We found that Jeff Bezos paid *zero* taxes in 2007 and 2011. In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children. This is how he did it (published 2021):

UPDATE from @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social's @erinbeck.bsky.social on the federal judges in West Virginia rejecting Trump immigration crackdown: mountainstatespotlight.org/2026/02/04/t...

On Friday, ICE issued a press release touting immigrant arrests in WV, guaranteeing its narrative got traction. Look through your feed. You'll see what I mean. Here's @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social's account, which gives the full story of what's going on: mountainstatespotlight.org/2026/01/31/i...

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Even in West Virginia -- where 70 percent of the ballots were cast for President Trump -- there is strong opposition to the ICE raids and immigration crackdown. Read @erinbeck.bsky.social's @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social piece for the story the government's press release doesn't give you.

If you're hearing a lot about ICE arrests in West Virginia, you want to read this @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social story to understand what's really going on here: mountainstatespotlight.org/2026/01/31/i...

NEW: How Trump’s ICE raids in West Virginia are overstepping constitutional limits mountainstatespotlight.org/2026/01/31/i...

Believe your eyes www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

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NEW: West Virginia got federal money to help foster kids succeed as adults. The state sent millions of dollars back. mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/12/16/w...

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Find some time this weekend for this important @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social story mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/12/11/d...

“I am a gun nut, maybe a nut in general" A West Virginia legislator who helped protect firearms manufacturers from legal liability. Inside the sausage making at our state's Capitol mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/12/11/d...

NEW: How a gun manufacturer accused of marketing to mass shooters helped shape West Virginia gun laws mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/12/11/d...

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NEW: Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found. By @emcahan.bsky.social

Had 'em all the way. #BeatPitt www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQic...

Don't miss another maddening story of inaction by West Virginia officials on flooding, by @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social's @sarahbishi.bsky.social mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/08/29/f...

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“Today, that unlawful, unpermitted discharge stops.” Latest @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social update from @sarahbishi.bsky.social mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/08/07/c...

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