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Minnesota state lawmaker killed, another wounded in targeted shootings – #terror

A Minnesota state representative and her husband were killed in their home in a Minneapolis suburb early Saturday in what state officials are calling a political assassination. Another lawmaker, a state senator, and his wife were also wounded in a shooting at their home. Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman, a former state House speaker, and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed at their home in the city of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Gov. (…) Earlier, in a separate incident just miles away in Champlin, Minn., Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were shot and wounded at their home.

via npr: Minnesota state lawmaker killed, another wounded in targeted shootings

siehe auch: Täter hatte Liste mit Namen US-Polizei sucht 57-Jährigen nach tödlichem Attentat auf demokratische US-Politiker Ein als Polizist verkleideter Mann hat die Demokratin Melissa Hortman und ihren Ehemann erschossen, ein weiterer Abgeordneter und seine Frau wurden verletzt. Der Täter ist flüchtig. Veranstaltungen im ganzen Land wurden abgesagt. In den USA ist eine Politikerin der Demokratischen Partei bei einem mutmaßlich gezielten Angriff getötet worden. Wie der Gouverneur von Minnesota, Tim Walz, am Samstag mitteilte, tötete ein bewaffneter Angreifer die Frau, die Abgeordnete im Parlament des Bundesstaats war, und deren Mann in ihrem Haus in einem Vorort von Minneapolis. Ein anderer Abgeordnete wurde in seinem Haus in einem anderen Vorort niedergeschossen und verletzt. Derzeit wird nach Informationen der Nachrichtenagentur nach einem verdächtigen 57-Jährigen gesucht. Er war wohl als Polizist verkleidet, wie die zuständigen Behörden mitteilten. Nach einem Schusswechsel mit der Polizei soll er zu Fuß entkommen sein. In seinem Fahrzeug wurden ein Manifest und eine Zielliste mit Namen von Personen gefunden, darunter die der beiden angegriffenen Abgeordneten. (…) Die angekündigten »No Kings«-Proteste, bei denen sich Gegner der Trump-Agenda am Samstag in hunderten Städten im ganzen Land versammeln wollten, wurden wegen des Attentats in Minnesota abgesagt; Suspect identified in Minnesota lawmakers shooting, reports say Multiple news outlets, citing law enforcement officials, identified the suspect as Vance Boelter, 57. Authorities say a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband were killed and another lawmaker and his wife were injured at their homes by a man impersonating law enforcement in what Gov. Tim Walz called a “politically motivated assassination.” The Associated Press, CNN and NBC News identified the suspect as Vance Boelter, 57, citing unnamed law enforcement officials with knowledge of the investigation. Earlier on Saturday, authorities said they were searching for a suspect who impersonated law enforcement to gain access to the victims’ homes, exchanged gunfire with police and fled on foot outside Minneapolis; Two Democratic lawmakers shot, one fatally, in ‘politically motivated assassination’ in Minnesota Sources say Vance Boelter, 57, is being sought as a suspect; police say suspect dressed as law enforcement (…) “No Kings” protests against the Trump administration are set for midday at the Minnesota state capitol and around the country, but the Minnesota state patrol and Walz have asked the state’s public not to attend “out of an abundance of caution”. The state patrol said “No Kings” flyers had been found inside the suspect’s vehicle. Organizers said they would cancel events across the state that hadn’t already started, though the main protest at the state capitol in St Paul is under way, with people in attendance.

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White Supremacists Threaten ‘No Kings’ Protests: “Shoot a couple, the rest will go home” – #terror

No Kings Protests In Crosshairs of  White Supremacist Groups The Wall Street Journal’s Brenna T. Smith is reporting that a meme circulating on Telegram channels of groups affiliated with the far-right Proud Boys said: “Shoot a couple, the rest will go home.” Another local chapter posted: “You just have to impale a few of them…” Smith noted that “One disseminated an online gun tutorial, illustrating optimal shooting techniques with the caption: ‘Riot season again!’ Organizers in more than 2,000 cities are mobilizing for “No Kings” rallies Saturday in opposition to President Trump and his military parade in Washington. Chapters of The Proud Boys, White Lives Matter and other White supremacist groups are ginning up their members for possible attacks on these demonstrations. The Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) is reporting that “In their private Telegram channels, violent white supremacists and MAGA supporters have been sharing information on the nationwide ‘No Kings’ anti-Trump protests planned for Saturday, June 14. Organized by the progressive group Indivisible, the protests are characterized as a ‘nationwide day of defiance’ to ‘reject authoritarianism.’ The protests coincide with Trump’s military parade in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the 250th birthday of the Army and, perhaps more importantly, Trump’s 79th birthday” (https://apnews.com/article/trump-parade-military-secret-service-dc-birthday-cb66cba29cdc06ba798521454918271d). On June 10, Trump warned that any protesters coming to Washington, D.C. during his birthday parade, would be “met with very big force.” In the wake of nationwide protests against ICE raids and the imposition of the National Guard in Los Angeles,  GPAHE is reporting that “many on the far-right are claiming that the upcoming anti-Trump protests are expected to be ‘riots.’ As a result, chapters of white nationalist groups have begun sharing information concerning the ‘No Kings’ rallies and calling for their members to disrupt them.”

