Deane Norton
@deanenorton.bsky.social
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In Evil Geniuses I explain how big business and the rich since 1980 have used complex, obscure tax and other systemic changes to keep making the rich richer and our economy more and more unfair and unaffordable to most Americans.
They just did it again. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
They just did it again. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
In Evil Geniuses I explain how big business and the rich since 1980 have used complex, obscure tax and other systemic changes to keep making the rich richer and our economy more and more unfair and unaffordable to most Americans.
They just did it again. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
They just did it again. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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If Joe Biden did this during a presser the Times wouldn’t have stopped printing until the 25th Amendment was invoked
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
If Joe Biden did this during a presser the Times wouldn’t have stopped printing until the 25th Amendment was invoked
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"When pitting the US against 38 other higher-income countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the US has the highest rate of relative poverty, second-highest rate of child poverty and infant mortality, and the second-lowest life expectancy rate."
Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"When pitting the US against 38 other higher-income countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the US has the highest rate of relative poverty, second-highest rate of child poverty and infant mortality, and the second-lowest life expectancy rate."
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Venture capitalists Andreessen and Horowitz invest in startup that sells thousands of AI bot influencers to manipulate social media as a service, clearly violating major platform policies
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.
www.404media.co
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Venture capitalists Andreessen and Horowitz invest in startup that sells thousands of AI bot influencers to manipulate social media as a service, clearly violating major platform policies
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
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The Trump administration just ordered two Gulfstream luxury private jets for Kristi Noem at a cost of over $172 million.
This comes as Americans can barely afford groceries.
This comes as Americans can barely afford groceries.
October 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Trump administration just ordered two Gulfstream luxury private jets for Kristi Noem at a cost of over $172 million.
This comes as Americans can barely afford groceries.
This comes as Americans can barely afford groceries.
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Trump Gets the Retribution He Sought, and Shatters Norms in the Process ... shatters the rule of law, not just "norms".. this is tyranny www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
Trump Gets the Retribution He Sought, and Shatters Norms in the Process
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Trump Gets the Retribution He Sought, and Shatters Norms in the Process ... shatters the rule of law, not just "norms".. this is tyranny www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
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⚠️NEW REPORT⚠️
Excessive force complaints against the NYPD have surged in past three years to highest since 2013—a dramatic increase during Mayor Adams's tenure.
Excessive force complaints against the NYPD have surged in past three years to highest since 2013—a dramatic increase during Mayor Adams's tenure.
Comptroller finds NYPD force complaints way up under Mayor Adams
The complaints are also concentrated in Black and Latino neighborhoods, the report finds.
gothamist.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
⚠️NEW REPORT⚠️
Excessive force complaints against the NYPD have surged in past three years to highest since 2013—a dramatic increase during Mayor Adams's tenure.
Excessive force complaints against the NYPD have surged in past three years to highest since 2013—a dramatic increase during Mayor Adams's tenure.
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“The FBI recorded Tom Homan, White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help agents posing as business executives win government contracts in a 2nd Trump administration… Trump’s DOJ shut down the investigation…” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
September 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“The FBI recorded Tom Homan, White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help agents posing as business executives win government contracts in a 2nd Trump administration… Trump’s DOJ shut down the investigation…” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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November 17, 2021 www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-n...
September 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
November 17, 2021 www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-n...
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I want to see a competition among elected Democrats, especially those with executive authority in state office over who can use that authority most effectively to stymie, impede, block and discredit Trumps efforts to create an autocracy. That should be the coin of future electoral success
August 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I want to see a competition among elected Democrats, especially those with executive authority in state office over who can use that authority most effectively to stymie, impede, block and discredit Trumps efforts to create an autocracy. That should be the coin of future electoral success
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Betteridge's Law of Headlines, illustrated.
("Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word No.")
("Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word No.")
August 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Betteridge's Law of Headlines, illustrated.
("Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word No.")
("Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word No.")
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The act is wearing so thin. Each new shark-jumping attempt so preposterous. A sad old clown so pathetically desperate for attention.
July 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The act is wearing so thin. Each new shark-jumping attempt so preposterous. A sad old clown so pathetically desperate for attention.
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Add the media to the list of law firms and universities who think the proper response to a bully stealing your lunch money is to carry more money.
Paramount agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris that Trump claimed “60 Minutes” deceptively edited to interfere with the election. Read more: https://trib.al/xDMS1Fl
July 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Add the media to the list of law firms and universities who think the proper response to a bully stealing your lunch money is to carry more money.
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ICE is now changing tactics and arresting people who have been granted asylum hearings.
This is both a violation of US & international law that demands immediate attention from all New York elected officials & underscores the urgent need for legal service providers to be at all of these cases.
This is both a violation of US & international law that demands immediate attention from all New York elected officials & underscores the urgent need for legal service providers to be at all of these cases.
June 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
ICE is now changing tactics and arresting people who have been granted asylum hearings.
This is both a violation of US & international law that demands immediate attention from all New York elected officials & underscores the urgent need for legal service providers to be at all of these cases.
This is both a violation of US & international law that demands immediate attention from all New York elected officials & underscores the urgent need for legal service providers to be at all of these cases.
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Happening now! Rally at Foley Sq to protest @bradlander.bsky.social’s arrest and to free our neighbors!
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Happening now! Rally at Foley Sq to protest @bradlander.bsky.social’s arrest and to free our neighbors!
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social
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I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.
June 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.
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Senator Alex Padilla is one of the most decent people I know.
This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful.
Trump and his shock troops are out of control.
This must end now.
This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful.
Trump and his shock troops are out of control.
This must end now.
Senator Padilla is forcibly shoved out of Kristi Noem's press briefing:
"I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary"
"I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary"
June 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Senator Alex Padilla is one of the most decent people I know.
This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful.
Trump and his shock troops are out of control.
This must end now.
This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful.
Trump and his shock troops are out of control.
This must end now.
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It’s a race to be the biggest blowhard. This is the opposite of smart. The opposite of good. The opposite of effective. It’s sound and fury signifying the continued collapse of a proudly dumb and angry nation. These are children acting like children.
June 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It’s a race to be the biggest blowhard. This is the opposite of smart. The opposite of good. The opposite of effective. It’s sound and fury signifying the continued collapse of a proudly dumb and angry nation. These are children acting like children.
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To be clear, this is what an insurrection looks like:
June 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
To be clear, this is what an insurrection looks like: