Thursday, August 28th, 2025 - MN school shooting; Trump (still) eyeing Greenland; DOGE leaks data; RFK blocks vax; Noem sidelines FEMA staff

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🗓️ 28 August 2025

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Today’s Headlines: On the first day back at Annunciation Catholic School, a 23-year-old former student killed two kids, injured 17 others, and then himself. He left behind a manifesto filled with antisemitic and racist rants, even scrawling “6 million wasn’t enough” on his gun, the FBI is investigating it as domestic terrorism. Abroad, Denmark summoned the U.S. envoy after reports that Trump-linked operatives ran covert influence campaigns in Greenland, compiling lists of allies and critics while trying to undermine Denmark’s image. In other news, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the Trump administration is taking control of D.C.’s Union Station from Amtrak, promising to restore its “beauty.” A whistleblower revealed that DOGE uploaded a massive Social Security database—including names, addresses, and birth dates of millions—onto an insecure cloud server, risking a “catastrophic” breach. In Iowa, Democrat Catelin Drey flipped a GOP-held state senate seat by 11 points, ending Republicans’ supermajority. On public health, HHS Secretary RFK Jr restricted access to COVID vaccines by requiring doctor approval, as new CDC Director Susan Monarez abruptly resigned alongside other senior officials. And DHS Secretary Kristi Noem unlawfully placed over 180 FEMA staff on leave after they signed a letter criticizing cuts to disaster preparedness. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: CNN: Live Updates: Minneapolis shooting leaves at least 2 children killed and 17 people injured in Annunciation Catholic School Axios: Denmark summons U.S. envoy over Greenland influence campaign with Trump ties AP News: Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak NYT: DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says Des Moines Register: Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority Axios: RFK Jr. limits who is eligible for COVID shots Axios: CDC director Susan Monarez ousted as new COVID vaccine policy takes shape Axios: Multiple FEMA staff put on leave after letter criticizing Trump admin Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.1	Yesterday was the first day of school at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1:11.4	which was marked by the death of two children, ages 8 and 10,
1:15.1	while another 14 children and three elderly parishioners were wounded by a gunman who died
1:20.0	of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
1:22.2	The shooter was 23-year-old Robin Westman, who reportedly graduated from the school in 2017.
1:29.5	He released a manifesto on YouTube that included what the Minneapolis police chief described as, quote, disturbing writings with
1:34.7	anti-Semitic, anti-black, and anti-religious messages. He also wrote such messages on his firearms,
1:41.1	such as, 6 million wasn't enough. But for some reason, the police chief said they don't have a motive to investigate a hate crime.
1:48.7	Meanwhile, FBI director Kash Patel said that the FBI is investigating the shooting as an act of
1:53.6	domestic terrorism and hate crimes targeting Catholics.
1:57.2	Was it Catholic specifically or did he hate everybody and he went to this particular Catholic school?
2:05.5	This piece of news slipped the radar from what I could tell, but I would argue it is quite important.
2:10.7	Denmark's foreign minister summoned the head of the American embassy in Denmark yesterday,
2:14.4	in light of reports that at least three Americans linked to President
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