How is this not bigger news?
“Evangelical Terrorist targets minnisota politicians for assassination, 2 dead, 2 wounded”
They should revoke the church’s tax exemption for radicalizing this guy
targeted political violence.
Terrorism. Call it what it is.
It seems they have updated the title to say assassination.
So…terrorism.
It is wild right-wingers are trying to paint the killer as left wing. Trump cultist prove they can’t comprehend anything. RIP to both of the victims.
I mean…according to this, both primary suspect shooter & his wife were directly appointed by Tim Walz. You don’t get too much further left than Tim Walz.
I want to know how they were working for Tim Walz, deeply associated with left wing, but not left wing themselves. It does happen, sometimes, I’m open to discussion.
Ah yes. The “liberal hivemind” Youtube channel. A reputable source of information and news.
This is big news. Google it.
More info on him: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/minnesota-shootings-gunman-suspect.html
Mr. Boelter and his wife run a private security company in Minnesota, according to its website. The company, Praetorian Guard Security Services…
…the gunman had a list that included her name and the names of other lawmakers, all of whom were Democrats. The list included about 70 potential targets, a federal law enforcement official said, including doctors, community and business leaders, and locations for Planned Parenthood and other health care centers. Some of the targets were in neighboring states.
Mr. Boelter, the site said, had traveled previously to violent areas “in the Gaza Strip and West Bank,” the site said, and had “sought out militant Islamists in order to share the gospel and tell them that violence wasn’t the answer.”
Oh the irony
Praetorian Guard. A notorious unit of body guard troop who are mostly known for extorting and killing the people they were supposed to be protecting.
What a great name for a body guard company.
I’d bet anything the police and media response to this is and will be orders of magnitude less than when that healthcare guy got clapped.
Insurance guy. The healthcare is what he was denying.
Well said…
The fact we have to clarify this distinction…
Pretty sure they were throwing “assassinated” in the headlines very early on there where this is just a “shooting” even though Tim Walz has already declared it a politically motivated assassination.
Nationally maybe, but not in Minnesota.
Or even just in comparison to the “violent ice protests”
My very first thought was about Luigi and thinking if this guy is found alive he likely won’t have any serious response. It seems they have a suspect but the dude was clearly wearing a mask so idk how they determined that
The details of this story are horrifying. The assassin went to the houses of two different lawmakers in the middle of the night (2am). Dressed as a cop.
In the dark, the people in each house had no reasonable way to know that the person ringing their doorbell at 2am was not a cop. Presumably he shot whoever came to the door then entered the house and shot the other spouse.
There’s no way the people who were shot could have reasonably prevented being killed
So, just like the 9/11 hijacking changes everything about how people respond to a hijacking event, this changes everything about answering your door. You see someone dressed as a cop at your door, you don’t answer the door. You call 911, then have then identify the name and badge number of the cop at your door and you don’t answer the door until 911 acknowledges its a real cop at the door.
Don’t answer anyway, if they have a warrent they will come in regardless.
They come in without one all the time, and just get a bit of PTO for it, courtesy of we the people.
Do we need to mention that they were both democratic politicians? Many of us would love to see the list of the others he was going to kill. I’m sort of thinking they were all Democrats.
The article said his hit list included about 70 targets, ALL Democrats.
This morning’s update identified him as a part-time pastor and a part-time military contractor. Sure sounds like a raging conservative to me.
if they were a Republican it would be screamed everywhere about how liberals are using violence
I think it was the Pro Left that had a recent podcast about how the Democrats are set up as the balancing force that is always put into the position of an abused housewife that must mollify the crazy alcoholic husband, which is the Republicans.
Pretty apt metaphor, and I’m not doing it justice, but it’s pretty much considered “normal” for Republicans to do and say nearly anything, and then everyone blames the Democrats for making the Republicans do what they do…it’s all DARVO.
Apparently, they’re still screaming about how liberals are using violence. Nucking futz.
“LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!”
