Sign in

skwelsh.bsky.social

@skwelsh.bsky.social
970 followers 699 following 1 posts
PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 12h
A few months back @thecityreporter.nyc reported on ICE officer Brenden Cuni who was named in several lawsuits involving immigrants who described violent arrests. He's the agent spotted at the Marble Hill ICE shooting yesterday w/ a long gun. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/09/b...
thecityreporter.nyc
ICE Supervisor at Center of NYC Shooting Named in Multiple Lawsuits Alleging Violent, Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, who was seen brandishing an assault rifle at the scene of Thursday’s shooting, was previously accused of beating up and tasing immigrants during arrests.
27739
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Q: Did you personally authorize or approve the livestreamed execution? TRUMP: Did I approve? Absolutely I did
6022246893
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 16h
I can’t help but notice that ICE keeps claiming that people it shoots were trying to ram the agents with a car, and then video keeps proving that’s a lie.
211813427
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
HuffPost @huffpost.com · 10h
No country in the world livestreams executions. That’s something terrorists do.
huffpost.com
Pete Hegseth Likes Killing And Wants You To Like It Too
Pete Hegseth Likes Killing And Wants You To Like It Too
115625
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 11h
The head of the Trump crime family made a deal with Putin-Kremlin crime syndicate – betraying Ukraine, every U.S. ally and his duty to defend American national security. Trump is a filthy traitor – the worst Quisling who has ever lived.
19296118
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
The Verge @theverge.com · 10h
The false tip ‘purported to come from someone who might have information about the case.’ www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide
Anthropic discovered the fake tip two months after it was submitted.
3236
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
CNN @cnn.com · 09/10/2026
Just two days before launching an effort to slash red tape for commercial space transportation, President Trump last month purchased up to $5 million of bonds issued by SpaceX, a major federal contractor run by Elon Musk, according to ethics filings made public on Thursday. cnn.it/4rRrZU0
38384228
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 10h
Only one in six trips had anything to do with work. trib.al/yJaoMBz
trib.al
Ken Paxton Caught Using Taxpayer Funds for Hundreds of Vacations
Only one in six trips had anything to do with work.
1316696
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Trump, many hours after Mike Ditka's death was announced: "You just told me that for the first time. Wow."
5840954
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10h
Trump announced a deal with Putin to sell 4.8 million tonnes of Russian diesel, potentially worth $7.24 billion, while easing US sanctions. The deal would boost Russia’s war finances and undermine Ukraine’s efforts to cut off revenues funding Russia’s invasion.
yacnews.com
Trump lifts sanctions on $7 billion of Russian diesel as Russian strikes kill at least 71 Ukrainians in three days
Trump announced a deal with Putin to sell 4.8 million tonnes of Russian diesel, worth nearly $7.24 billion, while easing US sanctions. The agreement would strengthen Russia’s war finances and undermin...
4723698
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 18h
An amazingly stark example of how the US economy has broken: Zaslav clears nearly a *billion* dollars amid a CEO tenure where he made basically anything he touched worse, harmed multiple prestigious brands, led huge layoffs—but delivered a corrupt merger for shareholders. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
variety.com
David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
David Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.
682181780
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 10h
Zelenskyy: While our teams are meeting in Florida, US President is having conversation with Kremlin leader responsible for this war. I believe they are simply using our team as a cover...clearly not acting in good faith as a partner. And this, in my view, is a weak decision from strong partners.
45967335
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 12h
Yeah, and it's particularly notable considering we *just* saw what the worst-case scenario would be here.
abcnews.com
Officer involved in shooting outside Walmart that killed 1-year-old boy placed on leave
One-year-old Kohen Wiley, his mother and a family friend were in the vehicle at the time, according to Ben Crump Law, which has been retained by the victim's family.
715343
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "Tonight, a united Georgia will hear the trial the Mike Collins. Mike Collins has brought dishonor to our state through his personal bigotry and his widely documented ties to white nationalists. And he's sold out Georgia in his pathetic child-like devotion to Donald Trump."
