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3:20 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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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
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.
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.
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.
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
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 …
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.”
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.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Statement on Dallas Shooting  —  Good morning, and thank you all for being here.  —  Last night, at least five police officers were shot and killed, and several more were injured - along with two civilians - as they sought to protect a peaceful protest in Dallas, Texas.
New York Times:
Dallas Police Shooting Suspect Identified; 5 Officers Are Dead  —  DALLAS — At least one sniper, who said he wanted to shoot white police officers, killed five officers and wounded seven others at a demonstration in Dallas on Thursday night against police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana, officials said.
John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
Officer Patrick Zamarripa survived tours in Iraq before being killed in Dallas
Discussion: Navy Times and The Daily Caller
USA Today:
Black man legally carrying gun wrongly called ‘suspect’ in Dallas
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:   Black Lives Matter group condemns Dallas attack
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
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Black caucus demands gun control vote after shootings
Discussion: Vox
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
The Uncomfortable Reason Why it Came to This in Dallas Yesterday
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump calls Dallas shootings ‘an attack on our country’
Discussion: Politico
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
Catherine Shoard / Guardian:
Simon Pegg: I respectfully disagree with George Takei over gay Sulu  —  Actor and scriptwriter for Star Trek Beyond defends decision to reveal character is in a same-sex relationship, saying audience would infer that he was always gay - and that ‘we are all LGBT somewhere’
Discussion: Deadline and Mashable
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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
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
Mike Huckabee / Politico:
If You Can't Support Trump, You Don't Deserve a Microphone  —  “Breaking News!  If Ted Cruz, John Kasich and others don't endorse Donald Trump, they won't be invited to speak at the Republican National Convention!”  So the anchors all urgently reported earlier this week.
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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