Yeah, the tone I am seeing in conservative spaces about this has shifting to the gunman being a CIA operative to smeer conservatives.
it was, there was a list being mentioned on a subreddit, it includes tim walz, and others, plus abortion workers.
…the gunman had a list that included her name and the names of other lawmakers, all of whom were Democrats. The list included about 70 potential targets, a federal law enforcement official said, including doctors, community and business leaders, and locations for Planned Parenthood and other health care centers. Some of the targets were in neighboring states.
Can’t seem to find the ‘reply’ button on any comments in any threads anymore, they musta changed something… so I gotta create a top level comment now to reply.
“So, just like the 9/11 hijacking changes everything about how people respond to a hijacking event, this changes everything about answering your door. You see someone dressed as a cop at your door, you don’t answer the door. You call 911, then have then identify the name and badge number of the cop at your door and you don’t answer the door until 911 acknowledges its a real cop at the door.”
IDK about you but after you don’t answer the door, I wouldn’t be calling 911, I’d be playing possum with a fucking loaded gun waiting to go off if the front door opens or waiting for them to leave. The guy didn’t say he had a warrant, and if the police have a warrant just one cop isn’t going to be there, it’ll be a Pride of LEOs.
You know what’s fucked up is that I don’t even have to look. I can tell you right now that the victims in this crime are part of the Democratic party. You know how I know? Because the FBI director and the president are talking about prosecuting to the fullest extent of the law and how violence in America will never be acceptable.
But if it was the other way around and a Democrat went nuts and killed a Republican senator Donald Trump would be on truth social calling for that person to be hung or stretched or quartered or whatever it is they did to people in the middle ages.

But if it was the other way around … Donald Trump would be on truth social calling for that person to be hung…
Not just that, but he would be demonizing the whole Democrat party, saying how their dangerous rhetoric caused this and the party needs to be outlawed and its leaders arrested.
Just look at what they’re doing to our boy Luigi
This right here — as the if the Republican Party has done nothing to inspire violence
Edit for clarity
It’s the democratIC party.
Even worse, I’m sure when they catch this guy, trump is going to pardon him.
Trump cannot pardon state crimes. Murder is a state crime, not federal.
My assumption is that if Luigi is getting charged at the federal level for killing one random, rich white guy, this person who has killed two politicians and has a hit list for others, would be charged at the federal level for terrorism. At least I’d expect that in a normal, functional society, which we’re not.
18 US Code 1751 says that assassination of political officials can be tried in federal court
How convenient. House is a 67-67 D and R. State Senate 34 D 33 R. Not political at all this assassination…
Are there actually no safeguards against this? It seems like a pretty big fucking flaw in a democratic system if you can kill the opposing elected officials in order to gain control of the state. Like their votes should temporarily go to someone else in the party or something, not just be wiped out completely.
Even the article explicitly says this is politically motivated, this isn’t being presented as random
it was kinda obvious since it was targeting democrats only, and abortion providers.
When a legislator dies, their votes should automatically count as a “no” vote to prevent shenanigans.
Wtf, this is a dystopian movie.
someone mentioned that in subreddit, yea they want to break that tie, but it would be whoever is control that appoints a special interim though.
Sure sounds like MAGA is trying to start a hot civil war.
Going to be interesting when these people find out liberals are well armed and trained.
It’s been funny when they’ve come up to me calling me the f word because I’m clearly queer and then I flash my piece at them and they get white in the face and back the fuck off me real quick
Yeah, flashing your piece at them does indeed strike me as a tad gay ;-)
lol nice. In all seriousness though, magats are always disgusting human beings who are very ugly inside and outside so they’d never get my dick
Same. I’ve actually turned down closeted Republican men who didn’t hesitate to tell me that they essentially wanted me to be their stay at home girlfriend… As a grown ass man. Fuck all that.
Yeah they’re fucking pathetic humans who just can’t embrace who they are and seem to think we’re even remotely fucking attracted to them
Best be careful doing that. Flashing your gun is called brandishing and is illegal in most cases. You only show your gun when you are ready to fire it.
