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Minneapolis Is Mourning
What's going on: Another school shooting in the US has shattered families. Yesterday morning, a gunman opened fire at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, MN, where young students were attending Mass during their first week back at school. The shooter fired a rifle through the church’s windows, killing an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old. Fourteen children and three adults were injured, and all are expected to survive, police said. One 10-year-old survivor recalled how his friend shielded him from bullets by lying on top of him — a glimpse of the terror children faced in the church. A youth minister told The New York Times the shooting lasted about two minutes, and “the pew saved [her] life.”
What it means: Police identified the attacker as a woman in her early 20s, who they believe was a former student at the school. She died of a self-inflicted wound. The motive remains unclear. Authorities are looking into a disturbing manifesto and said all the guns were purchased legally. FBI Director Kash Patel said they are investigating the attack as domestic terrorism and a hate crime against Catholics. This was the fourth deadly shooting that rocked Minneapolis within 24 hours, though police say the incidents are unrelated. Since Columbine in 1999, there have been 434 school shootings nationwide, according to The Washington Post. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D), a longtime gun control advocate, didn’t mince words: “Don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying.”
What's going on: The ever-evolving anti-abortion movement has a new tactic for targeting abortion pills and providers: Tapping exes, husbands, and boyfriends to file suit. Lawyers are actively seeking claims from men who say they were harmed when partners or former partners ended pregnancies, The Wall Street Journal reports. The goal is clear — chip away at access to abortion pills, shield laws, and interstate travel for abortions. Most of these cases are surfacing in Texas, where laws let private citizens sue anyone who performs or helps with an abortion after six weeks.
What it means: Courts have long ruled that men can’t stop or seek damages for a partner’s abortion. What’s different now is the push to reframe these cases as “wrongful death” claims — and the enlistment of exes to pursue them — in hopes of challenging one of the last avenues to access care in states with bans. Ultimately, abortion opponents hope one of these cases will make it to the Supreme Court, potentially piercing shield laws that protect blue-state providers prescribing pills across state lines. But the strategy is risky, hinging on personal grudges, with a Maury or Dr. Phil-like quality that attracts both drama and ethical questions.
The Sandwich Toss Heard Round the District of Columbia
What's going on: A sandwich has become an emblem of resistance in Washington, DC. It all started earlier this month after President Donald Trump federalized DC. A man named Sean Charles Dunn (aka “Sandwich Guy”) chucked a footlong Subway sub right into a National Guard member's chest. Dunn was subsequently arrested (and fired from his job at the DOJ). But just yesterday, a grand jury rejected the felony charge. Analysts said the failure embarrassed the US attorney’s office and underscored how many DC residents reject Trump’s use of the Guard to police crime in the city. Now, some are calling Sandwich Guy a modern-day folk hero (emphasis on the hero).
What it means: Murals, posters, and graffiti now depict a Banksy-style Sandwich Guy across DC. An Etsy artist sold more than $4,300 worth of merch inspired by the defiant sub-slinger. This isn’t the first time food has served as a starchy symbol of resistance — baguettes were a major signe de résistancein the French Revolution, there was the bread riot during the Civil War led by hungry mothers, and the 2007 tortilla protests in Mexico. Meanwhile, the current hoagie mishap is just one more example of American division at a time when blue cities in particular are drawing the ire of Trump, and as more National Guard members deploy nationally.
