Matt DeLong

Matt DeLong

@mattdelong.bsky.social

Audience @startribune.com. Journalism utility player. I write Nuggets, our free weekly newsletter about legal cannabis in Minnesota. Sign up here >> startribune.com/nuggets Send me tips via Signal: mattdelong.01

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Steven T. Dennis
@steventdennis.bsky.social

For the fabulously wealthy, paying taxes is pretty much optional. They can borrow against their vast wealth, which is mostly an untaxed capital gain, without paying taxes. When they die, the capital gain goes to zero. And loopholes exist to bypass the estate tax too.

Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social

“Billionaires who popularized stock-based lending include Larry Ellison and Elon Musk. Both borrow to avoid having to sell shares—which could trigger a taxes and dilute their voting rights—in companies they founded.” www.wsj.com/finance/the-...

wsj.comThe ‘Buy, Borrow and Die’ Wealth Strategy Has Become a $5 Trillion MarketA Deloitte study found a booming market in stock-based loans to billionaires—and the lesser rich.

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Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney.bsky.social

BREAKING: The 9th Circuit rules 2-1 to dismiss DOJ's effort to force California to remove 20,000 purported noncitizens from the voter rolls based on data CA officials view as faulty. Majority: Bennett (Trump) Sanchez (Biden) Minority: Bumatay (Trump) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

storage.courtlistener.com#63 in United States of America v. State of California, et al. (9th Cir., 26-7070) – CourtListener.comORDER FOR PUBLICATION FILED. (Mark J. BENNETT, Patrick J. BUMATAY, Gabriel P. SANCHEZ) (Concurrence by Judge BENNETT; Concurrence by Judge SANCHEZ; Dissent by Judge BUMATAY) [SEE ORDER FOR FULL TEXT] ...

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Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

House Judiciary Democrats have just released a 50-page report that pulls together years of assault allegations against Trump and his reported connections to Jeffrey Epstein. The report calls for a special counsel to investigate Trump's ties to Epstein.

ms.nowHouse Judiciary Democrats release 50-page report on Trump’s alleged involvement in Epstein filesThe report — issued just eight days before the election — makes multiple, uncorroborated allegations against the president while also detailing discrepancies in his statements about Epstein.
Matt DeLong
@mattdelong.bsky.social

Yikes

Imani Cruzen@imanicruzen.bsky.social

Sign+share! Union proposals our newspaper's parent company has rejected: Content under a reporter’s name must be their work, not AI; AI content must be reviewed by a human journalist and LABELED as AI; AI may not be used to generate deepfakes; Pioneer Press may not lay us off and replace us w/AI

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Daniel Aldrich
@danielaldrich.bsky.social

Google was really trying to hide its water use figures, to the degree that it got the council to try to keep its water use figures secret. The community finally got the actual numbers and found out Google was using 29 percent of the water in the community. www.wired.com/story/what-t...

wired.comWhat the US Movement Against Data Centers Can Learn From AbroadParis Marx, author of Hyperscale, has been tracking global data center development for years. The US has a lot to learn from what’s happened everywhere from Ireland to New Zealand.

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Amanda Katz
@katzish.bsky.social

Just crazy reporting by NYT—Kushner and Witkoff making a secret deal with a sanctioned Russian company to control a huge gas project in the US. Good for this guy for getting the heck out and talking to the Times

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Philip Bump
@pbump.com

“also please do not google ‘working with cia in cuba history’”

Eric Levai@ericlevai.bsky.social

Did he think this was a private message or something?

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Charlie Savage
@charliesavage.bsky.social

No obvious legal authority supports a pre-emptive effort to block the certification of Alaska’s Senate election if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comWhy Legal Experts See the Justice Dept.’s Alaska Election Challenge as Dubious (Gift Article)No obvious legal authority supports a pre-emptive effort to block the certification of Alaska’s Senate election if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses.

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Jimmy Lonetti
@djgloverepair.bsky.social

In honor of the World Series starting tonight, here's a 13 year old Tommy Stinson wearing his little league baseball pants on stage with his brother Bob.

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Phil Lewis
@phillewis.bsky.social

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Trump says he ordered the Justice Department lawsuit over Alaska's US Senate race: 'I'm the one that said do it.'

Matt DeLong
@mattdelong.bsky.social

This is a wild thing to say about Iowa

David Naylor@profcedar.bsky.social

We literally have the largest bike-touring event in the world which has been an annual summer state tradition for FIFTY YEARS. There's a giant exhibit in the state historical museum about it. This is comical.

