In what proved to be the kind of small divine intervention that gives one comfort the man upstairs is, indeed, looking out for them, I groggily awoke around 8:00 a.m. Sunday despite setting my alarm for 10:00 just a few hours before.
Southwest Airlines flight 1553 was scheduled to depart from New Orleans to D.C. at 12:35 p.m. This was the fourth time I was flying in six days, and I hadn&#8217;t had any TSA troubles yet. I planned to get to the airport a little earlier than usual, but nothing too crazy.
Before going back to sleep, I checked the bachelor party group chat, and everything changed. Our forward scout Will, who had booked a 5:50 a.m. flight home like an absolute psychopath, sent us photos from the TSA line around 4:00 a.m. Miles long. I quickly opened the Everything App (X) and searched &#8220;MSY&#8221;. Horror stories were quickly flooding in. I realized I had overlooked a key factor: spring break travelers.
Having been out on Bourbon Street until roughly 3:30 a.m. with the groom-to-be, my wits weren&#8217;t fully about me. I busted open the two tactical Excedrin Extra Strength packets I had stowed in my backpack for this very moment, swigged down the last bit of bottled drinking water I had, freshened up in the bathroom, and called my Uber.
I hurried downstairs and spotted one of my compatriots passed out face down on a couch. His flight was at noon. It was approaching 0845 CDT. It was over for him, so I left him behind — it&#8217;s what he would&#8217;ve wanted.
My Uber arrived and the real challenges began to stack up. My driver, pronouns stated in his Uber bio, was not aware there was a government shutdown affecting airport activity until I mentioned it.
&#8220;Are you f*cking sh*tting me? Again?&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/Dylan_Housman/status/2035717566815977677">he screamed</a>, immediately growing belligerent just moments after jovially asking me if we had gone to any &#8220;t*tty bars&#8221; (we did not).
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I explained to him it was just for DHS, which of course included TSA. &#8220;We gotta get this guy outta here man, he&#8217;s f*cking up our country!&#8221; he bellowed about President Trump. I didn&#8217;t have it in me to correct him. His blue delusion wouldn&#8217;t go far in deep red Louisiana anyway, and I was fighting for my life in the back seat of his Subaru.
We arrived at the airport. Southwest flight 1553 departed in three hours and 35 minutes. I entered the front door of the terminal and spotted the proverbial huddled masses, snaking in line after line around the floor. I glanced up to the second level, where the lines continued. I asked an employee where the line began, and she pointed me to the parking garage.
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I walked out to the garage and assumed my spot in the labyrinth. It snaked around floor P1 at least 4 times before making its way inside. I had received a heads-up about the garage situation from the groom, David, who had arrived a couple of hours prior for his 10:00 a.m. flight. He said he was still outside.
Despair and chaos have fully gripped the crowd. &#8220;My flight is boarding now,&#8221; I heard one man say to an airport employee nearby. &#8220;He&#8217;s a goner,&#8221; I turned around and said to the two men behind me. It turned out they would be in due course as well.
&#8220;Ground exfil is proceeding well,&#8221; read a text in the group chat from Hayden, who was making the eight-hour drive back to Nashville. Lucky bastard. There was no sign of the copious amounts of Ole Miss fraternity brothers and their dates we had met the night before, either. A six-hour drive back to Oxford sounded nice right about now.
One hour into the snake. Southwest flight 1553 departed in two hours and 10 minutes. I assume at this point I am thoroughly cooked and begin looking at alternative flight options.
Direct to DCA, Baltimore, or Dulles? Nothing.
One-stop connections? Nothing.
Flights from Baton Rouge, Mobile, or Lafayette? Nothing.
The reality of potentially spending my Sunday night at the New Orleans airport Hilton begins to set in.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve just got to make it through to the gates,&#8221; I say to myself. &#8220;So many people are gonna be missing flights, I&#8217;ll be able to get on something else on standby.&#8221;
Then David throws me yet another curveball. &#8220;They&#8217;re not letting anyone in who has missed their flight already,&#8221; he texted me. &#8220;I had to book a standby seat on a full flight just for TSA to let me through.&#8221;
There were no other flights for me to book, not even for standby. I hurriedly searched for the cheapest flight departing MSY that day in the evening, just so I would have a boarding pass to show the TSA legionnaire manning the scanner. $130 for a Frontier flight to LAX at 7:00 p.m., connecting via Midway, it was.
<div id="attachment_1064513" style="width: 442px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1064513" class="wp-image-1064513 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/1000016265-432x576.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/1000016265-432x576.jpg 432w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/1000016265-225x300.jpg 225w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/1000016265-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/1000016265-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/1000016265-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/1000016265-scaled.jpg 1920w" sizes=" (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px" />(Dylan Housman)</div>
Southwest flight 1553 departed in one hour and 20 minutes. I&#8217;ve reached the threshold of the airport terminal. A crying child snakes past me in the other direction with her family. Defeated passengers, left for dead, sit on the floor of the Hudson News shop inside. We get to the bottom of the escalator to head up to the *actual* TSA line, where I&#8217;m promptly cut off by a dreadlocked man with three small children. I decide not to call the police, for the sake of the children.
