2026.03.13
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lsandersonThe woman who pushed the Faribault school district to apply for a $1 million state grant to address substance use disorder later admitted stealing $5 million in the Feeding Our Future scandal, reports KSTP-TV. But a state Department of Human Services spokesperson says the district was “in compliance” with the grant requirements. Via MinnPost
https://kstp.com/5-investigates/newly-released-records-reveal-how-faribault-schools-spent-1-million-grant-from-dhs/
The latest lawsuit filed over immigration enforcement in Minnesota comes after advocates and lawyers say federal officials have blocked access to immigration court hearings and dockets, Sahan Journal reports. Via MinnPost
https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/advocates-human-rights-sues-doj-immigration-court-access/
The former federal prosecutor who made news saying “this job sucks” during Operation Metro Surge is running for Congress against Rep. Ilhan Omar as a Democrat, reports The Hill. Via MinnPost
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5780238-julie-le-immigration-reform-congress-omar/
Looking to mark Friday the 13th? Bring Me The News has a rundown of events, including many at Minnesota tattoo parlors, which have a long history of hosting Friday the 13th events. Via MinnPost
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/8-ways-to-enjoy-your-friday-the-13th-in-the-twin-cities
D.C. Memo: Trump-backed SAVE Act ties up U.S. Senate
Plus: Klobuchar takes on prediction markets; Congress tries to make housing affordable; a reader writes on Iran, and more.
by Ana Radelat
https://www.minnpost.com/dc-memo/2026/03/d-c-memo-trump-backed-save-act-ties-up-u-s-senate/
After a decade, it’s clear MnDOT didn’t ‘rethink’ Interstate 94
Almost every alternative would cost $2 billion just to rebuild an existing urban freeway with little functional improvement after years of talk and planning.
by Bill Lindeke
https://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2026/03/after-a-decade-its-clear-mndot-didnt-rethink-interstate-94/
Trump’s ‘racist hate speech’ and migration crackdowns violate human rights, UN panel says
Watchdog ‘disturbed’ by president and US political leaders’ use of dehumanising language to target migrants
Ashifa Kassam
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/trumps-racist-hate-speech-human-rights-violations-warn-un-watchdog
Trump policies set to increase rates of lung disease and death, study finds
Experts warn of ‘attack on Americans’ lungs’ from cuts to health programs, environmental rollbacks and other plans
Dharna Noor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/trump-policies-lung-disease-death
Trump news at a glance: president shrugs off highest gas prices in years
Trump claims US makes ‘a lot of money’ when oil prices go up, but rising costs could become political liability – key US politics stories from 12 March
Guardian staff
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/trump-news-at-a-glance-briefing-latest-updates
Inside The Pitt: the stunning, smash-hit medical drama from the team behind ER
It has swept awards, been lauded for its accuracy and become a word-of-mouth triumph. Now, after a big delay, The Pitt launches in the UK. We visit the set to meet the team behind this tense, unflinching US medical drama
Adrian Horton
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/mar/13/inside-the-pitt-the-stunning-smash-hit-medical-drama-from-the-team-behind-er
King Conan is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chance for a late-period masterpiece, like Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven
Ben Child
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/13/king-conan-schwarzenegger-late-period-masterpiece
Out of the blue? How the colour of light could be used to treat mental illness
A psychiatric unit in Norway has been testing its built-in lighting on conditions such as psychosis and depression
Linda Geddes
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/mar/13/how-the-colour-of-light-could-be-used-to-treat-mental-illness-norway
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup
The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan; The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan; Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison; Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman; Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran
Lisa Tuttle
