#political-rhetoric

#political-rhetoric

Noem said the Border Patrol agents were conducting an operation to apprehend a violent illegal immigrant when the man who was shot identified as Alex Pretti interfered with the operation. An individual approached officers with a 9-millimeter semi automatic handgun, Noem said. The officers attempted to disarm this individual but the armed suspect reacted violently. Fearing for his life and for the lives of his fellow officers around him, an agent fired defensive shots.

Good afternoon, Cathedral community. As we gather today and ask the question, "Where do we go from here?," we are guided by the wisdom of Martin Luther King Jr. Nearly 60 years ago, as he posed the same question, he reminded us of an essential truth: "In order to answer the question, 'Where do we go from here,' we must first honestly recognize where we are now."

I want to bring in Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles. Congressman, you say we cannot let these rioters inspire other insurrections across the country, but it seems that this might be the path ahead. And there are concerns that other blue cities, sanctuary cities, are going to erupt into the type of violence that we've been seeing happening in Minneapolis. Is there a way to de-escalate this?

Yeah, what's the difference? I mean, it must be exhausting with these people's mental gymnastics. Like, okay, okay. Let's use for the sake of argument, let's use their logic. And then that anybody that interferes or MP with law enforcement will meet the consequences. Let's use that logic. Okay. By that logic, every single person at January 6th should have been shot dead! By their logic! I'm not suggesting that let's be a hundred percent clear.

Based on how members of the Trump administration rushed to describe Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman who was shot and killed in her minivan while protesting ICE, as a "domestic terrorist," a "professional agitator," and an "anti-ICE rioter" behind the wheel of a "thousand-pound missile," here is how they might describe her dropping off her son at school just before she was killed.

Ben Sasse is a terrible politician but a fantastic human being. I'm sad about his cancer diagnosis but not surprised with his wonderful courageous response. In the end it's character that counts and he wins in a landslide. Ben Sasse is a terrible politician but a fantastic human being. I'm sad about his cancer diagnosis but not surprised with his wonderful courageous response. In the end it's character that counts and he wins in a landslide.

Some of these attacks will be familiar: We've seen how litigation warfare can take down entire newsrooms, and how regulatory threats ("nice merger you got there") can cause CEOs to cower. But there are plenty of other tools in the toolbox. We should not be surprised if the first (and perhaps the second or third) prosecution of a U.S. journalist under the Espionage Act begins in 2026, or if the administration includes a few journalists among the "extremists" holding "anti-American views"

In an astonishing post on Truth Social this morning, Donald Trump suggested that Hollywood director Rob Reiner, 78, who was found dead at his home alongside his wife Michele, 68, in what is being investigated as an apparent homicide, was killed because he angered people with his Trump Derangement Syndrome. Reiner had spoken out about Trump many times over the years.

"a bad guy, or a very stupid one."

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.

We won every swing state, we won the popular vote, we won everything. You take a look at districts, it was 2,750 to 500, 525, Because that was an affordability problem. We brought it down. Look at energy, look at look at the gasoline price. That's like the simplest, and it's the biggest. Because if energy comes down, everything comes down, that's the way it works.

Benny, you got a kid who's got access to guns or has some simple knowledge of a firearm. He was programmed. You're exactly right. They programmed this kid, and Kristi Noem and Kash and Bongino and the rest are reporting the facts as they know them. The facts have been buried or burned, or whoever knew is either sitting on a beach somewhere enjoying a fruity drink, or they're dead,