The headlines were staggering but there is much more to the story of the Chicago apartment building raid than the Trump administration led the public to believe. Read this story by @propublica.org:

A committee of South Dakota lawmakers expressed support for legislative efforts to rein in powers that some committee members said former Gov. #KristiNoem abused. The efforts address the use of state credit cards and an economic development fund under the governor's control. buff.ly/6yZgD9m

State Senate President Pro Tempore Chris Karr, R-Sioux Falls, called the #Education Department's review the “worst performing report that we have” and said Department Secretary Joe Graves faces an “uphill battle.” southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/11/13/s...

Labor Department data show President Donald Trump’s businesses applied to hire at least 184 foreign workers for seasonal jobs at golf courses, a winery and Mar–a-Lago.

"Federal law says they have every legal right to be in the United States, and that ICE should never have put them in a detention center. " www.newsfromthestates.com/article/thre...

Anti-TIF Campaign Unites Conservative and Liberal Activists in Rapid City Senator Taffy Howard (R-34/Rapid City) sent me a press release this morning announcing that she and her compatriots on the "No Free Rides Committee" will hold a press conference next week to explain to public why they should…

Tens of thousands of Wyomingites lost power Thursday due to widespread outages that crossed state lines into South Dakota, according to a map from Power Outage. Photo credit: Rocky Mountain Power https://ow.ly/N5FN50XrpEl

"Much as granaries and refrigeration transformed food markets, storage will turn electricity from perishable to persistent, unlocking a new era of energy abundance."

The United States should intervene to protect the lives and freedom of Ukrainians.

Chicago's Far South Side devolved into chaos when residents confronted Border Patrol agents who rammed a car to make an arrest. The feds ultimately used tear gas to flee, despite a Chicago police leader offering to clear a path and warning that cops didn't have gas masks. tinyurl.com/mt3sfh4j

Grocers Cut Items, Swap in Store Brands to Conceal Thanksgiving Inflation Walmart and other grocers are trying to bolster King Don's reality distortion field by claiming Americans will pay less for their Thanksgiving feasts this year. Economically inclined Rapid City blogger John Tsitrian is not…

ICE Thugs Assault Pastors in Chicago King Don makes a show of claiming to fight for religious freedom, but his goons in Chicago are beating up pastors: My first time encountering Bovino in person was on Oct. 3 at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview, Ill., where…

State Ed Board VP Concerned “Epidemic” Not Addressed; Health Standards Already Cover Real Epidemics During Monday's hearing on the proposed K-12 health curriculum standards, State Board of Education Standards vice-president Rich Meyer's insisted repeatedly that sex trafficking is an "epidemic"…

South Dakota sellers of #hemp based products ranging from seltzers to lotions fear that a provision in federal legislation will result in the products "getting ripped away."

With Budget 2025, we’re building more homes, and we’re making sure you can afford them.    To bring down costs, Canada’s new government is removing the GST for first-time home buyers on homes up to $1 million.

For the past 15 years, as the country has frayed at its patriotic seams, the photographer Jeremiah Murphy spent hours capturing the beauty of a deeply American sport: rodeo. See more of his photographs: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/PvHkwX

Don’t Make Curriculum Standards into Laundry Lists; Health Standards Don’t Need to Mention Alzheimer’s and Sex Trafficking The advocacy groups and conservative members of the Board of Education Standards demanding the inclusion of Alzheimer's disease and sex trafficking in the revision of South…

Shorter in other countries: www.cnbc.com/2024/05/07/w...

The idea of a 40-year mortgage can only come from a place insensitive to what it means for an individual or a family to take on such debt servitude. www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024...

“This has been tried with 40-year loans before, and every time it’s been tried in the United States, it’s failed,” Pinto said. Failed because they’re too risky, he said. That’s one reason we don’t already have 50-year mortgages. www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...

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Hundreds of American millionaires say the FAA should have grounded private jets before cutting flights for commercial airliners.

NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.

Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.

POLITICO writes an entire piece today about this chart — and the political vulnerabilities that accompany it.

Many in Bucks County were outraged when Sheriff Fred Harran signed a 287(g) agreement this spring to assist ICE. Harran lost his reelection bid last week against a Democratic challenger who said he’d terminate the agreement.

