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Louis D. Johnston retweeted
May 27
#OnThisDay May 27, 1930: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company of St Paul (later "3M") receives a patent for transparent cellophane tape, which would go on to be marketed globally as "Scotch Brand." The invention soon becomes an essential tool in every household.
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Louis D. Johnston retweeted
Apr 16
Almanac is heading to St. Cloud!
Join us for a live taping at @stcloudstate with @CathyWurzer and @Eskola830 🎥
Event Date: Friday, May 1
Time: 7 pm - 8 pm (doors at 6:30 pm)

Tickets: Free, limited seating. Register at the link below.
eventbrite.com/e/almanac-on-…
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Louis D. Johnston retweeted
We’re sending a huge congrats to Dr. Olivia Johnston Riley for successfully defending their dissertation: "Disability as Methodology: Queer-Crip Sound Communities," which develops new disabled methods for studying digital content. Congrats Dr. Johnston Riley!
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Louis D. Johnston retweeted
Feb 27
Tonight on Almanac at 7 pm:
- @MinnesotaDHS Commissioner Shireen Gandhi discusses fraud investigations and federal Medicaid cuts
- @ProfDSchultz and @LDJEconomics unpack the 2026 State of the Union
- Adia Morris shares a new essay manifesting more joy in all of our lives, when we all need it most
- @PioneerPress reporter @FrederickMelo explains St. Paul’s rental assistance program and efforts to address impacts of federal immigration operations
- In a new video essay, David Gillette ruminates on the proliferation of profanity in our current moment
- Minneapolis singer-songwriter Sarah Morris joins us for live music in the studio
- @mlahammer updates us on ongoing legislative debates over fraud and the new budget forecast
- Our political panel—Republicans @bmcclung and @emnovotnychance, and DFLers @AbouAmara and @saralopez_lara—reactions to the State of the Union
Tune in on TPT 2 or stream live at TPT.org/Almanac đź“ş
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This is what abusers always say.
Feb 25
Q: What is your message to the people of Minnesota who are still upset with the ICE surge? This is just one more thing on top of that
JD VANCE: We love them. So much of what is broken in Minnesota is a lack of cooperation. We would encourage everybody in Minnesota to work on the state government a little bit
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St. Cloud is in your district, and we who live here are your constituents. We are not paid agitators and protestors, nor are we anarchists, nor are we outsiders. We are Minnesotans!
sctimes.com/story/news/polit…
Jan 29
Tom Emmer lies about his own constituents: "If you go to my state, the pictures you're seeing of these mobs in Minneapolis, these are paid agitators and protesters. Yeah, you got some Minnesotan anarchists that are in there, but they are people coming from outside our state."
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Congress is throwing in the towel as a co-equal branch of government.
US Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3:
"[The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; . . ."
Jan 21
RAJU: Trump's tariff authority expires at the end of the month. Will you insert in a provision blocking any effort to challenge Trump's tariffs?
MIKE JOHNSON: I have no intention of getting in the way of President Trump and his administration and how they've been using this very effectively
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What world does this guy live in?
Jan 20
Bessent on institutional investors: "We think it's a good idea to have them out of the [housing] market. We're going to give guidance at some point to see what is a mom and pop. Maybe your parents for their retirement bought 5, 10, 12 homes. So we don't want to push the mom and pops out, we just want to push everyone else out."
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With tears in their eyes…
Jan 13
KUDLOW: Will the Davos crowd give him the respect that his policies deserve?
HASSETT: President Trump's success demands that they do. Just now I had leaders from the EU in my office and asking us for tips -- 'How are you guys doing it?'
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@Allegiant will acquire @SunCountryAir in a $1.5 billion deal. #Minnesota loses another #corporate #HQ. Learn more in my @TCBmag report. tcbmag.com/las-vegas-based-a…
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"Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
Joseph Welch, Army-McCarthy hearings, June 9, 1954
youtu.be/h7x8RkdG6I0?si=XMCA…
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Craig Leipold, @mnwild owner, weighs in on what the Quinn Hughes signing means for the team, and how long-term contracts position the Wild for post-season play. Check out my @TCBmag report. #hockey #Minnesota tcbmag.com/mn-wild-owner-cap…
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Louis D. Johnston retweeted
Jan 3
The United States has now given Russia, China, and anyone else who wants to give it a try an even clearer road map for invading countries that displease them.
theatlantic.com/internationa…
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Exactly. And, our president is saying that he's fine with it.
Jan 3
If the United States asserts the right to use military force to invade and capture foreign leaders it accuses of criminal conduct, what prevents China from claiming the same authority over Taiwan’s leadership? What stops Vladimir Putin from asserting similar justification to abduct Ukraine’s president? Once this line is crossed, the rules that restrain global chaos begin to collapse, and authoritarian regimes will be the first to exploit it. (2/5)
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If you liked Iraq and Afghanistan, you're gonna love Venezuela.
Jan 3
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
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19 Dec 2025
Translation: we'll stay out of Ukraine and you'll stay out of Cuba and Venezuela (and we'll both stay out of Taiwan.)
19 Dec 2025
Rubio on Russia-Ukraine: "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."
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@UMNews Medical School Dean Dr. Jakub Tolar is a finalist for a job at the University of Arkansas. Check out my @TCBmag report. tcbmag.com/jakub-tolar-u-of-…
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11 Dec 2025
Good morning, @NPRinskeep. On @MorningEdition today, you said, "“people are concerned about the cost of living because their purchasing power has effectively gone down 20 to 25 percent over the last few years.” (Source: 2:20 of this clip: npr.org/2025/12/11/nx-s1-564…)
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11 Dec 2025
This is why, despite prices (measured by CPI) rising by 20-25 percent, inflation-adjusted median income is higher today than it was in 2019.
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11 Dec 2025
Anyway, just trying to understand your point. Many of us try to clarify economic issues to our students and the general public, and I want to make sure I'm not missing something. Thanks!
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