What a colossal waste, and the worst part is that DOGE is still mucking around in the Social Security Adminstration/system. Read it and weep:

Elon Musk stood before a giant American flag at a Wisconsin political rally in March and rolled out an eye-popping allegation of rampant fraud at the Social Security Administration. Scammers, he said, were making 40 percent of all calls to the agency's customer service line.

Social Security employees knew the billionaire's claim had no basis in fact. After journalists followed up, staff members began drafting a response correcting the record.

That's when Leland Dudek--plucked from a midlevel job only six weeks earlier to run Social Security because of his willingness to cooperate with Mr. Musk's Department of Government Efficiency--got an angry call from the White House, according to several people familiar with the exchange.

"The number is 40 percent," insisted Katie Miller, a top administration aide who was working closely with Mr. Musk, according to one of the people familiar with the April 1 call. President Trump believed Mr. Musk, she said. "Do not contradict the president."

Apparently Trump didn't follow the proper protocol for military parade routes in DC:

Erik Ledbetter
@bandoblue.bsky.social

Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/

The first mass parade, celebrating Union Victory in the Civil War, followed the Inaugural procession route outwards down Pennsylvania Ave. WW1 and WW2 victory parades followed the same route. 2/

Much more somber were the interment marches for the remains of Unknowns from WW1, 2, Korea and Vietnam. These began with the Unknown lying in state in the Capitol rotunda, moved down Constitution zace along the Mall, and over the Memorial Bridge to Arling Cemetary on the hill to the west. 3/

The Gulf War victory parade followed the mourning route, a break with tradition. But it still began symbolically at the seat of the People's branch of government and moved outward. Symbolically, this encodes many mutually reinforcing meetings. 4/

Among them: the military arises from the citizenry and serves the citizenry, that the citizens are thanking and welcoming the Army back to home and civic life (symbolically and often practically, these are demobilizing parades), 5/

And that (on the mourning route) we proceed from the people's thanks in their Hall past places of memory to places of eternal rest and thanks. 6/

But the symbolizing is always that having called on and drawn a military from the Citizenry, the nation is returning the servicememebers to the citizenry, or sending them to rest, with its thanks. 7/

The parade today by contrast moves west to east, outside to in. It starts at the Pentagon not Arlington National Cemetary. It follows the symbolic route of troops entering to quell or occupy the city, not leaving with love and thanks. 8/

And it ends at the White House not the Capitol. Symbolically it the route is troops called from the Barracks/General Staff to render obeisance to the King, while demonstrating how the King can call in troops to awe the cities. 9/

The symbolism is rich, robust, and deeply un-American.

Asha Rangappa
@asharangappa.bsky.social

There must be an office or someone at DoD who understands the symbolism and protocol of parade routes, so this has to be deliberate. The Secretary of the Army ought to be asked about this

I wonder why Boelter was rooming with an old friend instead of living with his wife. We're they separated/estranged? Haven't read anything about that.
#233 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce

As I under stand it, he stayed in the city a couple of nights of week when he was on call for his job at the funeral home (he would go out and pick up dead bodies). I don't think there was an issue with his wife and that he lived with her during the rest of the week.

Simplifying this guy to a single ideology may be difficult.
This isn't someone who sees the world through a single lens.
His perspective is multifaceted, based on what he has seen and experienced around the world.
#160 | Posted by BillJohnson

Nope. Hope this clarifies things for you:

"He didn't like Nancy Pelosi," he said, referring to the California congresswoman and former speaker of the U.S. House. "He didn't like [Minnesota Gov. Tim] Walz. He didn't like [former president Joe] Biden."

But his comments were ordinary complaints about politicians, and he didn't express extreme views, Carlson said. He said Boelter supported President Donald Trump and had voted for him. He said Boelter would be offended if someone called him a Democrat.

Eleven Democratic Wisconsin lawmakers were also on the Minnesota shooter's list, and almost all were women, a Wisconsin Democratic legislator confirmed to The Washington Post. "They're all Democrats and all pro-choice," said the legislator, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of instructions from law enforcement.

Wisconsin lawmakers have been warned by law enforcement officials not to make public the names of those on the list, as the shooter is still at large.

Asha Rangappa
@asharangappa.bsky.social

I disagree with this assessment. My understanding is that all attendees had already been checked for weapons before coming in, I.e., there was no credible reason to believe he (even unIDd) was a threat. On top of that he is a U.S. Senator OF THAT STATE w direct oversight authority OVER HER AGENCY 1/

Sorry but in addition to a lack of threat, a person's identity and authority in this context matters, and force and restraint was simply not necessary. Punto. If you are a cabinet official and can't handle interjected questions during an effing press conference, get another job

PS They are also targetting food truck workers.

Wait until they start to raid nursing homes and daycare centers, or picking up the janitorial staffs at schools and hospitals, then the people will see who Trump and Stephen Miller really care about.

I read that they are going to children's playgrounds and arresting all the undocumented nannies they find.

A lot of the so-called points made in this article are bogus. They were in a federal building which required screening to enter. Padilla was accompanied by two federal agents, who he said opened the door for him. Although he wasn't wearing a Senate pin, he was wearing a Senate shirt. Homeland Security Barbie, who loves photo ops, knew who he was--or should have.

Interview with his lifelong friend and current roommate makes Boelter sounds like a total poser. Said Boelter had been living with him and another guy for a while. Sounds like he is a cosplay military enthusiast. Said Boelter is a manager at some "food place". Also said that the security company was not fully formed and is just "some fantasy" that he would "talk about it but there was no movement on that front."

