Erin Maye Quade

A New York Times analysis shows the stunning velocity at which the fortunes of the 1 percent have increased across the country since President Trump first took office in 2017. The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120 percent between 2017 and 2025, a colossal leap from the 45 percent growth they had seen over the previous nine years. The number of U.S. billionaires jumped 50 percent by some estimates between 2017 and 2025, to more than 900 people.

The minting of dozens of new billionaires occurred in the immediate wake of the 2017 tax cuts championed by Mr. Trump at the beginning of his first term, the nation's biggest tax overhaul since 1986. The legislation, which slashed personal income taxes and doubled the estate tax exemption, was billed by Mr. Trump as "tax cuts for American families." But the Times analysis, backed up by a range of new studies, shows that it disproportionately benefited wealthier taxpayers. Most important, it cut the corporate tax rate and laid the groundwork for a surge in stock prices - creating a phenomenal accretion of wealth. The coronavirus pandemic intensified the dynamic. Tech prices soared as employees geared up to work at home and inflation tripled, weighing on the middle class and devastating the poor. While the rich have been getting richer at a fairly steady pace over the years, the analysis shows that the net worths of those who were already billionaires experienced a pronounced shift after the tax cuts were signed into law, growing by 49 percent over eight years.

This is what happens when money becomes speech: billionaires are so loud they drown out the rest of us — and it’s destroying our country. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.

An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports.
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Jeffries: "Article 1 of the Constitution provides Congress with the sole authority to declare war. Framers made that decision b/c they were concerned about kings plunging their people into unnecessary wars to pillage resources of others for the benefit of a tyrant and his family. Sound familiar?"

"It is fraud" -- Neguse nails Kristi Noem for lying during her testimony yesterday when she told the Senate that DHS's $220m ad campaign starring her "went out to a competitive bid" (it did not), and tells her "I think there's gonna be accountability" (1/2)

Ted Lieu to Kristi Noem: “I just showed you a video with ICE officers at a school drop-off location — your refusal to commit to stopping these operations at or near schools & drop-off locations is why you're failing — so I'm going to show you this video that encapsulates why you're failing”

I love this city lolol

Bro, ICE is still here kidnapping people, now they’ve even got transit vans advertising fake companies.

They cut Meals on Wheels for seniors, doctors for the VA, and food for American children - but send billions of taxpayer dollars to the Middle East for an unnecessary war of choice.

Luis and his Mom in Florida de Jalisco in Shakopee.

Thank you to @stephenrodrick.bsky.social at Rolling Stone for telling the human story of ICE in Shakopee with such compassion, integrity, and care.

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US troops who died in Iran war remembered as devoted parents and soldiers Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when a drone strike in Kuwait killed her and five others.

Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when a drone strike in Kuwait killed her and five others.

A white Ford Transit van that is labeled "Midwest Plumbing". This is not a real company.

We saw an uptick in ICE activity today.

ICE continues to be spotted around the metro area - dining, driving, and hiding in between events.

Current vehicles on the short list include Black Chevrolet Tahoes, White or Silver Jeep Wagoneers, and White Ford Transit vans with fake branding.

Breaking: Arkansas Democrats just flipped a Republican seat It's the ninth red-to-blue pickup in a special election in Trump's second term

JUST IN: Democrat Alex Holladay has flipped a GOP-held seat in *Arkansas*.

Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders tried hard to delay this race and wanted the seat to stay vacant for 8+ months, but the courts told her to hold it today. If she was worried, she was right to be.

Our full recap:

I voted in Dallas County today. The texas.gov site wouldn't tell me where to go, so I went to where I voted in the '24 presidential election. They said I was at the wrong place, and gave me the address I needed to go to. That place then informed me I had to go somewhere else.

“In order to connect with young men in America, we need to support those systems most effective as taking their money.”

NEW: the texas state Supreme Court just temporarily BLOCKED a lower court judges ruling extending polling hours in Dallas County. Any votes cast by people not in line by 7 PM will have their votes set aside pending the outcome of the litigation.

Watching Republicans test-run straight up election rigging in Texas is honestly astonishing. I know we’re not surprised, but it’s so brazen it’s shocking

No amount of regret can reunite families, save children from indefinite detention, or make our communities whole again.

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When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

video taken in downtown minneapolis today of reported bounty hunters PULLING A GUN on someone standing in the road in front of city hall. (business on the van is fake.) hennepin county sheriff’s deputies were right behind and did nothing

video by government employee who saw it on their lunch break

Gas prices jump 16 cents overnight in Minnesota and are still heading up Unrest in the Middle East and spring travel are leading to price surge of 10 to 25 cents a gallon in the next week or two. Some analysts say a gallon could hit $4.

Week one and Trump’s war is hitting pocket books.

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picture of the side of Trump's head

zoom in on the new makeup spot

Trump used a coating of makeup today to cover up the rash (or whatever it is) that was so apparent yesterday behind his ear

(Win McNamee/Getty)

Democratic voters in Texas scramble to find polling place amid precinct voting switch Early voting had been countywide and saw record Democratic turnout, but the switch to precinct-only locations left many voters showing up at the wrong spot and being turned away.

🚨BREAKING: Hundreds of Democratic voters in Dallas and Williamson Counties, Texas scrambled to find their polling places Tuesday after the local Republican parties refused to hold a joint primary — ending more than a decade of convenient countywide voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Like I said, brand new rage 😡

😕🤷🏼

Man, just straight up theft.

Ossoff: "The president owes Americans a real explanation. 2am posts on Truth Social just aren't good enough when you're sending Americans into combat. He was dancing at his beach club the same night he ordered air crews to launch into combat & hours before our service members endured missile salvos"

“They came to my house to try to scare me, I invited them in for lunch.”

Two weeks ago, I shared that ICE boxed me in outside my house.

What I DIDN’T share was that I had New York Times reporter Charles Homans and his photographer with me in the car!

Oh well that clears it up

American Death Toll in Trump’s Iran War Doubles in Two Days Three more U.S. service members have been killed in action since Sunday’s Central Command announcement.

Three more U.S. service members have been killed in action since Sunday’s Central Command announcement.