Fact check: Video, witnesses contradict some of federal officials’ shooting claims A review of videos taken from different angles of the fatal shooting complicates the narrative that Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem have put forward.

“The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting...get the truth out” – Pretti family statement. #GiftedArticle

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Violent crime is down in Minneapolis, but police overtime is up amid ICE surge The department logged about $3 million in overtime for five days in which officers’ days off had to be canceled.

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‘Federal Agents Shoot and Kill a Person in Minneapolis”

The shooting prompted a clash between law enforcement and more than 100 protesters who swarmed the scene. The man had a firearm, according to federal officials.

#GiftedArticle #NyTimes #ICE #Minneapolis […]

Live: Noem says more immigration agents heading to Minnesota in wake of fatal shooting Homeland Security Secretary says additional immigration officers needed so the operation can continue safely.

ICE Barbie continues with “Operation Metro Surge” to threaten & harass Minneapolis residents. #GiftedArticle
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Trump Addresses Venezuela, Greenland and Presidential Power in New York Times Interview On topic after topic, President Trump made clear that he would be the arbiter of any limits to his authorities, not international law or treaties.

We are so hosed. Unless there's a coup. 🤞
"Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’"
#NyTimes #GiftedArticle #MAGA #Fascism #WhiteHouse #Dictator
#Bully #UnitedStates #AmoralAssHat #Trump ...
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists

👉 Vote 'em Out!

Hilton property refused to book hotel rooms for ICE in Minneapolis The operator for a Hampton Inn in Minnesota said canceling rooms for Homeland Security officers “was inconsistent” with a policy of welcoming all.

Kudos to the Hampton Inn in my hometown of Lakeville, MN!!! #FuckICE #FuckTrump #GiftedArticle
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New Year’s Eve concert is latest cancellation at the Kennedy Center Jazz supergroup the Cookers scrapped their New Year’s Eve shows at the center days after a Christmas Eve concert was called off. The cancellations come after the board voted to add the president’s nam...

“I would never even consider performing in a venue bearing a name (and being controlled by the kind of board) that represents overt racism and deliberate destruction of African American music and culture…" Cookers saxophonist Billy Harper #GiftedArticle

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How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump Customer service deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trump’s second term, internal data and interviews show.

‪Trumpification of America Part 4,998,325: Fucking up the country's Social Security system #GiftedArticle

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Trump called her ‘garbage.’ Rep. Ilhan Omar says she remains unfazed. “There’s this creepy obsession that he seems to have on me that just feels pretty obnoxious,” the Minnesota Democrat said of the president.

"…Omar said she thinks she finds herself front-of-mind for Trump when he is in search of a scapegoat to distract the public from some of his shortcomings on revitalizing the economy and disengaging the United States from foreign entanglements." #GiftedArticle

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What the reclassification of marijuana would mean for Americans As the Trump administration ponders reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug, this is what it means for consumers.

"Cannabis should be removed from the Controlled Substances Act altogether, Armentano said, allowing governments to regulate marijuana the way they do for tobacco and alcohol." #GiftedArticle

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#GiftedArticle #NYTimes #AmericaFirst #ArmisticeDay #VeteransDay #Politics #WWII #Europse #Isolationism

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The Most Detailed Map of the New York City Mayoral Election See how New Yorkers are voting, precinct by precinct

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Chris Murphy needs blue America to wake up The Connecticut senator once looked like the future of Democratic politics. These days, he worries about whether democracy has a future.

“I’m gonna be everywhere that there are ears & eyes because I worry that we are sleepwalking into autocracy. I don’t know that we will get another chance…our democracy might be functionally gone by next November.” – @chrismurphyct.bsky.social #RiseUp #Resist #Revolt #GiftedArticle

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‘I Want to Try and Get to Heaven’: Trump Gets Reflective on ‘Fox & Friends’

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‘He’s waging a war on us’: As Trump escalates, Angelenos defend their city Across this vast metropolis, residents denounce what they consider an attack on the very fabric of their city — on their neighbors, co-workers, family members.

