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Minnesota Humanities Center steps up with with weeks-long Juneteenth celebration
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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June 19, 2025
MHC Honors Juneteenth with Food, Film, and Freedom The Minnesota Humanities Center will host four Juneteenth events across the Twin Cities, blending education, cultural performance, and critical conversations. The lineup includes a culinary...
Governors’ Sanctuary Excuses Don’t Add Up
Chronicles Magazine
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June 19, 2025
Democrat Governors Tim Walz of Minnesota, J. B. Pritzker of Illinois, and Kathy Hochul of New York testified before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee last week, defending their states’ sanctuary policies amid growing scrutiny over...
Elections – Citizenship – Executive order
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
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June 18, 2025
U.S. District Court Where plaintiff states have challenged an executive order that requires the United States Election Assistance Commission and the secretary of defense to implement documentary proof of citizenship requirements, the states should...
Political violence all the rage
Tribune Chronicle - Ohio
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Scene 1: There I sat in the Senate chamber, waiting for a Republican to decry the use of force against one of their own. Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat, was knocked to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents in a conference room...
Minnesota abolished death penalty in 1911, but Vance Boelter’s federal charges mean he could still face it
MinnPost - Minnesota
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June 19, 2025
Daily Newsletter | MinnPost's top stories delivered to your inbox Monday through Saturday. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face something that is a rarity for Minnesota but...
Man Accused of Killing Minnesota Lawmaker May Face Death Penalty
Court TV - Georgia
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June 19, 2025
Vance Boelter faces state and federal charges in the death of Melissa Hortman. Boelter allegedly gunned down the lawmaker and her husband an hour after shooting and seriously wounding a Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. (6/18/25) MORE
Vigil held to remember Minnesota politician and husband shot dead at home
Barking and Dagenham Post
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As a brass quintet from the Minnesota Orchestra played, Governor Tim Walz wiped away tears and comforted attendees at the gathering for former House speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were killed early on Saturday in the northern...
The Tragedy of Political Violence: It Works
CounterPunch
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June 19, 2025
A shelter-in-place warning in downtown Minneapolis. Photograph Source: SavagePanda845 (Elliot F) – CC BY 4.0 The cold truth is this: political violence works. The assassination and attempted assassination of two Minnesota state legislators remind...
Trump Says He’s Not Calling ‘Whacked Out’ Tim Walz After Minnesota Lawmaker Killings
Black Enterprise
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June 18, 2025
Past presidents are known to reach out to governors, mayors and other elected officials at times of tragedy to offer condolences. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said calling Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz would be a “waste of time”...
90 chaotic minutes: Where was alleged killer between 2 political shootings in Minnesota?
The Guam Daily Post
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MINNEAPOLIS – The alleged assassin was in a hurry. Federal criminal charges claim that Vance Boelter believed he was at war last weekend in the Twin Cities - and acted accordingly. After shooting Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, in the...
Minnesota House Democrats mourn leader Melissa Hortman
CBS 4 - Minnesota
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Among those deeply mourning Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman's loss are Minnesota House Democrats, whom she steered as their caucus leader for several years. They are remembering her for her peerless leadership, sense of humor, institutional...
In Virginia and New Jersey governor's races, Democrats reprise a 2018 roadmap for opposing Trump 2.0
WSBTV - Georgia
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June 19, 2025
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — (AP) — Abigail Spanberger opened her general election bid for Virginia governor Wednesday using her high school alma mater near Richmond. “I grew up walking the halls of Tucker High School,” the former congresswoman says as...
Tim Walz wipes away tears at candlelit vigil for Minnesota lawmaker and husband murdered in their home
The Mirror US
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June 19, 2025
Hundreds of people, some clutching candles or carrying flowers to lay in front of a memorial, gathered outside Minnesota’s Capitol on Wednesday evening for a vigil to remember a prominent state lawmaker and her husband who were gunned down at...
Pressure on GOP as political violence turns 'routine': Melber on Trump pardons, Mike Lee conspiracy
MSNBC
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IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. MAGA 'pod army' invaded by AOC, Bernie's populism & Mayor Pete's love story: Melber report 11:54 Trump gets Obama'd: 'Autocrat' 47 rebuked for normalizing the end...
Hundreds gather to remember slain Minnesota lawmaker and husband
ABC News - New York
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June 19, 2025
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Hundreds of people, some clutching candles or carrying flowers to lay in front of a memorial, gathered outside Minnesota’s Capitol on Wednesday evening for a vigil to remember a prominent state lawmaker and her husband who were...
Opinion – Richard Nelson: Setting aside political resentment and focusing on our American ideals
Northern Kentucky Tribune
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June 19, 2025
On the way home from my office the other day I was delighted to see several small American flags affixed atop a lengthy row of fence posts in our Bald Knob neighborhood. They caught me by surprise and a feeling of gratitude welled up. Our...
After Minnesota lawmakers' shootings, Utah's Capitol Hill gets security briefing
FOX 13 Salt Lake City - Utah
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June 18, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY — Following the assassination of Minnesota's former House Speaker and the shooting of another lawmaker in that state, the head of Utah's Department of Public Safety met with lawmakers here to discuss their personal security. "This...
DHS backlog impacting medical care, support services for some lower-income Minnesotans with disabilities
KSTP - Minnesota
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June 19, 2025
A backlog at the Minnesota Department of Human Services has kept some lower-income people with disabilities from daily support services. Others are at risk of a gap in those services. Hundreds of applications related to that care, known as...
Brehm- Can anything good come from one of Minnesotas darkest days?
Seattle Bulletin - Washington State
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June 18, 2025
We’ve been here before and have made the same promises to ourselves and one another to be more civil, only to fall back at a rapid speed into the cesspool that can be modern-day political discourse. So, here’s a thought: Instead of just pointing...
Moorhead vigil honors lives lost in political shooting
InForum - North Dakota
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June 19, 2025
MOORHEAD — Minnesotans across the state paused on Wednesday night, June 18, to honor the lives of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were assassinated in their home by a masked gunman targeting lawmakers. In Moorhead, dozens...