Hannah Monicken
@hmonicken.bsky.social
I write about trade policy professionally (wish me luck) for @capitolforum.bsky.social.
A North Dakotan expat in Minnesota, condemned to watch sports teams that are *almost* good
A North Dakotan expat in Minnesota, condemned to watch sports teams that are *almost* good
Agreed! It's been so gratifying to watch the local media ecosystem grow sustainably instead of contract
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Agreed! It's been so gratifying to watch the local media ecosystem grow sustainably instead of contract
As a journalist living in Minneapolis, I'll make two plugs. 1st, the area is great & doing lots of good work in alt journalism outlets - nonprofit, worker-owned, etc - alongside the traditional places. 2nd, I work in policy/trade journalism, which has been a more stable part of the industry (so far)
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
As a journalist living in Minneapolis, I'll make two plugs. 1st, the area is great & doing lots of good work in alt journalism outlets - nonprofit, worker-owned, etc - alongside the traditional places. 2nd, I work in policy/trade journalism, which has been a more stable part of the industry (so far)
There's a lot of small papers in more rural counties or in smaller towns in MN (and everywhere) that have shuttered in the past 5-10 years, but have name recognition/credibility locally. I bet it wouldn't even take much money, comparatively, to get them back up and running
May 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
There's a lot of small papers in more rural counties or in smaller towns in MN (and everywhere) that have shuttered in the past 5-10 years, but have name recognition/credibility locally. I bet it wouldn't even take much money, comparatively, to get them back up and running
Have you been doing your WPA updates this season? I always enjoyed (or lamented, depending on the season/team/player) watching the evolution of those
May 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Have you been doing your WPA updates this season? I always enjoyed (or lamented, depending on the season/team/player) watching the evolution of those
There's a quick market rally happening, but I assume it will soon start to sink in for them that he only removed the worst of the tariffs. There's still a 10% duty on nearly all imports and he *raised* it for China to 125% - and this is still in addition to the ones on cars, steel and aluminum
April 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
There's a quick market rally happening, but I assume it will soon start to sink in for them that he only removed the worst of the tariffs. There's still a 10% duty on nearly all imports and he *raised* it for China to 125% - and this is still in addition to the ones on cars, steel and aluminum
This is from just a couple days ago. Not as explicit as he is sometimes on this, but he clearly thinks the other countries are just handing money to the US rather than US importers paying the duties upon goods entering
April 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is from just a couple days ago. Not as explicit as he is sometimes on this, but he clearly thinks the other countries are just handing money to the US rather than US importers paying the duties upon goods entering
I am a subscriber to both Racket and your podcast and I think it's great that the twin cities is able to support cool local stuff like this. Speaks well of us, I think!
March 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I am a subscriber to both Racket and your podcast and I think it's great that the twin cities is able to support cool local stuff like this. Speaks well of us, I think!
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie once I started thinking of it as like really well-acted Gossip Girl but Catholic Church. Plus it gave us Isabella Rossellini as a nun getting to yell at a bunch of cardinals, which is real treat
February 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie once I started thinking of it as like really well-acted Gossip Girl but Catholic Church. Plus it gave us Isabella Rossellini as a nun getting to yell at a bunch of cardinals, which is real treat
I came here to post this - happy to see someone beat me to it. This important Grimes Lore should not be forgotten
December 29, 2024 at 3:28 AM
I came here to post this - happy to see someone beat me to it. This important Grimes Lore should not be forgotten
Hm, to my knowledge it didn't go anywhere officially, but it's certainly a methodology they like, so it seems possible it could resurface in the next administration
December 9, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Hm, to my knowledge it didn't go anywhere officially, but it's certainly a methodology they like, so it seems possible it could resurface in the next administration
For more:
WTO members reappoint Okonjo-Iweala as DG for another four years | InsideTrade.com
World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will serve another four-year term after members on Friday reappointed the incumbent by consensus – though that term likely will be marked ...
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November 29, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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Will he? That's a different question and pretty unclear at this point. He has proposed a wide variety of tariffs for his second term and it seems likely at least some of them will come to fruition. But based on his first term, he also likes to use them as threats to force negotiations
November 26, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Will he? That's a different question and pretty unclear at this point. He has proposed a wide variety of tariffs for his second term and it seems likely at least some of them will come to fruition. But based on his first term, he also likes to use them as threats to force negotiations
Can Trump impose these tariffs? Yes, probably. USMCA (the new NAFTA, negotiated during his first term) has a fairly broad national security exception that the US could invoke
November 26, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Can Trump impose these tariffs? Yes, probably. USMCA (the new NAFTA, negotiated during his first term) has a fairly broad national security exception that the US could invoke
And, this morning, the Mexican president said her country would respond in kind, but would rather just talk through the issues (mainly migration, illegal drugs): insidetrade.com/share/181733
| InsideTrade.com
insidetrade.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:07 PM
And, this morning, the Mexican president said her country would respond in kind, but would rather just talk through the issues (mainly migration, illegal drugs): insidetrade.com/share/181733
I also had this thought, mostly because of how willing the US has been to invoke the GATT national security exception at the WTO
November 26, 2024 at 3:32 AM
I also had this thought, mostly because of how willing the US has been to invoke the GATT national security exception at the WTO
I write for insidetrade.com, a trade policy-focused publication
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November 24, 2024 at 3:54 PM
I write for insidetrade.com, a trade policy-focused publication
And don't forget to mention layers. We in the cold states love to talk about our winter layering
November 20, 2024 at 9:37 PM
And don't forget to mention layers. We in the cold states love to talk about our winter layering
I 1000% second this. I have made these cookies multiple times and they are now a household (and neighborhood!) favorite. They are so, so good
November 20, 2024 at 6:39 PM
I 1000% second this. I have made these cookies multiple times and they are now a household (and neighborhood!) favorite. They are so, so good
Happy to help! Feel free to DM me if you want to chat more on this
November 13, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Happy to help! Feel free to DM me if you want to chat more on this
I ended a ridiculously long Duolingo streak and instead committed my time to practice listening and have been very pleased with the results. My goal is two hours a day, but ymmv. A great resource (free and paid options) for this is dreamingspanish.com and r/dreamingspanish if you're on Reddit
November 13, 2024 at 7:03 PM
I ended a ridiculously long Duolingo streak and instead committed my time to practice listening and have been very pleased with the results. My goal is two hours a day, but ymmv. A great resource (free and paid options) for this is dreamingspanish.com and r/dreamingspanish if you're on Reddit