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My new post for #HealOurCulture: “Trust and Democracy”
https://healourculture.org/2025/05/15/trust-and-democracy/
Also on Substack:

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.

Scary developments in the US...
#minnesota

The Precarious Republic: Understanding the Fascist Threat to Modern Democracies
What if it doesn’t take years, or even months, for a democracy to collapse—but only a few short weeks? The idea that a stable republic could fall in ninety days may seem exaggerated, until you look at the historical record. Then it becomes a haunting possibility. Fascism doesn’t always arrive with fanfare or fire. Sometimes, it walks in through the front door…

📢 US-Bundesstaat Minnesota: Demokratische Politikerin und Ehemann erschossen
In Minnesota sind die frühere Vorsitzende des Parlaments des US-Bundesstaats, Melissa Hortman, und ihr Ehemann erschossen worden. Gouverneur Tim Walz bezeichnete die Tat vom Samstagmorgen als politisch motiviert.
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Minnesota: Demokratische Politikerin und Ehemann erschossen
In Minnesota sind die frühere Vorsitzende des Parlaments des US-Bundesstaats, Melissa Hortman, und ihr Ehemann erschossen worden. Gouverneur Walz bezeichnete die Tat als politisch motiviert.

Die Hass-und-Gewalt-Politik eines Darth #Trump verführt wohl schon einzelne abartige Kriminelle zum Mord an demokratischen PolitikerInnen und ihren Männern.
Nun ja; in Deutschland erschossen AfD Sympathisanten den Regierungspräsident a.D. Walter Lübke.
Rechte Gewalt führ wohl immer zu Mord und Totschlag.

Täter als Polizist verkleidet: Demokratische Politikerin und ihr Ehemann in den USA erschossen
Im Bundesstaat Minnesota sind die demokratische Politikerin Melissa Hortman und ihr Ehemann erschossen worden. Gouverneur Tim Walz sprach von einer offenbar politisch motivierten Tat.

I morgen kl 14 er der anti-Trump demo ved Democrats Abroad. Vi starter på Kgs Nytorv og går til den amerikanske ambassade. Min sŸde, amerikanske svigerinde er medarrangŸr (jeg er så stolt af hende!).
Kom og lad os sammen vise modstand mod det autokratiske regime i USA!
https://www.democratsabroad.org/cph_no_tyr…

No Tyrants Protest in Copenhagen
Democrats Abroad strives to provide Americans abroad a Democratic voice in our government and elect Democratic candidates by mobilizing the overseas vote.

If you want to know why a Democratic Senator and Representative in Minnesota were shot...
It might have something to do with the fact that their deaths would end the Democratic majorities in both chambers.

Melissa Hortman, top Democrat in Minnesota House, shot and killed in home
Gov. Tim Walz confirmed Saturday morning that Hortman and her husband Mark had both been killed in what he called targeted political violence.
https://www.startribune.com…

Melissa Hortman, top Democrat in Minnesota House, shot and killed
Gov. Tim Walz confirmed Saturday morning that Hortman and her husband Mark had both been killed in what he called targeted political violence.

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.”