I can see the scanners. Maybe I actually will make it. The line is moving quickly.
&#8220;I need to see your boarding pass,&#8221; the TSA agent says. I show him. Southwest flight 1553, which is leaving in 40 minutes. I&#8217;m through. Bags in the bin. Water bottle poured out. Portable charger through the machine. On the other side, I emerge as my flight begins boarding.
I make it onto the flight as one of the last to board. Total time spent in the TSA line ended up at about two hours and 45 minutes. I spent the taxi time writing a letter to my senators, pleading for mercy to never experience this hell again.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an illegal immigrant accused of fraud who was just one week away from graduating the New Orleans Police Department academy, <a href="https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/2018762909602721977?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Fox News.
Larry Temah, 46, who hails from Cameroon, was hired by the New Orleans Police Department in June, the agency&#8217;s superintendent, Anne Kirkpatrick, said following his arrest last month.
The Department of Homeland Security slammed the department for not only hiring Temah, but also for arming him.
“This illegal alien from Cameroon, Larry Temah, is not only breaking the law with every step he takes in this country illegally, but the New Orleans Police Department hired him and issued him a firearm &#8211; what kind of law enforcement department gives criminal illegal aliens guns and badges?&#8221; the agency said in a statement to Fox News.
&#8220;It’s a FELONY for illegal aliens to even possess a firearm. Sanctuary cities like New Orleans ignore ICE detainers and are protecting illegal aliens at the expense of American citizens,&#8221; the agency said.
Temah entered the United States in 2015 using a visitor&#8217;s visa, the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News. After marrying an American citizen in 2016, he was granted conditional residency.
The federal government denied his application for permanent status in 2022, citing fraud. Temah failed to show for three separate hearings in immigration court, resulting in a judge issuing a deportation order.
Temah, however, didn&#8217;t comply with that order to leave the country, forcing ICE to hunt him down.
Kirkpatrick said last month that the police department had no information to suggest Temah was in the country illegally during his hiring process.
&#8220;There was nothing in the [personnel] packet that would have given us reason to believe that this person did not have legal status,&#8221; she said. &#8220;There is some question that may have developed later.&#8221;
Temah applied to become an officer in June 2025, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-detains-new-orleans-police-recruit-after-immigration-judge-signed-removal-order-following-his-hiring" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Fox News. He also had a valid driver&#8217;s license and Social Security number, and passed the E-Verify check, which ensures workers are in the country legally and eligible to work.
Kirkpatrick said they learned of his deportation order on Dec. 5, which was after he applied for the role with the department.
&#8220;The order of removal occurred after we had already hired him,&#8221; she said.
She said that the NOPD had conducted standard criminal background checks, including a search through the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database, and found no criminal history.
Temah&#8217;s case isn&#8217;t the first involving ICE arresting an illegal immigrant cop.
In October, federal authorities nabbed Radule Bojovic, an illegal immigrant from Montenegro, who was working as a police officer for the Hanover Police Department in Illinois.
Bojovic overstayed a tourist visa that required him to leave the United States on March 31, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/16/governor-jb-pritzkers-illinois-illegal-alien-working-sworn-police-office-badge-gun" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the time of his arrest. A judge later granted Bojovic a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-releases-illegal-immigrant-cop-from-ice-custody" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$2,500 immigration bond</a> and he has since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-cop-previously-nabbed-by-ice-returns-to-work-for-illinois-police-department">returned</a> to work with the Hanover Police Department.
The department hired Bojovic in January 2025 since he had a federal work permit and passed all background checks, they previously said.

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President Donald Trump is preparing to deploy the National Guard to New Orleans as part of a crime crackdown effort in major cities nationwide.
The president said during a cabinet meeting on Monday that “in a couple of weeks,” the federal surge will make its way to the Louisiana city, like Memphis and Washington, D.C., before it.
“We&#8217;re going to New Orleans pretty soon. The governor called me; he&#8217;d like to have us go there,” Trump said. “Governor Landry &#8212; great guy, great governor. He&#8217;s asked for help in New Orleans and we&#8217;re going to go there in a couple of weeks.&#8221;
Trump referred to changes made in the capital city as a “miracle” as many crimes dropped in the aftermath of the federal law enforcement takeover that took place during the summer.
“We know that when carjackings go down, when use of guns goes down, when homicide or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer,” Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said in August after initially being a strong critic of the takeover.