“I think he’s waging a war on us, the people of L.A.,” said D.J. Yoon, who was pounding a drum at a protest outside City Hall. “He’s messing with the wrong people.” #GiftedArticle #NoKings #Resist
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Trump administration races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people Across the government, the administration is rehiring federal workers who were forced out or encouraged to resign.

I'm shocked! Just shocked!

"Across the government, the Trump administration is scrambling to rehire many federal employees dismissed under DOGE’s staff-slashing initiatives after wiping out entire offices..." #GiftedArticle

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On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u... #GiftedArticle

Opinion | In Springsteen’s protest, a fitting Memorial Day plea His lyrics echo a nation’s slow descent from hope to distrust — and hint at redemption.

"…seems to me like an appropriately patriotic plea this Memorial Day: that from the ruins of Trumpism there might be a rising of democratic faith once again, not so far off." #LandOfHopeAndDreams #BruceSpringsteen #GiftedArticle
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Opinion | Keith Ellison on countering Trump: Courage, imagination and lots of lawsuits I talked to the Minnesota attorney general as the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder approached.

"Ellison noted a few of Trump’s bigger look-over-there problems: that $400 million foreign jet, the stench of $TRUMP crypto access peddling and plans for a $5.5 billion golf club in Qatar, not to mention the market mayhem caused by his wild tariff gyrations." #GiftedArticle
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Opinion | No, Trump can’t force his agenda on U.S. entities. They have rights. The government cannot withhold benefits because it doesn’t like how people exercise their rights.

"The president may not withhold otherwise available funds, or deny access to government benefits, to make it costly for Americans to exercise their constitutional rights." #GiftedArticle #NoKing #FuckTrump
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😤#BehindPaywall🙈
#ShouldHaveBeen #GiftedArticle

Opinion | What derailed the Democrats? Tim Walz looks to red states for answers. The Democrats got clobbered in 2024. Now, Tim Walz is in the red states, looking for reasons

"The Minnesota governor these days is looser, funnier, more profane — settling comfortably back into the style that got him picked for the ticket before he was shrink-wrapped and scripted by the hypercautious handlers of Kamala Harris campaign’s." #GiftedArticle
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Trump Tariffs Live Updates: Stocks Tumble to Worst Day Since Pandemic (Gift Article) The S&P 500 fell almost 5 percent on Thursday, its worst drop since June 2020, as allies and adversaries alike criticized President Trump’s action and weighed their responses.

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So how’s that whole “he’s going to fix the economy” thing going.

Winning? #economicdisaster #tariffs #oops #news

Trump’s “Liberation Day” is set to whack America’s economy A rush of new tariffs will hurt growth, raise prices and worsen inequality

„Liberation Day may go down in the history books—not as the celebration that Mr Trump intends but as economic malpractice of the highest order.“
🫣
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Screen shot of the linked article titled - As Trump Broadens Crackdown, Focus Expands to Legal Immigrants and Tourists

“the Trump administration’s “clear motivation here is to chill speech.”

“Simply saying someone is aligned to a terrorist organization does not exempt them from First Amendment protections,”
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One Painting Got Me Through Winter (Gift Article) Piet Mondrian pioneered abstract painting. But he kept painting flowers — flowers that our critic Jason Farago can’t stop thinking about. What makes them so magnetic?

This is exactly what I needed this morning. Lovely piece. I hope it will lift your spirits, even if just for a moment. #giftedarticle

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Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine Ex-President, Is Arrested on I.C.C. Warrant The International Criminal Court has been investigating the deadly crackdown that Mr. Duterte, who was detained in Manila on Tuesday, oversaw while in power.

Beware, fascists. Your day may come.

Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine Ex-President, Is Arrested on I.C.C. Warrant
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Kurtenbach: As the NHL trade deadline looms, a seismic shift is underway for the Sharks The rebuild is coming to an end: Come this offseason, the expectation in San Jose should be to win games.

Totally agree. #TheFutureIsTeal and I am all in for it! #giftedarticle #SJSharks

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