via daily kos: White Supremacists Threaten ‘No Kings’ Protests: “Shoot a couple, the rest will go home”

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‘Wreckage could allow me to bury uncle killed by Hitler’s navy’ 14 hours ago

Mary Duggan’s uncle Michael Cullen, 17, was one of the youngest to die on the Leukos The family of a young Irish seaman killed when his trawler was sunk by a German U-boat in 1940 say they hope the discovery of the wreckage will finally allow them to give him a Christian burial. Mary Duggan’s uncle, Michael Cullen was one of a crew of 11 who died when the Leukos, an unarmed neutral Irish vessel, was attacked without warning by submarine U-38. The wreckage was found in the Atlantic Ocean about 30 miles (48km) off the coast of County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. Ms Duggan said they always knew Michael, who was 17, had been “lost at sea” but never that he had been a victim of Nazi Germany. For her, it was “very sad” that Michael’s body had never been recovered after 85 years and may be lying at the bottom of the ocean. Liam Duggan Michael Cullen’s sisters, Winnie Sheehy (left) and Dora Dobbyns (right) joined President of Ireland Patrick Hillery in 1990 for the unveiling of a monument to commemorate Irish seafarers killed during World War Two She said she was amazed the wreckage had now been found. “Foremost in my mind is just, maybe, getting the remains of my uncle,” Ms Duggan said. “My [late] father, my [late] grandparents would, I’m sure, be delighted to know that a shipwreck has been found and maybe there’s a possibility of having a burial for Michael. “It might be just something I could do for my dad; he was his brother.” Why did the U-boat attack the Leukos? The Leukos had been fishing alongside five British trawlers off Tory Island on 9 March 1940 when the submarine surfaced and opened fire with its deck gun. As a neutral country, all Irish ships, including the Leukos, were unarmed and clearly marked. It has never been proven why U-38 fired at the unarmed neutral Irish trawler, and left five British vessels untouched.

via bbc: ‘Wreckage could allow me to bury uncle killed by Hitler’s navy’ 14 hours ago

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BEWERBER FÜR STAATSDIENST: Bayern will AfD-Mitgliedschaft als Hindernis werten

Das bayerische Innenministerium erwägt, die AfD in ein Extremismus-Verzeichnis aufzunehmen. Für Parteimitglieder, die sich für den Staatsdienst bewerben, hätte das Folgen. Anhören Merken Teilen Drucken Der Freistaat Bayern erwägt, eine Mitgliedschaft in der AfD oder deren andersartige Unterstützung künftig als Hindernis zur Aufnahme in den öffentlichen Dienst zu werten. Wie das bayerische Innenministerium auf Anfrage der F.A.Z. mitteilte, wird derzeit geprüft, ob die Partei in ein Verzeichnis aufgenommen werden soll, das derzeit 212 extremistische oder extremistisch beeinflusste Organisationen umfasst. Zu diesen zählen im linksextremen Spektrum etwa die KPD oder die „Interventionistische Linke“, im rechtsextremen Spektrum etwa die Parteien DVU und „Der III. Weg“. Um Extremisten möglichst schon den Einstieg in den öffentlichen Dienst zu verwehren, werden laut Innenministerium vor einer möglichen Einstellung die Mitgliedschaften von Bewerbern in extremistischen oder extremistisch beeinflussten Organisationen in den Blick genommen. Bewerber für den öffentlichen Dienst müssen im Rahmen ihres Einstellungsverfahrens einen Fragebogen ausfüllen, in dem sie unter anderem bestätigen, von dem ihnen vorgelegten Verzeichnis mit den extremistischen Organisationen Kenntnis genommen zu haben. Darüber hinaus sind Fragen zur Mitgliedschaft bei oder der Unterstützung von den verzeichneten Organisationen zu beantworten. Einzelfallprüfung wäre erforderlich Gehört ein Bewerber einer Organisation an, die verfassungsfeindliche Ziele verfolgt, so begründet diese Mitgliedschaft zunächst Zweifel daran, ob er jederzeit für die freiheitlich-demokratische Grundordnung eintreten wird. Derartige Zweifel haben keine zwangsläufige Abweisung zur Folge, sondern eine nähere Prüfung des Bewerbers durch die Einstellungsbehörde. Eine Berufung in ein Beamten- oder Angestelltenverhältnis im öffentlichen Dienst setzt laut Innenministerium die vorherige Ausräumung der Zweifel voraus.

via faz: BEWERBER FÜR STAATSDIENST: Bayern will AfD-Mitgliedschaft als Hindernis werten

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Rechtsextreme auf Mallorca protestieren gegen Nazi-Kopf-ab-Plakat für Jazz-Festival

