The Glean
More on the Hortman assasination
For this morning’s Glean, I’m sharing a few headlines that add depth to our coverage of this weekend’s shootings.
https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2025/06/more-depth-on-the-hortman-assasination/

Violence is coming to define American political life
Stephen Marche
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/16/us-politics-violence-trump-parade-protests

‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans
Department of Veterans Affairs says the changes come in response to a Trump executive order ‘defending women’
Aaron Glantz
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/va-doctors-refuse-treat-patients

Ice raids target workers at Home Depots who build much of LA: ‘This community has been here for decades’
Chain has long maintained relationship with undocumented laborers who gather in parking lots, hoping to get hired for a day of painting or roofing
Maanvi Singh in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/home-depot-ice-raids-los-angeles

Americans don’t see US supreme court as politically neutral, poll finds
Just 20% of respondents to Reuters/Ipsos poll saw court is politically neutral, a view shared people from both parties
Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/supreme-court-politically-neutral-poll

‘No way to invest in a career here’: US academics flee overseas to avoid Trump crackdown
Budding scholars pursue overseas jobs amid attacks on education and research, prompting fears of an American brain drain
Marina Dunbar
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jun/15/academics-science-trump-university-crackdown

Why a professor of fascism left the US: ‘The lesson of 1933 is – you get out’
Jonathan Freedland
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/why-a-professor-of-fascism-left-the-us-the-lesson-of-1933-is-you-get-out

‘This is the looting of America’: Trump and Co’s extraordinary conflicts of interest in his second term
Bitcoin, internet, EVs, private dinners for hire – the list of pay-for-play and quid quo pro goes on, and on … and on
Ed Pilkington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/trump-conflict-of-interest

The Guardian view on the Women’s prize for nonfiction: shining a light where it’s badly needed
Editorial
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/15/the-guardian-view-on-the-womens-prize-for-nonfiction-shining-a-light-where-its-badly-needed

Avant-Drag! review – queer artists light up the streets of Athens with joy and resistance
Drag is a tool of self-expression and of protest in this kaleidoscopic portrait of the city’s vibrant underground art
Phuong Le
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/16/avant-drag-review-queer-artists-athens

‘Who else can we annoy with our show?’: Such Brave Girls, Britain’s most gleefully offensive comedy returns
Rachel Aroesti
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/15/such-brave-girls-kat-sadler-bbc-lizzie-davidson-louise-brealey