Tom Hesse
@THesse_IGH
Followers
153
Following
1K
Media
169
Statuses
2K
Public policy consultant. MN Wild & Gopher hockey fan. Caretaker of ponies Henry & Ellie. Tweets and retweets are my own.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Joined June 2011
unprecedented protests this morning on heard and macdonald islands, as the population rises up against trump imposition of 10% across the board tariffs.
559
8K
45K
I don’t say it often, but everyone should watch this video in its entirety. The use of 'brave' as an adjective has become almost disposable these days, overused to the point of meaninglessness. However, this video—filmed within 48 hours of learning that one of her greatest
429
6K
25K
Breaking news: Minneapolis/St. Paul to host 2026 #WorldJuniors - @TheRinkLive
therinklive.com
Xcel Energy Center and 3M Arena at Mariucci will be the primary sites for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship, which will be held in Minnesota for the first time since 2005.
43
316
2K
Fun chart from a Dallas Fed report in 2002 - aka during the Neoliberal Free Trade Fundamentalist Era - documenting the high annual costs of then-current US protectionism https://t.co/sq0YEWdVAF
3
3
12
Every once in a while I come back to this recent NYT exchange with Bono and smile
27
255
2K
Congratulations boys!!! Good luck in Tampa!
SKI-U-MAH IN THE SUNSHINE STATE! ☀️ WE'RE OFF TO TAMPA! 🌴
0
8
275
#OTD My great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack was beheaded on Hitler’s direct order. Born in Milwaukee, she graduated from the University of Wisconsin & moved to Germany to pursue a PhD. As an American grad student in Berlin, she witnessed a rapid increase in Hitler's popularity. 1/12
1K
17K
93K
2018 paper finds that eliminating Buy America restrictions would reduce federal project costs, generate ~300k US jobs (net), and boost US GDP https://t.co/MLeXKJEB7h
2
20
84
TRUE SPORTS FACT: A world-class soccer player can suffer as many as six career-ending injuries in a single game.
9
67
408
If you didn't know that one of the stars of Hogan's Heroes survived Buchenwald, I have a hell of an obit for you to read. Robert Clary, RIP.
hollywoodreporter.com
The French actor and singer spent 31 months in a concentration camp but said he had no reservations about starring in a TV comedy about the Nazis.
18
205
399
"White House officials said the Biden administration did not have the authority to simply suspend the Jones Act in Puerto Rico, citing a law passed by Congress in 2020 to crack down on broad waivers." Maybe we should pretend there's student loan debt on the boat?
4
36
155
If Gophers don’t win Big Ten West this year, they never will…
33
16
403
"Wow I can't believe rent control failed again," said literally no one
St. Paul council likely to: - exempt new construction from rent control - pass full vacancy decontrol (landlords charge as much as they want after tenant moves out) - make inflation an explicit reason for landlords to surpass 3% cap https://t.co/yyVWQRIHG5 via @mnreformer
9
58
297
Who's guilty of taking and hiding classified documents? Orange Man, in the storage room, with a golf club.
2K
1K
11K
Here's a stat for you: Team USA outscored the opposition 10-0 with Brock Faber (MIN) on the ice at 5-on-5 in these World Juniors. The only goal against he was on the ice for was the empty netter that sealed their quarterfinals loss.
12
40
432
The wind was so strong today it knocked down the main part of the limb I didn’t cut up.
instagram.com
0
0
2