
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Russia limits young men’s freedom, fuelling mobilisation fear
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026
UPDATED: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has now resulted in more than 83,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal. We are continuing to track the increase in these cases:
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Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
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Paul Flahive @paulflahive.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
San Antonio didn't seem to mind
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LAist @laist.com · 02/10/2026
A federal judge said Wednesday that it’s still unknown who will take over management of L.A.'s roughly $240 million per year in federal homelessness funds, and how soon. 🎥 Nick Gerda, Aaron Schrank and Joshua Letona
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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One woman's name has appeared in FEC records 126,739 times — including 1,011 times in reports filed by U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri.
missouriindependent.com
FEC questions thousands of donations to Eric Schmitt tied to prolific online donors • Missouri Independent
The FEC sent three letters this year to U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt’s campaign asking about donations that appear to exceed federal limits.
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WIRED @wired.com · 02/10/2026
CEO Matt Garman announced Amazon will stop using secret agreements with county officials and acknowledges community backlash could lead to data center "moratoriums" across the country. www.wired.com/story/amazon...
wired.com
Amazon Says It Is Going to Stop Using NDAs for Data Centers
CEO Matt Garman announced Amazon will stop using secret agreements with county officials and acknowledges community backlash could lead to data center "moratoriums" across the country.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 02/10/2026
They made seven arrests—and earned $14 million. See how local police are cashing in on Trump's immigration crackdown.
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Exclusive | Police Score Big With Little Work in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
The Department of Homeland Security pays local agencies as much as $2 million for each arrest in a nationwide task force.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 01/10/2026
“This was a miscarriage of justice, and what happened to Mr. Hearn is an outrage that should shock every American. This administration chose to pursue an unjust prosecution against Mr. Hearn."
nbcnews.com
Judge bars U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro from charging ex-Olympian in Reflecting Pool case
The judge dismissed the case against David Hearn with prejudice, citing “exceptional circumstances” that included President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Pirro’s office.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 01/10/2026
Californians will now be able to install plug-in solar systems without having to go through their utility – at least until 2030.
bloom.bg
California Joins Growing Plug-In Solar Boom as Power Costs Surge
The state is the 10th to allow so-called balcony solar as officials grapple with soaring electricity bills.
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Paul Flahive @paulflahive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Austin executive sues Dads Against Predators after H-E-B assault, alleged extortion www.statesman.com/business/art...
statesman.com
Austin executive files RICO lawsuit against Dads Against Predators
An Austin executive says a vigilante group’s confrontation destroyed his career. The group denies wrongdoing.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is a wild story. Please check it out to see how Russia has started meddling in the midterms to help Trump and is incorporating me into a disinformation operation to do so. HowRussiaWon.com
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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