Mark Alesia

Senior News Editor, WTIU/WFIU Indiana Public Media. Husband, dad, stepdad, grandfather.

[ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk]

It’s fine if you disagree with today’s ruling in Brendan Sorsby’s case. But the solution isn’t a new federal law giving the NCAA the antitrust exemption it craves. It’s collective bargaining, with the players treated as employees and the employees represented by a union.

[nascarcasm @nascarcasm]

We're not stopping with the Bears. We're heading to Cincinnati tomorrow to see how the Batesville Bengals sounds to them. We are Indiana. We are a football state. We are unstoppable.

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

I’m Kid Rock.”
“I’m Naomi Wolf.”
“I’m Kanye West.”
“I’m Matt Taibbi.”
“I’m Catturd. Those stories, plus Rob Schneider, tonight on 60 Minutes.”

[Meryl Kornfield @MerylKornfield]

Must read this @hannah_natanson tribute to journalism, especially this heartbreaking part about her reporting on the federal workforce last year https://t.co/euolyIFSVX

[Ethan Sandweiss @the_real_sand]

BREAKING: The USDA told IU to lock down the lab of Professor Roger Innes, a biologist and former employer of deported Chinese postdoc Youhuang Xiang. Three other labs were locked down at the same time as well as several offices @WFIUWTIUNews
https://t.co/l0qgZ35Qz6

[Glenn Kessler @GlennKessler__]

The @PulitzerPrizes decision to award @jkbjournalist a special citation for work she did exposing Epstein a decade ago is an unusual acknowledgment that the Pulitzer Board messed up badly when they ignored her work in the first place after a pressure campaign by Dersh etc.

[Andrew Smith @crimsonace]

Thousands of IU grads are wondering where “Kirkland Avenue” is.

Also, an Indianapolis publication shouldn’t need to clarify that Plainfield and South Bend are in Indiana.

Having your editors in the same state and community prevents this.

[David Phinney @davidphinney]

Old school journalist is often the best school.

[Ethan Sandweiss @the_real_sand]

Latest on IU sports payments: athletics says these were in fact loans to pay for leadership transitions in football and basketball. No info about the repayment schedule or source of the money yet. Will post more when I learn more. @wfiu
https://t.co/tUOnZygk72

[Daniel Libit @DanielLibit]

MORE: Here is a copy of @Players_Era's multi-year agreement with @KUHoops– which finished 3rd in the most recent Players Era Championship–that @Sportico received via a public records request.

[Janet Mills @JanetMillsforME]

Thirty years of concern. Never enough courage.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

#EpsteinTrumpCoverUp

[Bill Clinton @BillClinton]

Over the course of a lifetime, we face only a few moments where the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our history for years to come.  This is one of them.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

Physician testimony

[Eoin Higgins @EoinHiggins_]

Doesn’t get much clearer than this

[Sam Stein @samstein]

By far the clearest of the videos and by far the most jarring.

[Lordy ONX 🍀 @lordyonx]

BREAKING🚨: National Guard troops are being activated in Minneapolis to provide security.

This morning in south Minneapolis, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot and killed a man. This is the second such incident in a month: on January 7, 37-year-old local resident Renee Nicole Good was killed by agents.

odds that trump invokes the insurrection act quadrupled on this news

Minneapolis ICE shooting January 24 bystander video

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: NEW footage proves DHS lied.

U.S. citizen Alex Jeffrey Pretti never pulled his LEGAL FIREARM on ICE/Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis…

Even when HIS LIFE was in danger.

He was helping one woman when an agent violently shoved another. Alex stepped in to help.

The agent assaulted him, shoving him back and pepper spraying him in the face.

Alex turns away. The agent doesn’t stop… he jumps on Alex’s back, trying to spray him continuously.

Multiple agents then jump him… kicking him and hitting him with gas canisters, as Alex is on his hands and knees trying to protect himself.

An agent in grey grabs Alex’s LEGAL FIREARM… which Alex never pulled.

And then… agents opened fire on an unarmed U.S. citizen.

Alex was never a threat.
Agents’ lives were never in danger.

The only life in danger was Alex’s… and he still never drew his weapon.

ICE/Border Patrol removed a U.S. citizen’s legal firearm…

Then killed him for exercising his Second Amendment right.

[Jeff Rabjohns @JeffRabjohns]

Such a sweet moment between Fernando Mendoza and a wheelchair-bound fan. #iufb

[Norman Dale @Norman_Dale]

On October 15, 2022, the Indiana Hoosiers became the first NCAA Division I program to reach 700 all-time losses.  On January 19, 2026, the #Hoosiers are national champions and become the first FBS program to go 16-0 in a season since Yale in 1894. #NeverDaunted RIP Gene Hackman