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The gunman accused of shooting two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota has been taken into custody. 
Vance Boelter, 57, was arrested late Sunday night for the murders of Democratic State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, and the attempted murder of Democratic State Senator John Hoffman and his wife. 

Minnesota shooting suspect Vance Boelter is arrested after Democrat lawmakers were gunned down
Vance Boelter, 57, the gunman accused of shooting two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota has been taken into custody.

Angst essen Demokratie auf
eine Kolumne von @mdebes.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
https://www.stern.de/politik/deutschland/adolf-hitler-und-die-deutschen-oder--angst-essen-demokratie-auf-35805340.html

När Björn af Kleen skriver så här är han i världsklass. https://www.dn.se/varlden/bjorn-av-kleen-trumpvaljare-har-forvandlat-misstankte-mordaren-till-demokrat/

Trumpväljare har förvandlat misstänkt mördare till demokrat
Befolkningen i jordbruksbygden där mördaren Vance Boelter bor är inte rädd för honom – de kan skydda sig med vapen om han dyker upp i natt.

Demographics-Informed Neural Network for Multi-Modal Spatiotemporal forecasting of Urban Growth and Travel Patterns Using Satellite Imagery
Eugene Kofi Okrah Denteh, Andrews Danyo, Joshua Kofi Asamoah, Blessing Agyei Kyem, Armstrong Aboah
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12456

Demographics-Informed Neural Network for Multi-Modal Spatiotemporal forecasting of Urban Growth and Travel Patterns Using Satellite Imagery
This study presents a novel demographics informed deep learning framework designed to forecast urban spatial transformations by jointly modeling geographic satellite imagery, socio-demographics, and travel behavior dynamics. The proposed model employs an encoder-decoder architecture with temporal gated residual connections, integrating satellite imagery and demographic data to accurately forecast future spatial transformations. The study also introduces a demographics prediction component which…

Krugman continues:
❝While there is a cadre of Trumpist true believers who will obey the Leader under any circumstances, most of those doing the dirty work of undermining democracy and the rule of law are cowards and opportunists. They’re willing to participate in the destruction of America as we know it because they believe that many others will do the same. As a result, they believe that they are unlikely to face any personal consequences for their actions and may even be rewarded for their lawbreaking.
And what of those who oppose Trumpism? While there are heroes willing to take a stand against tyranny whatever the personal cost, most anti-Trumpists are reluctant to stick their necks out unless they believe that they are part of a widespread resistance that will grant them some measure of safety in numbers.
In other words, the victory or defeat of competitive authoritarianism will depend to a large extent on which side ordinary people believe will win. If Trump looks unstoppable, resistance will wither away and democracy will be lost. On the other hand, if he appears weak and stymied, resistance will grow and — just maybe — American democracy will survive.❞
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'Democrats are sick': Trump drops sweeping immigration effort in big cities - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/democrats-are-sick-trump-cities/

Bernie Sanders, seven other senators urge Democrats to break with billionaire donors (Maeve Reston/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/17/sanders-democrats-billionaire-donors/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250617/p52#a250617p52

Randi Weingarten, the longtime leader of one of the nation’s most influential labor unions and a major voice in Democratic politics,
has resigned from the Democratic National Committee.
She pointed to disagreements with the party’s new chairman, Ken Martin.
Ms. Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, had supported Mr. Martin’s rival in the chairmanship race early this year,
Ben Wikler, the chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party.
Mr. …

Randi Weingarten Quits D.N.C. Post in Dispute With Chairman
In a letter to the party’s chairman, Ken Martin, Ms. Weingarten wrote, “I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging.”

Trump directs ICE to expand deportation efforts in Democratic-run cities
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5351968-trump-directs-ice-expand-deportation-efforts-democratic-run-cities/

Donald Trump on Sunday directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities,
a move that comes after large protests erupted in Los Angeles and other major cities against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
Trump in a social media posting called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials
“to do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in Hist…

Trump directs ICE to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities
President Donald Trump has directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities after large protests have erupted in Los Angeles and other major cities against the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Trump in a social media posting Sunday called on ICE officials “to do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History.” He added that to reach the goal officials ”must…