memeorandum: One Conservative's Provocative Rules For Covering Mass Shootings (Zack Beauchamp/ThinkProgress)

6:50 PM ET, September 16, 2013

Top Items:

Police search for active shooter on grounds of Washington Navy Yard in Southeast D.C. — A D.C. police officer is among the people shot at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning. — A police spokesman confirmed at 9:20 a.m. that the officer was shot near the room where a lone gunman …

Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:

One Conservative's Provocative Rules For Covering Mass Shootings — David Frum is a former Bush Administration speechwriter and one of the loudest conservative voices arguing in favor of new laws targeted at reducing gun violence. When the news of the Navy Yard shooting broke Monday morning …

Discussion: National Review, Balloon Juice and Hullabaloo

Max Seddon / BuzzFeed:

Russian Official Gloats Over Navy Yard Shooting — With multiple people injured and the gunman still at large, a member of Russia's parliamentary foreign affairs committee says the shooting is an example of “American exceptionalism.” — A shooting at the Washington Navy Yard …

Discussion: WorldViews, Business Insider, The Hinterland Gazette, Defense One, Mediaite, The Huffington Post and TheBlaze.com

Deanna Boyd / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

Fort Worth man, 34, accused of shootings in Navy Yard — FORT WORTH — The man suspected of killing 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard, identified as Aaron Alexis of Fort Worth, left the Navy in 2011. — Alexis, 34, was fatally shot after a gunbattle with police at the site …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Hill and The Hill

Associated Press:

OFFICIALS: 2ND SHOOTER POSSIBLE AT NAVY YARD — You are here — Home » U.S. Navy » Officials: 2nd shooter possible at Navy Yard — WASHINGTON (AP) — Two officials say police are looking into the possibility of a second shooter at the Washington Navy Yard where several people were killed.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Daily Caller, Business Insider and Weasel Zippers

Los Angeles Times:

Live updates: Navy Yard shooter ‘had a pattern of misconduct’ — This post has been corrected. See below for details. — WASHINGTON — The 34-year-old former Navy electrician's mate identified as the gunman who killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard had been discharged from the service …

Discussion: The Switch, Dallas Morning News, Crooks and Liars, TechCrunch, Clayton Cramer's Blog, The Daily Caller and Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »

New York Times:

Gunman and 12 Victims Killed in Shooting at D.C. Navy Yard — WASHINGTON — At least 13 people, including one gunman, were killed, and the police were looking for other potential suspects, in a shooting Monday morning at a naval office building not far from Capitol Hill and the White House, police officials said.

Discussion: CNN, PoliticusUSA, NPR, Macleans.ca and Boing Boing

Navy.mil:

Active Shooter at Washington Navy Yard — WASHINGTON (NNS) — An active shooter was reported inside the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters building (Bldg. 197) on the Washington Navy Yard at 8:20 a.m. (Eastern Time). — There is one confirmed injury.

Discussion: NPR, Mediaite, Mashable, Shakesville, The Gateway Pundit, Defense One, Yahoo! News, ThinkProgress, The Hinterland Gazette, The Raw Story and Talking Points Memo

Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
How Gun Laws Factor Into The Navy Yard Shooting

Discussion: Associated Press

Matt Hadro / NewsBusters:
Fort Hood 2009? CNN Anchor Can't Remember the Last Shooting at ‘U.S. Military Facility’

Discussion: Twitchy, Hot Air, Atlas Shrugs, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon and Ed Driscoll

Barbara Starr / CNN:
13 killed in Navy Yard shooting rampage; dead suspect identified

Discussion: Washington Times, The Lead with Jake Tapper, Politico, WJLA-TV, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, ABC News, The Jawa Report and American Spectator

ABC News:
Navy Yard Shooting Suspect Identified as Aaron Alexis

Discussion: Politico

Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Navy Yard shooting update: Senate lockdown ‘partially’ lifted

Discussion: ABC News and WJLA-TV

nbcwashington.com:
Four Dead Among 10 Shot at D.C. Navy Yard; At Least 1 Shooter Still At Large

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Hot Air, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, NBCNews, RIA Novosti, The Hinterland Gazette, WND, The Other McCain, Ed Driscoll and The Raw Story

WJLA-TV:
Washington Navy Yard shooting: Aaron Alexis identified as shooter

Discussion: ABC News, Yahoo! News and American Spectator

Washington Times:
One shooter dead, hunt on for two more; death toll expected to climb in Navy Yard rampage

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

nbcwashington.com:
Gunman ID'd in D.C. Navy Yard Shooting That Killed at Least 12

Discussion: Yahoo! News, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers

Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama condemns Navy Yard shooting