22676191850
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "If you want to understand whether the Trump-Collins budget has helped you, just go fill up a tank of gas. Go to the grocery store. Try to buy food for you kids. Look at your electric bill. Look at your health insurance premiums. They've doubled for more than a million Georgians."
271925448
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 14h
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,…
8374443148
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h
Trump has denied disaster relief for Illinois following severe storms in August. Trump approved a request from Indiana for damage resulting from the same storms. One is a "blue state." The other is a "red state." No other president has politicized natural disasters the way that Trump has.
17547892222
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "How can a sitting congressman vote to shut down a labor and delivery unit in his own district? Delivering mothers in Mike Collins's district now have to drive an hour to get to a labor and delivery unit while they're in labor while we already a maternal mortality crisis."
272289649
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"
405115732496
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Q: Many feel you have not addressed the fact your son in law is a white supremacist influencer. What have you said to your family? COLLINS: That's my family OSSOFF: Imagine running for Senate while neo-Nazi propaganda is disseminated to an audience of millions from your home. That's Mike Collins.
25150241187
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
507150243352
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 10h
Brian Fitzpatrick is running a deceptive campaign based on dubious blog posts from a man who claims "Every Democrat female is a sexual assault survivor, especially the morning after, when the guy hasn't fallen in love with her" and "Obama is a pure Muslim.” bit.ly/4hLzBTu
bit.ly
The Bigot Behind Brian Fitzpatrick’s Attack Ads
The embattled congressman has been pushing wild claims made by a family friend with a history of bizarre criminality and despicable social media posts.
911334
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 21h
I ask again, why are national Dems letting Elon "quietly" fund these races? We have two test cases. 2024 when Dems didn't make his money an issue. And 2025 Wisconsin, where they did. Guess which time they won by double digits?
wired.com
Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections
America PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.
442152721
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed: "Weak, cowardly, won't stand up until his poll numbers drop ... he has the audacity to do an ad looking at the drugs prices in Canada, expect he voted four times to keep you from buying the prescriptions drugs in Canada. It's incoherent."
622207535
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed: "This is guy who has not been serious about providing people healthcare his entire career. What he has been serious about is making sure he can monetize his time in office. $14, two yachts, a McMansion in Florida."
391490338
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed: "He's personally invested in a company that controls the real estate for the Saline data center. I should ask him: If he wants a moratorium, should the construction stop on his personal investment? Because I'd love it to. We need government that is not bought off."
311855437
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed on Mike Rogers's Florida mansion: "He just recently took it off the market, which of course to me implies that he's planning to move back in November once we hand him his rear end"
213415629
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h
Note the Trump position: Ukraine must stop bombing refineries and pipelines, even though they are legitimate military targets (suggested, as it turns out, by the US). But Russia is perfectly free to bomb apartment buildings, hospitals, churches and libraries, because that's what "real warriors" do.
18316156
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Troy Jackson: "The gentleman's name was Johan Sebastian Guerrero. He had a 3 year old daughter. The only mistake he made that morning was going to work. Because Sen. Collins is not willing to stand up to Donald Trump, he was murdered in the streets of Biddeford for doing nothing wrong."
14389122605
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 9h
He's been looking forward to it. What could make him feel more strong and powerful than executing people on live TV?
811716
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10h
Reporter: “Did you personally authorise or approve the livestreamed execution of Nidal Hasan?” Trump: “Did I approve? Absolutely, i did”
3121372
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth wants the public to watch a public execution during the Christmas season. US courts have rejected attempts to broadcast executions, while UN human rights bodies consider public executions a violation of the right to life.
yacnews.com
Hegseth plans public firing squad execution in the US, staged as a livestreamed political death spectacle
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth wants the public to watch an execution by firing squad. US courts have rejected broadcasts of executions and UN bodies consider public executions a human rights violatio...
75336103
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15h
Hate corrodes the container it’s carried in.
