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2:50 PM ET, July 8, 2016

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Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Dallas gunman killed by bomb robot, ‘wanted to kill officers,’ officials say  —  A Dallas police officer covers his face as he stands with others outside the emergency room at Baylor University Medical Center on July 8.  (Tony Gutierrez / Associated Press)  —  Police used a “bomb robot” …
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Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT  —  Last night's horrific execution-style shootings of 12 Dallas law enforcement officers - five of whom were killed and seven wounded - is an attack on our country.  It is a coordinated, premeditated assault on the men and women who keep us safe.  —  We must restore law and order.
Richard Wheatstone / Mirror.co.uk:
Dallas police shooting: ‘Black Power group’ claims responsibility for police killings and warns of more assassinations to come  —  “More Will Be Assassinated In The Coming Days!  Do You Like The Work Of Our Assassins?  Get Your Own Sniper” read a post on the Black Power Political Organisation Facebook account
Washington Post:
‘Like a little war’: Snipers shoot 11 police officers during Dallas protest march, killing five  —  At least five Dallas law enforcement officers were killed and seven wounded Thursday evening as a protest over recent police shootings was interrupted by chaos.
Claire Z. Cardona / Dallas Morning News:
11 officers shot, 4 dead, 1 person in custody after shots fired during downtown Dallas rally  —  This is a developing story and will update throughout the evening.  —  What we know so far  —  * Person of interest turned himself in to Dallas police, another person involved in a shootout with officers was taken into custody
David Caplan / ABC News:
Suspect in Dallas Ambush Shooting ID'd as Ex-Army Reservist  —  Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, has been identified as one of the suspected gunmen in an ambush Thursday that left five Dallas law enforcement officers dead and seven more officers injured, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Dallas Shooting and the Advent of Killer Police Robots  —  In the mourning over the murders of five police officers in Dallas, and relief that the standoff had ended, one unusual detail stuck out: the manner in which police killed one suspect after negotiations failed.
Associated Press:
Latest: Dallas chief calls shooting of police ‘well-planned’  —  DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of police officers in Dallas (all times local):  —  Dallas Police Chief David Brown says a shooting attack that left five police officers dead was “well planned.”
CNN:
Dallas sniper attack: 5 officers shot dead during protests against police  —  (CNN)Shooters killed five officers during protests against police in downtown Dallas, marking the deadliest single attack on U.S. law enforcement since September 11, 2001.  —  The gunfire started Thursday night …
CNN:
Dallas shooting: 5 police officers killed by snipers during protest  —  (CNN)Five officers in Dallas have been shot dead during a street protest against police violence on Thursday night.  Here's the latest:
Mike Leslie / Heavy.com:
Micah Xavier Johnson: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know  —  Email Follow  —  An Army veteran “upset about Black Lives Matter” and “recent police shootings” who opened fire Thursday night in Dallas in an attack on police officers has been identified as Micah Xavier Johnson, the Los Angeles Times and CBS News report.
CNN:
Obama on Dallas: ‘Vicious, calculated, despicable attack on law enforcement’  —  President Obama reacts to Dallas shootings from Warsaw  —  Warsaw, Poland (CNN)President Barack Obama said Friday that the nation was “horrified” after what he called “a vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement” in Dallas.
New York Times:
Dallas Police Shooting Suspect Identified; 5 Officers Are Dead
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Military experts: Dallas police attacker appeared ‘tactically professional’ and ‘focused’
Mike Ma / Breitbart:
Twitter Takes No Action As Calls For Cop-Killing Sweep Platform
Discussion: Daily Wire
Associated Press:
Latest: Dallas shooting suspect surrenders, is released
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump calls Dallas shootings ‘an attack on our country’
Discussion: Politico
New York Daily News:
Former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh threatens ‘war’ on Obama and Black Lives Matter protesters, blames them for deaths after Dallas attack  —  As violence erupted in downtown Dallas during a deadly ambush on police, one ex-Congressman immediately blamed President Obama — and threatened his life.
Discussion: Pamela Geller and Raw Story
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Madlin Mekelburg / The Texas Tribune:
Dan Patrick Blames Black Lives Matter Movement for Dallas Shooting
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Black caucus demands gun control vote after shootings
Discussion: Vox
Rose Troup Buchanan / BuzzFeed:
Black Lives Matter Leaders Condemn Police Shootings In Dallas
Discussion: Daily Wire and Daily Kos
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
The Return of Clinton Derangement Syndrome  —  Her email scandal has predictably transformed from a legal inquiry into a partisan witch hunt.  —  If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results, then Republicans lost their minds chasing the Clintons down rabbit holes years ago.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Cruz blasts ‘political’ FBI over Clinton probe
Discussion: Political Wire
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Trump slashes TV appearances as advisers clash over controlling his message  —  Donald Trump, in a sharp shift in strategy, is now refusing to appear on many television outlets, and top advisers who want to limit his exposure are no longer notifying him of every interview request.
Discussion: Mediaite and Politico
Michael Eric Dyson / New York Times:
What White America Fails to See  —  IT is clear that you, white America, will never understand us.  We are a nation of nearly 40 million black souls inside a nation of more than 320 million people.  We don't all think the same, feel the same, love, learn, live or even die the same.
Discussion: www.wnyc.org
Seth Abramovitch / Hollywood Reporter:
George Takei Reacts to Gay Sulu News: “I Think It's Really Unfortunate”  —  EMAIL ME  —  Speaking exclusively to THR, the actor and LGBT activist says the ‘Star Trek Beyond’ development for his character is out of step with what creator Gene Roddenberry would have wanted.
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Catherine Shoard / Guardian:
Simon Pegg: I respectfully disagree with George Takei over gay Sulu
Discussion: Mashable and archive.is
Nancy Zdunkewicz / Democracy Corps:
Clinton and Congressional Democrats Widen Lead Over Opponents  —  Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 11 points in Democracy Corps' most recent national survey (48 percent to 37 percent, with 8 percent voting for Libertarian Gary Johnson).  This survey of 900 likely 2016 voters …
Discussion: Political Wire
Oliver Milman / Guardian:
Green party's Jill Stein invites Bernie Sanders to take over ticket  —  Stein, expected to become the party's nominee at its August convention, says she has invited Sanders to collaborate: ‘Everything is on the table’  —  Bernie Sanders has been invited to continue his underdog bid …
Discussion: alan.com and Common Dreams
 
 
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Aaron Gould Sheinin / Political Insider blog:
Newt Gingrich: White Americans 'don't understand being black in America'
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Libertarian Johnson: Drug war ‘root cause’ of police shootings
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Media Matters for America:
Alex Jones: Dallas Police Shootings Are Part Of A “Globalist, Leftist Takeover” …
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