Come say “hey” to MPCA! Check out our giant monarch butterfly, play Eco Bingo, and learn about the work MPCA and partners are doing to protect the natural world around us. We’ll be at the #MinnesotaStateFair Eco Experience every day – we’ll see you there. 🎡

Senate Majority leader John Thune voted to approve his son-in-law’s nomination to a federal job at the USDA despite Senate rules preventing Congress members from using their office to benefit family members. It’s a clear conflict of interest.  southdakotasearchlight.com/briefs/ethics-…

BOWFIN fishing meets GarLab research meets…KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack? Yup.

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

2/ The vast majority of U.S. #corn is not consumed directly by people. Around 35% goes to animal feed and residual use while approximately 33% is used in #ethanol. 14% is exported and 8% is processed into food and industrial goods. From the American Farm Bureau: tinyurl.com/55j3zmwz

I just went on Fox News to tell the truth about the redistricting power grab in Texas. I asked a simple question: “If Republican policies are so popular, why do they need to redraw these maps; why not run on their policies?” He refused to answer — and cut the interview early.

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped…” Orwell 1984

Kind of amazing that it’s politically easier to go after vaccines than pesticides.

"At the same time, the boom [in AI data centers] threatens to drive up power bills for residents and small businesses. Nationally, the average electricity rate for residents has risen more than 30% since 2020, after years of relatively modest increases." nytimes.com/2025/08/14/bus…

Republicans went from ‘Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall!’ to literally rolling out the RED carpet for the world’s most dangerous dictator in the space of a generation. FOX News more than anything else laid the groundwork for the stupidity that infects MAGA and their clown king.

Experts finally arrive, extremely belatedly, at the most obvious conclusion that H5N1 is airborne after all.

TRUMP JUST FLED THE PODIUM WITH PUTIN — NO QUESTIONS, NOTHING! TOTAL LOW ENERGY. THE MAN LOOKED LIKE HE’D JUST EATEN 3 BUCKETS OF KFC WITH VLAD. IS HE AFRAID THE PRESS WILL ASK ABOUT ME??? (AMERICA’S FAVORITE GOVERNOR) AND THE FACT I "STOLE THE CAMERAS" THIS WEEK WITH “THE MAPS”?

Happy World Honey Bee Day! 🐝🍯 Honey 🐝bees work to bring food to your plate. Without their help pollinating crops, we wouldn't bee able to enjoy 🍎apples, broccoli🥦, squash, & more!🫐 We love these un-bee-lievably hard workers! 💛 #WorldHoneyBeeDay #mnleg #savethebees

Some compared Alaska to the Munich appeasement: Former P.M. Boris Johnson of Britain, once considered the Trump of London, called the Alaska summit meeting “just about the most vomit-inducing episode in all the tawdry history of international diplomacy.” nytimes.com/2025/08/16/us/…

Inbox: J.D. Scholten (D) is dropping out of #IASEN and endorsing Josh Turek (D). Leaves four Dems vying to take on Sen. Joni Ernst (R)

✅Why we need grassed 💧💦🌊waterways: bwsr.state.mn.us/common-alterna… MN BWSR Natural Resources Conservation Service #soils #erosion #waterquality #mnleg Pheasants Forever Ducks Unlimited

Dan Osborn Meanwhile, over in Iowa. x.com/DMRegister/sta…

Minnesota’s Lawns to Legumes program helps people in our communities create pollinator-friendly plant habitats in their yards, and this week I had the chance view this program in action! 🐝🐝🐝 A big thank you to Alex and the Metro Blooms staff!

2,4-D is now Illinois’ 2nd most-used pesticide on soybeans, right behind glyphosate Use on soybeans jumped 341% since 2017 In Champaign County, 45% live near heavy spraying & 99% within 1 km of fields. Drift brings risks of cancer, hormone disruption, developmental harm.

🟧Getting my fall 🍂hunting licenses. 🦌🦃🦆and pheasant at the Minnesota Minnesota DNR building at the Minnesota State Fair Helpful staff, easy annual tradition🔶stop by and get yours! #mnleg Pheasants Forever The National Wild Turkey Federation Ducks Unlimited