This Isn’t Normal: The Minnesota Shootings and a Nation on the Edge

As political violence escalates, the response continues to be inconsistent.

In the quiet hours of June 14, 2025, democracy was hunted in its sleep.

Vance Boelter, a 57-year-old Minnesota man with a long-standing record of right-wing extremism, put on a police uniform, grabbed a gun, and began a political assassination spree targeting Democratic officials. It started in the early morning darkness in Champlin, Minnesota, where he …