A recent WalletHub study ranked New Orleans dead last in safety out of the 182 cities it surveyed. Memphis stood at #181, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, came in at #180. In September, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry made a “request for federal assistance” to allow for 1,000 Louisiana National Guard members to tackle crime in the state.
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“Since taking office, we have made real progress in driving down crime across Louisiana — but the job is far from finished. Federal partnerships in our toughest cities have worked, and now, with the support of President Trump and Secretary Hegseth, we are taking the next step by bringing in the National Guard,” Landry said in a statement at the time.
“This mission is about saving lives and protecting families. To the criminals terrorizing our communities: your time is up. Law and order are back in Louisiana,” the governor continued.
The Daily Wire reported last month that Border Patrol will be conducting operations in the city, nicknamed “Swamp Sweep,” with approximately 250 agents.
“My first priority is to keep our community safe. The reports of due process violations and potential abuses in other cities are concerning. I want our community to be aware and informed of the protections available under law,” Democratic Mayor-elect Helena Moreno said in a statement regarding the immigration enforcement, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-patrol-heads-to-another-blue-city-in-latest-round-of-illegal-immigration-sweeps" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> reported at the time. Moreno launched a &#8220;community resources&#8221; <a href="https://helenamorenola.com/communityresources" target="_blank" rel="noopener">webpage</a> detailing the ways in which people should navigate federal immigration enforcement, saying that local police &#8220;will not ask about your immigration status.&#8221;
“We must demand accountability and that people’s rights are not violated. I’m also calling on our legal community to step up and provide whatever assistance they can to help protect and preserve individual rights,” Moreno continued.
A spokesperson for the city of New Orleans government said that the city and &#8220;New Orleans Police Department have a track record of working collaboratively with Federal and State law enforcement partners and the National Guard and that will continue to be the position of the City of New Orleans.&#8221;
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Border agents are planning to hit New Orleans with immigration raids after Thanksgiving.
The Democrat-run city is expected to see sweeps similar to the ongoing operations in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Charlotte, where agents have arrested hundreds of illegal immigrants, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/us/new-orleans-border-patrol-immigration">according</a> to CNN.
Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, who has led the other operations, is expected to descend upon the city with roughly 250 federal agents starting the first week of December in an operation dubbed &#8220;Swamp Sweep,&#8221; <a href="https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-mayor-elect-helena-moreno-border-patrol/69511457" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to multiple reports.
The goal is to arrest roughly 5,000 illegal immigrants living in both Louisiana and Mississippi, NBC News recently <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/border-patrol-preparing-leave-charlotte-plan-mobilize-new-orleans-rcna244981" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The city&#8217;s Democratic leadership is now bracing for impact.
New Orleans City Council Vice President and Democratic Mayor-elect Helena Moreno recently launched a <a href="https://helenamorenola.com/communityresources" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> to instruct immigrants on how to navigate encounters with Border Patrol agents.
“My first priority is to keep our community safe. The reports of due process violations and potential abuses in other cities are concerning. I want our community to be aware and informed of the protections available under law,&#8221; Moreno said in a recent statement.
&#8220;We must demand accountability and that people’s rights are not violated. I’m also calling on our legal community to step up and provide whatever assistance they can to help protect and preserve individual rights.”
New Orleans is home to more than 23,000 immigrants who account for roughly 6.5% of the city&#8217;s population, according to CNN. Roughly half of the city&#8217;s immigrants are noncitizens.
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Bracing for impact, some immigrants have already started to call out of work, leaving local businesses scrambling.
Ingrid Ferguson, who owns several grocery stores in New Orleans specializing in Central American products, told CNN that her immigrant employees are fearful to show up to work, forcing her and her family to pick up extra shifts.
Business revenue has been nearly cut in half with fewer Latino customers coming in.
Ferguson has started offering a free delivery service to immigrants hiding out at home and has considered temporarily closing all but one store location next week, according to CNN.
Louisiana is a major staging point for deportation flights and is home to eight federal immigration detention centers. Federal authorities across the country often funnel illegal immigrants with deportation orders to Louisiana as the final step in their one-way journey home.
In September, the Trump administration <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09/03/louisiana-lockup-new-partnership-dhs-and-state-louisiana-expand-detention-space" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opened</a> &#8220;Louisiana Lockup&#8221; to hold up to 416 illegal immigrants inside the state-run Angola Prison. The new detention center received the support of Republican Governor Jeff Landry.
“Together, we’re making Louisiana and America safer,&#8221; Landry said at the time of the state&#8217;s partnership with the Department of Homeland Security.

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Ten prisoners, including four charged with murder, escaped from the New Orleans jail on Friday after the city elected as sheriff a progressive activist who had never worn a badge.
