- A US Border Patrol officer fatally shot a protester in Minneapolis on Saturday. The DHS claimed that he was undocumented and armed, and that he'd "violently resisted" when they attempted to disarm him. Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that, contrary to the claim that he was "undocumented", the victim was in fact a US citizen and lawful gun owner with a permit to carry. Other sources identify him as Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse with no criminal record. More info, including video, may be found here and here, and few find the DHS' account credible. Multiple witnesses say that he did not brandish his weapon, and the video evidence appears to corroborate that. A bipartisan group of senators are calling for an investigation into Pretti's death.
- An elementary school in Minneapolis is sending out an urgent warning about offers of food support being used as bait by ICE.
- The European Commission is opening an investigation into Elon Musk's X over allegations that the platform's AI tool, Grok, can be used to create fake sexual images of real people. This follows a €120 million fine issued to X over the fraudulent use of the blue checkmarks used by X to denote a "verified" account; the regulator concluded that the company did not meaningfully verify who was behind the accounts. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio responded by accusing Europe of "attacking and censoring" American companies; for my part I'd be happy to see X banned in Europe as it's become little more than an agent of far-right propaganda.
- Doug Ford is urging Ontarians to visit Michigan this summer. He dropped that suggestion in the midst of a press conference railing against the Carney government's decision to allow the import of Chinese cars without prohibitive tariffs; so much for "elbows up" I guess.
- A former police officer has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted of numerous crimes including voiding tickets in return for bribes, drug trafficking, and sharing photos of a dead woman. That means the federal penitentiary; I'm guessing that he very much hopes that he gets sent out of province to serve his sentence.
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