Threats and Threatening Messages

• America at a Boiling Point: From ICE Protests to an Attack on Rep. Omar - An attack at a town hall in Minneapolis, amid a surge in threats against lawmakers, was the latest sign of the fraying of the nation’s political fabric.
• Attack on Ilhan Omar Follows Years of Trump’s Targeting Her - President Trump has spent years demonizing and dehumanizing the Somali-born Democrat from Minnesota, fueling escalating threats against her.
• Trump Threatens Canada With Tariffs as Post-Davos Fallout Continues - President Trump said he would impose tariffs if Canada made “a deal with China,” though there is no sign that those countries are discussing a broad trade agreement.
• One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can. - The United States is broken, but not in every way.
• Disinformation in Minneapolis Shooting Points at People That Were Not Involved - Within hours of an ICE officer shooting and killing a woman, social media users misidentified the agent who fired as Steve Grove.
• New Jersey Honors Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Who Kept an Election Safe - For their heroics after a wave of bomb threats in New Jersey on Election Day, more than two dozen dogs were presented with an award from the state attorney general.
• The Woman in the Coldplay Concert Kiss Cam Video Is Ready to Talk - Kristin Cabot was caught on camera with her boss at a concert. The video went viral. Soon she was drowning in the vitriol of strangers.
• Key Takeaways After Indiana Lawmakers Defy Trump’s Redistricting Push - President Trump’s failure to ram through a Republican-friendly House map was a new sign that his iron grip on the party has slipped, and was likely to reverberate nationally.