Orleans Parish became a trial run in a plan by left-wing billionaires to extend George Soros&#8217; campaign of installing anti-police prosecutors even further, into electing anti-law-and-order sheriffs. Susan Hutson was elected in December 2021, with <a href="https://www.wwno.org/politics/2021-12-10/a-susan-hutson-win-could-give-new-orleans-and-the-u-s-its-1st-progressive-sheriff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Orleans Public Radio</a> saying at the time that “a Susan Hutson win could give New Orleans — and the U.S. — its 1st progressive sheriff.”
Hutson had never served as a law enforcement officer, but rather worked as an “independent police monitor” who criticized police, New Orleans Public Radio said. The outlet stated she would “reform the criminal justice system with a left-wing ideology.” The primary role of the sheriff in Orleans Parish is to run the jail.
Hutson squeaked into office after the incumbent, another black Democrat, got 48% in the primary compared to her 35%, which led to a runoff since the incumbent did not get 50%. In the runoff, the dynamic flipped with the assistance of big-money out-of-state groups, including PAC for Justice, which wants to divert the jail budget to “social programs.”
During the initial election, Hutson “struggled to pull in money, only taking in $131,000 from donors, but during the runoff, <a href="https://www.flipthebench2020.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PAC for Justice</a> received a $200,000 donation from a national group named FWD.us, which has also donated funds to end non-unanimous jury trials,” New Orleans Public Radio said. FWD.us was co-founded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. PAC for Justice&#8217;s other <a href="https://eap.ethics.la.gov/CFSearch/LA-108137.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">donors</a>, almost all out-of-state, also included groups that were, in turn, funded by Soros.
“Hutson said if elected, she would also support promoting women to deputies to diversify the workplace, helping to buck the national trend of the white male sheriff,” the outlet added.
Sean Kennedy of Virginians for Safe Communities, which opposes lenient prosecutors, told The Daily Wire that Hutson “was an anti-police activist lawyer who never wore a badge but won anyway with $160,000 from Soros PACs and another $200,000 from Mark Zuckerberg — neither of which (last time I checked) are from New Orleans.”
“George Soros and his allies have expanded their attempted takeover of the criminal justice system. On top of the $50 million Soros spent on prosecutors, he is now spending millions more to buy local sheriff races and install radical incompetents like he did in New Orleans, Phoenix, and on Cape Cod,” he added.
Hutson lashed out on Friday about how having four accused murderers on the loose would affect her own election.
&#8220;Why did it happen just right now, right in the middle, as we&#8217;re getting ready to start this sheriff&#8217;s race?&#8221; she said at a press conference on the escape, according to <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/11-men-escape-new-orleans-jail-considered-armed/story?id=121879077" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC News</a>. &#8220;This is very suspicious. We know that they had help. We&#8217;re showing you they had help. This was coordinated. There&#8217;s much more than meets the eye.&#8221;
The remark suggested that she believes that rather than the escape happening due to her incompetence, it was orchestrated by jail guards who wanted to see her replaced as sheriff.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/documents-reveal-how-george-soros-controls-prosecutors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Soros takeover of the legal system</a> is one of the most remarkable political phenomena of the last decade. The billionaire financier, an expert in arbitrage, discovered that rather than influencing state legislators to change laws, it is cheaper and easier to elect prosecutors who will simply nullify laws they don’t like by refusing to prosecute them.
Mainstream Democrat and Republican prosecutors believe it is a violation of the separation of the branches of government to ignore laws. But Soros also discovered that by targeting cities where residents “vote blue no matter who,” it is possible to replace Democrat incumbents with leftists who don&#8217;t share those ethical concerns by injecting unheard-of amounts of cash into primary elections, which were historically cheap, low-turnout affairs.
Instead of donating to a candidate&#8217;s campaign, the Soros machine essentially runs it for the candidate, through &#8220;independent expenditures&#8221; such as ads and mailers that it designs, pays for, and runs on its own.
Putting national cash into local races for sheriff represents a significant advancement of the project, one that would place anti-police activists in charge of a region’s public safety.
Ten inmates left the jail through a hole behind a toilet at 1:01 a.m., while only one employee—a civilian rather than law enforcement—was assigned to watch their pod, and while that person left to get food, officials said. At 8:30 a.m., they were discovered missing.
&#8220;These folks that were able to get out did so because of defective locks on the cells,&#8221; Hutson said, while also saying, “We have the indication that these detainees received assistance in their escape from inside our department.”

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Ten prison inmates, at least four of them charged with murder or attempted murder, have escaped from prison in New Orleans, Louisiana.
On Friday morning at roughly 9:30 a.m., it was discovered that the men were missing from Orleans Parish Justice Center.
“Photos released by the sheriff&#8217;s office show the inside of a cell where the escape is believed to have happened. A large hole was cut behind a toilet with phrases such as ‘We Innocent’ and ‘Too Easy LOL’ written above it,” NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/louisiana-orleans-inmates-escape-rcna207232">reported</a>.