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Caroline Haskins
@carolinehaskins.bsky.social

Airbnb is banning its hosts from making guests do things like “stripping the bed, taking trash offsite, or washing and putting away dishes.” The hosts....are not taking it well: www.wired.com/story/airbnb...

wired.comAirbnb Hosts Are Furious They Can No Longer Make Guests Do Their ChoresSome hosts are threatening to strike, while others are plotting ways around Airbnb’s new restrictions. Guests, meanwhile, are celebrating.

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Bill Grueskin
@bgrueskin.bsky.social

Hegseth: We are banning reporters from the Pentagon. Washpost: We have exclusive photos of the historic Dwight Eisenhower globe that was damaged in Hegseth's zeal to move it out of storage and into his office. Gift link ⤵️ wapo.st/3WF2YQo

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CNN
@cnn.com

A chemical tank explosion in Toledo, Ohio, prompted residents to evacuate and shelter-in-place as officials assessed the risk of exposure. Officials identified the released chemical as glycidyl methacrylate, a toxic material used in coatings which can cause irritation. https://cnn.it/4yxLD9m

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Nieman Lab
@niemanlab.org

On Tuesday, two major German publisher associations called on the European Commission to prohibit Meta’s new terms of service from going into effect next week. They alleged the terms for Meta business accounts could violate the E.U.’s Digital Markets Act. buff.ly/WGlpsYa

buff.lyU.K. politicians and German publishers call on regulators to pause Meta’s new terms before October 30 deadlineThe U.K. competition and consumer protection authority sent a formal letter to Meta to discuss its new commercial terms of service. On Tuesday, Will Hayter, the executive director for digital markets…

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Patrick deHahn
@pdehello.bsky.social

NY Times: "US and Israeli militaries have developed specific plans for renewed strikes against Iran after the American midterm elections, according to US officials and other people briefed on the deliberations." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...

nytimes.comU.S. and Israel Draw Up Plans for Renewed Strikes on Iran After ElectionsRenewed hostilities might not be any more successful than the war’s first phase, and President Trump has repeatedly canceled plans for a return to major combat.

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Minnesota Star Tribune
@startribune.com

Hours after the Wall Street Journal published a story questioning Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s claim she “graduated Phi Beta Kappa” from the University of Minnesota, the national honor society said that she is a member.

bit.lyPhi Beta Kappa says Peggy Flanagan was an honor society memberThe Democrat running for U.S. Senate said in a 2016 Minnesota House committee hearing she was a member, which was called into question Wednesday.

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Manisha Krishnan
@manishakrishnan.bsky.social

Years after boycotting Bud Light and purchasing "100 percent woke-free" beer, MAGA beer drinkers are still waiting for their orders to be fulfilled. One of them, a cop, tells @milesklee.bsky.social he wants jail time for the right-wing consultant who ripped them off: www.wired.com/story/bud-li...

wired.comBud Light Boycotters Are Still Waiting for Their ‘Woke-Free’ BeerUltra Right Beer, a brand launched in 2023 by MAGA political consultant Seth Weathers, has vanished from the internet with many deliveries unfulfilled.
Matt DeLong
@mattdelong.bsky.social

Small potatoes on the scale of everything happening right now but it's so easy to not do this and I don't understand why so many people with political ambitions do it

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com

Minnesota’s Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Peggy Flanagan said she “graduated Phi Beta Kappa,” but records raise questions about the claim. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4jxPRtZ

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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social

Wow. Vivek Ramaswamy admits he was responsible for the despicable attack ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother.

The Rooster@rooster.info

Conman comes clean, admits it’s his ad. www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...

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Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING NYT: A billionaire wanted a Trump pardon. His family gave Alina Habba a $50 million deal. Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Habba, a lawyer close to Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.

nytimes.comA Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal.Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.
Matt DeLong
@mattdelong.bsky.social

Petty small town feuds are among my favorite genres of local journalism and this one does not disappoint

Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com

Shouting matches, assault charges and dead rodents flung onto tables. These are just some of the antics displayed by warring factions in the city of Twin Lakes, population 134.

bit.lyShouting matches and a dead rat: Inside a tiny Minnesota town’s bitter feudOngoing conflict between current and former city leaders comes to a head next month in an election for control of the town of 134 people. Also on the ballot: whether the municipality should be dissolved.
Matt DeLong
@mattdelong.bsky.social

National Review getting the receipts a certainly an interesting development

Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc)@purrtah.bsky.social

NRO obtained court records showing Acton did in fact face abuse and her mother and Vivek are just straight up lying www.nationalreview.com/news/amy-act...

nationalreview.comAmy Acton’s Mom Claims Candidate Lied about Childhood in Attack Ad — Despite Extensive Record of Abuse | National ReviewLegal documents obtained by NR provide evidence that Acton faced sexual abuse as a child while in her mother’s custody.