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/13/the-best-recent-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-review-roundup
KPop Demon Hunters sequel confirmed at Netflix: ‘This is only the beginning’
The streamer’s biggest film of all time, also nominated for two Oscars, is getting a follow-up
Benjamin Lee
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/12/kpop-demon-hunters-sequel-netflix
Week in wildlife: a wet macaque, four little pigs and a stowaway fox
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
Pejman Faratin
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/mar/13/week-in-wildlife-a-wet-macaque-four-little-pigs-and-a-stowaway-fox
Well! I got my driver's license uncanceled today. (An errant checkbox or two on a handicapped parking application owing to my medical excitement this summer got it canceled on my birthday in December. ) The DMV wanted a letter from the doctor who filled out the handicapped form stating that I was able to drive. My doctor (and her crew) wanted me to take a OT test on driving before she'd write the letter. I done that in the waning days of December, and 'the crew' sprung into action to say the test was enuf, contrary to what the DMV had emailed me -- now I'd read the email, but kind of sorta misplaced it in the chain of events. Anyway, time dragged on to the middle of January when I had a followup visit with said doctor, and emerged with a letter. I went on the DMV website to upload the documents (including the OT test, which was probably a mistake) and discovered that I needed to wait for a snail mail authorization from the DMV to allow me to set up an account on the DMV website. (Why I did not just go to one of the DMV offices was clearly a mistake.) After I received the sekrit snailmail letter with the correct authorization to create a DMV website account, I signed in and uploaded the chain of documents—the OT test and the doctor's letter. Thirty days later, I received a slightly confusing email from the DMV that said I needed a 'Medical Form,' which I was unable to find on their website. Finally braving the DMV office, I went to the SLP DMV office with a manila envelope containing all the exciting correspondence emails, letters, and test results printed out on dead trees. After a short half-hour wait, they couldn't figure out what to do at the SLP DMV office, but they uploaded the physical letter from the doctor themselves. Nothing much happened. So, I called the DMV, waited the required half hour or so to talk with a real, live human, who proceeded to tell me I didn't have a letter from the doctor who signed the permit. After I pointed out that there were now two, count 'em, two copies of the letter from the doctor who signed the permit in my uploaded file, she said that she'd expedite the information to the relevant agents. Today I got an email pointing out that I'd uploaded the forms to the wrong category — both the SLP DMV office and me, apparently—bad us. I also received an email indicating that my DL and Real ID was uncanceled.
https://kstp.com/5-investigates/newly-released-records-reveal-how-faribault-schools-spent-1-million-grant-from-dhs/
The latest lawsuit filed over immigration enforcement in Minnesota comes after advocates and lawyers say federal officials have blocked access to immigration court hearings and dockets, Sahan Journal reports. Via MinnPost
https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/advocates-human-rights-sues-doj-immigration-court-access/
The former federal prosecutor who made news saying “this job sucks” during Operation Metro Surge is running for Congress against Rep. Ilhan Omar as a Democrat, reports The Hill. Via MinnPost
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5780238-julie-le-immigration-reform-congress-omar/
Looking to mark Friday the 13th? Bring Me The News has a rundown of events, including many at Minnesota tattoo parlors, which have a long history of hosting Friday the 13th events. Via MinnPost
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/8-ways-to-enjoy-your-friday-the-13th-in-the-twin-cities
D.C. Memo: Trump-backed SAVE Act ties up U.S. Senate
Plus: Klobuchar takes on prediction markets; Congress tries to make housing affordable; a reader writes on Iran, and more.
by Ana Radelat
https://www.minnpost.com/dc-memo/2026/03/d-c-memo-trump-backed-save-act-ties-up-u-s-senate/
After a decade, it’s clear MnDOT didn’t ‘rethink’ Interstate 94
Almost every alternative would cost $2 billion just to rebuild an existing urban freeway with little functional improvement after years of talk and planning.