Keywords.
Flash my piece - white in the face - fuck - real quick
Yes I’ve been informed of the joke like five times now, I’m glad you can keep finding the humor in homophobes harassing me to the point that I have to show them the gun I have in my waistband since I have to be so fucking specific
In case no one told you over and over, the piece is innuendo for penis
Good for you!!! It’s a pity that the shitheads harass you though.
Yeah it’s not really a great experience to go through
I support your right to put them 6feet under if they take it beyond verbal. But be careful, they can lie and get you targeted by the police. But I’m sure you’re ready to deal with that.
Yeah for sure, I’m well versed with the laws so I can cover my ass in anything and always show way more restraint than I probably need to but yeah I prefer to keep it more on the dl that I’m carrying just to keep the pigs off me
That’s brandishing and it’s going to get you arrested
It’s brandishing if I’m instigating, which is not the case, but not so much when I’m being approached in a threatening manner being called slurs and I’m at a point of self defense
Just be careful,.don’t want you to get hurt
Appreciate it, yeah I practice as much restraint as I can and never do anything outside a defensive standpoint. I already wasn’t a fan of having society come to this point where I felt I need one but unfortunately here we are but I think that has made me make sure to be responsible about it since my intentions are defensive
People are getting kidnapped off the street. Use the strap on whoever tries to “arrest” you
What piece are you talking about? Statement makes sense either way.
Use context clues
Maybe they’re worried you’ll club them to death with your massive penis
Yeah that could be but I’m assuming it’s the Glock that’s next to it that sends them running
Yah, we’re on the interweb. For all I know he could be Drath’nor.
TBH, I seriously considered going strapped to the protest today. But I think I’d rather be a martyr than be the guy who shot someone at the protest even if it was to defend myself and my fellow protestors. At least that’s my thinking now while violence is unlikely in my town. If violence gets more prevalent and more expected, I might change my mind.
That was my exact thinking this morning as well. My state allows concealed carry without a permit, so I could legally go with my carry… but I thought better of it. I didn’t expect any violence where I’m at, and it just seemed like it wasn’t worth the risk, being the cause of more harm than good. It kinda went against the spirit of this protest imo, so I left it at home
Fuck it, I’m not that scared of dying that I gotta go strapped everywhere to feel safe. There’s a time and place for carrying, and the protest wasn’t one of them for me
I’m proud of you for thinking critically, we need more of that in the world. Thank you hoppy spider guy.
I respect the thought you put into it, and it sounds like the right choice, for the time being at least. Hopefully it stays that way…
The troubles started similarly from a politically motivated assassination by the UVF. Alongside violent responses from authority during peaceful civil rights marches and the deployment of the British army.
If a civil war starts, you likely won’t know you’re in one until much later.
We’re in one. It already started.
Like I said, I sure hope I don’t have to. But I will arm myself if things get to that point. This does remind me that I should go to the range and practice more.
It’s always the magas inciting violence. Rushing to violence is a side effect of ignorance.
If you’re looking for a civil war, you’d be a fool to think the Magas aren’t better prepared for base violence.
I personally man handled service members as a security guard in a military port town. I know where I stand. They can be as violent as possible. I can get even more crazier. And at that point. I break out the instant kill moves a dead SEAL friend taught me as my last resorts.
They’re preparing for dooms day… They’re fulfilling their own prophecy. I’m in a red area and I just saw an ad about getting a permit to concealed carry. Guns aren’t allowed here.
I keep hearing this. What are y’all waiting for, things to get bad?
What do you think they should do? Go to Minnesota and wack two Republicans to balance the legislature back out?
If they were as tiny minded and reactionary as you, I guess so ;)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/us/video/florida-sheriff-warns-protesters-we-will-kill-you-digvid
Tell me why I shouldn’t think it was an actual police officer that assassinated them ?
I heard that he even was in a police car. He had a badge and taser and vest etc… it really does feel like it actually is a police officer
A reporter who saw the vehicle said that it would look like a police vehicle from a distance and at night, but during the day it looked off, like you’d think ‘that might not be a real cop’.
