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The Minneapolis school shooting again brings calls to address gun violence, while researchers offer some suggestions. Indiana protestors also call for the state to not get into the national redistricting fight.

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Welcome to 2025 Talks, where we're following our democracy in historic times.

Don't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now.

These kids were literally praying.

It was the first week of school.

They were in a church.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frye is calling for ways to limit gun violence that go beyond thoughts and prayers.

After a gunman opened fire at a Catholic school while students and teachers celebrated Mass.

Two children were killed in the gunfire and 17 others were wounded.

The gunman died at the scene, but left messages on rifle magazines, including one saying "Kill Donald Trump."

FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the gunman identified as transgender.

The man who assassinated Democratic Minnesota lawmakers in June cited a hatred of transgender individuals on social media.

Researchers at Minnesota's Hamlin University have looked at mass killings and found school shooters often have histories of trauma leading to a personal crisis.

James Densley says they think individuals have to be stopped from reaching the point where they no longer care about life and want to commit one final act.

But he admits our current security structures are not designed for that.

We really have to get more upstream of these problems because these are shootings that are rooted in despair.

Hundreds of Hoosiers protested against redistricting at the Indiana State Capitol Tuesday.

Some Republican officials say they're reluctant to get into a gerrymandering arms race, although others — including the state's attorney general — say it's necessary because they accuse other states of artificially inflating their census numbers.

Democratic Congressman Andre Carson, who represents Indianapolis, is scathing.

I think what we're seeing is an assault on our democracy.

My hope is that my Republican friends, most of them don't want this.

Numerous states seem to be considering redrawing their maps, but so far, only Texas has done it and California has started to.

At the urging of President Donald Trump, Texas Republicans passed new congressional districts that could potentially give them five more congressional seats.

California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom called for a special election in November maps to counter those.

In Iowa, a Democratic state Senate candidate in a Trump-leaning district near Sioux City clinched a surprise victory Tuesday.

The win breaks the Republican supermajority in the state legislature, meaning certain appointments and laws can't be passed on a party-line vote.

A new poll also finds that the majority of voters disapprove of President Donald Trump's takeover of policing in Washington, D.C.

Nearly 60 percent of voters disapprove, although responses largely split on party lines.

According to The New York Times, the investigation into Trump national security adviser-turned-critic John is focused on his mishandling of classified emails.

The Times reports that Bolton may have shared documents in an unsecured way, letting a foreign power get access to them.

The Times is also reporting that the director of the CDC has been fired after clashing with DHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy.

Susan Menendez has been on the job about a month.

At least three top officials at the CDC have resigned over what they're calling the weaponizing of public health.

I'm Zamone Perez for Pacifica Network and Public News Service.

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