43043551104
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14h
JUST UNSEALED: A judge ruled this week that the first Trump admin's "Remain in Mexico" policy illegally subjected thousands of people – many with meritorious asylum claims — to horrifically dangerous and violent conditions and deprived them of access to attorneys. cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/legal-doc...
361910711
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Death of a handyman: ICE cited “convictions for driving with expired vehicle registration” and an unspecified judgment against him in favor of the Maryland comptroller. The 47-year-old Curo-Churata "had volunteered to leave the country on his own, but a judge denied the request."
thebanner.com
Laurel father and husband died in ICE custody in Louisiana
Julián Curo-Churata lived in Laurel for about 17 years before he was detained in June by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. He died in the agency’s custody on Sept. 29.
11451253
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16h
Today, I'm releasing my Farmers Over Billionaires platform to champion Michigan farmers. Our broken politics has always favored corporations, monopolies, and billionaires over Michigan rural communities and family farms. That ends when I get to the United States Senate.
8641111515
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 14h
The administration that continues to cover up for pedophiles simply cannot be trusted with the care of hundreds of unaccompanied children with no oversight and no transparency
44935415
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
thequeenzone.com
New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
39850603082
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 14h
“No matter one’s belief in the efficacy or moral basis for execution, to livestream the death of a human being — particularly by firing squad — is unspeakably repugnant,” Tim Kent writes in a letter to The Times.
nyti.ms
Opinion | Outrage Over a Livestreamed Execution at Fort Hood
Readers are aghast at the planned execution. Also: North Korea’s crimes; Venezuela’s gold; the search for a leader; feeding the birds; making e-bikes safer.
194
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15h
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...
301390714
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 14h
The Trump administration is exempting oil and gas drilling in Alaska from required environmental review.
76236
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h
Carson is the second female Nobel winner in recent years to have been denied tenure. Katalin Karikó was denied tenure at Penn www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
forbes.com
Researcher Demoted By University Of Pennsylvania Wins Nobel Prize For mRNA Discoveries—And Some Academics Urge Penn To Apologize
Katalin Karikó’s research laid the foundation for both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines.
12407139
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13h
BREAKING: We sued Trump for raiding $20M of your money, some meant to honor fallen officers, for his midterm ads He says "his" super PAC will cover the tab now. And the millions you already paid? @democracydefendersaction.org & Hecker Fink rep @wisdems.org & a D candidate👇
371779651
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
OSSOFF: Mike Collins is one of the most extreme members of Congress. He's a Trump puppet election denier. I want to hear if Mike still believes the 2020 election was stolen. What do you say Mike? COLLINS: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
17543881051
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Robert Faturechi @robert-faturechi.bsky.social · 14h
New: A private equity executive took a top Pentagon role. Then a firm he has close ties to landed a $281 Million no-bid contract from the unit he runs. www.propublica.org/article/geor...
propublica.org
The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...
21244120
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 14h
The FBI wants to hire the Ultimate Fighting Championship to train its special agents under a one-year deal that would bypass the competitive bidding process typically used for federal contracts, according to federal records.
washingtonsun.com
FBI Is Angling to Hand the UFC a No-Bid Contract to Train Agents
The contract would expand an existing partnership between the Trump administration and the UFC.
10021498
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16h
Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt just days before unveiling a new space-travel policy. The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by the Trump admin's actions — and led by Elon Musk.
washingtonpost.com
Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
51950479
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Chalian: "Look at Donald Trump's approval rating in the Buckeye State. He is down to 36%, 28 points underwater."
1382686656
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
JD Vance's Pope, Thiel, takes on the actual Pope. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Peter Thiel slams Obama, Pope Leo in new ‘Antichrist’ lectures
The tech billionaire accused them of using AI concerns to “boost their own popularity,” according to recordings obtained by POLITICO.
7324289
Reposted by @skwelsh.bsky.social
Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Forty percent of American Nobel laureates this century in chemistry, medicine and physics have been immigrants, many arriving as students.
318990