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Via @tessowen.bsky.social at @wired.com: The Minnesota Shooting Suspect’s Background Suggests Deep Ties to Christian Nationalism —> www.wired.com/story/christ...

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Experts say that there are links from the Minnesota shooting suspect’s background to Christian nationalism that could explain why he allegedly targeted lawmakers and pro-abortion advocates. Heard of "charismatic Christianity" before? If not, this one's for you- always read @tessowen.bsky.social:

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Took a deep dive into the alleged Minnesota assassin's religious background....from his spiritual awakening in a vegetable canning factory.... to his enrollment at a charismatic christian bible school in Dallas, and found evidence linking him to christian nationalism www.wired.com/story/christ...

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Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

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Watching the streets of east side LA get emptier and whiter this week has been chilling. This is a city of immigrants and it feels so hollow when they can’t participate in public life without fear

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The parade is neither a roaring call to patriotism or tyrannical show of might. It's something much worse--boring

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In some sermons that we reviewed, Vance Boelter can be heard railing against the LGBTQ community and abortion www.wired.com/story/shooti... story with @timmarchman.bsky.social and @leahfeiger.bsky.social

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a 21 year old drove an SUV intentionally into a crowd of protesters at a No Kings rally in Virginia www.fox5dc.com/news/man-dri...

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New from the @wired.com team (@tessowen.bsky.social, @timmarchman.bsky.social & @leahfeiger.bsky.social): The 57-year-old, who has been identified as the suspected shooter according to numerous reports, runs an armed security service with his wife... (1/3) www.wired.com/story/shooti...

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NEW: Suspect in Minnesota assassination preached the gospel to "militant Islamists" in Gaza and the West Bank during the Second Intifada per his ministry's website; webmaster says he had "lots of ideas to make the world a better place." With @tessowen.bsky.social and @leahfeiger.bsky.social

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Two dem lawmakers in Minnesota were shot in their respective homes www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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RIP to Brian Wilson, who gave us many perfect albums but also the perfect interview

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rip to a genius m.youtube.com/watch?v=VS4s...

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Not sure how the World Cup can still happen here a year from now. Which foreign fans are going to fly to the US with the risk of being Gitmoed once they get here??

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BREAKING: ICE is preparing to deploy tactical units to five cities run by Democratic leaders, according to two sources familiar with the planning of future ICE operations.

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In new breaking research from @prri.org, we find that 3 in 4 Americans oppose Trump's military parade. prri.org/spotlight/mi...

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Tom Cotton sounding like a one hit wonder at this point

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Thinking of every glossy-photo news & magazine profile giving respectability to this dude who has always clearly been a straight-up fascist, who told all of us, at every step, what he was doing

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Trump and his allies turned to a familiar script over the weekend, casting the sprawling city of Los Angeles in shades of fire and brimstone, a hub of dangerous lawlessness that required urgent military intervention in order to be contained. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"You create a sense of existential fear that social anarchy is spreading, that criminal gangs are taking over. This is the language of authoritarianism all over the world," @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social told me www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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‘The language of authoritarianism’: how Trump and allies cast LA as a lawless city needing military intervention | @tessowen.bsky.social

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This is a pretty important point!

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maybe a democrat will stand up and speak for hours on end again, that ought to fix this

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Hello @support.bsky.team , this site is great but do you know what would make it even better and easier to use especially for journalists and researchers??? A bookmarking feature!!!

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the scenes in LA are reminding me of the summer of 2020… especially now with the addition of the national guard

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Now you understand the pain in Dan bonginos eyes

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wow musk can threaten to sway opinion against Trump, but Trump can legit just set his weaponized Doj on musk

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we all knew that the elon-trump romance was going to crash and burn at some point. just can't believe it took this long.

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This would be hilarious if it wasn't so terrifying. Must read by @hannahallam.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Recently, CTEC Exec Director, @jason-blazakis.bsky.social, chatted with @tessowen.bsky.social of the @theguardian.com about recent State Dept. decisions on minimizing the importance of far-right violent extremism as a threat to US national security interests. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.

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This attack was heinous… now bracing for the inevitable after learning the suspect was an Egyptian national who’d overstayed his visa. Not hard to see how this will be used to justify trump admins aggressive anti immigration crackdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

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Gorka “declined to answer questions and instead criticized the Guardian and suggested this reporter ‘take a long jump off a short pier.’” Always read @tessowen.bsky.social

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State Department officials tell me that they're concerned that the Trump Administration will not take the threat of transnational white supremacist terrorism seriously www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... My latest (and first post-partum byline) for @guardian

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Kady Grass, a lesbian teenager in Illinois, was severely beaten after trying to use the bathroom in a McDonald's. www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...

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A 25 year old motivated by “nihilistic ideations” was behind the explosion at a Palm Springs fertility clinic www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...

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truly jarring watching Israel nearly winning Eurovision Song Contest, immediately followed by BBC news coverage of Israels new ground offensive in Gaza

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