And they’ve identified the suspect and he’s not a cop.
New information shows it was a security company run by evangelicals that he worked for. So his vehicle likely was intentionally looking like police. Could even have lights on top. And they could wear uniforms, carry most anything a cop can, the badge would be different, but at 2am…
Edit: the vehicle did have lights, and a ram on the front like police SUVs have. Also a photo of him shows him looking like an officer. Long navy sleeves, black vest with lights/utility
Mr. Boelter and his wife run a private security company in Minnesota, according to its website. The company, Praetorian Guard Security Services, lists Mr. Boelter as the director of security patrols and his wife as the president. The firm’s website describes using Ford Explorer S.U.V.s, “the same make and model of vehicles that many police departments use.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/minnesota-shootings-gunman-suspect.html
Praetorian Guard Security Services
Of course that’s the name of their company.
“suspect” fall guy for the cop.
A blues brother?
Was probably on a mission from god.
Sort of…
I.R.S. tax forms show that Mr. Boelter and his wife once led a Christian nonprofit called Revoformation Ministries. An archived version of the group’s website described Mr. Boelter as becoming an ordained minister in 1993.
I don’t think he hates Illinois Nazi’s though.
Supply Side Jesus isn’t real no matter how hard they believe their magat church pastor.
That’s why the Blue’s Brothers weren’t in it directly for the money. They just needed to save the ophanage.
He ran a security business.
Ah yes, rent a cop
I was thinking exactly the same thing.
This isn’t just assassination, it’s terrorism designed to scare opponents of Trump from speaking out. The media won’t say that, of course, because it’s likely the shooter is white.
Exactly that. Also, don’t forget that every chance they get they say “a man posing as a police officer” and they then describe that he was dressed exactly like a cop including a badge and cop car
The shootings are the latest in a string of seemingly lone-wolf politically motivated violence.
Good grief, could they whitewash this any harder?
It’s also done on no kings day so we all know what the headline will be. Doesn’t seem like a coincidence on reflection.
They even canceled the Minnesota No Kings over this shit
The Minnesota No Kings rally was NOT cancelled because of this. There were thousands of people at the Capitol
It was planned to be a distraction so news coverage wouldn’t focus on all the protests today. Can’t show bigger crowds in rural America than whatever few bootlickers showed up to watch Trump’s birthday parade.
yea they need good sound bytes for fox, oan and newsmax, cant have them protesting news all the time. it makes trump look really bad.
More like your generic antiabortion terrorist
Anyone want to bets that it was a Nazi who did the shooting?
Those where in Europe, they have since rebranded themselves to wearing red hats
Some of them call themselves Nazis.
That’s funded up, but unsurprisingly expected
Black rappers are calling themselves nazis and selling swastica t-shirts on Super Bowl commercials.
Guess I have one thing in common…
Boycott RHEL!
wait, what? Really? Oh…
This just in: This may not be related to RHEL
As someone who works for Red Hat, I really wish it would have been any other color that Trump chose.
I mean, you’re now owned by IBM who did help the Nazi’s… seems like it’s come full circle!
Well, if you’re going to start listing the US firms that helped Nazi Germany, we’re going to be here all day.
I was going to be here all day anyway :(‘
Basically any company that existed back then.
Ever used a floppy disk or a VHS? Chances are it was made by BASF.
BASF is one of the resulting companies after IG Farben of Cyclone B fame was forcefully broken up.
Yeah, trends in politics and culture really shafted the brand.
- Nothing wrong about red hats if it wasn’t for Maga.
- Nothing wrong with fedoras if it wasn’t for 4chan incels 15 years ago.
Now I’m curious if it’d be possible to rebrand to GreenBeanie. It has a nice ring to it.
Fedoras were Redditors, not 4channers. The idea was that you had guys who thought they were dressing nice by wearing a cheap fedora and like cargo shorts.
4chan incels don’t leave the house.
M’lady
He was dressed as a cop, driving a police car, wearing a blue uniform, and a bulletproof vest.