We spoke with Terence Lester, founder and executive director of the nonprofit Love Beyond Walls, about his unique protest. sojo.net/articles/jes...

Our country is in a constitutional crisis. It's time to take our democracy back. That is why we are proud to announce a new initiative, Unite and Rise 8.5. Through this initiative, we will engage and mobilize 8.5 million voters to protect and preserve our democracy. ➡️ lwv.org/uniteandrise

My latest on the UK cutting back intelligence sharing over fears of the illegal killings Trump and Hegseth are carrying out. This is predictable but surreal at the same time

Vaccine Ignorance Is Curable, But Childhood Vaccination Rates Perilously Low Two important points come out of Dan Santella's report on vaccine refusal in South Dakota. First, the obligatory one-woman's-story lead-in actually enlightens us by showing the vaccine refuseniks can come to their senses:…

Second Hearing: Math Experts Want to Keep Current Standards, Advocates and Board Conservatives Want Schools to Cover Sex Trafficking Proposed K-12 curriculum standards for math and health caught flak at their second public hearing yesterday in Sioux Falls, for different reasons. Expert math…

The SD Department of Social Services says it began preparations over the weekend to issue partial #SNAP food assistance benefits, but the department is also keeping open the possibility that it could pay full benefits. In either case, benefits won’t come until “later this week.”

Today marks 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald and her crew of 29 sank during a violent storm on Lake Superior. In Minnesota, we continue to honor their legacy. www.startribune.com/ss-edmund-fi...

Noem’s Shooting Complex Opens on Road Newly Named for Governor Kristi Noem got her shooting range, but she didn't get her name on it. The $20.1-million Pete Lien and Sons Shooting Sports Complex opened on Halloween. Noem spent $13.5 million in tax dollars intended for economic development on this…

Schwan: SD Workforce Will Grow Three Times Faster Than National Rate But don't worry about South Dakota's economy, says booster Jodi Schwan. She and the state DLR say our workforce will grow at triple the nationwide rate: An annual report from the South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation…

Pushing Immigrants Out Slows Economy, Hurts U.S. Workers, Expands National Debt Northern Plains News points us toward an Economic Policy Institute report on the necessary role immigration plays in preserving America's economic growth. Short form: as long as Americans keep getting older and having…

Incredibly bittersweet to be published in Teen Vogue this weekend after devastating layoffs, including my editor for this piece. It’s about how beauty influencers have fallen into and become part of the alt-right pipeline targeting girls and women www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...

Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments. My response ⬇️

Ukraine is under russian missile attack right now ‼️ countrywide air raid alert, missiles in our airspace.

UPS and FedEx's fleets of MD-11 planes are grounded, which can each carry thousands of packages. Logistics experts say some cargo could shift to passenger planes, trains and trucks.

Back and forth, back and forth: www.keloland.com/news/local-n...

Emails provided to NBC News and House Judiciary Committee include "messages from several inmates who expressed fear they would be moved to higher-security facilities for mentioning Maxwell in phone calls or emails" and said she is receiving more care and attention than typical, Erik Ortiz reported.

Immigrants make up nearly 20% of the overall U.S. workforce. Nearly half of farming, fishing and home health care work is done by immigrants, while 30% of all construction workers and 24% of service industry workers are immigrants. northernplainsnews.substack.com/p/report-imm...

Madison Approves Demolition of 1935 Water Tower When I was growing up in Madison, the water tower—the water tower, back when there was only one—figured prominently in my sense of local geography. The big silver tower on its eight steel legs was the first actual sign of Madison we'd see over the…

Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.

I know what I'm looking for. Leave me the fuck alone.

Writing about deadly strikes on ocean vessels, Rick Snedeker says "South Dakota’s all-Republican congressional delegation, with the possible exception of Rep. Dusty Johnson, hasn’t gotten very exercised about this very questionable Trump grab of congressional power." Commentary:

This morning, I spoke at the SOMOS Labor Breakfast. "We are not looking to remake New York City in my image. We are looking to remake it in the image of struggling workers across the five boroughs."