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Monday, June 16th, 2025
Today, a MAGA extremist posing as law enforcement shot two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses Saturday morning; millions of Americans took the streets this weekend for the No Kings protests while Trump’s military birthday parade was a bust; detainees rose up and some escaped from the private ICE detention center; Ras Baraka and LaMonica McIver were arrested for trying to inspect; the House has voted to kill funding for PBS and NPR; Mamdani and Lander cross endorse one another in the New York City mayoral race; Marines carried out the first KNOWN detention of a civilian in Los Angeles; US troops begin detaining people in the national defense zone at the border; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Mamdani and Lander Cross-Endorse Each Other in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race | The New York Times
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