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Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 3d
Prairie Island Indian Community let us come check out the fall cannabis harvest at the tribe's 13-acre cultivation and manufacturing facility outside of Hastings. Definitely the most weed I've ever seen in one place.

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After the sudden end to asylum protections, some of the Karen community risk being sent back to a country ruled by a military dictatorship.
Trump administration ends protections for Myanmar refugees, affecting Minnesota’s Karen residents
After the sudden end to asylum protections, some of the Karen community risk being sent back to a country ruled by a military dictatorship.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Minnesota’s Democrats in Congress say they will push to undo a federal ban on intoxicating hemp products before it takes effect in a year and upends the state’s market for low-dose THC products.
Minnesota Democrats in Congress look to reverse federal ban on hemp THC products
It’s unclear if Minnesota’s GOP congressmembers will seek a fix, though Rep. Tom Emmer has appeared open to it.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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ICE arrested outstanding journalist @davedeckerphoto.bsky.social while he was on assignment covering protests at the facility in Miami. Throw him some money please because as a freelancer he doesn't have the legal support backing a full-timer would and we need to continue fighting for a free press.
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, V. JAMES B. COMEY, JR., Defendant. Criminal No. 1:25-cr-00272-MSN OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT ECF NO. 60) On September 25, 2025, Lindsey Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience, appeared before a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia. Having been appointed Interim U.S. Attorney by the Attorney General just days before, Ms. Halligan secured a two-count indictment charging former FBI Director James B. Comey, Jr. with making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. Mr. Comey now moves to dismiss the indictment on the ground that Ms. Halligan, the sole prosecutor who presented the case to the grand jury, was unlawfully appointed in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Constitution's Appointments Clause. As explained below, I agree with Mr. Comey that the Attorney General's attempt to install Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid. And because Ms. Halligan had no lawful authority to present the indictment, I will grant Mr. Comey's motion and dismiss the indictment without prejudice. IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA NORFOLK DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, V. LETITIA A. JAMES, Criminal No. 2:25-cr-00122-JK W Defendant. OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT (ECE NO. 22) On October 9, 2025, Lindsey Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience, appeared before a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia. Having been appointed Interim U.S. Attorney by the Attorney General just two weeks before, Ms. Halligan secured a two-count indictment charging New York Attorney General Letitia James with bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution. Ms. James now moves to dismiss the indictment on the ground that Ms. Halligan, the sole prosecutor who presented the case to the grand jury, was unlawfully appointed in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Constitution's Appointments Clause. As explained below, I agree with Ms. James that the Attorney General's attempt to install Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid. And because Ms. Halligan had no lawful authority to present the indictment, I will grant Ms. James's motion and dismiss the indictment without prejudice.
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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A movie that takes place where you’re from
Last of the Mohicans
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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My secret craft project is revealed! A wearable Edmund Fitzgerald so @sithlet.bsky.social could be the @mnrollerderby.bsky.social Bodies of Water mascot, “Gail O. November”!
Sithlet wears the Edmund Fitzgerald skating through the Roy Wilkins The completed Edmund Fitzgerald costume sitting on my living room floor The cats thought it was their new house until I callously removed it
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
mattdelong.bsky.social
Wrote an article for my college student newspaper that resulted in the student body election getting thrown out and re-run and it all clicked
recursecenter.bsky.social Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · 13d
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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The plan: to de-radicalize QAnon folks we’re gonna elect each one to Congress for 5 years.
Nathan for you still
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
mattdelong.bsky.social
It doesn’t matter how secure your technology is if the people you’re talking to are compromised
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
mattdelong.bsky.social
Pretty wild how Billy Strings is more or less single-handedly mainstreaming bluegrass music right now
November 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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President Donald Trump said Friday he is “immediately” ending Temporary Protected Status for Somalis living in Minnesota.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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One woman chewed through her umbilical cord after giving birth in jail — another delivered into a cell toilet

'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies endure inhumane conditions in jails

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'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies are dying in jail
Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop

Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Oh my god
Trump smiles at Mamdani
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
mattdelong.bsky.social
The accordion is such an unfairly maligned instrument. Every time I hear it in pop or rock music it's great.
scottpb.bsky.social scott topics™️ @scottpb.bsky.social · 3d
I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.”

Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE

Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
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November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.

We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

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November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Prairie Island Indian Community let us come check out the fall cannabis harvest at the tribe's 13-acre cultivation and manufacturing facility outside of Hastings. Definitely the most weed I've ever seen in one place.

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November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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The city of Minneapolis is settling a lawsuit with the family of Leneal Frazier, a 40-year-old man who was killed when a speeding Minneapolis police car collided with him in 2021.
Minneapolis council OKs $475,000 settlement of lawsuit over fatal collision with speeding officer
Leneal Frazier died after his SUV was broadsided by a speeding Minneapolis police officer in 2021.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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The officer was "heading for duty" Wednesday night when his "weapon discharged and he accidentally shot himself in the testicles" in the station's parking lot, records show.
Off-duty Chicago cop accidentally shoots himself in groin outside police station in Gresham
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November 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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This is perfect. A Fox 52 episode podcast about the life of Jesus, apparently built on subterfuge, theft and lies. Many or most of the actors billed as participating had their voices repurposed from other work and didn't even know they were part of it. ew.com/celebrities-...
Kristen Bell, Malcolm McDowell, more had 'no knowledge' their voices would be used in Fox News Jesus podcast
Kristen Bell, Malcolm McDowell, and more stars had 'no knowledge' that their voices would be used in a Fox News podcast about Jesus until this week, as they recorded audio for a separate project 15 ye...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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wth

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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Trump accuses Democrats of 'seditious behavior, punishable by death,' for urging military to ignore illegal orders
Trump called for the Democratic lawmakers to be "arrested and placed on trial" in social media posts.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Young girls were sexually abused by a Duluth church member. They were told to forgive and forget.

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The Woodland Park Old Apostolic Lutheran Church in Duluth. (Leila Navidi/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Waymo, the driverless ride-hailing company, is bringing its fleet of autonomous electric vehicles to Minneapolis.
Ridesharing without a driver? It's coming to Minneapolis
Testing will begin Thursday morning. No date has been set to start offering rides to passengers.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM