4 h. 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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18 h. 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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24 h. ago ‘Without Hope, we wouldn’t be here right now’: How Minnesota lawmaker’s daughter ‘saved countless lives’

Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman and his wife credit their daughter Hope’s quick thinking for saving lives after gunman Vance Boelter injured them and killed another lawmaker and his wife.

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49 h. ago They planned to seek asylum. Trump’s policies have left them stranded at the US

Five months after the president closed the border, many who planned to enter US legally don’t know where to turnDonald Trump’s crackdown on immigration upended lives on inauguration day when he abruptly closed the border for many who were just on the Mexican side of the border planning to cross into the US legally. Five months on, some hold on to hope, others are giving up.A family from El Salvador seeking asylum was left stranded at the border within sight of Texas only three days into the second Trump administration. A grandfather, his daughter, his niece, her husband and two of his grandchildren had done things “the right way”, by requesting one of the highly limited appointments with US Border Patrol, from the Mexican side using the Biden-era mobile phone app called CBPOne. But on January 20, Trump signed an executive order cancelling all scheduled appointments, including theirs on 23 January at noon. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago How the US men’s national team values diversity, even in the Trump era

With World Cup 2026 on the horizon, the team has been reluctant to weigh in publicly as one of their pillars is politicizedLos Angeles will be in the spotlight during the 2026 World Cup. It’s where the US men’s national team will begin their World Cup campaign, and it’s where they’ll wrap up the group stage. It’s a city in the news lately due to the Trump administration’s deployment of Ice and the national guard, but it’s also a metro area synonymous with diversity. This US men’s national team, more than ever, reflects that diversity.“It’s not that there’s a record or anything of how many minorities have been on the national team before, but I feel like this has been the most diverse generation of national team,” said center back Chris Richards, who is poised to be a leader along the backline for the US next year. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago A US senator’s X posts after the Minnesota shootings were horrific – and predictable | Austin Sarat

Mike Lee knows better than to turn tragedy into disinformation. But outrageousness has become the name of the gameNational tragedy used to bring national unity. If only momentarily, partisanship was put aside, and people of all political persuasions came together.No more. The nation received a startling reminder of that sad fact on Sunday when Republican senator Mike Lee went online to share his reaction to the weekend’s horrible shooting of two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses.Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College, is the author or editor of more than 100 books, including Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Police chief who helped arrest Minnesota shooting suspect describes moment they caught him: ‘We had made his world so small’

Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley said finding the shooter was ‘personal’ as Representative Melissa Hortman was his friend

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68 h. ago Lawmakers on edge as statehouse security tightens after Minnesota shootings

Anxious lawmakers are convening under heightened security in Wisconsin’s state Capitol, one of the most publicly accessible statehouses in the country

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3 d. ago Minnesota shootings: Suspect Vance Boelter’s religious life in focus as investigators probe motive

Boelter, 57, is suspected of fatally shooting Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, then leading police on a two-day chase in Minnesota

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3 d. ago Minnesota shootings latest: Suspect Vance Boelter’s religious life in focus as investigators probe motive

Boelter, 57, is suspected of fatally shooting Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, then leading police on a two-day chase in Minnesota

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3 d. ago Is this Trump’s WMD moment? President overrules intelligence agencies on Iran to justify war

ANALYSIS: Donald Trump rose to power criticizing Bush-era politicians for lying about weapons of mass destruction. Now he is accused of doing the same, Richard Hall writes.

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3 d. ago Minnesota shootings latest: Senators briefed on security measures amid ‘disturbing’ threats of violence against lawmakers ?

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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4 d. 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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4 d. 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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4 d. ago Jon Stewart and Sen. Tina Smith roast MAGA Senator Mike Lee over Minnesota shooting tweets

‘I want to know why those deaths in Minnesota are worth only a night of edgelord s***posting,’ Daily Show satirist rebukes Republican over offensive posts

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4 d. ago Jon Stewart and Tina Smith roast MAGA Senator Mike Lee over Minnesota shooting tweets

‘I want to know why those deaths in Minnesota are worth only a night of edgelord s***posting,’ Daily Show satirist rebukes Republican over offensive posts

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4 d. ago Minnesota shooting suspect had dozens of potential targets, prosecutors say

Prosecutors say the man charged with killing one Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another had dozens of apparent targets, including officials in at least three other states

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4 d. ago Many lawmakers on list of suspected Minnesota shooter vow not to bow down

From a legislator in downtown Minneapolis to a veteran Ohio congresswoman, many lawmakers included in the suspected Minnesota gunman’s list of targets are vowing not to bow down

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4 d. ago After Minnesota shooting, some states are more tightly guarding officials' personal information

Lawmakers in some states are moving to delete their home addresses from online directories after one Minnesota legislator was killed and another wounded in their suburban Minneapolis homes last weekend

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4 d. ago Minnesota shootings latest: Suspect Vance Boelter remains in federal custody on murder charge with bail set at $5m

Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were fatally shot in the early hours of Saturday, the same day a state senator and his wife were also wounded

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