Thank you!

I was right. The question took Trump and MBS by surprise.

The reporter was Mary K. Bruce of ABC News.

She also asked about the murder Jamal Khashoggi.

Good for her and ABC News. It’s refreshing and rare to see actual journalism in the Trump White House.

If you’re a writer, note that their submission deadline for the spring 2026 issue is Dec. 1.
#essays

and voice on the side of the truth, we all lose.
-Joy Riggs, writer, author, and patriot

#nokingsday #minnesota

Journalists’ Code of Ethics says journalists should be vigilant and courageous about holding those with power accountable. You gain nothing by timidness and both-sides-ing the news. We need you to stand on the side of our freedoms and stand up for those who don’t have a platform. Without your heart

add anything insightful or helpful, other than to give newspaper staff members the ability to check a box, pat themselves on the back, and pretend that they were “being objective” when they were really practicing shoddy journalism?

Please do your job, Star Tribune. The Society of Professional

it relegated to a position below the fold on the front of the State and Region section? And why was it necessary in the fifth and sixth paragraphs, before the jump, to include a quote from a GOP official in a statement that was - notably- issued “the day before” the rallies were held? How did this

to protest for other reasons, but showed their support by driving by and honking, hanging signs in their windows, or sharing posts on social media.

Clearly, Minnesotans made history on Oct. 18. So why did the story about the protests not appear on the front page of Sunday’s Star Tribune? Why was

country so much they felt compelled to stand up publicly against the rampant greed, corruption, cruelty, and incessant lies of the president and his minions.

Note that the rally turnout numbers don’t even include all of the Minnesotans who didn’t feel safe attending an event or who were unable

to City Hall with our son and his partner, I took in with my eyes and ears the excitement, the camaraderie of strangers, the range of ages, the creativity of signs and costumes, and the earnest efforts of the 6,000 patriots who found comfort and inspiration in gathering with others who love this

my hometown of Alexandria, not exactly known as a hotbed of liberals, an estimated 1,000 people attended a rally; in my current town of Northfield (population 20,000), about 2,800 people, including many of my friends and neighbors, gathered in a park; and in Duluth, where my husband and I marched

government, as is their right under the Constitution.

Considering that at least 100,000 people marched in Minneapolis alone - not far from the Star Tribune’s offices - it seems unlikely that editors and reporters misunderstood the impact of the event. And it was not just a “Twin Cities” thing - in