DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."
But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."
i’m gonna donate because their ask at noon was to “support your local cool people”
When and if the paper *is* delivered, the March 6 front page features a story that ran online two days ago, with the words “heated ICE” in the print headline
CIA radio intelligence officer focused on Central America 🫣; a WWII Vet who moved around to find work wherever he could in the US South (Texas, Alabama, Georgia). Both first generation Americans.
legit question — what generation is raising Gen Z men? is it by and large Gen X?
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...
This is the chair of the Ethics Committee for the record.
Rep. @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social and baby Hans, welcome to The War on Cars.
I can’t stop thinking about how this is a priority of the Tax Chair who eliminated the Property Tax Sub-Committee as soon as she got power back. And property tax hikes statewide are projected to near $1b.
Same tax chair who refuses to pass a Land Value Tax pilot to spur much needed development.
@katiejonesmpls.bsky.social is such a badass.
Congrats to Rep. @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social and family, who biked to the hospital last week and came back with baby Hans. Here's what she told me about the ride:
A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.
I want to do my part in raising awareness. Texas's Big Bend is set to receive new border security infrastructure, including >100 mi of border wall cutting through Big Bend National Park. Kristi Noem just waived 28 environmental protection laws and regulations to expedite this construction. 🧵 1/4
The far right loves to ask this question because their entire base would fall apart it they had to answer “What is a man” and compare to their leaders.
Horrifying. Jesus Lord in heaven.
You don’t need an MBA to know that you cant just will the public to return your brand to a time defined by values that you long abandoned.
If they had DEI they’d know it was Targét not Tarzhay
CNN: Three US fighter jets accidentally shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses, military says By Haley Britzky , Helen Regan Helen Regan , Eyad Kourdi , Isaac Yee , Teele Rebane , Lucas Lilieholm Updated 13 hr ago
Reuters: Fire at US embassy complex in Riyadh after blast heard, sources say By Reuters March 2, 20266:23 PM CSTUpdated 13 mins ago
New York Times: U.S. military death toll rises to 6
CNN: State Dept urges US citizens to "DEPART NOW" from countries throughout Middle East
Two days into the war:
- three F-15s shot down
- U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia in flames
- six U.S. service members confirmed dead; more wounded
- State Department tells Americans to flee the entire Middle East
A beautiful homemade flan
One of the moms of the families I’ve been delivering groceries to asked today if I’d be willing to accept something from her. And she came back with this beautiful flan she’d made to say thank you for helping us. I am crying. People are too kind. This is whom our government is forcing into hiding.
image of usps stamps of bruce lee looking bad ass af doing a flying kick into the words “bruce lee usa forever”
Holy shit these new Bruce Lee stamps at USPS are sick!!!
Pretty stacked lineup for You're Not From Here on Wednesday. Don't miss it! @blackhartstp.com at 7pm. tcsidewalks.blogspot.com/2026/02/your...
I've thought about this one a lot. These fraud claims are directly tied to the deaths of Minnesotans, and not just the ones you've heard about, and endless more ongoing hardships (and not just the ones you've heard about). Thompson should have to leave town, frankly, and never work here again.
It was never about protecting cisgen women and girls. This law strips transgender adult male and females of their right to pursue liberty.
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I’m still stuck on *why* Thompson would do this. Local outlets proactively framed him as a career prosecutor but who benefits from him throwing out inflated numbers without receipts? Was it for himself or his higher ups?
It’s hard to shake the feeling that this was disinformation that paved the way for Nick Shirley to harass daycares. And now, anytime you look at local right wing Facebook comments that $9b number balloons exponentially.
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This piece on Joe Thompson zeroes in on what always felt like a very critical piece to Trump’s pretext to Operation Metro Surge.
After earning local media darling status, he gave a $9b figure with no evidence. Thompson poured gasoline on the fraud media frenzy. The timing doesn’t feel random.
A federal judge in St. Paul on Thursday ordered Minnesota's top federal law enforcement official to appear in court and explain why immigration authorities failed to return the belongings of more than two dozen people they arrested and detained illegally. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
