Senate approves rollback of #BWCA protections 50-49.

I was waiting to see if any senator would speak publicly in favor of rolling back #BWCA protections. The answer: no.

Vote to rollback #BWCA protections now starting on Senate floor.

MN's Sen. Tina Smith now on Senate floor ahead of #BWCA vote.

Klobuchar now speaking on US Senate floor about upcoming #BWCA vote

Image of a person wearing PPE in a blurred background holding a vaccine vial with a DNA helix illustration inside the vial in the foreground.

CIDRAP Op-Ed: Measles, misinformation, & what's actually in the MMR vaccine

RFK Jr. has said the MMR vaccine contains "millions of particles that were created from aborted fetal tissue, millions of DNA fragments." It does not.

Full Op-Ed by @jakescottmd.bsky.social: ow.ly/n39O50YKoOP

Klobuchar now speaking in opposition to rolling back #BWCA protections.

Measure to roll back #BWCA protections cleared for floor vote. MN Sen Tina Smith now speaking in opposition

Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing those photos.

Burcum: Will the Senate betray the Boundary Waters? This is not a drill: The Senate is poised to blow up Boundary Waters mining protections, columnist Jill Burcum writes.

Do we really want to live in a country where our most treasured wild places can be stripped of their protections at any moment? #BWCA www.startribune.com/us-senate-up...

Burcum: Through this new U nursing scholarship, Alex Pretti’s legacy carries on "It’s hard to imagine a more fitting tribute to Alex Pretti than helping nursing students who want to follow his lead by caring for the nation’s wounded warriors," columnist Jill Burcum writes.

We greatly appreciate the outpouring of support for the Alex Pretti Nursing Scholarship.

“It’s hard to imagine a more fitting tribute to Alex Pretti than helping nursing students who want to follow his lead by caring for the nation’s wounded warriors,” says @jburcum.bsky.social, @startribune.com.

U.S. sends thousands more troops to Mideast as Trump seeks to squeeze Iran The deployment includes sailors and Marines due to arrive as the administration attempts to enforce a maritime blockade against the regime in Tehran.

Breaking WaPo:

The Pentagon is sending thousands of additional troops into the Middle East in the coming days.

The forces moving into the region include about 6,000 troops aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush and several warships escorting it. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Autism

Star Tribune: 'Burcum: Through this new U nursing scholarship, Alex Pretti’s legacy carries on'

'An endowed scholarship gives Minnesotans a new way to honor the life of the VA nurse who was shot by immigration agents.'

www.startribune.com/umn-pretti-s...

An endowed scholarship at the U of MInnesota is a fitting way to honor Alex Pretti. In addition to helping students, it sends a strong message that the public is paying attention and demanding accountability for his death. www.startribune.com/umn-pretti-s...

CDC delays publishing report showing covid vaccine benefits The acting CDC director cited concerns with the methodology, but the design has long been used to test vaccine effectiveness.

"The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed publication of a CDC report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half." Gift link: wapo.st/4ccudpF

Lunar Flyby - NASA

Oh this is great: there’s now an #Artemis II Lunar Flyby Gallery on the NASA images site: www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna... (thx @dpmanchee.bsky.social for pointing it out)

Worth it but buttkicking for 24 hours

Happy Easter to you, too!🐣

Burcum: A fraud fix that backfired A well-intentioned Medicare billing change created a crisis for rural Minnesota hospitals, and a warning for policymakers about moving too fast, columnist Jill Burcum writes.

A well-intentioned Medicare billing change intended to fight fraud created a crisis for rural Minnesota hospitals, and a warning for policymakers about moving too fast., even with good intentions. www.startribune.com/mn-fraud-sca...

I’m partial to my column about rural hospitals. Good letters to the editor package too

My patient would rather take a peptide than a statin. That reveals an uncomfortable truth in medicine The more evidence behind a therapy, the less the public trusts it

“The volume of evidence behind a therapy has become inversely correlated with public trust in it,” writes Vikas Patel. www.statnews.com/2026/04/03/p...

US Scientists Sequence 1,000 Genomes From Measles, a Disease Long Eliminated With Vaccines - KFF Health News This week, the CDC began to publish long-awaited data that will reveal the extent of measles’ comeback. While applauding the science, researchers say the Trump administration has done little to contai...

Great story behind the story by @amymaxmen.bsky.social .

“I’m pro-science, but we shouldn’t have to do this,” said Theresa McCarthy Flynn, president of NC Pediatrics Society. “We don’t have to have a measles epidemic.”

RFK jr and his ilk have created a problem that doesn’t need to exist.

The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

We decided to illustrate it.

Similar situation.

There was a No Kings inspired rally yesterday in Cannon Falls, in deep red Goodhue County. Drove by it on a post office run.

Trump: "If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants very hard and probably simultaneously ... there's not a thing they could do about it"

“Like never before” could be a new drinking game.

What does “hottest” country even mean?

Burcum: Two deaths. Zero accountability. "Does the United States now have a federal immigration force that can kill Americans in front of the public yet operates beyond accountability’s reach?" Jill Burcum writes.

www.startribune.com/operation-me...