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Bari Weiss / New York Times:
A Massacre in the Heart of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood — Squirrel Hill will continue to live by the values that Jews have sustained for more than 2,000 years. They can never be gunned down. — October 27, 2018 — How to Turn a Person Into a Voter — Our approach is specific to black Southerners.
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The Moderate Voice and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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Jason Sattler / New York Daily News:
The tide of hate and the man in the White House — Before Shabbat began Friday night, a Donald Trump superfan had been arrested for a failed domestic terrorism spree against the President's favorite rhetorical targets. — Trump refused to take any blame for inspiring alleged mail bomber …
USA Today:
A 97-year-old, an elderly wife and husband: These are the 11 victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre — Thousands of people jammed an intersection amid light rain for a vigil Saturday evening for the victims of a shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue earlier in the day.
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6abc.com, Talking Points Memo, TheBlaze and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
Why We Cling To The Tree Of Life — On Saturday, in a constantly-repeating story as old as the Jewish people, a Jew-hating murderer decided to slaughter as many Jews as possible. This murderer shouted the slogan of Jew-haters throughout time: “All Jews must die.”
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
I Grew Up in a Place Where I Felt Safe from Anti-Semitism—It was the United States — As a Jewish child in 1990s America, anti-Semitism to me was a theory, not a reality. But today, I wonder if it will be the same for my young son. — I remember standing there, staring at the ash pits …
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Breitbart, ThinkProgress, The Week, POLITICUSUSA, The Root and NBC News
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
On Gab, an Extremist-Friendly Site, Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Aired His Hatred in Full — Early Saturday, moments before the police say he barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue and opened fire, Robert D. Bowers's anti-Semitic rage finally boiled over and he posted one last message online.
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National Review, Mashable and Sputnik International
CNN:
What's Gab, the social platform used by the Pittsburgh shooting suspect?
What's Gab, the social platform used by the Pittsburgh shooting suspect?
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The Gateway Pundit, New York Times, The Daily Beast, WTKR-TV and Raw Story
Howard Fineman / New York Times:
Shaking My Faith in America
Shaking My Faith in America
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Washington Post, AOL, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Mother Jones
Paul P. Murphy / CNN:
Bowers blamed Jews for helping ‘invaders’ in the migrant caravans
Bowers blamed Jews for helping ‘invaders’ in the migrant caravans
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Slate, Washington Free Beacon, FOX6Now.com and Mediaite
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Officials: Shooter in synagogue attack spoke of killing Jews
Officials: Shooter in synagogue attack spoke of killing Jews
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The Daily Beast
U.S. Department of Justice:
Statement on Filing of Federal Charges
Statement on Filing of Federal Charges
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Mother Jones, Politico, Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, POLITICUSUSA, NPR, The Verge, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Jezebel, more at Mediagazer »
CBS Pittsburgh:
Victims In Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Begin To Be Identified
Victims In Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Begin To Be Identified
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The Daily Caller, The Week and The Daily Signal
Roey Hadar / ABC News:
US ‘toxic’ discourse spurs ‘deranged’ people to act, as with synagogue shooting, mail bombs: Ex-DHS chief
US ‘toxic’ discourse spurs ‘deranged’ people to act, as with synagogue shooting, mail bombs: Ex-DHS chief
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Breitbart and Daily Wire
Max Boot / Washington Post:
What is happening to our country?
What is happening to our country?
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The Moderate Voice, New York Post and CBS Pittsburgh
Associated Press:
Suspect in synagogue slayings spewed online hate for Jews
Suspect in synagogue slayings spewed online hate for Jews
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Talking Points Memo, WPIX 11 New York, FOX6Now.com and The Week
CNN:
Here's what we know so far about Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect
Here's what we know so far about Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect
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Politico, The Atlantic, Gothamist, WTKR-TV, USA Today, KRTV-TV, KTVQ-TV, ImmigrationProf Blog and Breitbart
Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal:
Violence Foreshadowed in Social Media
Violence Foreshadowed in Social Media
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ThinkProgress, NPR and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
John Podhoretz / Commentary:
The Slaughter in Pittsburgh — The synagogue in Pittsburgh is called the Tree of Life.
Alexandra Schwartz / New Yorker:
The Tree of Life Shooting and the Return of Anti-Semitism to American Life
The Tree of Life Shooting and the Return of Anti-Semitism to American Life
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Outside the Beltway, Mashable and New York Times
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Trump's Attacks on the News Media Are Working — He was at it again. — At 3:14 a.m. on Friday, President Trump was awake and tweeting. — “Funny how lowly rated CNN, and others, can criticize me at will, even blaming me for the current spate of Bombs and ridiculously comparing …
CBS News:
Tight contests mark critical Senate races — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll — Florida — Tight contests dominate the Senate landscape: In Florida, incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican Gov. Rick Scott are tied among likely voters, 46 percent to 46 percent including those who have cast ballots already.
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Political Wire and NTK Network
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump Cabinet exodus likely after midterms — President Donald Trump could see up to six Cabinet officials depart in the weeks after next month's midterm elections, according to interviews with a half-dozen current and former Trump officials and Republicans close to the White House.
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Raw Story
Marco Giannangeli / Daily Express:
Khashoggi BOMBSHELL: Britain ‘KNEW of kidnap plot and BEGGED Saudi Arabia to abort plans’ — MURDERED journalist Jamal Khashoggi was about to disclose details of Saudi Arabia's use of chemical weapons in Yemen, sources close to him said last night. The revelations come as separate intelligence …
Matt Morrison / CBS News:
Killer cats: The invasive species in your backyard — Watch the CBSN Originals documentary, “Burmese Python Invasion: Fighting Invasive Species,” in the video player above. The full hour special premieres on CBSN Sunday, Oct. 28, at 8 p.m., 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. ET. — Invasive species can be ruthless.
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
The powerful weapon House Republicans handed Democrats — Democrats eager to investigate the Trump administration if they seize the House would have the GOP to thank for one of their most potent tools — a sweeping subpoena authority that Democratic lawmakers denounced as an abusive power grab three years ago.
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Political Wire
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News:
The Conspiratorial Hate We See Online Is Increasingly Appearing In Real Life — This week, reporters dredged up the online pasts of two monsters: a Florida man who was arrested for sending pipe bombs to at least a dozen of President Trump's critics, and a neo-Nazi sympathizer who opened fire …
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Outside the Beltway
Associated Press:
Enough is enough: Fed-up Americans crave unity amid violence — LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — She flipped through television channels and radio stations, scanning from conservative to liberal media, searching for any sign that the polarized nation had finally reached its tipping point.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
‘Riling Up the Crazies’ — WASHINGTON — As long as I've covered politics, Republicans have been trying to scare me. — Sometimes, it has been about gays and transgender people and uppity women looming, but usually it has been about people with darker skin looming.
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Pence rejects suggestions of a link between Trump rhetoric and acts of violence — The vice president defended Trump's attacks on opponents as part of “political debate.” — LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Vice President Mike Pence rejected the suggestion that there is a link between the kind …
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Washington Post, Political Wire, POLITICUSUSA and IJR
Washington Post:
‘He felt that somebody was finally talking to him’: How the package-bomb suspect found inspiration in Trump — BOCA RATON, Fla. — The first thing that stood out about Cesar Sayoc was his vehicle. — As far back as 2002, lawyer Ronald Lowy recalled, the windows of Sayoc's white Dodge Ram van …
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Al Jazeera English and Raw Story
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