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8:00 AM ET, September 17, 2013

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Jonah Spangenthal-Lee / SPD Blotter:
Suspect In Navy Yard Attack Previously Arrested In Seattle For “Anger-Fueled” Shooting  —  Aaron Alexis, the man identified by Washington D.C. police as a suspect in this morning's tragic attack on a US Navy Yard, was previously arrested by Seattle police in 2004 for shooting out the tires …
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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 …
Investigations:
Alleged Washington shooter served as Navy reservist, may have recently lost job  —  The man accused of killing 12 people in a gun rampage at the Washington Navy Yard was described by mystified friends and family as a Buddhist and Thai speaker who, in the words of one friend, “could not be the shooter.”
Washington Post:
Navy Yard massacre should move Americans to more than sorrow  —  FOR ALL the unknowns about Monday's mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, there was a nauseating familiarity to the unfolding events: the witness accounts of chaos and fear; the plea from officials for the public's help …
Discussion: msnbc.com, Spectator, Yahoo! News and NPR
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 …
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
Aaron Alexis, Suspect In Washington Navy Yard Shooting, Was Once Arrested For Shooting Bullet Into Neighbor's Home  —  Buster  —  The suspect in today's deadly shooting at the Washington Navy Yard was once arrested for discharging a firearm into the ceiling of his Texas residence, according to police records.
Theresa Vargas / Washington Post:
Aaron Alexis, 34, is dead gunman in Navy Yard shooting, authorities say  —  Aaron Alexis lived for a time in a bungalow in the woods near a Buddhist temple in Fort Worth, where he occasionally joined Thai immigrants in meditation.  Aaron Alexis died Monday in a gun battle with police …
Daily Mail:
REVEALED: Gunman, 34, who murdered TWELVE in Washington Navy Yard rampage claimed he had 'anger issues …
New York Times:
Gunman and 12 Victims Killed in Shooting at D.C. Navy Yard
ABC News:
Navy Yard Shooting Suspect Identified as Aaron Alexis
Los Angeles Times:
Navy Yard shooter ‘had a pattern of misconduct’
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
How Gun Laws Factor Into The Navy Yard Shooting
Discussion: Associated Press
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 …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:   Obama blasts GOP ‘irresponsibility’ on budget, debt ceiling
Reuters:
Obama says he will not negotiate with Congress on debt ceiling
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Impolitic
Alicia A. Caldwell / Associated Press:
MAN ARRESTED IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE  —  You are here  —  Home » United States government » Man arrested in front of White House  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service has arrested a man for tossing firecrackers over a fence at the White House.
Discussion: Mediaite, Associated Press and The Hill
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
After shooting, talk turns to gun control  —  President Barack Obama on Monday stepped onto a podium and lamented the deaths of a senseless mass shooting — just as he did after Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn.  —  This time, his remarks came as office workers scrambled for cover …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Aimee Parnes / The Hill:
Obama phones Navy secretary to offer his condolences
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Public Backs Diplomatic Approach in Syria, But Distrusts Syria and Russia  —  Just 26% Think Syria Will Give up Chemical Arms  —  As U.S. and Russian diplomats reached an agreement over the weekend to dismantle Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles, the public expresses support for a diplomatic approach …
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Politico
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Yaara Shalom / Jerusalem Post:
Report: Syria is transferring chemical weapons to Hezbollah to avoid international inspection
Discussion: Israpundit and Israel Matzav
Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Exclusive: Bill Daley drops bid for Illinois governor  —  In this raw Sept. 16, 2013 interview, Bill Daley explains to Chicago Tribune reporter Rick Pearson why he is dropping out of the Illniois governor's race.  (WGN-TV)  —  Bill Daley abruptly ended his bid for the Democratic nomination …
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
About That Other Debacle  —  For ObamaCare, it's only the end of the beginning.  —  If you're the kind of driver who can't help but gawk at the wreckage when you pass an accident—and honestly, who isn't?—you'll enjoy today's lengthy account in The Wall Street Journal of the runup to last week's Putin-Assad triumph.
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Obama's ‘unbelievably small’ presidency
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 …
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Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Obama waives ban on arming terrorists to allow aid to Syrian opposition  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL BARACK OBAMA SYRIA TERRORISM ISLAMIC JIHAD AL QAEDA BOB CORKER BASHAR ASSAD  —  President Obama waived a provision of federal law designed to prevent the supply of arms to terrorist groups …
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
House GOP moves forward with $40 billion cut to food stamps  —  House Republicans on Monday introduced a food stamp reform bill that they say will cut $40 billion from the program over 10 years.  —  The move sets up a dramatic debate and vote on the bill on Thursday, with the fate …
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Dianne Feinstein: Congress ‘shirking’ duty on guns  —  The fatal shootings at the Washington Navy Yard are evidence that Congress is “shirking its responsibility” on the gun debate, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Monday.  —  The California Democrat said the type of guns allegedly used by the shooter …
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Senate Officials Shut Complex While Shooter Sought
Discussion: Associated Press
 
 
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