3 h. ago All the sinister clues that point to Thomas Matthew Crooks' motive when he tried to assassinate Donald Trump

One year later and questions are still unanswered as to the motive behind 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks' assassination attempt against President Donald Trump.

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9 h. ago Blood and bravado: the Trump shooting upended an election and shook the US

A year ago the image of Trump’s raised fist became a political touchstone, helping force Joe Biden from the race and fuelling a presidency like no otherBlake Marnell was standing in the front row, about 10 yards from Donald Trump, when the shots rang out. He watched the Secret Service pile on the former US president. “I was able to see him standing and I could see the blood on his ear,” Marnell recalls. “When he put his fist up, I remember yelling, ‘Yes! Yes! Yes!’”Sunday marks one year since the assassination attempt on Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and a week that changed US politics. Eight days later then-president Joe Biden, 81, dropped out of the election race amid concerns over his mental and physical decline. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Blackout blinds and midnight grocery runs: Inside the reclusive lives of Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks' parents

Thomas Matthew Crooks, opened fire at President Trump at the Butler campaign rally, striking his ear and killing Corey Comperatore on July 13, 2024.

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28 h. ago Trump authorizes Ice agents to protect themselves using ‘whatever means’ necessary

Order comes after California raids resulted in clashes with protesters and a shooting outside a Texas detention centerDonald Trump has given “total authorization” to federal immigration agents to protect themselves after a series of clashes with protesters, including during a enforcement raid on a California cannabis farm.“I am giving Total Authorization for ICE to protect itself, just like they protect the Public,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday, adding that he was directing the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, and border czar, Tom Homan, to arrest anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) protesters who impede immigration enforcement operations. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Accused Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter breaks silence after political shootings: ‘It didn’t involve... Trump stuff’

The 57-year-old has been charged with the murder of Democratic State House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, and her husband, Mark, on June 14

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2 w. ago Bill Maher roasts Trump fans who say ‘God saved’ him from sniper bullet — but did not spare Corey Comperatore

Bill Maher criticized Trump fans who say God saved the president but not one of his supporters

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2 w. ago Voices: Political violence is becoming the new normal of Trump’s America

From assassination attempts on Trump to the murders of Democrat Melissa Hortman and her husband, each side of the political divide is becoming a victim of increasing violence, writes Eric Lewis – and irresponsible goading rhetoric must stop

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3 w. ago The Minnesota shootings illuminate the character of the Trump era | Sidney Blumenthal

The attacks on lawmakers and a US senator’s callous reaction tell a dark tale of modern AmericaIn the early morning of 14 June, according to authorities, Vance Luther Boelter, disguised as a police officer and wearing body armor and a face mask, drove his black Ford Explorer SUV, equipped with flashing lights, to the home of the Minnesota state senator John Hoffman. There, he shot Hoffman nine times, critically wounding him, and shot his wife eight times as, relatives say, she threw her body over her daughter to shield her. He next drove to the home of the former house speaker Melissa Hortman, forced his way in, and killed her and her husband, officials say.The police arrived and Boelter fled, abandoning his car. In it they allegedly discovered a “kill list” of dozens of federal and state Democratic officials, mostly from Minnesota but also prominent Democrats in other midwestern states, and the sites of women’s healthcare centers and Planned Parenthood donors. He left behind notebo...

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3 w. ago Minnesota shootings latest: Trump refuses to call ‘whacked out’ Gov Tim Walz after murder of state lawmaker

Vance Boelter is suspected of fatally shooting Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark in the early hours of Saturday, shortly after attacking State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette

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3 w. ago Trump says he won’t call Minnesota governor after political shootings: ‘he’s a mess’ – US politics live

US president to break with traditional response to tragedies by not calling Minnesota governor Tim Walz in the wake of ‘politically motivated assassination’A memorial outside the Minnesota house chambers displays a photo of Melissa and Mark Hortman behind a table where people are dropping off flowers, notes, a hard hat, a plaid shirt. Signs in front of it read “in honor of our beloved Melissa”. On her desk, a photo and a bouquet of roses.On Monday afternoon, the skies darkened, spilling sheets of rain across the Minneapolis suburbs Melissa Hortman represented. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump can’t resist a dig at Gov. Tim Walz during conversation about Minnesota lawmaker assassinations

Trump had not called govenor more than 24 hours after suspect caught in targeted assassination of Democratic lawmaker and her husband

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last month Trump’s insurrection routine: fuel violence, spawn chaos, shrug off the law | Sidney Blumenthal

Four years after the January 6 attack, the president is toying with invoking the Insurrection Act to respond to a conflict he provokedDonald Trump’s stages of insurrection have passed from trying to suppress one that didn’t exist, to creating one himself, to generating a local incident he falsely depicts as a national emergency. In every case, whether he inflates himself into the strongman putting down an insurrection or acts as the instigator-in-chief, his routine has been to foster violence, spawn chaos and show contempt for the law.In his first term, Trump reportedly asked the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, General Mark Milley, “Can’t you just shoot them, just shoot them in the legs or something?” Trump was agitated about protesters in Lafayette Park, across from the White House, after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. On 1 June, Trump ordered the US Park police to clear the park. Some charged on horses into the crowd. Trump emerged after the teargas wafted away to walk...

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