Discussion: ABC News and CNN

Gabriela Resto-Montero / msnbc.com:
12 dead at Washington Navy Yard; hunt underway for accomplices

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mediaite and Gawker

Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:

A Lot Of People Are Very Upset That An Indian-American Woman Won The Miss America Pageant — Sunday night Nina Davuluri, Miss New York, was crowned the winner the 2014 Miss America Pageant. She is the first contestant of Indian descent to be crowned Miss America. — Lucas Jackson / Reuters

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, The Week, msnbc.com, Mediaite, Taylor Marsh, The Daily Caller, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Jezebel

Scott Kaufman / The Raw Story:

Fox News host: new Miss America, Nina Davuluri, doesn't ‘represent American values’ — The crowning of Miss New York, Nina Davuluri, as Miss America should have been, to paraphrase her platform, a celebration of diversity through cultural competency. But in the hours after her victory …

Discussion: Sky News, Daily Mail, AMERICAblog News, Crooks and Liars, The Moderate Voice and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Ann Oldenburg / USA Today:
Miss America Nina Davuluri brushes off racist remarks

Discussion: New Jersey Online and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

CNN:
The new Miss America is... (CNN) — She's the second consecutive …

Discussion: Associated Press and The Hinterland Gazette

Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:

This Time There Really Will Be a Government Shutdown — And that's not all bad — Suffice it to say, it's hard to do a deal when the only thing the other guy wants is the one thing you can't give him. This null set scenario is, unfortunately, precisely where we find ourselves in the debate …

Discussion: The Plum Line

Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Conservatives: Obama will blink

Discussion: Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, NationalJournal.com and Politico

The Atlantic Online:
How a Small Team of Democrats Defeated Larry Summers—and Obama

Discussion: New York Times, Felix Salmon, Hot Air, The Huffington Post, BillMoyers.com, Politico, ThinkProgress, Firedoglake, Power Line, Macleans.ca, neo-neocon, Wonkblog, Outside the Beltway and Taylor Marsh

Reuters:
Obama says he will not negotiate with Congress on debt ceiling

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN 2016 Poll: Clinton favored for Democrats; no clear GOP leader

Discussion: Des Moines Register, Ballot Box, Washington Post, Hot Air, The Week, No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Kos, Connecting.the.Dots, Politico and Shakesville

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:

As Health Care Law Proceeds, Opposition and Uncertainty Persist — One-in-Four Backs Efforts to Make the Law Fail — As a key step in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act approaches, public views of the 2010 health care law are as negative as ever, and many are unaware of the elements …

Discussion: USA Today, National Review, NBCNews, Wall Street Journal, Daily Kos, Washington Monthly, The Week, The Plum Line, Hot Air, PoliticusUSA, ThinkProgress, Weekly Standard, Washington Free Beacon and The Reaction

Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
USA Today: Obamacare's Unpopularity Somehow the GOP's Fault

Discussion: The Heritage Foundation and Scared Monkeys

Erika Johnsen / Hot Air:
OFA ad: “Enough already” with the ObamaCare opposition, silly Republicans

Discussion: The Plum Line, Firedoglake, TheBlaze.com and Weasel Zippers

Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Two new polls tell us Americans are very, very confused about Obamacare

Discussion: NBCNews and Hit & Run

James Hohmann / Politico:

Why Ken Cuccinelli is losing the Virginia governor's race — Republicans can't believe this is happening: Democrat Terry McAuliffe — whose controversial business dealings and past life as a party moneyman make him a walking negative ad — has taken command of the Virginia governor's race.

Discussion: Des Moines Register, NationalJournal.com, Taylor Marsh, First Read and msnbc.com

Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
McAuliffe camp erupts over business PAC's choice of Cuccinelli for Virginia governor

Discussion: Politico, The Fix, NewsBusters, WJLA-TV and Ballot Box

Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:

Obamacare will question your sex life — A man holds a sign at the ‘Exempt American from Obamacare’ rally on Sept. 10, 2013 — 'Are you sexually active? If so, with one partner, multiple partners or same-sex partners? Be ready to answer those questions and more the next time you go to the doctor …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Pirate's Cove, Althouse and Jammie Wearing Fools

Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:

Obama's ‘unbelievably small’ presidency — If you have any doubts that President Obama's handling of Syria is an utter debacle, witness the embarrassing spectacle this morning as his top aides scramble to place blame for it at their boss's feet. — In today's Wall Street Journal …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Daniel W. Drezner, Questions and Observations, Israel Matzav and Washington Wire

Colleen Flaherty / Inside Higher Ed:

TOPICS — By — A Texas Christian University professor reached out in an e-mail to a group of students he deemed to be “of color” to help them succeed in his class. But the move backfired with at least one student, who was insulted at being included for her perceived ethnicity.