Die für ihre provokanten Arbeiten bekannte Künstlerin Lluïsa Febrer hat das Poster für das diesjährige Jazz-Festival in Sa Pobla entworfen. Eins muss man Lluïsa Febrer lassen: Die mallorquinische Künstlerin schafft es, mit ihren Zeichnungen einen Nerv zu treffen. Im Januar etwa bezeichnete Palmas konservativer Bürgermeister Jaime Martínez ein von ihr gestaltetes Plakat als „ekelerregend“ (MZ berichtete). Nun ist ein weiteres Plakat auf Unmut gestoßen – diesmal bei der rechtsextremen Partei Vox. Der Corpus Delicti: Febrers Entwurf für das Poster zum diesjährigen Jazz-Festival in Sa Pobla. Es zeigt einen Soldaten mit Hakenkreuz auf der Brust. Der Klang einer von einer schwarzen Frau gespielten Tuba reißt ihm den Kopf ab. Währenddessen hackt ihm eine weiße Bäuerin mit einer Sichel den zum faschistischen Gruß ausgestreckten Arm ab. “Black Lives Matter” und “Rural Lives Matter” steht neben der Szene, die von einer mallorquinischen Landschaft mit einer Mühle, Schafen und einem Raumschiff geprägt ist. Von der Organisation lobte man Febrers “offenen Blick auf die Welt” und ihr “Engagement für soziale und zivile Rechte”. Der Vox-Stadtrat Roberto Vicente hingegen sieht das anders. Er forderte, das Plakat sofort zurückzuziehen. Seiner Ansicht nach trivialisiere es Symbole des Hasses und der Gewalt, “die in einer demokratischen Gesellschaft ohne Einschränkungen verurteilt werden sollten”.

via mallorca-Zeitung: Rechtsextreme auf Mallorca protestieren gegen Nazi-Kopf-ab-Plakat für Jazz-Festival

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White House and DHS Share Image Apparently Created by White Nationalist

The poster likes to use the N-word and share content from a neo-Nazi account, too. On Wednesday, the White House and the Department of Homeland Security shared a propaganda poster on official accounts on X and Instagram. It featured Uncle Sam urging Americans to “Report All Foreign Invaders” by calling the Immigration and Customs Enforcement tipline. The image was first circulated by a white nationalist who has recently defended use of the n-word and shared material from an explicitly neo-Nazi X account, according to a review of social media activity. The anonymous user who claims to have created the doctored Uncle Sam image goes by the name Mr. Robert on X. The user, who has only about 350 followers on the site and whose bio states “Wake Up White Man,” first shared the image last Friday. It was then circulated by more prominent far-right users before being shared by DHS on Instagram and X, where it has 2.5 million followers. The White House also shared the poster with its 8.7 million followers on Instagram. (…) Thanks to the Trump administration, the Mr. Robert account is now taking an extended victory lap. “This should inspire you all. I made a digital poster,” he wrote on Wednesday. “@whitelandia made some too and printed them out…TODAY OUR EFFORTS ARE COMING OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE!” The Whitelandia account is transparently pro-Nazi and antisemitic. It has mocked remembrance of the Holocaust, shared a post from the “Aryan Defense League” featuring a Nazi soldier that calls on people to “Embrace your race,” and argued that only three flags should be allowed in the United States: The Stars and Stripes, the Confederate flag, and the Nazi swastika.

via mother jones: White House and DHS Share Image Apparently Created by White Nationalist

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Trump Is Rapidly Expanding the Surveillance State as Protests Grow – #FascistSystem

Immigrants are only the first target of a rapidly expanding digital dragnet that can track our individual movements. President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and military against protesters in Los Angeles is widely being interpreted as a display of intimidation and state power ahead of his birthday, when Trump will oversee a military parade in Washington, D.C. in the style of a dictator. The president has warned that protesters in D.C. will be “met with very heavy force.” Democrats and civil rights groups say the president is inflaming tensions to justify further repression, crossing the line into blatant authoritarianism as demonstrations against his administration spread across the country. However, perhaps the greatest consolidation of state power is not happening in the streets, but quietly being hammered out in courtrooms and behind closed doors, where Trump’s campaign of mass deportation is being used to justify a rapid expansion and centralization of the surveillance state. “The idea that this is something that just affects immigrants is wholly untrue,” said Matthew Guariglia, a senior policy analyst and digital rights watchdog at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, in an interview with Truthout. “I think immigrants are the first target; it is a permission structure, and if they can get away with doing these things to immigrants, what are the legal barriers from moving on to the next undesirable group?” This reality became brutally apparent on June 8 as law enforcement attempted to quell a protest through intimidation in downtown Los Angeles. A booming voice from a police helicopter hovering above the crowd announced, “I have all of you on camera. I’m going to come to your house.” As Truthout has reported, law enforcement across the country have embraced facial recognition technology despite numerous studies showing such software is racist and results in false arrests. Pro-Israel extremists used facial recognition to dox campus activists during protests against the genocide in Gaza, including international students targeted by the Trump administration for deportation.

via truthout: Trump Is Rapidly Expanding the Surveillance State as Protests Grow

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