This best of Garage Logic features a call from then-Governor Jesse Ventura about a potential Presidential run, Joe checks in with the Lake Detective about the worst lake names in Minnesota and we foretold the coming of the Failed Academy while sailing on Spoon Lake. Plus a special call from future President George W. Bush after touring Sharing and Caring Hands.

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Girl who fell off Disney cruise "was not being held" by father at time of incident, authorities say

South Florida law enforcement is investigating after a 5-year-old girl fell overboard from a Disney Dream cruise ship Sunday, prompting her father to jump into the ocean after her.

The Broward Sheriff's Office told CBS News Miami on Tuesday that the "little girl was not being held, as erroneously reported on some social media sites," referring to online speculation that her father may have been holding her on the ship's railing moments before the incident.

The incident happened aboard the Disney Dream as it sailed between the Bahamas and Fort Lauderdale. After she fell overboard, witnesses told CBS News Miami her father jumped in after her and treaded water for more than 10 minutes. 

Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz': The new migrant detention facility erected at an abandoned Everglades airport

President Donald Trump on Tuesday visited "Alligator Alcatraz" — the newest illegal immigrant detention facility in the nation that's located in the Florida Everglades and surrounded by swamplands teeming with alligators and pythons. 

"It's known as ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ which is very appropriate because I looked outside, and that's not a place I want to go hiking anytime soon," Trump said Tuesday during his tour. "But very soon this facility will have some of the most menacing migrants, some of the most vicious people on the planet." 

"We're surrounded by miles of treacherous swampland, and the only way out is really deportation," the president added. "And a lot of these people are self-deporting back to their country where they came from."

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DHS responds after viral Alpha News report on Kenyan sex offender in state government

The story of Wilson Tindi, a convicted sex offender and Kenyan national who rose to a leadership position in Minnesota’s Department of Education, has now caught the attention of federal immigration authorities.

After Alpha News broke the story on Monday, it exploded online, racking up millions of views, tens of thousands of shares, and drawing national outrage.

State legislators and major conservative accounts like Libs of TikTok reposted the story, putting pressure on officials to respond.

And now they are.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a statement to Libs of TikTok addressing the case directly, which the agency reposted on its X account:

“Under Tim Walz’s sanctuary city policies, this convicted sex offender and illegal alien was not just released into Minnesota communities but was paid U.S. taxpayer dollars and given access to innocent Americans that could be victimized and harmed. We will get this sicko and criminal illegal aliens out of American communities — sanctuary politicians be damned.”

Nonprofits weigh in on potential impacts to SNAP benefits under ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

There are concerns that restricting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits could send more people to nonprofits, but those food providers are already seeing an increase in visitors, in part due to rising costs.

Some Twin Cities nonprofits explained that if more people lose SNAP benefits under President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” their demand will increase.

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Malik Beasley at center of gambling investigation; Pistons pause deal talks with free agent, per report

One of the NBA's top free agents is now the subject of a serious gambling investigation from the U.S. District Attorney's office. Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley faces allegations of gambling related to NBA games and prop bets during the 2023-24 season as a member of the Milwaukee Bucks, according to ESPN. 

One prominent sportsbook reportedly detected unusual betting activity on Beasley props beginning in early 2024. In a Jan. 31, 2024 matchup between the Bucks and Portland Trail Blazers, the odds on Beasley recording less than 2.5 rebounds moved significantly before the game, going from around +120 to -250 after the Under experienced a high amount of action. Beasley recorded six rebounds that night.

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Grand Casino Arena announced as new name for the home of the Wild

Grand Casino will be the new naming rights sponsor for Xcel Energy Center, Minnesota Sports & Entertainment, which operates the venue, announced on Monday.

The name change to Grand Casino Arena will take effect Sept. 3, and the naming rights partnership with Grand Casino Mille Lacs and Grand Casino Hinckley — both owned by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe — will last through 2039.

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Reusse Scoop: The MN Wild are going to trade Kaprizov for Connor McDavid!!!