Is he a cop then? The cop car part is confusing otherwise. Uniform etc. not so much.
Edit: I see elsewhere that the car was disguised too
“Disguised” we’ve willingly made police cars so obscure they don’t stand out anymore. Here in Maine every car could be a cop car.
There’s one in my town that is black. With black writing on it that says police. The only way to see the text is to see the difference in sheen between the paint and the writing.
it should be very illegal
Yeah, cops call this ghost marking. They do it to skirt around the laws regarding marked vs unmarked vehicles. Unmarked vehicles have stricter requirements, so cops ghost mark their vehicles and say “look, they’re technically not unmarked, so they don’t have to follow all of those stricter rules.”
Then they’ll check your window tint with their expert window tint detector flashlight.
Yeah, every time they get a new upgrade over here it’s even harder to detect. But it’s part of the uniform. Should stand out and be hard to replicate.
Start calling 911 when you get pulled over to confirm it’s a real officer and really just make it a headache for him and they’ll go back to normal.
“Hi I’m just calling to verify this unmarked pulling me over is a real officer” they will get the picture after a couple of thousand of those
In Minnesota?
Cop cars are very distinct. Big white and black SUVs with guard rails and big ass lights. They look like they’re going to run you over fun. I call em intimidation transports.
We have three different colors of Ford escapes with very discreet light bars. They look like every other fucking Ford escape on the road or whatever those stupid SUVs are. So every Karen looks like a cop and every cop looks like a Karen.
Yeah I’ve been looking at them since @LilBOkChoy said something. They must be newer. They are quite literally impossible to see.
Seems appropriate for a police state though. China must be jelly of them
This isn’t completely accurate. I live in South Saint Paul and some of our police have Ford Explorers with no visible light bars and dark blue lettering on black paint.
I’ve seen state patrol make stops on 494 between the Wakota bridge and 35E in dark blue unmarked chargers.
They’re relatively new I think but that same trend of low-profile police cars has started here now too.
Goddamnit. Would explain the lack of police cruisers I’ve seen up there.
I think I’ve seen an unmarked cop SUV in St Paul before, maybe it was one of yours, or maybe it was this fucker?
I’m in South Saint Paul so if you were in Saint Paul it was a different one since that’s a different city.
Yeah spend all this money on tanks and shit, then they’re gonna drive around in a Hyundai?
No, he and his wife ran a security firm that said it owned the same vehicles as used by the police
Qualified immunity coming in 3, 2, 1…
Tell me you don’t know what qualified immunity is without telling me you don’t know that qualified immunity is.
Edit: Seems like a lot of people don’t know what qualified immunity is.
Qualified immunity means a cop can’t be personally liable in civil litigation for legal actions taken while doing their job.
It has nothing to do criminal prosecution when they break the law. It basically just means you have to sue the police department, not the cop.
He feared for his life. They were coming right for him.
I’m not sure what that has to do with being protected from a civil lawsuit.
Tell me you didn’t get the joke without telling me.
A significant amount of criticism contends that qualified immunity allows police brutality to go unpunished.[6] Legal researchers Amir H. Ali and Emily Clark, for instance, have argued that “qualified immunity permits law enforcement and other government officials to violate people’s constitutional rights with virtual impunity”.[45] Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has noted a “disturbing trend” of siding with police officers using excessive force with qualified immunity,[46] describing it as “sanctioning a ‘shoot first, think later’ approach to policing”.
The joke being that the suspect was an offer who showed up, claimed that their life was in danger, and shot everyone to death. The officer will then use qualified immunity as a defence to an extrajudicial killing.
Right, but the joke is based on the misconception that qualified immunity means immunity from prosecution, which is false.
Spreading misinformation is always bad.
Right… You just clarified that they’re immune to civil litigation. And we all know they won’t be charged criminally. So what we’re saying is that they get off scot free.
100%
On reddit they said it was a evangelical pastor, go figure
Guaranteed.
He is an evangelistic Christian