Yeah, it sounds like his resume contained a lot of fantasy, and he suffered from delusions of grandeur:

Food worker with 'fantasy' of security career sought in Minnesota political shootings

Authorities said Boelter disguised himself as a law enforcement officer during the attack and news reports have focused on his apparent work as a security professional. But NPR's review of Boelter's online records and employment history found many of those claims about his professional life that appear untrue.

In social media posts and websites, Boelter said he had extensive experience as a security professional with "training by both private security firms and by people in the U.S. Military."

NPR found little evidence to support Boelter's account. He appears to have worked most of his career in the food service industry and one long-time friend described parts of Boelter's narrative about his life as "fantasy."

FTA:

Podcaster Joe Rogan, one of the right-wing voices credited with helping Donald Trump win the presidency, told a big slice of his listeners that he doesn't want them on his team anymore.

"I see a lot of people online talking about this immigrant issue," Rogan said on a recent podcast. "And they either don't have kids or they don't think it could happen to their kids. Their idea is, Hey, shouldn't have f--king come over here. You get those kind of people. You broke the law. Shouldn't have come over here if you didn't want to get your kids separated.'

"If you were in the presence of a woman who came over here from Guatemala and she's poor and she's starving and they're taking her baby away and she's wailing and screaming from a primal place in her DNA " the one thing she loves more than anything is being taken away. A baby! If that doesn't freak you the f--k out, you're not a part of the team, man. You're missing it. You're missing it."

There was a piece of mail addressed to him, found among the ammo.
#216 | Posted by Danforth

Was the car in the driveway registered to him/his company?

Oh, sorry, Lee's post referenced Hoffman and his wife, who were the first shooting victims.

earlier both Melissa Hortman and her husband Maark voted against illegas
getting free health care from the taxpayers of Minn....voting against their party.

today...THEY ARE BOTH DEAD
--AND we knew the suspects name almost immediately.

"the democrats going sean connery* on a couple who DARED to disobey them

* "that's the chicago ( hillary-dems way.
#213 | Posted by shrimptacodan

Nope, proven false 24 hours ago in this very thread:

#6

This is not true Hoffman voted against it.

alphanews.org

#14 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-06-14 11:49 AM

What Trump wanted vs what he got at yesterday's military parade:

It looks like a true believer, religious nutjob who went off the rails to me.
#204 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday

Here ya go, the gunman preaching about his love for Jesus:

"Point being it looks like a false flag."

It looks like a true believer, religious nutjob who went off the rails to me.

*Appointed by Tim Walz
Semantics.
#201 | Posted by lee_the_age

Exactly. I don't think you can be said to work for someone who appoints you to an unpaid role, but you do you.

"Worked for Tim Walz"

He didn't "work" for Walz:

State records confirm Boelter's past appointments to the Governor's Workforce Development Board, first under Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and then by the current Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. Governors appoint thousands of people of all parties to boards and commissions created by the Legislature for unpaid roles. This particular board has about 60 people, including Republican and Democratic representatives from business, education, unions and community groups. Boelter is listed as "no party preference" on his board profile. Walz's office said it had no familiarity with the suspect.

TACO, TACO,TACO man:

Inside Trump's Extraordinary Turnaround on Immigration Raids

President Trump's decision to pause most raids targeting farms and hospitality workers took many inside the White House by surprise. It came after intensive lobbying by his agriculture secretary.

Inside the West Wing, top White House officials were caught off guard--and furious at Ms. Rollins. Many of Mr. Trump's top aides, particularly Stephen Miller, his deputy chief of staff, have urged a hard-line approach, targeting all immigrants without legal status to fulfill the president's promise of the biggest deportation campaign in American history.

But the decision had been made. Later on Thursday, a senior official with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Tatum King, sent an email to regional leaders at the agency informing them of new guidance. Agents were to "hold on all work site enforcement investigations/operations on agriculture (including aquaculture and meat packing plants), restaurants and operating hotels."

But the president's decision to shield farmers and the hospitality industry--a business he knows well from his years as an owner of luxury hotels--reveals the tension between his deportation efforts and concerns about maintaining crucial support in his political coalition.

"It's entirely predictable that Trump would backpedal on enforcement in the sectors he cares about " hospitality, where his own businesses operate, and agriculture, where his voters are over represented," said Wayne Cornelius, a professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, who researched immigrant labor.

Certainly, he must have seen and knows things that set him off.
Posted by BillJohnson

He may have had personal problems that put him over the edge. I read his was looking for a job. Maybe he had financial problems. OTOH, this attack was well thought out. This wasn't impulse attack. He didn't plan on getting confronted by the police in the middle of the night, so who knows who else might have been planning to kill.

Wow, pitiful:

Timothy Burke
@bubbaprog.lol

I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.

DonOLD doesn't look too happy:

:)

Pwnallthethings
@pwnallthethings.bsky.social

Genie: ok what do you want for your birthday
Trump: a military parade, oh, and also millions of people on the street chanting my name
Genie: okie dokie

Something interesting I'm posting again showing just who this guy is,

"Dr. Vance Boelter has been involved with security situations in Eastern Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East, including the West Bank, Southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. He brings a great security aspect forged by both many on the ground experiences combined with training by both private security firms and by people in the U.S. Military. He has worked for the largest U.S. oil refining company, the world's largest food company based in Switzerland and the world's largest convenience retailer based in Japan. "

Simplifying this guy to a single ideology may be difficult.

This isn't someone who sees the world through a single lens.

His perspective is multifaceted, based on what he has seen and experienced around the world.
#160 | Posted by BillJohnson

I posted that info before you did and basically said the same thing, but now that more info has emerged, it is clear that the gunman is a Chirstian nationalist preacher who voted for Trump. No nuance involved. Read the Wired article I linked to upthread.