In a fitting tribute, Dundas names baseball stadium for Bill Nelson, team’s biggest booster

On a lazy summer weekend when overcome with an urge to see a grassroots ballgame, the cure often has been to take a drive an hour south to Dundas. The Cannon Valley League offers some of the state’s top competition, and if it’s the Dukes vs. Miesville’s Mudhens, you have an unmatched rivalry.

I was there one Sunday when there was a playoff game, with both teams guaranteed to advance to the state tourney. Immediately after the game, the managers went into a small area to draft pitchers from other Cannon Valley teams.

Joe Driscoll had been drafted by Dundas the previous year. He walked around with a beer in hand, waited a couple of minutes and then found out he would be a Mudhen for this tournament.

Driscoll tipped the beer upward in a salute and said, “Well, every team needs a role model.”

Joe died three years ago, and the world has been a less enjoyable place since then.

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The new AI regulations in the Big Beautiful Bill.

What’s in the latest version of Trump’s ‘big bill’ Senate Republicans are trying to pass

At some 940-pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations. Now it’s up to Congress to decide whether President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy package will become law.

Trump told Republicans, who hold majority power in the House and Senate, to skip their holiday vacations and deliver the bill by the Fourth of July.

WATCH: The major snags holding up Trump’s ‘big bill’ as the Senate prepares to vote

Senators were working through the weekend to pass the bill and send it back to the House for a final vote. Democrats are united against it.

Here’s the latest on what’s in the bill. There could be changes as lawmakers negotiate.

A man lured Idaho firefighters to a mountain with a fire then shot and killed 2, officials say

As a wildfire began to sow panic in a small northern Idaho mountain community, a group of firefighters who rushed to put out the blaze instead found themselves in an unexpected shootout.

Hortman funeral offers mix of sorrow, humor and reflection

It’s difficult to sum up the lives of two people who die so suddenly, violently and senselessly.

So it was heartening to the nearly 1,500 people gathered at the Basilica of St. Mary to hear the lives of Melissa and Mark Hortman honored with a healing mix of reflection, humor, remembrance and prayer.

“Indeed, they lived lives with purpose and meaning,” said Fr. Daniel Griffith, Pastor of the Basilica of St. Mary. “Lives lived in service of others.”

Fr. Griffith was the only one of the speakers who touched on the murders of the Hortmans, saying it should serve as another wake-up call, five years after the murder of George Floyd made Minnesota “ground zero” for racial injustice.

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Mischke celebrates summer, Jaws, the 4th of July, and the American Revolution. His guest is Kostya Kennedy, author of The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America.

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Dean Phillips won't you please join us? Socialist organizations around the country rallying for Zohran Mamdani. And it's no different here. Enjoy the Fourth of July while you still can. Johnny Heidt with guitar news. Reusse with his weekly sports report.

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Judge grants Vance Boelter a hearing extension after he says he hasn’t slept in at least 12 days

More than 150 storm drains vandalized in St. Paul, police ask residents to be vigilant

Trump hosts ‘One, Big, Beautiful’ event to push GOP senators to pass tax bill

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DOJ sues Minnesota over college tuition benefits for undocumented immigrants

The United States Department of Justice is suing Minnesota over state laws which offer some undocumented immigrants access to lower in-state college tuition. The government is also challenging a new state program which offers some students free tuition.

Members of the federal government are arguing these state laws “unconstitutionally discriminate” against other U.S. citizens and from other states who aren’t given the same benefits.

Most recently, state lawmakers passed the North Star Promise Program, which launched just last fall and provides state funding to cover any unpaid tuition and college fees for students from families making less than $80,000 a year. The amount of money a student receives is based on whatever costs aren’t already covered by other grants and scholarships. 

Fans go wild for NBA Draft star Dylan Harper's mom as she upstages her son with ESPN appearance

Dylan Harper was the No 2 pick on NBA Draft night in New York but his mom immediately stole the show after he was picked by the San Antonio Spurs. 

Harper and his mother, Maria Pizarro, spoke to the ESPN cameras moments after the Rutgers man, 19, was picked to join Victor Wembanyama in Texas.

'His flat-out love for the game, his determination, hard work and humility, day in and day out,' a visibly emotional Maria told ESPN when asked about what had led her son to the NBA.

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