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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · May 22

When you tax rich people more, great things are possible.

#mapoli

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/21/m...

Massachusetts has already collected $2.6b in ‘millionaires tax’ cash, surging past state projections - The Boston Globe

With two months still left in the fiscal year, the voter-approved surtax has generated $2.6 billion in revenue, Healey administration officials said, already topping what the state collected all of la...

www.bostonglobe.com

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Nikki T in NYC @nikkitnyc.bsky.social · May 20

You do NOT have to accept this! Post on the public comments to pressure them to NOT do this! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Regulations.gov

www.regulations.gov

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maia @maiacatalpa.bsky.social · Apr 28

very happy to announce that I am now represented by @frecklywench.bsky.social!

I could not have found a better champion for my queer con woman and her company of rascals. excited to find out what's next! 🥂

announcement graphic in bisexual colors: now represented by Maggie Cooper, Aevitas Creative Management

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maia @maiacatalpa.bsky.social · Apr 11

⚡️ personal news: ⚡️

I am vague!

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maia @maiacatalpa.bsky.social · Mar 28

2 of my favorite mysteries ever!!

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maia @maiacatalpa.bsky.social · Mar 28

Put a finger down if 1. you're a disaster bisexual who 2. has to pull a con on an unreasonably handsome man you don't like AT ALL so 3. you can steal his stuff and flee the country and 4. you *won't* join your staff's found family because 5. you fear to love again.

Quick: 🖐️✊

#UnhingedPit #R #Q

angsty dancing meme: "they don't know I'm not a housekeeper, I'm a con artist stealing as much as I can from our employer so I can get away before the police show up and clap me in irons for a (different) crime"

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maia @maiacatalpa.bsky.social · Feb 14

I've heard this is the dress they give you when you sign with someone 😶‍🌫️

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maia @maiacatalpa.bsky.social · Feb 14

TO KEEP A THIEF

Queer DOWNTON ABBEY x Lex Croucher's TROUBLE

👒 disgraced lady's maid on the run
💎 con woman x gentleman
⚡️ grumpy/grumpy
🫠 oops! we fell in love
❤️‍🩹 found family
✨ Edwardian country house
🩷💜💙 queer m/f

#HR #LGBTQ #Cupit

moodboard for TO KEEP A THIEF: country house, dust-sheets, wisteria, hands touching, misty countryside, Edwardian kitchen, tangled sheets with candle glow

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Brian Schatz @schatz.bsky.social · Nov 25

The tax fight next year is going to be an absolute barn burner and it gives our side a perfect opportunity for moral and strategic clarity. They want to raise the price of stuff you buy and use your money to give more to corporations. Let’s keep it simple and let’s fight, after the holidays.

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maia @maiacatalpa.bsky.social · May 23

god I love this campaign

Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos.bsky.social · May 22

In 2023, Massachusetts created a 4% tax on incomes over $1M and used the money to completely fund school lunches for all kids. The millionaires, it turns out... are fine www.businessinsider.com/massachusett...

Massachusetts' millionaire tax is earning more than expected and could help make up for the last few years of high earners fleeing the state

The millionaires tax in Massachusetts beat estimates by bringing in $1.8 billion so far, helping the state despite the loss of high-income earners.

www.businessinsider.com

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maia @maiacatalpa.bsky.social · Apr 11

something funny, optimistic, and queer

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Oct 25

Harlan Crow and a few billionaires have provided Clarence Thomas with:
-38 destination vacations
-26 private jet flights
-6 helicopter flights
-Yacht voyages
And we're going to let Thomas rule on Moore v. US, which could permanently shield billionaires from a wealth tax?

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maia @maiacatalpa.bsky.social · Oct 26

co-sign!! jesus pick a lane Boston!

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maia @maiacatalpa.bsky.social · Sep 15

fwwwwwrwm

Algorhythm & Blues @padraigkingsley.bsky.social · Sep 15

…How would you spell the sound that a lightsaber makes when it first ignites from the hilt?

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onion person @junlper.beer · Jul 19

this place is in serious need of a vibe reorientation because this is becoming unsustainable

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maia @maiacatalpa.bsky.social · Jul 10

whoever got to write “his pursuit of a bigger penis ultimately led to his demise” was cackling the whole time

maia @maiacatalpa.bsky.social · Jul 7

taylor swift allston, ma
🤝

mattress on the side of the road in allston

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Jeanna Kadlec @jeannakadlec.bsky.social · Jul 6

yu and me books, a woman owned AAPI bookstore in NYC’s chinatown, had a devastating fire in their building yesterday, and they’re closed while they assess the damage

a small thing we can do to support is buy from their bookshop store

https://bookshop.org/shop/yuandmebooks

Just a moment...

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