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Today, Explained

America the extreme

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

This weekend saw a shocking act of political violence, a military parade in DC, and political protests across the US. What's going on? This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Miranda Kennedy with help from Jolie Myers, fact checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Matthew Billy, and hosted by Noel King. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Protestors forming the words "No King" gathered in San Francisco. Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The U.S. entered into the weekend bracing for conflict. President Trump was celebrating his

0:05.3

birthday with a military parade that had people on edge. No King's protests were scheduled in hundreds

0:10.6

of cities had people on edge. L.A., unresolved, with Marines still on the ground, had people on edge.

0:17.6

The shocker was so much of what was feared didn't come to pass, except in Minnesota.

0:24.2

A moment in this country where we watched violence erupt. This cannot be the norm. It cannot be the

0:32.5

way that we deal with our political differences. A gunman dressed as a police officer shot four people, killing two of them, in what the

0:40.5

governor called a targeted assassination of Minnesota state lawmakers.

0:44.5

Vance Bolter was caught last night.

0:46.6

These were 72 hours that had Americans asking what the hell is going on, and we're going

0:51.4

to do our best to answer that on Today Explained.

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