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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/highland-park-illinois-shooting-victims_n_62c3f81fe4b0f612572b5574
These Are The Victims Of The July 4 Highland Park, Illinois, Shooting

A July 4 parade in Highland Park, Illinois, turned deadly Monday after a gunman opened fire from a rooftop, killing at least six people and injuring over two dozen others.
Robert E. Crimo III, 21, was on the loose before police managed to arrest him later that night.
Five of the victims died on the scene, and a sixth person died in the hospital, Lake County police spokesman Christopher Covelli said at a press conference, according to WGN-TV.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden issued a statement responding to the shooting, which marred Independence Day celebrations.

“Jill and I are shocked by the senseless gun violence that has yet again brought grief to an American community on this Independence Day,” Biden said in a press release from the White House. “As always, we are grateful for the first responders and law enforcement on the scene.”
Below are the names of the victims and their stories. This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

After Russia invaded Ukraine there were a couple of weeks of mixed messages from various figures in or in cahoots with the Republican party, in that many first found themselves simply continuing the pro Putin narrative they espoused before the invasion while others came out against it immediately.

I'm personally a little surprised that republicans shifted against Putin so quickly, given they seem to mostly agree with his anti-democracy philosophies. Perhaps this is as close as we will come to a "come to Jesus" moment for republicans? Or, more likely, I suspect republicans simply noticed there is nothing they could do to spin the invasion into a pro Putin narrative, so they are playing along. But the instant they gain back power they will definitely take measures to weaken Ukraine while publicly complaining about how weak Ukraine is becoming and blaming Biden for it. It's no secret they do this with everything but there is a chance they have genuinely learned their lesson and realize Putin's misinformation attacks on the US for the last 8 years were just that: attacks. It doesn't matter if Putin cynically assumed (correctly, it turns out) that republicans would happily participate in attacking their own country as long as there was short term benefit involved. If republicans can forgive themselves for choosing to be so greedy, and therefore stop it, democrats would likely find it too much of a relief to hold it over their heads for long. But that assumes they are serious.

What do you think?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-putin-blame-russia-ukraine-keystone-rigged-election_n_62190052e4b0ef74d72f6654
From 'Rigged Election' To No Keystone XL: GOP Shifts Blame For Putin's Invasion

According to many Republicans, it’s President Joe Biden’s fault that Russia invaded Ukraine.
Republicans have turned Vladimir Putin’s invasion into a political opportunity for the party, claiming that Biden’s weakness is the reason Putin went forward with his war.

Some GOP candidates have even started fundraising off the Russian invasion. Erik Aadland, running for Congress in Colorado’s 7th District, quickly sent an email Wednesday night saying Putin was “walking all over Joe Biden just like China and Iran” and asking supporters to donate to his campaign to take the House back from Democrats.
Virginia state Sen. Bryce Reeves, also running for Congress, sent a similar email saying Putin invaded because America’s enemies “know that Joe Biden is weak and depends on the support of the Woke Democrats for his political survival.”

“Joe Biden’s weakness has helped bring the world to this point,” added Florida congressional candidate Brian Mast in his own fundraising pitch.
But as Faith Hillis, a professor of Russian history at the University of Chicago said, “What matters is that Putin denies a sovereign state’s right to exist and to make its own domestic and foreign policy. And he invaded completely unprovoked (and even without the staged provocation that many expected). This is akin to Hitler’s invasion of Poland. That’s it.”