Brown: Trump’s Forest Service overhaul spells doom for ecology research “'Can’t see the forest for the trees' is an old cliche, but an apt one for the Trump administration’s latest decision to reorganize the U.S. Forest Service," columnist Aaron Brown writes.

100% @minnesotabrown.bsky.social “If staff are located hundreds of miles away, often in cities, quality research will become virtually impossible to conduct without additional (and unlikely) new funding.” www.startribune.com/forest-servi...

Some people get paid a lot of money to be strategically incompetent.

Know your rights tomorrow, and always.

Hegseth Strikes Two Black and Two Female Officers From Promotion List

In these times, when a news story says something is a "highly unusual move" it often *really* means incompetence (or worse). #nokings www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

Subject line of Minnesota Star Tribune breaking news email says rump instead of Trump.

A typo I can get behind

I appreciate a solid Kara Swisher screed. I don’t think the @mprnews.org host/producer quite knew what they were getting themselves into this evening. Nor were they ready w/ the 7 second delay. 😂

She should have been president.

A Look at 4 Americans Who Have Died in the Iran Conflict

A Look at 4 Americans Who Have Died in the Iran Conflict www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/w...

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Ilhan Omar: Five steps to take in response to Operation Metro Surge "Nothing about what we witnessed was normal," U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar writes. "Where do we go from here?"

#iceoutMN

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Thanks 4 sharing your experience. No Canvas access at my university either. My college IT sent a note after I inquired this morning, but my institution has issues no statements about problem (at least w/ faculty). Reading replies here--
glad to see other institutions don't rely on AWS.

After a land acknowledgement, the University of Minnesota began its system-wide live stream on the future of the institution with a quick pep talk about leadership from flagship campus' football coach.
#education #highered #football

One day before Annunciation, there was another Minneapolis mass shooting Students at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School said school staff blocked off rooms with windows looking out at the shooting scene to ensure students couldn’t see the aftermath.

When I saw this headline I thought it was clickbait. Thinking about the neighborhood, race and class and why this wasn’t in the headlines sooner: www.startribune.com/one-day-befo...

Join the American Journalism Historians Association in Long Beach this September. Accepting your research papers, panel proposals, and work-in-progress abstracts until June 2.

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NPR and Colorado public radio stations sue Trump White House NPR and three Colorado public radio stations are suing the Trump administration over the president's executive order seeking to ban the use of federal money for NPR and PBS.

I have questions. Looking forward to future independent reporting that can further explain why Colorado Public Radio was the only state that joined @npr.org NPR in this suit. Were other stations invited to join and declined? Not invited? Why? www.npr.org/2025/05/27/n...

Here’s my periodic reminder, news media, that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes in 2016. It’s your responsibility to provide that critical context.

Journalism & media historians! AJHA is accepting submissions for annual convention in Long Beach. We take a broad view of print, broadcast, digital, advertising & PR history. Deadline TWO WEEKS from today: June 2 @ 11:59pm EST. #historians #MediaHistory #AJHA2025 ajha.wildapricot.org/call_for_pap...

You’re 🤦🏻‍♀️ dang auto correct.

💯 🙄

Big Ten university faculties push for defense compact against Trump The proposed NATO-like alliance for the 18 schools would allow them to share resources in case the president targets one of their members.

Otherwise important reporting, tell me you're an East coast elitist writing about the Midwest w/out saying your an elitist:

"It represents land-grant universities in the Midwest — and corn-fed athletics programs — that are central to each state’s identity."
wapo.st/3EDjyYi

If some high school students can work on climate issues, surely you can, too • Minnesota Reformer By now we know that climate change is one of the biggest threats to our collective futures.  From coast to coast, devastating fires and hurricanes have destroyed homes and livelihoods and changed the ...

In this guest commentary, Duluth East High School students discuss their climate club as they push for rooftop solar panels at their school. “The young people are asking you to try. Let’s do it together.” minnesotareformer.com/2025/04/17/i...

Maine Governor, Staring Down Trump, Says She Is Unfazed by ‘Loud Men’ (Gift Article) Observers of her political rise — and some who have sparred with her — say Gov. Janet Mills’s refusal to bow to President Trump is right in character.

"“If the current occupant of the White House wants to protect women and girls, he should start by protecting the women and teenage girls who are suffering miscarriages and dying because they can’t get basic, lifesaving health care,” she said at an event in Bangor." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

Minnesota lost a legend yesterday in wildlife photographer Jim Brandenburg. Gwen and I are sending our love to his family.

Here’s his photo ‘Chased by the Light’ taken in Ely.

Huge crowd of protesters in Duluth, Minnesota for the Hands Off! protest!

Thank you, Minnesota!

Four things to know about the Minnesota senator accused of soliciting a teen for sex GOP leaders have called on Justin Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, to resign.

“This week [In Minnesota], he made headlines as one of five Senate Republicans who sought to classify “Trump derangement syndrome” as a mental illness.”

www.startribune.com/justin-eicho...

University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents approves controversial policy on faculty speech The board approved the resolution 9-3. Some faculty say it will limit their academic freedom and speech.

“It is our work to ensure our experts can speak about what they know,” Gulley said. “Going after universities is right out of the playbook of authoritarian regimes.”

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Target predicts slow-growth year as consumer stress intensifies Minneapolis-based retailer sees modest sales growth driven by digital gains in holiday quarter, but has begun to double down on fundamentals to increase loyalty and draw more customers.

How can reporting about Target’s financial troubles omit *any mention* of the customer backlash they are receiving over ending DEI? Seems to be written entirely from a press release. www.startribune.com/target-in-st...

Hey @washingtonpost.com you say your new Kash Patel story has "not previously been reported."

Wrong, we at @motherjones.com scooped you and had this out earlier today.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Feel free to correct.

Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.

You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?

Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.

You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

Opinion | My Farewell Column Growing into myself as a writer — and doing it in front of and for all of you — has been one of the great honors of my life.

Take a moment away from doomscrolling and read this eloquent good-bye. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...