Brian Broderick
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Iowa resident, retired editor, Grinnell alum. I do some birding sometimes.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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A bloodbath at The Washington Post. What a terrible day for journalism.
January 26, 2026 at 7:42 PM
A bloodbath at The Washington Post. What a terrible day for journalism.
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Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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American kestrel on the utility line on a blustery Indiana day.
Jan 18, 2025
Jan 18, 2025
January 18, 2026 at 1:49 PM
American kestrel on the utility line on a blustery Indiana day.
Jan 18, 2025
Jan 18, 2025
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New - Chuck Schumer to haters: “The answer to these critics is to win. If we win back the Senate, that will answer every question"
Peltola “was the last piece to the puzzle"
He says Dem path to Senate is Ohio, Alaska, Maine and NC. Dems are watching Texas/Iowa
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Peltola “was the last piece to the puzzle"
He says Dem path to Senate is Ohio, Alaska, Maine and NC. Dems are watching Texas/Iowa
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: Schumer lauds recruits as Democrats see Senate within reach
The minority leader took an Al Davis-style approach as he sat down with Semafor: “The answer to these critics is to win.”
www.semafor.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:45 AM
New - Chuck Schumer to haters: “The answer to these critics is to win. If we win back the Senate, that will answer every question"
Peltola “was the last piece to the puzzle"
He says Dem path to Senate is Ohio, Alaska, Maine and NC. Dems are watching Texas/Iowa
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Peltola “was the last piece to the puzzle"
He says Dem path to Senate is Ohio, Alaska, Maine and NC. Dems are watching Texas/Iowa
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
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Edith Renfrow Smith was born in Iowa two weeks before the start of World War I. She met aviator Amelia Earhart while an undergraduate at Grinnell College, where she became the first Black female graduate. After graduation, she came to Chicago. Mrs. Smith died at the age of 111.
Edith Renfrow Smith, a 'memory keeper' and living link to history, dies at 111
chicago.suntimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Edith Renfrow Smith was born in Iowa two weeks before the start of World War I. She met aviator Amelia Earhart while an undergraduate at Grinnell College, where she became the first Black female graduate. After graduation, she came to Chicago. Mrs. Smith died at the age of 111.
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another gloomy, cloudy day brightened by the Evening Grosbeaks and some lovely hoarfrost☺️
December 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
another gloomy, cloudy day brightened by the Evening Grosbeaks and some lovely hoarfrost☺️
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This red-shouldered hawk treated me to a solid hour photo session this morning! Obsessed with this shot of the half deployed nictitating membrane 🤯🪶🌿
December 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This red-shouldered hawk treated me to a solid hour photo session this morning! Obsessed with this shot of the half deployed nictitating membrane 🤯🪶🌿
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BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
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+64K jobs last month (mid-Oct to mid-Nov).
-105K jobs prior month (mid-Sept to mid-Oct).
-33K jobs in 2 months of revisions for mid-July to mid-Sept.
The big picture: job growth has flatlined
-105K jobs prior month (mid-Sept to mid-Oct).
-33K jobs in 2 months of revisions for mid-July to mid-Sept.
The big picture: job growth has flatlined
December 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
+64K jobs last month (mid-Oct to mid-Nov).
-105K jobs prior month (mid-Sept to mid-Oct).
-33K jobs in 2 months of revisions for mid-July to mid-Sept.
The big picture: job growth has flatlined
-105K jobs prior month (mid-Sept to mid-Oct).
-33K jobs in 2 months of revisions for mid-July to mid-Sept.
The big picture: job growth has flatlined
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Joe Ely, a pioneering figure in progressive Texas country music who collaborated and toured with The Clash and co-founded the Flatlanders, has died at 78. He died from health complications due to Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s disease.
www.msn.com/en-us/music/...
www.msn.com/en-us/music/...
December 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Joe Ely, a pioneering figure in progressive Texas country music who collaborated and toured with The Clash and co-founded the Flatlanders, has died at 78. He died from health complications due to Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s disease.
www.msn.com/en-us/music/...
www.msn.com/en-us/music/...
It was above zero today. So I got that going for me 🥶
December 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
It was above zero today. So I got that going for me 🥶
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Pies from the portfolio Delights http://www.moma.org/collection/works/70341
December 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Pies from the portfolio Delights http://www.moma.org/collection/works/70341
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December 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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