Sheriff Susan Hutson revealed the inmates had the help of people “inside of our department.”
“Someone clearly dropped the ball and there’s no excuse for this,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill wrote. “I’m in communication with Troop NOLA and @LAStatePolice Superintendent Colonel Hodges. It’s all hands on deck. The first priority in any escape must be the immediate capture of the inmates and coordination with state and local law enforcement — but that effort cannot come at the expense of timely notification to the public, which is also critical to keeping communities safe. My office will do whatever it takes to determine how this happened and make sure that it won’t happen again. I am calling for a full investigation &#8211; This is beyond unacceptable, and once these offenders are back in custody, there must be real accountability.”
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Someone clearly dropped the ball and there’s no excuse for this. I’m in communication with Troop NOLA and <a href="https://twitter.com/LAStatePolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LAStatePolice</a> Superintendent Colonel Hodges. It’s all hands on deck. The first priority in any escape must be the immediate capture of the inmates and coordination with… <a href="https://t.co/APXD9Gj7UE">pic.twitter.com/APXD9Gj7UE</a>
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According to Deputy Chief of Field Operations Bureau Christopher Goodly, the men should be considered armed and dangerous.
Not only have four of the escapees been charged with murder or attempted murder, others have been charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, armed robbery with a firearm, armed false imprisonment, or battery and drug offenses.
One man has been caught. Kendall Myles was discovered hiding under a car in the Hotel Monteleone parking garage in the French Quarter.
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Troop NOLA Troopers located escapee Kendall Myles in the French Quarter this morning. After a brief foot pursuit, he was apprehended on Royal Street. Troopers continue working with partners to locate the remaining escapees and ensure public safety. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/troopnola?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#troopnola</a> <a href="https://t.co/ef5FM55YRS">pic.twitter.com/ef5FM55YRS</a>
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“Thank you to Troop NOLA for their diligence and speed in apprehending the first escapee,” Gov. Jeff Landry posted on X. “To the other 10: YOU ARE NEXT! @OrleansParishSO and @SheriffHutson must be working in total conjunction with Troop NOLA. There is no time to waste!”
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Thank you to Troop NOLA for their diligence and speed in apprehending the first escapee. 
To the other 10: YOU ARE NEXT! <a href="https://twitter.com/OrleansParishSO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@OrleansParishSO</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/SheriffHutson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SheriffHutson</a> must be working in total conjunction with Troop NOLA. There is no time to waste! <a href="https://t.co/4YZzcSlWDa">https://t.co/4YZzcSlWDa</a>
&mdash; Governor Jeff Landry (@LAGovJeffLandry) <a href="https://twitter.com/LAGovJeffLandry/status/1923423965554327670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/super-bowl">Super Bowl LIX</a> is still getting mixed reviews, with many viewers calling it confusing and others deeming it brilliant. But in either case, it has gone down in history as the most-watched halftime show ever, with a total of 133.5 million viewers.
The previous record-holder since 1993 was pop superstar Michael Jackson, who received 133.4 million views when he performed at Super Bowl XXVII at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
Lamar is the first solo <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rap-music">rapper</a> to perform at the Super Bowl, per <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/kendrick-lamar-performance-super-bowl-lix-most-watched-halftime-show">Sports Illustrated</a>. The recording artist performed a total of 12 songs, including his popular “diss track” against the Canadian rapper Drake, called “Not Like Us.”
Many viewers were pleased to see outwardly patriotic themes during the performance including dancers wearing red, white, and blue and positioning themselves to depict an American Flag. Samuel L. Jackson appeared as Uncle Sam, and there were no scantily clad dancers or sexualized moves, which is normally a big complaint for Super Bowl shows.
However, many football fans complained that Lamar’s songs were mostly unknown to the general public and that it was hard to understand the lyrics. Others noted that the rapper, who often uses his music to advocate progressive social themes, was actually criticizing the nation with the performance.
Tennis pro Serena Williams also made a guest appearance, doing the same “crip walk” dance that she was criticized for performing at Wimbledon 13 years ago. Her inclusion was meant to further antagonize Drake, who is rumored to have dated Williams decades ago.
Roc Nation, Apple Music, and the NFL announced that the viewership record was broken on Tuesday, writing on social media, “We’ve broken the record again! The most watched Apple Music Halftime show EVER, with 133.5 Million viewers.”
This number is surprising considering that Lamar’s performance had more viewers than the football game itself, which had an average viewership of 126 million, per <a href="https://x.com/FOXSportsPR/status/1889107300985512289">Fox Sports</a>.
Lamar, 37, is a Compton-born rapper was signed as an artist in 2005. He’s the recipient of multiple accolades, including 22 Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, a Brit Award, and several others.

