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ST. CLOUD ( WJON News ) -- The rallies planned for St. Cloud today have been postponed. Both the 'No Kings' Rally and the 'Kick out the Clowns' protest have been delayed out of an abundance of caution and respect for the shooting death of Representative Melissa Hortman and the shooting of Senator John Hoffman . READ MORE: Update: More Details Revealed In Hortman/Hoffman Shootings All the 'Kick Out the Clowns' protests in the entire state have been postponed. Executive Director of Women's March Rachel O'Leary Carmona says, 'In light of the devastating attack that claimed the life of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, we are canceling all remaining 'Kick Out the Clowns' events in Minnesota as law enforcement continues the search for the suspect.' READ MORE: UPDATED: Minnesota Protests Planned to Counter Trump Military Parade on Flag Day St. Cloud Police Chief Jeff Oxton says all the postponements are out of an abundance of caution and effort to promote public safety to keep all citizens safe. No makeup dates have been announced at this time. READ MORE FROM AUTHOR PAUL HABSTRITT:

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Baby black bear with plastic lid stuck on its neck for TWO YEARS is finally freed

A baby black bear who had been roaming around with a plastic lid over its neck for two years has finally been freed. The two-year-old bear was first spotted in 2023 when it was a small cub on trail camera photos with the lid around its neck in Michigan. Biologists at the Department of Natural Resources have attempted to locate the suffering cub for years, but the black bear proved elusive. The cub occasionally popped up on trail cameras over the last two years, just to disappear a day later. A breakthrough came in May when a resident of Hillman, a town outside of Lewiston with a population under 1,000, spotted the trapped bear. The resident alerted biologists, and the Department of Natural Resources set up a trap to catch the bear. A baited enclosure captured the black bear on June 2, and scientists gave it anesthesia to relieve the bear from the plastic lid. The black bear's measurements were and it only weighed 110 pounds. The animal had suffered significant scarring and had an infection on its neck from the lid, but the department said it was healthy otherwise. After the anesthetics wore off, scientists released the black bear into the wild, free at last. Cody Norton of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said the bear's suffering was a lesson to practicing safe bear baiting methods. Bear baiting is legal in the state on private land, but hunters are prohibited from using containers between one and 22 inches in diameter, according to the DNR. Scientists didn't know how the bear got stuck, but noted that the lid seemed to fit the containers that hunters use to lure black bears. Hunters put chicken feed or other attracting materials in the containers to lure the bears before killing them. Norton also noted that the bear could've gotten stuck after rummaging through garbage. 'Container openings of a certain size can result in bears and other wildlife getting their heads or other body parts stuck in them, leading to injury or death,' Norton said. The DNR advises those who live in areas with a high black bear population to securely dispose of food, garbage, and recycling. Leaving pet food outdoors, failing to clean outdoor grills, and placing bird feeders outside can also attract bears.

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• Daily Mail​

Top Trump ally fears terrorists will attack 'on our homeland' after the US dropped bombs on Iran

A top Republican has expressed her fears that terrorists will attack on US soil and cause 'another foreign war' after President Donald Trump attacked Iran overnight. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene - one of Trump's closest allies in Congress and a conservative firebrand who has openly opposed war with Iran - took to X soon after the bombs dropped. She prayed that Americans would not be targeted by terrorists 'on our homeland' in retaliation for Trump's operative strike, noting that it may be possible after having an open border 'for the past four years.' Greene wrote: 'Every time America is on the verge of greatness, we get involved in another foreign war. There would not be bombs falling on the people of Israel if Netanyahu had not dropped bombs on the people of Iran first. 'Israel is a nuclear armed nation. This is not our fight. Peace is the answer.' She added: 'Let us pray that we are not attacked by terrorists on our homeland after our border was open for the past 4 years and over 2 Million gotaways came in. Let us pray for peace.' Despite telling the world he was going to come to a decision within two weeks, Trump launched 'Operation Midnight Hammer' Saturday night, sending a fleet of B-2 bombers to key nuclear sites in Iran. The attack left the sites 'severely damaged' as top US officials have urged Iran to surrender. People quickly flooded Greene's post with comments as many disagreed with her and called her a 'traitor.' 'Israel has never said they have a nuclear weapon nor ever threatened to use a nuclear weapon,' one wrote. Another said: 'One question I have for you Marjorie is that "Would you rather Iran have a nuclear weapon?"' 'A strategic strike is not a war,' said another. A user commented: 'You're off on this one, MTG. It was the right decision!' 'You have become a total embarrassment and traitor to the President but nice play to your base,' someone else wrote. Meanwhile, others agreed with her stance, as one wrote: 'I stand with you on this one.' 'I can't believe I'm agreeing with MJT so heavily,' said another. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene took to X shortly after news broke of the US attack on Iran, sharing her fear that 'another foreign war' will soon start 'Boom. Finally some common sense. Our greatness gets derailed by endless wars that aren't ours. Peace over puppets and proxies,' a user said. Her response comes just days after Greene backed Tucker Carlson, another well-known MAGA member, after Trump called the former Fox News host 'kooky' over his views on the president's stance on Iran. Carlson has suggested Trump abandoned 'America First' principles to support Israel against the Iranians which has led to multiple responses from the president. On Monday night he wrote on Truth Social: 'Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that,' IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!' Greene then rushed to Carlson's defense after the commander-in-chief immortalized the broadcaster with a nickname. 'Tucker Carlson is one of my favorite people. He fiercely loves his wife, children, and our country. Since being fired by the neocon network Fox News, he has more popularity and viewers than ever before,' she wrote on social media. Greene added that her beliefs are 'unapologetically' the same as Carlson's. She says that 'if we don't fight for our own country and our own people then we will no longer have a country for our children and our grandchildren.' The Georgia Congresswoman added that getting involved in a Middle Eastern war will 'put America last, kill innocent people, are making us broke, and will ultimately lead to our destruction.' She ended by referencing Trump's new nickname for Carlson. 'That's not kooky. That's what millions of Americans voted for. It's what we believe is America First.' On Sunday morning, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hailed the strikes as 'bold' and 'brilliant.' He also warned Iran that there would be dire consequences if it does not come to the negotiating table. Hegseth said three key nuclear sites were 'severely damaged' around 2.10am Iranian time. 'We devastated the Iranian nuclear program. It's worth noting the operation did not target the Iranian troops or the Iranian people,' he continued. 'Iran's nuclear ambitions have been obliterated. Many presidents have dreamed of delivering the final blow to Iran's nuclear program. And none could – until President Trump.' He declared: 'American deterrence is back.' Officials admitted that the strikes on the Fordow site, a deep underground nuclear enrichment facility, may not have been entirely destroyed in the operation. Sources told the New York Times that the B-2 strikes on Iran's facility in Fordow - a uranium enrichment site buried deep underground - did not entirely destroy the site. The press conference came as Iran's foreign minister branded Trump a 'lawless bully' who 'betrayed' diplomacy after the US blew up three nuclear bases - as he warned the world has been thrown into an 'unprecedented level of danger'. Early Sunday morning, Iran retaliated by targeting Israel in a devastating set of attacks - with emergency services reporting at least 16 people are injured, including a young man with shrapnel wounds to his upper body.

