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Jimmy Kimmel / YouTube:
Jimmy Kimmel on Mass Shooting in Las Vegas … After the tragedy in Jimmy's hometown of Las Vegas, he sends love to everyone affected, talks about the major gun violence problem we have in this country, calls out the senators who are in the pocket of the NRA, and asks for common sense and action …
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Shaun King / The Intercept:
The White Privilege of the “Lone Wolf” Shooter — Last night, the United States experienced the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. At least 58 people are dead and over 500 more wounded. No, that's not a typo: more than 500 were injured in one, single incident.
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Wall Street Journal:
Las Vegas Suspect Likely Used Automatic Rifle in Massacre — Investigators found 18 to 20 firearms in alleged gunman's hotel room — The gunman who authorities said killed at least 58 people at a Las Vegas music festival appears to have used at least one fully automatic rifle …
Michael Hopper / VICE News:
What Nevada NRA's chief said when he found out about the massacre — Around 7 a.m. Las Vegas local time, VICE News called Don Turner, president of the Nevada Firearms Coalition, the state's NRA affiliate, to discuss gun laws in the state. Turner was in Phoenix, attending an NRA conference …
Bill O'Reilly / No Spin News:
Mass Murder in Las Vegas — Once again, the big downside of American freedom is on gruesome display. A psychotic gunman in Las Vegas has committed the worst mass murder in U. S. history. — 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, who lived in Nevada, began firing from a hotel window about 10pm Pacific time last night.
ABC News:
President Trump's full remarks on the deadly Las Vegas shooting — Below are President Donald Trump's full remarks on Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas, as delivered from the White House's Diplomatic Room on Oct. 2, 2017. — Thank you. My fellow Americans, we are joined together today in sadness, shock and grief.
Will Ricciardella / The Daily Caller:
CBS Legal Exec: No Sympathy For Vegas ‘Because Country Music Fans Often Are Republican’ — A top legal executive at CBS, Hayley Geftman-Gold, said she “is not even sympathetic” for the victims of the shooting at a country music festival at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Sunday night.
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WSMV-TV:
West Tennessee man killed in mass shooting at Las Vegas concert — A West Tennessee man was one of at least 59 people killed in the mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas on Sunday. — Sonny Melton, 29, was at the Route 91 Harvest festival with his wife, Heather Melton …
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David French / National Review:
Based on the Early Reports, The Las Vegas Shooting Is Very, Very Strange
Based on the Early Reports, The Las Vegas Shooting Is Very, Very Strange
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
‘Pitch perfect’: CNN scrambles to glorify Trump's Las Vegas speech
‘Pitch perfect’: CNN scrambles to glorify Trump's Las Vegas speech
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CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:
Iraq War Veteran Helped Direct Cops To Vegas Shooter's Room
Iraq War Veteran Helped Direct Cops To Vegas Shooter's Room
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Mary Hui / Washington Post:
CBS fires VP for writing ‘Republican gun toters’ killed in Las Vegas don't deserve sympathy
CBS fires VP for writing ‘Republican gun toters’ killed in Las Vegas don't deserve sympathy
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Guns, loaded high-capacity magazines found in Vegas shooter's room: Sources
Guns, loaded high-capacity magazines found in Vegas shooter's room: Sources
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Brian Flood / Fox News:
Comedy writer Megan Amram jokes Las Vegas shooter fits typical profile because he is a ‘white man’
Comedy writer Megan Amram jokes Las Vegas shooter fits typical profile because he is a ‘white man’
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Beyond the Vegas Shooting Victims' Names: What We Know
Beyond the Vegas Shooting Victims' Names: What We Know
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
When You Politicize Shootings You Make It Harder To Find Solutions
When You Politicize Shootings You Make It Harder To Find Solutions
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Massacre blunts momentum of gun silencer bill
Massacre blunts momentum of gun silencer bill
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Cindy Boren / Washington Post:
Las Vegas concert shooting prompts ESPN to change its mind about airing national anthem
Las Vegas concert shooting prompts ESPN to change its mind about airing national anthem
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Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:
WATCH: Pat Robertson blames Vegas shooting on ‘disrespect’ for Trump and the national anthem
WATCH: Pat Robertson blames Vegas shooting on ‘disrespect’ for Trump and the national anthem
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German Lopez / Vox:
Gun violence in America, explained in 17 maps and charts
Gun violence in America, explained in 17 maps and charts
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
White House: Now is not the time to talk about gun control. But ‘if you look to Chicago ...’
White House: Now is not the time to talk about gun control. But ‘if you look to Chicago ...’
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New York Times:
Stephen Paddock, Las Vegas Suspect, Was a Gambler Who Drew Little Attention
Stephen Paddock, Las Vegas Suspect, Was a Gambler Who Drew Little Attention
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Bill O'Reilly: Las Vegas shooting ‘the price of freedom’
Bill O'Reilly: Las Vegas shooting ‘the price of freedom’
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TMZ.com:
Tom Petty Found Unconscious in Full Cardiac Arrest (UPDATE) — EXCLUSIVE — 1:35 PM PT — Sources tell us at 10:30 Monday morning a chaplain was called to Tom's hospital room. We're told the family has a “do not resuscitate” order on Tom. The singer is not expected to live through the day, but he's still clinging to life.
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CBS News:
Tom Petty, legendary rocker, is dead at 66 — Tom Petty, the rocker best known as the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, is dead at 66, CBS News has confirmed. — The legendary musician suffered a full cardiac arrest and was found unconscious and not breathing in his Malibu home Sunday night.
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Randy Lewis / Los Angeles Times:
Tom Petty, Heartbreakers frontman who sang ‘Breakdown,’ 'Free Fallin" and other hits, dies at 66
Tom Petty, Heartbreakers frontman who sang ‘Breakdown,’ 'Free Fallin" and other hits, dies at 66
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Washington Post:
Russians took a page from corporate America by using Facebook tool to ID and influence voters — A sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (Ben Margot/AP) — SAN FRANCISCO — Russian operatives set up an array of misleading Web sites and social media pages …
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Elliot Schrage / Facebook:
Hard Questions: Russian Ads Delivered to Congress — What was in the ads you shared with Congress? How many people saw them? — Most of the ads appear to focus on divisive social and political messages across the ideological spectrum, touching on topics from LGBT matters to race issues to immigration to gun rights.
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Washington Post:
Russian Facebook ads showed a black woman firing a rifle, amid efforts to stoke racial strife
Russian Facebook ads showed a black woman firing a rifle, amid efforts to stoke racial strife
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Facebook: Russian ads reached 10 million people
Facebook: Russian ads reached 10 million people
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Andrea Peterson / Politico:
Hundreds of White House emails sent to third Kushner family account — White House officials have begun examining emails associated with a third and previously unreported email account on Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's private domain, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Washington Post:
Trump's company had more contact with Russia during campaign, according to documents turned over to investigators — Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney leaves Capitol Hill on Sept. 19. Cohen was there to appear privately before the Senate Intelligence Committee. (Susan Walsh/AP)
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Franco Ordoñez / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
U.S. to expel two-thirds of Cuban diplomats amid sonic attack probe — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will kick nearly two-thirds of Cuba's embassy personnel out of the United States after months of mysterious attacks targeting American diplomats drove the White House to pull …
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump administration weighing executive order on welfare — Trump administration officials are mulling an executive order that would instruct federal agencies to review low-income assistance programs, part of a coming effort to make sweeping changes to the country's welfare system.
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