Yes, Trump's nominee to run the National Park Service is unqualified and that may be a legal problem down the road. But it's about more than that. It's about Doug Burgum's privatization agenda on our public lands. www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...

"Daines is clearly talented at vetting candidates" the day after his last pick violently assaulted someone is an interesting take.

Tim Sheehy is what you get when someone can win a Senate race with virtually zero interaction with the public or actual scrutiny from the press. Unvetted, unqualified and unstable, brought to you by dark money.

NEW!: Healing American politics may be simpler than we think. States already have the authority to define—and limit—the powers they grant to corporations. My new piece in The States Forum explains how reclaiming that power can make Citizens United irrelevant.

This is also a good reminder of just how out of touch with reality the federal definition of “poverty level” is (3X average food expenditures).

Kristi Noem Excited for Puppy Bowl

Who’s in?

A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.

One has worked for CBP since 2018 and the other since 2014. These are not untrained new recruits.

I don’t think foreign interests should be able to funnel $500 million into the U.S. president‘s private accounts. The Constitution doesn’t think so either, explicitly forbidding this and making it the only named impeachable offense besides treason. Sorry to get so partisan, but that’s how I feel.

A small business owner with no criminal record.

Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday. 📷️: Aaron Lavinsky

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

So in other words, instead of looking out the window and telling people if it is raining, CBS News will provide more viewpoints on whether it is raining and let the audience decide.

“Kristi Noem Is Holding Up More Than $1 Billion in Hazard Mitigation Funds” @annackramer.bsky.social, Torrence Banks for @notus.com

Chris Madel: "The president posted something on Truth Social saying it was a time of reckoning and retribution on the citizens of my state, and I've seen that happen and I cannot be a part of it, and I can't be a part of a party that's a part of that"

exclusive footage of greg bovino fleeing minnesota

5 PM tonight for anyone in Helena: show up and stand up for peace and justice.

Join us TONIGHT, January 26, at 6PM Mountain, for a virtual training on how to exercise your right to document ICE abuses in your community. RSVP using the link below. When using that link, Indivisible will know you came from us; their privacy policy applies. www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Even if you accept the BS idea that “both sides” need to de-escalate, it is hard to see sending Homan in as an effort by the Trump Administration to reduce tensions. (Contrast with Walz’s repeated calls for calm, deployment of law enforcement to rein in protests, etc.)

Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, Gun Owners of America, and Second Amendment Foundation have all called for an investigation of the Pretti shooting. The NRA took a different tack, though.

Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. 📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune

The Helena Police Department has announced its exit from a regional drug task force after the agency decided to collaborate with U.S. Border Patrol agents. City’s police chief wants officers to focus on drug enforcement rather than immigration.

Hundreds of demonstrators are streaming toward downtown Minneapolis for a march and rally against federal law enforcement, waving signs that read "ICE OUT!" 📸: Kyeland Jackson/The Minnesota Star Tribune

You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer. In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.

I know it's hard for the WaPo to get competent headline writers, but Trump is NOT putting tariffs on European countries. He is imposing taxes on goods we import from European countries. The tax is on us, not them www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Canada breaks with US, slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6%

Seems like Blue States might do well to follow the example of the EU when it comes to battling Trump-- 🔵 Speak with one voice 🔵 Act methodically (one fight at a time) 🔵 Show strength 🔵 Wok with the rest of the world, as much as possible 🔵 Fight for as long as necessary 1/

Another rage farming grift machine. It looks like they spent less than 25% of the money they raised in the 2024 cycle actually supporting candidates... @adambonica.bsky.social www.fec.gov/data/committ...

It follows that Trump leaked the most market-moving economic numbers that exist. I have no idea how illegal this is, or if the law even matters any more. But I do know this: It's unprecedented. No White House has ever before leaked such important market-moving numbers. No serious country does this

“Domestic political weakness increases the incentives for decisive action abroad, while institutional erosion sharply reduces theconstraints that might otherwise check it. Under these conditions, foreign policy becomes an arena in which action is possible precisely because domestic politics is not.”

I read this paragraph four times. Not because it's murky, but to let the message sink in. www.cjr.org/tow_center/b... If an information company is clear and determined in supporting (not "saving') democracy, then it can be a home for good journalism. If not then the press must disengage. Now.

If you are anxious and sad about the state of the world, that's fine, and there are plenty of strategies for dealing with that. But I think you already know that drive-by online dooming isn't a strategy. It's selfish and adolescent. It's a contagion that only spreads the worst of you, not the best.

Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone

“We cannot undo what was done. But we can refuse what comes next. We can refuse the lie that this is normal. And we can do it without becoming what we oppose. Nonviolence is not passivity. It is discipline in defense of the human.”

“But we have seen the results of surrendering the field to the nativists. Of only offering cautious rebuttals, without a values-driven vision of our own. Of implicitly conceding that this is how ‘real‘ people feel. It hasn’t worked, and it’s time to try something different.“ @polphilpod.bsky.social

FYI: In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.

Hey Ron, when Coolidge said ”there are racial considerations” to immigration and that “certain divergent people will not mix or blend” he was referring to all 8 of your great-grandparents.

In September, Ryan Zinke admitted that Republicans and Trump were "aware" of the steep health care costs that Americans are now forced to face. But still, he was fine leaving town without passing ACA health care subsidies, leaving Montanans to deal with the skyrocketing premiums. #MT01

Why do reporters say things like "could run into legal hurdles" instead of just plainly stating that something is against the law? www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Steve Daines cares so little about health care that he doesn't even bother showing up for the votes anymore.

The Onion, 23 years ago. theonion.com/no-blood-for...

In an exceptional display of both dishonesty and stupidity, Leavitt spotlights Colorado for having $2 gasoline because "there is an abundance of natural gas that this Administration is tapping into."

Americans have surprisingly strong view (2-1) that it's the "responsibility of the federal government to make sure all Americans have #healthcare coverage."

This. What journalism SHOULD be doing to respond to this moment of democratic crisis (from the always brilliant @sulliview.bsky.social):

anyway I’m gonna have a very cool and normal week, especially next Saturday. I’m fine it’s fine everything is cool

Ryan Zinke thinks it is “unfortunate” that Members of Congress won’t get executed for exercising their First Amendment rights.

"The top one-in-a-million (about 5,600 adults, enough to fill a concert arena) collectively hold 3% of global wealth, more than the entire bottom half of the world’s adult population." wir2026.wid.world