Day 16
Jurors in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial remain deadlocked after five days.
Jurors in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial told Judge William Sullivan for a second time Wednesday that they could not reach a unanimous verdict after nearly 30 hours of deliberations over five days. Sullivan issued a Tuey-Rodriguez “dynamite” charge urging continued deliberations, then sent the nine-woman, three-man jury home to return Thursday. Clancy is accused of killing her children Cora, 8, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, in 2023; her defense says she was not criminally responsible.
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Anti-Clancy Defenses
Leans RightPro-Clancy commentary is distorting the facts, disregarding evidence, and encouraging people to excuse the killing of children. Lindsay Clancy’s defenders, especially the women publicly rallying around her, are behaving irrationally and embarrassingly rather than facing the reality of the case.
Undeserved sympathy
Leans RightSympathy for Lindsay Clancy is irrational and undeserved: clear evidence shows she murdered her children, while supporters excuse child killing with distorted feminist, TikTok, or postpartum-psychosis narratives.
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A downtown Minneapolis shooting killed two people and injured several, including officers.
Two people were killed and the suspected shooter also died in a Sept. 2 shooting at a high-rise apartment building near 15 East Grant Street in downtown Minneapolis. Six other people were injured, including three Minneapolis police officers; two officers suffered gunshot wounds and the officers were reported in stable condition. Officers were dispatched around 4:36 p.m., found a shooting victim inside the building and followed gunfire to an upper floor. One victim died at the scene, another died after reaching Hennepin County Medical Center, and the suspect’s cause of death was not immediately known.
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Day 3
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is leaving as Hegseth faces GOP criticism over Pentagon upheaval.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) urged President Donald Trump to replace Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned Monday following 18 months in the post. Driscoll said Wednesday was his last full day as Army secretary and gave no public reason for leaving. Tillis said Hegseth had forced out senior officers, failed to retain needed Pentagon talent and focused on culture-war disputes instead of military readiness. At least 20 generals, admirals and civilian defense leaders have been fired, forced out or resigned since Hegseth became defense secretary.
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Dangerous Pentagon purge
Leans LeftPete Hegseth and Donald Trump’s military leadership is driving out qualified Defense Department and Army leaders, leaving the Pentagon unstable and weakened. The turmoil is not just personnel drama; it is a dangerous, politicized purge that risks military readiness and serious operational failure.
Pentagon turmoil
Leans LeftDan Driscoll’s resignation is evidence that Pete Hegseth’s politicized purges and erratic Pentagon leadership are destabilizing the military and raising the risk of dangerous failures.
Power consolidation
Left & CenterHegseth is using Driscoll’s departure and senior officer shake-ups to tighten his control of the Pentagon, replacing independent leaders with loyalists and concentrating power around himself.
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