Vance Boelter had texted his family that they needed to flee their house before ‘people with guns’ showed up
The man charged in connection with the recent shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and thei…
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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 America
In the early morning of 14 June, according to authorities, Vance Luther Boelter, disguised as a police o…
Tough, whip-smart and selfless: Melissa Hortman, ‘singular force for democracy’, remembered ○
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Colleagues speak of Hortman’s legislative accomplishments, a ‘steely negotiator’ who went into politics ‘to do something, not to be something’
A group of white male lawmakers were playing cards in a b…
Assassinated Minnesota lawmaker's golden retriever Gilbert is EUTHANIZED hours after owners' murders ○
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Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman's beloved golden retriever Gilbert (pictured with Hortman in 2022) had to be euthanized after being shot by suspected assassin Vance Boelter.
How the right spread ‘brutal and cruel’ misinformation after Minnesota lawmaker killings ○
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The rightwing media ecosystem spins up narratives to serve their agendas after tragic events, regardless of accuracy
Tina Smith, a Minnesota senator confronted Mike Lee, a Utah senator, on Monday to t…
Slain lawmaker broke down as she defended brave vote days before shooting ○
Minnesota Democrat Melissa Hortman was on the verge of tears after casting a controversial vote that broke with her party, just five days before a 'politically motivated shooting' claimed her life.
Manhunt after two Minnesota state politicians targeted, one of them killed ○
Hortman and her husband were killed and Hoffman and his wife injured in what officials called "targeted political violence".
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