Great piece Jeff, cheers! It's interesting what you say about 'America’s reputation for having rough and unpleasant' hops. In Ireland at least they were looked on very favourably. Maybe we were ahead of our time!? ...

The story of Cascade hops stretches all the way back to 1955, and is one of the keys to the beer we drink today. In anticipation of the all-Cascade Oregon Homegrown collaboration, I have the fascinating history of America’s most important hop.

Now passed into law 👇🏻 www.americanprogress.org/article/addr...

I've never seen a Colbert show, and maybe it's all the Michigan jokes, but this is very very funny. Jack White is his sidekick. Feels like a Space Ghost episode.

Michigan just permanently protected 73,000 acres of land in the Upper Peninsula and opened it to the public. The deal, which was 5 years in the making, protects the land from habitat fragmentation and oil and gas exploration www.mlive.com/environment/...

These guys are all criminals and they don’t give a shit about anyone but themselves. They think you’re too stupid to care that you’re getting ripped off. They think you won’t do anything about it and that’s how they’ll get away with it. Don’t let them get away with it.

Keep saying “the criminals who stormed the Capitol” in every campaign speech. Don’t say “January 6”. Don’t talk about the pardons. Everyone already knows they are all criminals who keep getting off easy & everyone hates shit like that. They want to cancel your vote so they can get away with it.

The NAACP went right for the heart--and the wallet--of the white conservative South in its counter-offensive to the partisan gerrymandering frenzy. nymag.com/intelligence...

Honestly, we need to start showing this again. In prime time. To adults.

They are ripping us off in broad daylight. The biggest corporations are in on it and every Republican in Congress doing nothing about it is in on it. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Attn: @wisdems.org prospect.org/2026/05/18/h...

Studying works!

In the state that just eliminated black representation in Congress.

If we impose term limits on Supreme Court justices (and we should), what do we do if a seat on the court is vacated?

The entire pack of grifters in this administration knows that nobody is going to stop them. And what’s horrific is that they’re not wrong about that.

“pushing the legal limits”

Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm because ethics.

Internal AutoZone memo: “.. We’re facing the largest supply shortage of lubricating fluids in the modern history of America. Realistic, middle-of-the-road estimates are for our average available supply in this product category to drop by 40%.” (via Costa Oil) #$AZO

A masterclass of obituary writing.

This rules, man.

What a time to be alive.

(Jenna Jacobson and Corrine Hendrickson are also running in the primary)

The photo that perfectly sums up the Beijing summit.

OK, not quite official, but I'm calling it: Schlitz is gone. My story on what losing this beer means to Milwaukee, and Kirby Nelson and Wisconsin Brewing Co.'s effort to send it off proper. www.milwaukeemag.com/schlitz-is-g...

The top two bumper stickers of all time are mine.

Yes, the Fancy Lawyers Are the Problem — Across the Board talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/yes-t...

“appeared” to undermine.

If jacking up diesel fuel and fertilizer prices right before spring planting and scaring off their workforce doesn’t motivate rural voters to vote for change then rural communities are left for dead. We need thriving rural communities.

This website shows you what your browser is leaking about you. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

“Not for rinsing or washing,” they said. (Seen at Union Station.)

Important story from @laylaayanna.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/news/u-s-wor...

Cracked a code here. Holy moly....

So great that we’ve handed everything over to our internet overlords who then get mugged by internet underlords.

Not a great sign that President Trump’s judicial nominees seem incapable of stating that President Trump is ineligible to run for a third term.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social It wasn’t an election for Tim Sheehy. It was a purchase. dailymontanan.com/2026/04/28/i...

“new concerns”

The Antler. Monona, WI

My suspicion is that Ossoff is hitting the sweet spot.

Madison continues to shape the future of Ultimate Frisbee — testing how the sport can grow without losing the spirit of the game.

Nope. Remember....cash bar.

Love it when we get an early taste of summer in Madison.

Brewmasters Pub

Also at Le Tigre Lounge…posted on the back bar.

Le Tigre Lounge. Madison, WI.

For those who are also not good at math.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS_Y...

Don’t underestimate the backlash to Trump publicly ordering up a mid-decade redraw in Texas because Republicans are “entitled to five more seats.” And then getting it. That moment killed the (then still robust) Democratic resistance to maximal warfare with their own gerrymanders.

Trevor Noah eloquently explains Schrödinger’s Billionaire #Pinks