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On Sunday night, after the Philadelphia Eagles had defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 at the Super Bowl in New Orleans, President Donald Trump took aim at pop singer Taylor Swift, who invariably is shown on TV at NFL games cheering for the Chiefs and her boyfriend Travis Kelce, the Chiefs&#8217; All-Pro tight end.
Trump targeted Swift, who had endorsed Kamala Harris for president, noting that fans booed her when she was shown on TV.
“The only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift. She got BOOED out of the Stadium. MAGA is very unforgiving!” he wrote on social media, adding video clips of her getting booed and another shot of the crowd cheering the American flag.
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The only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift. She got BOOED out of the Stadium. MAGA is very unforgiving!
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— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpDailyPosts/status/1888808002008010831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Swift actually grew up in Philadelphia as an Eagles fan but switched to the Chiefs after she started dating Kelce, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/taylor-swift-hears-loud-boos-super-bowl-lix-after-trump-gets-raucous-cheer">noted</a>. Trump received cheers when he was shown on the Jumbotron inside the Caesars Superdome.
Last September, Swift endorsed then-Vice-President Kamala Harris for president on <a href="applewebdata://88643B06-700D-4D5D-94C1-68CB856F6CA5/v">Instagram</a>. Calling herself a “childless cat lady,” she wrote, “I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I’m voting for <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kamalaharris/?hl=en">@kamalaharris</a> because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos. I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate <a href="https://www.instagram.com/timwalz/?hl=en">@timwalz</a>, who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.”
The next morning, Trump was interviewed on “<a href="https://x.com/ConservBrief/status/1833832221540602188">Fox and Friends</a>,” where he was asked about Swift’s endorsement. “I was not a Taylor Swift fan. It was just a question of time. She couldn&#8217;t &#8230; you couldn&#8217;t possibly endorse Biden,” he declared. “You look at Biden, you couldn&#8217;t possibly endorse him. But she&#8217;s a very liberal person. She seems to always endorse a Democrat. And she&#8217;ll probably pay a price for it at the, uh, in the marketplace.&#8221;
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Watch as Donald Trump responds to Taylor Swift&#8217;s endorsement of Kamala Harris when calling in to &#8216;Fox &amp; Friends&#8217; this morning:
&#8220;I actually like Mrs. Mahomes MUCH better, if you want to know the truth. She&#8217;s a big Trump fan. I was not a Taylor Swift fan. It was just a question of… <a href="https://t.co/wZWEfLJlTD">pic.twitter.com/wZWEfLJlTD</a>
— Conservative Brief (@ConservBrief) <a href="https://twitter.com/ConservBrief/status/1833832221540602188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2024</a></blockquote>
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President Donald Trump is reportedly set to attend Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday, which would make him the first president to attend America&#8217;s biggest sporting event while in office.
A White House official told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/politics/donald-trump-super-bowl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> on Tuesday that Trump is expected to attend the Super Bowl at Caesars Superdome with guests that could include House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), among others. The heavy security planned for the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will be heightened even more for the president&#8217;s attendance, according to CNN. The Super Bowl will take place just over a month after a radical Islamic terrorist drove a truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street on New Year&#8217;s Day, killing 14 people.
Trump&#8217;s new Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was in New Orleans on Monday, where she visited the site of the terrorist attack with Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry and looked into preparation for the Super Bowl. During her visit, Noem spoke at an NFL public safety press conference where she said &#8220;there are no credible threats&#8221; that DHS has on the &#8220;radar&#8221; for the big game, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/no-credible-threats-super-bowl-lix-new-orleans-following-new-years-terror-attack-kristi-noem-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>. The city expects around 125,000 visitors, who will begin arriving on Wednesday.
&#8220;The world is a much more dangerous place, but here in the homeland, we are safe, and I will tell you that right now we have no specific credible threats to this event at the Super Bowl, which I think should give us all a sense of security, but also knowing we will adjust that as needed,&#8221; Noem said.
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DHS has protected the NFL Super Bowl for 20+ years. We’re working around the clock to ensure a safe and secure game day at the Superdome and in the city of New Orleans. <a href="https://t.co/WlxggYgImh">pic.twitter.com/WlxggYgImh</a>
&mdash; Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sec_Noem/status/1886766439350100353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump attended multiple college football games and an NFL game. In December, as president-elect, he also attended the Army-Navy game.
The Chiefs will go for their third consecutive Super Bowl victory on Sunday while the Eagles look for their second Super Bowl win in franchise history. Super Bowl LIX will feature performers Jon Batiste — singing the &#8220;Star-Spangled Banner&#8221; — and Lauren Daigle — singing &#8220;America the Beautiful.&#8221; Rapper Kendrick Lamar will perform during the halftime show.