by Bill Lindeke
https://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2026/03/after-a-decade-its-clear-mndot-didnt-rethink-interstate-94/
Trump’s ‘racist hate speech’ and migration crackdowns violate human rights, UN panel says
Watchdog ‘disturbed’ by president and US political leaders’ use of dehumanising language to target migrants
Ashifa Kassam
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/trumps-racist-hate-speech-human-rights-violations-warn-un-watchdog
Trump policies set to increase rates of lung disease and death, study finds
Experts warn of ‘attack on Americans’ lungs’ from cuts to health programs, environmental rollbacks and other plans
Dharna Noor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/trump-policies-lung-disease-death
Trump news at a glance: president shrugs off highest gas prices in years
Trump claims US makes ‘a lot of money’ when oil prices go up, but rising costs could become political liability – key US politics stories from 12 March
Guardian staff
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/trump-news-at-a-glance-briefing-latest-updates
Inside The Pitt: the stunning, smash-hit medical drama from the team behind ER
It has swept awards, been lauded for its accuracy and become a word-of-mouth triumph. Now, after a big delay, The Pitt launches in the UK. We visit the set to meet the team behind this tense, unflinching US medical drama
Adrian Horton
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/mar/13/inside-the-pitt-the-stunning-smash-hit-medical-drama-from-the-team-behind-er
King Conan is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chance for a late-period masterpiece, like Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven
Ben Child
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/13/king-conan-schwarzenegger-late-period-masterpiece
Out of the blue? How the colour of light could be used to treat mental illness
A psychiatric unit in Norway has been testing its built-in lighting on conditions such as psychosis and depression
Linda Geddes
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/mar/13/how-the-colour-of-light-could-be-used-to-treat-mental-illness-norway
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup
The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan; The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan; Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison; Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman; Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran
Lisa Tuttle
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/13/the-best-recent-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-review-roundup
KPop Demon Hunters sequel confirmed at Netflix: ‘This is only the beginning’
The streamer’s biggest film of all time, also nominated for two Oscars, is getting a follow-up
Benjamin Lee
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/12/kpop-demon-hunters-sequel-netflix
Week in wildlife: a wet macaque, four little pigs and a stowaway fox
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
Pejman Faratin
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/mar/13/week-in-wildlife-a-wet-macaque-four-little-pigs-and-a-stowaway-fox
Well! I got my driver's license uncanceled today. (An errant checkbox or two on a handicapped parking application owing to my medical excitement this summer got it canceled on my birthday in December. ) The DMV wanted a letter from the doctor who filled out the handicapped form stating that I was able to drive. My doctor (and her crew) wanted me to take a OT test on driving before she'd write the letter. I done that in the waning days of December, and 'the crew' sprung into action to say the test was enuf, contrary to what the DMV had emailed me -- now I'd read the email, but kind of sorta misplaced it in the chain of events. Anyway, time dragged on to the middle of January when I had a followup visit with said doctor, and emerged with a letter. I went on the DMV website to upload the documents (including the OT test, which was probably a mistake) and discovered that I needed to wait for a snail mail authorization from the DMV to allow me to set up an account on the DMV website. (Why I did not just go to one of the DMV offices was clearly a mistake.) After I received the sekrit snailmail letter with the correct authorization to create a DMV website account, I signed in and uploaded the chain of documents—the OT test and the doctor's letter. Thirty days later, I received a slightly confusing email from the DMV that said I needed a 'Medical Form,' which I was unable to find on their website. Finally braving the DMV office, I went to the SLP DMV office with a manila envelope containing all the exciting correspondence emails, letters, and test results printed out on dead trees. After a short half-hour wait, they couldn't figure out what to do at the SLP DMV office, but they uploaded the physical letter from the doctor themselves. Nothing much happened. So, I called the DMV, waited the required half hour or so to talk with a real, live human, who proceeded to tell me I didn't have a letter from the doctor who signed the permit. After I pointed out that there were now two, count 'em, two copies of the letter from the doctor who signed the permit in my uploaded file, she said that she'd expedite the information to the relevant agents. Today I got an email pointing out that I'd uploaded the forms to the wrong category — both the SLP DMV office and me, apparently—bad us. I also received an email indicating that my DL and Real ID was uncanceled.
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Date: 2026-03-13 08:15 pm (UTC)