4 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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3 w. ago Move to unseat Mike Lee gains steam after Utah senator’s tweets mock Minnesota political shootings

Senator Mike Lee posted, ‘this is what happens when Marxists don’t get their way,’ after the fatal shooting of Democratic state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband

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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 The View rips Sen. Mike Lee over Minnesota shooter tweets, says he’d ‘be fired instantly’ anywhere else

‘It’s like a slow dehumanization of the other,’ The View’s Sara Haines lamented on Monday

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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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3 w. ago Minnesota shooting suspect ‘stalked victim like prey’ as feds reveal chilling details of killings and announce charges

Boelter had the names of 45 Minnesota state and federal elected officials in notebooks in his car

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3 w. ago How the ‘politically motivated’ shooting of Minnesota lawmakers unleashed right

Conspiracy theorists and senators alike are baselessly speculating about the brutal shooting spree that left two dead and two injured, Josh Marcus reports

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3 w. ago Suspected shooter named in ‘politically motivated’ assassination of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman: Latest

A Democratic state politician and her husband were fatally shot in the early hours of Saturday

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4 w. ago A ‘politically motivated’ shooting left one Minnesota lawmaker dead and another in hospital. A suspect has now been named.

Sources tell the AP that Minnesota law enforcement suspect Vance Boelter, 57, as the man who fatally shot Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband.

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4 w. ago Minnesota politician shooting suspect pictured as cops find list of names in car

Two people familiar with the matter identified the suspect in the fatal shootings of Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shooting of John Hoffman and his wife as 57-year-old Vance Boelter

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4 w. ago Suspect shooter named in ‘politically motivated’ assassination of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman: Latest

A Democratic state politician and her husband were fatally shot in the early hours of Saturday

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4 w. ago Minnesota police urge public to avoid ‘No Kings’ protest after Democratic lawmakers shot – live

Minnesota state patrol says ‘No Kings’ flyers were found in the shooting suspect’s vehicleDemocratic lawmaker killed in Minnesota in ‘politically motivated’ attacksIt will be a parade fit for a king – which is precisely why critics worry what message it will send the rest of the world about the future of democracy in America.On Saturday, there will be tanks on the streets of the nation’s capital as Washington hosts a celebration of the US army’s 250th anniversary, which happens to coincide with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.North Korea: military parades. China: military parades. Russia: military parades.These aren’t parades to celebrate a victory and it’s certainly not to celebrate the United States army’s birthday. This is a parade to aggrandise Donald Trump’s ego. No one who knows either Trump or his pattern of behavior would think for a minute this is anything else. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Two Minnesota lawmakers gunned down and manifesto discovered: what we know about the ‘politically motivated’ shooting

The gunman remains at large following the overnight shootings

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4 w. ago Democratic lawmaker killed and another wounded in Minnesota in ‘politically motivated’ attacks

Police say suspect was dressed as law enforcement and shot at responding officers before escapingA prominent Democratic state lawmaker in Minnesota and her husband have been killed in a politically motivated shooting, and another Democratic state lawmaker and his wife were shot in the early hours of Saturday.Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman has died, as has her husband, Mark, the state’s governor, Tim Walz, confirmed at a press conference on Saturday. He said the shooting “appears to be a politically motivated assassination”. Hortman was the top Democrat in the Minnesota house and the former speaker. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Minnesota lawmaker and husband killed, another in hospital after ‘politically motivated’ shooting by man impersonating cop

Police in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, are searching for a white male who allegedly opened fire Saturday morning in targeted attacks in Champlin and Brooklyn Park.

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