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Chiefs star QB <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/patrick-mahomes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Patrick Mahomes</a> had nothing but praise for God after the Kansas City team sealed a third trip in a row to the Super Bowl with a 32-29 victory against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night.
Seconds after the Chiefs became AFC Champions again, a <a href="https://x.com/Sports_Spectrum/status/1883712399209095437">CBS sportscaster </a>caught up with Mahomes and asked him, pointing to the team’s chance to make history as threepeat SB champions, “How do you even describe this one, this opportunity ahead?&#8221; 
Super Bowl LIX will be held on February 9 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
“I mean, first off, I want to give all glory to God,” Mahomes told the reporter. “Without him, none of this is possible. And I truly mean that.”
“And I’m just so proud of my teammates and how they responded,” he added. “That was a great football team and I’m just at a loss of words &#8230; I’m excited for New Orleans.”
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— Sports Spectrum (@Sports_Spectrum) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sports_Spectrum/status/1883712399209095437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
It is not the first time the future NFL Hall of Famer has been open about his faith. Following the Chiefs&#8217; 25-22 overtime victory in Super Bowl LVIII against the San Francisco 49ers, the NFL star credited God with the team’s win, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/he-challenged-us-to-make-us-better-patrick-mahomes-credits-god-for-super-bowl-win">reported</a>.
Mahomes spoke to the press immediately after the Chiefs won the big game for the second consecutive year and said, “I just got to give God the glory” as he praised his team members for never faltering during the difficult season.
“He [God] challenged us to make us better,” Mahomes added. “And I am so proud of my guys man, this is awesome. It’s legendary.”
Mahomes has often spoken about his faith. In February 2023, he praised God after he scored the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award for the 2022 season.
“First, I want to thank God for giving me this platform and putting so many amazing people around me to help support this dream I’ve had since I was a little kid,” Mahomes <a href="https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2023/02/09/kansas-city-chiefs-patrick-mahomes-mvp-acceptance-speech/">said</a>. “Without Him, none of this would be possible.”
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chiefs-qb-patrick-mahomes-tells-press-my-christian-faith-plays-a-role-in-everything">Chiefs</a> quarterback previously discussed Christianity with reporters at a Super Bowl event two years ago.
“My Christian faith plays a role in everything that I do,” Mahomes revealed. 
“I mean, I always ask God to lead me in the right direction and let me be who I am for His name,” he added. “Obviously it will be on a huge stage in the Super Bowl that He’s given me and I want to make sure I’m glorifying Him while I do it.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mahomes-says-he-will-keep-playing-in-nfl-as-long-as-it-doesnt-take-away-from-my-family-time" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mahomes Says He Will Keep Playing In NFL As Long As It Doesn’t ‘Take Away From My Family Time’</a>

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This week, a historic storm dumped several inches of snow across some states along the Gulf Coast, resulting in accumulations deeper than amounts recorded in more traditionally wintry parts of the United States.
AccuWeather <a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/florida-shatters-all-time-snowfall-record-as-winter-storm-blankets-gulf-coast/1736705" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Wednesday that all-time snowfall records were preliminarily set at weather stations in cities across the South, from Louisiana to Florida. Eight inches of snow fell in New Orleans and more than seven inches in Pensacola, Florida, shattering decades-old records.
&#8220;The south has received fresh snowpack from a historic storm while areas in the Midwest remain bare. In the Northeast, we continue to hang onto our snowpack thanks to below freezing conditions for most of January,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/NWSBinghamton/status/1882070625403216352" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> an X account from the National Weather Service (NWS).
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Here is the latest snow depth analysis from NOHRSC. The south has received fresh snowpack from a historic storm while areas in the Midwest remain bare. In the Northeast, we continue to hang onto our snowpack thanks to below freezing conditions for most of January.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nywx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nywx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/pawx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#pawx</a> <a href="https://t.co/UeIKrtfrHf">pic.twitter.com/UeIKrtfrHf</a>
&mdash; NWS Binghamton (@NWSBinghamton) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSBinghamton/status/1882070625403216352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
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A <a href="https://x.com/NWS/status/1882074650169266320" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> from the main NWS account responded, &#8220;Here&#8217;s something you don&#8217;t see, well, EVER! On January 22, Florida and Louisiana have more snowpack than *checks notes* &#8230; *checks notes again* &#8230; South Dakota.&#8221;
States of emergency were activated in Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/weather/winter-storm-south-tuesday-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> CNN, which also noted widespread closures across the region. Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/snow-winter-storm-us-south-texas-louisiana-florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> a handful of deaths associated with the winter storm in the South, including a vehicle crash in Texas, where <a href="https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/icy-roads-leads-to-deadly-accident-in-zavala-county" target="_blank" rel="noopener">icy road conditions</a> made travel dangerous.