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Democrats say they were left in dark about plans for US strikes on Iran

Senior Democrats have claimed they were left in the dark about operation Midnight Hammer, the US's highly coordinated strike on Saturday on Iran's nuclear enrichment program. Neither the US senator Mark Warner of Virginia nor representative Jim Himes of Connecticut, both top Democrats on the Senate and House intelligence panels, were briefed before the attack, according to reports. But that came amid claims that Republican counterparts were given advance notice of the operation, which involved 125 aircraft – including seven B-2 bombers carrying 14 bunker busters weighing three tons – and 75 Tomahawk missiles launched from US submarines. Axios reported that the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, had been informed shortly before the attacks began at 6.40pm eastern time. Himes's committee staff received notification about the strike from the Pentagon only after Donald Trump made the announcement on social media soon before 8pm, according to the outlet. The president's defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, told a press conference early on Sunday that the strikes 'took months and weeks of positioning and preparation so that we could be ready when the president called'. 'It took misdirection and the highest of operational security,' Hegseth said, in part alluding to the US's deployment of B-2 bombers to the Pacific island of Guam earlier on Saturday. The US attack of Iran came as most Democrats had left Washington for the Juneteenth holiday – but the apparent lack of forewarning to lawmakers on intelligence committees is striking. Top lawmakers are typically informed of military operations in advance. 'Cost, duration, risk to our troops, strategy – the basics before we make a decision of this consequence,' Chris Coons, a senior Democratic member of the Senate foreign relations committee, said last week. Senators are expected to receive a briefing next week. But the signs that an attack was imminent were there to see: additional US military assets had been moved into the region, and the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, had postponed a briefing with the Senate intelligence committee last week. Moderate and progressive Democrats have been in conflict over the engagement of US forces in support of Israel. Trump's use of force could now deepen the ideological schism. Senator Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, told CNN on Sunday that 'the destruction of these facilities is a positive in the sense that it will set back Iran's program'. But he warned that Iran could now 'sprint for a bomb'. He added that the strikes were 'not constitutional' and Congress should be brought in 'on an action this substantial that could lead to a major outbreak of war'. But Schiff refused to be drawn in on whether the world was safer following the strike. 'We simply don't know,' he said. Schiff maintained that in absence of a briefing 'this is an order that should not have been given'. Prominent Democrats with 2028 presidential aspirations have been notably silent on the 10-day war between Israel and Iran. 'They are sort of hedging their bets,' said Joel Rubin, a former deputy assistant secretary of state during the Obama administration. 'The beasts of the Democratic party's constituencies right now are so hostile to Israel's war in Gaza that it's really difficult to come out looking like one would corroborate an unauthorized war that supports Israel without blowback.' But some had spoken out. The California congressman Ro Khanna called the White House threats of an attack on Iran 'a defining moment for our party'. That came as progressive and isolationist lawmakers on the right found themselves uncomfortably aligned. Khanna had introduced legislation with the Kentucky Republican US House member Thomas Massie that called on Trump to 'terminate' the use of US armed forces against Iran unless 'explicitly authorized' by a declaration of war from Congress. Following the strike, Khanna posted on X: 'Trump struck Iran without any authorization of Congress. We need to immediately return to DC and vote on [Massie] and my War Powers Resolution to prevent America from being dragged into another endless Middle East war.' Massie said in response to the strikes: 'This is not Constitutional.' The independent US senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who caucuses with the Democrats, said supporting the Israeli prime minister Benjamin 'Netanyahu's war against Iran would be a catastrophic mistake'. He introduced legislation prohibiting the use of federal money for force against Iran. The New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on X that the decision to attack Iran's nuclear sites was 'disastrous'. 'The President's disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers. He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment,' Ocasio-Cortez wrote. On NBC's Meet the Press, Vice-President JD Vance maintained that it was untrue to say that Saturday's strikes in Iran exceeded Trump's presidential authority. Schiff, meanwhile, declined to support calls for impeachment proceedings against Trump, saying the failure to brief Democrats ahead of the strike was 'another partisan exercise'.