Matt DeLong

I’m sorry what? The admin has someone consulting on one of its cases whom it will not disclose to the public?

Adam Helmer - Wikipedia

The climax of the movie is Henry Fonda’s character being chased on foot by British-aligned Native Americans for 25+ miles to warn local colonists of an impending attack. The run was a real event by Adam Helmer, whose daughter married into the DeLong family (my aunt was big on genealogy).

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

Oh I misremembered. It was Henry Fonda, not Gary Cooper.

Gary Cooper played a character based on my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather in a movie directed by John Ford

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans vote down legislation to halt war against Iran in early show of support for Trump’s campaign.

“This is the most transparent Department of Justice in history,” said an unidentified spokeswoman.

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CIA station in Saudi capital hit in drone attack The attack on the CIA station in Riyadh comes as Iran widens retaliation across the Middle East in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign.

A suspected Iranian drone hit the CIA’s station at the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The strikes come as Iran widens retaliation across the Middle East in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign.

A Minnesota Police Chief Said ICE Was Harassing Residents. Here Are Some of Their Stories. Residents of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, say in interviews with Reason that encounters with ICE left them afraid and angry.

Latest: Remember when the police chief of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota held a press conference about how ICE was racially profiling residents?

I FOIA'd the police department for complaints and incident reports and interviewed two people who say they were harassed by ICE reason.com/2026/03/03/a...

RAJU: You'll concede this is war?

MARKWAYNE MULLIN: We haven't declared war. They declared war on us

RAJU: The president called it war and Secretary Hegseth called it war

REPORTER: When you walked up just now, you called it war

MULLIN: Okay. That was a misspoke.

Ok what is going on

ward 9 resident says it does not sit well with her that jacob frey is raising his national profile off the backs and courage of minneapolis residents right now while not doing anything meaningful to help us, then broke into song

Tillis to Noem: "A 14 month old dog is basically a teenager in dog years. You decided to kill that dog bc you hadn't invested the appropriate training, then you have the audacity to write a book & say it's a leadership lesson! ... Those are bad decisions not unlike what happened in Minneapolis"

Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

When FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week for their role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, he targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

“The U.S. Embassy is not in a position at this time to evacuate or directly assist Americans in departing Israel.”

I can count on one hand the number of times I've gambled this century and I've never used these apps but this essay about how sports betting companies exploit human behavior is concerning

A screenshot of a Bluesky post sharing a Star Tribune story headlined "St. Paul, Wild seek $200M from Minnesota for Grand Casino Arena complex upgrades" with 16 quotes and 1 like.

There's a ratio you don't see very often

St. Paul, Wild seek $200M from Minnesota for Grand Casino Arena complex upgrades Newly elected Mayor Kaohly Her is heading back to the Capitol seeking support for a $600 million overhaul of the arena and Roy Wilkins Auditorium.

St. Paul, Wild seek $200M from Minnesota for Grand Casino Arena complex upgrades

Israel said its military had seized areas of southern Lebanon on Tuesday as part of its escalating conflict with Hezbollah, as the Iran-backed armed group fired vorleys of drones at the country in a second day of fighting. Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, said Israeli forces had been ordered to advance and take control of additional strategic locations in Lebanon to prevent attacks on Israeli border communities.

Just a little invasion.

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Thomson Reuters criticized by some Minnesota employees over its ICE contract Workers at the company’s Eagan campus pressed their concerns to executives, including over potential misuse of license plate data, during Twin Cities immigration surge.

ICE “has a contract with Thomson Reuters for its CLEAR investigative database, which includes cellphone numbers, addresses and much more. CLEAR also allows law enforcement officers to tap into a vast collection of surveillance data culled from license plate-reading cameras.”

Thomson Reuters criticized by some Minnesota employees over its ICE contract Workers at the company’s Eagan campus pressed their concerns to executives, including over potential misuse of license plate data, during Twin Cities immigration surge.

Thomson Reuters criticized by some Minnesota employees over its ICE contract

State Department urges Americans across Mideast to depart as strikes continue The State Department created a task force to help impacted U.S. citizens as Americans in the region have been left with limited options.

“The State Department created a task force to help U.S. citizens, but as a growing number of U.S. embassies and consulates suspend routine and emergency services, Americans still in the region have been left with limited options.”

Many of these countries have closed their airspace

The State Department warned Americans to leave Iraq a full month before the US invasion in 2003

NEW at SCOTUS: the court votes 6-3 to block a California law preventing public schools from outing gender-questioning students to their parents.

Ebrahim Jabari, a senior adviser to the IRGC's commander-in-chief, reiterates that the Strait of Hormuz is 'closed'

Ebrahim Jabari, a senior adviser to the IRGC's commander-in-chief, reiterates that the Strait of Hormuz is 'closed' https://aje.news/z5c5gj

"If this Court’s grasping reach extends even to a nonfinal decision of a state trial court, then every decision from any court is now fair game. By granting these applications, the Court thrusts itself into the middle of every election-law dispute around the country, even as many States redraw their congressional maps ahead of the 2026 election. It also invites parties searching for a sympathetic ear to file emergency applications directly with this Court, without even bothering to ask the state courts first. There is much reason to question whether the majority will exercise its newfound authority wisely, but there is no reason to question this: If you build it, they will come"

More Sotomayor:

"By granting these applications, the Court thrusts itself into the middle of every election-law dispute around the country... There is much reason to question whether the majority will exercise its newfound authority wisely." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 25A914 NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY No. 25A915 PETER KOSINSKI, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [March 2, 2026] The applications for stay presented to JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR and by her referred to the Court are granted. The January 21, 2026 order entered by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, Index No. 164002/2025, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the New York state courts and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari in this Court, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the mandate of this Court.

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting from grant of stay. The Court's 101-word unexplained order can be summarized in just 7: "Rules for thee, but not for me." Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts have limited jurisdiction. Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not interfere with state-court litigation. Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not meddle with state election laws ahead of an elec-tion. Today, the Court says: except for this one, except for this one, and except for this one. Ignoring every limit on federal courts' authority, the Court takes the unprecedented step of staying a state trial court's decision in a re-districting dispute on matters of state law without giving the State's highest court a chance to act. Because that order violates basic principles of jurisdiction, federalism, and equity, I respectfully dissent.

BREAKING: SCOTUS blocks New York state court redistricting order, over the strong dissent of the Democratic appointees.

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