memeorandum: Obama Urges Americans to Tamp Down Inflammatory Rhetoric (Associated Press)

8:30 AM ET, July 18, 2016

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CBS News:

Dead Baton Rouge shooter attacked police on his birthday — BATON ROUGE, La. — The deceased suspect in the deadly shooting of Baton Rouge law enforcement officers appeared to have attacked police on his 29th birthday, CBS News has learned. — The suspect has been identified …

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The Advocate:

‘Humble, kind, sweet,’ new dad Montrell Jackson one of Baton Rouge officers killed in attack — Montrell Jackson was identified as one of the three officers killed in Baton Rouge on Saturday. (Photo from Facebook) — Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK — Baton Rouge Police …

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Associated Press:

Obama Urges Americans to Tamp Down Inflammatory Rhetoric — Confronting another killing of police officers, President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Americans to tamp down inflammatory words and actions as a violent summer collides with the nation's heated presidential campaign.

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Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:

The Fire Spreads — Three cops dead in Baton Rouge, and the analogies to the 1960s deepen. — Public safety — Perhaps it will turn out that the latest assassination of police officers, this time in Baton Rouge, is unrelated to the hatred fomented by the Black Lives Matter movement.

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The White House:
Statement by the President — I condemn, in the strongest sense …

NBC News:
Suspected Baton Rouge Shooter Hinted at Defense of ‘Justice’

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Andrew Holleran / College Spun:
Facebook Post From Baton Rouge Police Officer Killed Today Is Going Viral

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New York Times:
Baton Rouge Shooting Jolts a Nation on Edge

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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Slain Officer Had Written About Turmoil of Recent Days

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The Daily Beast:
Slain Baton Rouge Cop's Haunting Facebook Plea: 'Please Don't Let Hate Infect Your Heart.'

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Michelle Broder Van Dyke / BuzzFeed:
Here Are The Victims Of The Baton Rouge Attack

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Washington Post:
Three officers killed, three injured in Baton Rouge shooting, sheriff's office says

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NBC News:
Three Baton Rouge Officers Killed, Three Injured in Ambush

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Donald J. Trump / Wall Street Journal:
Live Updates: Police Shootings in Baton Rouge

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2016 GOP Convention:

2016 GOP Convention Program Announced — CLEVELAND, Ohio - Jeff Larson, CEO of the 2016 Republican National Convention, today released an updated program for the “Make America Great Again” convention, July 18-21, in Cleveland. — Veterans, political outsiders, faith leaders …

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Niall Stanage / The Hill:

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Gregory Krieg / CNN:

Cleveland police union asks for suspension of ‘open carry’ in wake of Baton Rouge, ahead of RNC — Witness describes Baton Rouge police shootout scene — Cleveland, Ohio (CNN)The head of one of Cleveland's largest police unions is calling on Ohio Gov. John Kasich to temporarily restrict …

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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump to roll out potential Cabinet picks at convention: report

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Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE - Roger Stone: Trump To Name Prospective Cabinet at RNC

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Lesley Stahl / CBS News:

The Republican Ticket: Trump and Pence — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, speak to Lesley Stahl in their first joint interview — The following is a script from “The Republican Ticket” which aired on July 17, 2016.

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Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Donald Trump's answer on Mike Pence's Iraq vote is really something — One section of the first joint interview by the presumptive Republican ticket reveals a great deal about the man at its top. — CBS's Lesley Stahl asked Donald Trump if he would send troops to the Middle East to fight the Islamic State.

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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:

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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:

Donald Trump stood on a — debate stage in downtown Detroit, surrounded by haters he was determined to dispatch: Liddle Marco to his right, Lyin' Ted to his left, Megyn Kelly at the moderator's table straight ahead, and — somewhere out there, in a darkened living room 1,500 miles away — me.

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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:

Cleveland Police Association President Steve Loomis: Obama “Has Blood On His Hands” — Detective Steve Loomis said that the shootings of police officers, from Dallas to now, started with what he deemed as a completely false narrative that police are ‘racist.’

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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Cleveland Police Calling for Open Carry Ban at RNC After Baton Rouge Shootings

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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:

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