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Several meteorologists posted images and weather maps to X while remarking on the unusual weather unfolding across the southern U.S.
&#8220;Florida broke their state snow record from the historic winter storm on Tuesday. New totals are in and Milton received 9.8&#8243;, more than double the old record of 4&#8243; from 1954 (in also Milton). For many areas, this will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience they&#8217;ll never forget,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/MattDevittWX/status/1882102717495103638" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> a post from Matt Devitt, who is the chief meteorologist at WINK News in Southwest Florida.
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NEW: Florida broke their state snow record from the historic winter storm on Tuesday. New totals are in and Milton received 9.8&quot;, more than double the old record of 4&quot; from 1954 (in also Milton). For many areas, this will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience they&#39;ll never forget.… <a href="https://t.co/f7Q8ftlXiR">pic.twitter.com/f7Q8ftlXiR</a>
&mdash; Matt Devitt (@MattDevittWX) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattDevittWX/status/1882102717495103638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I’m still in disbelief this happened. Here it is. Timelapse of historic New Orleans snow storm,&#8221; Payton Malone, a meteorologist for local CBS affiliate WWL-TV, <a href="https://x.com/paytonmalonewx/status/1881860133422293164" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a now-viral post to X along with a video. He added, &#8220;Snow got up to 12 inches on my snowboard in the French Quarter.&#8221;
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I’m still in disbelief this happened. Here it is. Timelapse of historic New Orleans snow storm. Snow got up to 12 inches on my snowboard in the French Quarter. <a href="https://t.co/M9byQeZJGL">pic.twitter.com/M9byQeZJGL</a>
&mdash; Payton Malone WWL-TV (@paytonmalonewx) <a href="https://twitter.com/paytonmalonewx/status/1881860133422293164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The NWS office in Anchorage, Alaska, <a href="https://x.com/NWSAnchorage/status/1882082172057899062" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X that New Orleans received more than double the amount of snowfall since the start of meteorological winter on December 1, with New Orleans getting 8.0 inches of snow and Anchorage getting just 3.8 inches. The account tagged NWS New Orleans, quipping, &#8220;We&#8217;d like our snow back. Or at least some King Cake in return.&#8221;

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The FBI Assistant Special Agent who insisted that the attack in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-orleans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Orleans</a> on New Years’ Day — in which Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, rammed his truck into a group of celebrants, killing 15 and injuring dozens of people — was not a terrorist attack, has reportedly been reassigned.
“The city of New Orleans was impacted by a terrorist attack,” New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell said. But Duncan, who was in charge of the investigation, initially stated, “We&#8217;ll be taking over the investigative lead for this event. This is not a terrorist event. What it is right now is there are improvised explosives devices that was found and we are working on confirming if this is a viable device or not.”
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NEWS: FOX News has learned per multiple sources that Assistant Special in Charge Alethea Duncan from FBI New Orleans has been temporarily reassigned following her initial press conference in which she stated: “This is not a terrorist event.”
It was terrorism. After the original…
&mdash; Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) <a href="https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1880316343381053477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2025</a></blockquote>
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FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge of New Orleans, Alethea Duncan, has been &quot;temporarily reassigned&quot; after she contradicted the city&#39;s mayor by stating the terror attack was NOT terrorism. It was.
In other news, the FBI has shuttered its DEI offices. <a href="https://t.co/cfc37Fe8ac">https://t.co/cfc37Fe8ac</a> <a href="https://t.co/vUBAXVHV9t">pic.twitter.com/vUBAXVHV9t</a>
&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href="https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1880321633019392441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2025</a></blockquote>
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A black and white ISIS flag was found on Jabbar’s truck.
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The FBI released a <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-statement-on-the-attack-in-new-orleans">statement</a> on New Years’ Day saying:
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Today, at approximately 3:15 a.m. CST, an individual drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 10 and injuring dozens of others. After hitting the crowd, he exited the vehicle and fired upon local law enforcement. Law enforcement returned fire, and the subject was pronounced deceased at the scene. Two law enforcement officers were injured and transported to a local hospital. &#8230;
An ISIS flag was located in the vehicle, and the FBI is working to determine the subject&#8217;s potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations. Weapons and a potential IED were located in the subject’s vehicle. Other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter. The FBI’s special agent bomb technicians are working with our law enforcement partners to determine if any of these devices are viable, and they will work to render those devices safe. The FBI is the lead investigative agency, and we are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism. We are aggressively running down all leads to identify any possible associates of the subject.
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Two bombs in Jabbar’s truck, which did not go off, contained a very rare explosive compound, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-orleans-attack-transmitter-explosive-devices-fire-airbnb-fbi-rcna186223">reported</a>, adding, “The compound, called R-Salt, has never been used in a U.S. or European terrorist attack or incident.”

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