memeorandum: Trump focuses on optics in Puerto Rican visit (Jeremy Diamond/CNN)

3:05 PM ET, October 3, 2017

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Las Vegas Shooter Wired $100,000 to Philippines Last Week — Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock wired $100,000 to an account in his live-in girlfriend's home country of the Philippines in the week before he unleashed the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, according to multiple senior law enforcement officials.

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Associated Press:

Gunman had ‘bump-stock’ device that could speed fire — https://apnews.com/e74a33083fb84b1b94c1 ce3da986fd4f — Link copied! — The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas had two “bump-stocks” that could have converted semi-automatic firearms …

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Steven Yablonski / WFXT:
Only on Boston 25: Exclusive photos of Las Vegas shooter's guns

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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
AUTOMATIC RIFLES ARE BANNED. HERE'S HOW THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTER COULD HAVE GOTTEN ONE

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Reno Gazette-Journal:
Las Vegas shooting: Who is Marilou Danley? Reno friend says ‘she is in the Philippines’

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CNN:
Las Vegas massacre: More weapons found, but no motive

Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
MSNBC's Mika: No Republican lawmakers would appear on ‘Morning Joe’ to discuss the Las Vegas massacre

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Politico:
Trump: 'We'll be talking about gun laws as time goes by'

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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
The Las Vegas Shooter Passed Background Checks, Had Ammonia Nitrate in His Car

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Rebekah Entralg / ThinkProgress:
The Las Vegas shooter exploited a gun law loophole

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Emma Peplow / Daily Trojan:
Campus locked down after faculty member falsely alerted students of active shooter, DPS said

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Keith Griffith / Daily Mail:
Fan fury as three Kansas City Chiefs players sit or kneel during the national anthem hours …

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Veronica Miracle / abc7.com:
Corona veteran loses life in Las Vegas shooting after surviving war

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Bannon warns: “end of everything” if Trump supports gun controls — President Trump may say he's a defender of gun ownership rights, but with all the gun control pressure he'll be under after Las Vegas, how do we know he'll resist it — especially after the debt limit deal with Chuck Schumer …

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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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Steve Israel / New York Times:

Nothing Will Change After the Las Vegas Shooting — WASHINGTON — In the wake of one the deadliest mass shootings in our nation's history, perhaps the most asked question by Americans is, “Will anything change?” The simple answer is no. The more vital question is, “Why not?”

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New York Times:

477 Days. 521 Mass Shootings. Zero Action From Congress. — Each colored square represents — a day in which at least one mass — shooting took place. — A gunman opens fire in an Orlando nightclub, leaving 49 dead and many wounded. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history - until Sunday.

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Heather Long / Washington Post:
He was shot helping people during the Las Vegas shooting. His heroics helped his photo go viral.

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Michelle Ghoussoub / CBC News:
3 Canadians among dozens killed in Las Vegas mass shooting

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Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
This Is the Time To Defend the Second Amendment and Less-Strict Gun Control

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Rosanne Cash / New York Times:
Country Musicians, Stand Up to the N.R.A.

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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP lawmakers say Trump wants tough measures in Dreamers deal

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Eliza Barclay / Vox:

Puerto Rico hasn't updated the Hurricane Maria death toll in 6 days — The outdated death count is a sign the government is broken. — Twelve days ago, Hurricane Maria trashed Puerto Rico, demolishing its already weak power, communications, and transportation infrastructure.

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Alexia Fernández Campbell / Vox:

Trump to Puerto Rico: your hurricane isn't a “real catastrophe” like Katrina — And it's “throwing our budget a little out of whack.” — President Donald Trump met with local leaders and federal responders shortly after landing at an Air Force base in Carolina, Puerto Rico …

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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:

Trump says Puerto Rico officials should be ‘proud’ more haven't died like in Katrina — President Trump on Tuesday told Puerto Rico officials they should feel “very proud” they haven't lost thousands of lives like in “a real catastrophe like Katrina,” while adding that the devastated island territory …

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Oxfam America:

Statement by Oxfam America President Abby Maxman regarding Puerto Rico Hurricane Response — In response to the US Government's continued failure to adequately respond, and ahead of President Trump's planned trip to Puerto Rico, Oxfam America President Abby Maxman said:

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Mark Landler / New York Times:

Trump, in Puerto Rico, Compares Death Toll to Katrina's and Says Residents Should Be ‘Proud’ — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday told officials in Puerto Rico that they should be proud that only 16 people died in Hurricane Maria, compared with the “thousands” killed in “a real catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina.”

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Jeremy Diamond / CNN: Trump focuses on optics in Puerto Rican visit

Caroline Kenny / CNN:
Oxfam criticizes US government response in Puerto Rico

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump leaves San Juan's mayor out of praise for Puerto Rico leaders

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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump brings harsh edge to Puerto Rico trip

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Alexia Fernández Campbell / Vox:
FEMA has yet to authorize full disaster help for Puerto Rico

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Rachael Bade / Politico:

Ryan asked White House to reconsider ousting Price — Speaker Paul Ryan last week urged the White House to reconsider ousting Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, his longtime friend who had come under fire for often using a taxpayer-funded private jet for travel, according to two people with knowledge of the call.

Andrea Peterson / Politico:
Hundreds of White House emails sent to third Kushner family account

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
DOJ releases overruled memos finding it illegal for presidents to appoint relatives

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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:

The GOP Tax Plan Is Already Hitting Speed Bumps — Corker questions whether GOP has fortitude for tax overhaul — Republicans split on whether tax plan can add to the deficit — The White House is showing “softness” on ending a $1.3 trillion federal tax deduction filers get for their state …

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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
This Is What a Real Middle-Class Tax Cut Would Look Like

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Greg Farrell / Bloomberg:

Mueller Tasks an Adviser With Getting Ahead of Pre-Emptive Pardons — Dreeben defended more than 100 U.S. cases to Supreme Court — Criminal law expert could bulletproof Mueller team's work — U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a distinctly modern problem.

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New York Times:

E.P.A. Chief's Calendar: A Stream of Industry Meetings and Trips Home — WASHINGTON — For lunch on April 26, Scott Pruitt, the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, dined with top executives from Southern Company, one of the nation's largest coal-burning electric utilities …

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Washington Post:

Hedge fund billionaire flew top Mnuchin aide on private jet to Palm Beach — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's top aide flew on a hedge fund billionaire's private jet to Palm Beach several months ago, people familiar with the trip said, the latest example of senior Trump administration …

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Supreme Court eyes partisan gerrymandering — The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with a case that has the potential to halt or even reverse an increasingly common phenomenon of American political life: Republicans' ability to tilt the political playing field in their favor through the tedious task of redrawing district lines.

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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
This Supreme Court Case Could Radically Reshape Politics

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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:

Pence's chief of staff floats ‘purge’ of anti-Trump Republicans to wealthy donors — Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff railed against congressional leaders in closed-door remarks to wealthy donors and called for a “purge” if GOP lawmakers don't quickly rally behind President Donald Trump's agenda.