Very glad that you're working on this "beat" for TPM--it's an extremely important story! I haven't had a chance to read the first article yet but look forward to reading the whole series.

Ah--Hunter I see you were writing pretty much the same thing I did at the same time.

One interesting tidbit (and I'm speaking from personal experience here) is that Lander has received a lot of attention in part for being at 26 Federal Plaza (which is certainly appreciated) but Goldman's office has also been helping with cases from the downtown courthouses (still not a fan of his).

Tom Brady's connections to white nationalist militias in Idaho confirmed.

I remember the excitement about David McCarty! Couldn’t have recalled the name if I tried, but there was definitely a lot of chatter about him after the pick. (Then other more fun things happened.)

Old Man on the Minnesota Vikings.

Yeah Jaden is not far behind Ant as far as someone they absolutely will not trade.

Students, staff, faculty turning to ChatGPT? That means they are being asked to do things they don't have the time, resources, support, etc to do.

This is terrifying, of course, but also maybe seems like a really shitty start by them? This does not sound like a story that is going to play well among apolitical normies in the Twin Cities.