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5:15 PM ET, August 3, 2019

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Andra Litton / KTSM-TV:
Police source: 18 killed, multiple injured in El Paso Walmart shooting  —  UPDATE: 2:26 p.m. - A spokesperson from Del Sol hospital confirms they received a total of 11 victims ranging in age from 35 years old to 82 years old.  —  Two of those patients are in stable condition and nine are listed in critical condition.
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CBS News:
El Paso police say multiple people killed in shooting at shopping mall  —  Multiple people were killed and one person was in custody after a shooter went on a rampage Saturday at a shopping mall, police in the Texas border town of El Paso said.  Police responded in the early afternoon …
Washington Post:
Multiple people shot and killed at El Paso Walmart, 1 suspect under arrest, authorities say  —  Multiple people were shot and killed at a Walmart in El Paso on Saturday afternoon, sending shoppers inside and at a local mall racing for cover in a chaotic scene that prompted a massive police …
Discussion: KVIA-TV and New York Post
The Daily Beast:
Mass Shooting at El Paso Walmart; Gunman ‘Started Shooting Everyone, Aisle by Aisle,’ Witness Says  —  Mayor says several people killed in horrifying scene described by eyewitnesses.  —  This is a developing story.  —  EL PASO—A person entered a Walmart on Saturday morning and started shooting customers, according to two shoppers.
Discussion: Politico and Law & Crime
Fox News:
Between 15 and 20 people shot at El Paso Walmart, one person in custody, officials say  —  Between 15 and 20 people were shot at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas Saturday morning, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told Fox News, while city police said one suspect was in custody.
NBC News:
El Paso mall shooting: At least 18 people dead, suspect in custody, police say  —  “We're praying for the victims, the community & our associates, as well as the first responders,” Walmart said in a statement on Twitter.  —  At least 18 people are dead, and other taken to hospitals Saturday …
Discussion: CNN, UPI, POLITICUSUSA, Variety, Refinery29 and ITV
Chris Francescani / ABC News:
‘Multiple fatalities’ after shooting at El Paso Walmart, 1 suspect in custody  —  As many as 18 people were shot and one suspect is in custody after a mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart on Saturday morning, officials said.  —  A spokesperson for El Paso Mayor Dee Margo confirmed …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Michael Avenatti is mulling a run for president again after declaring he would not seek nomination  —  KEY POINTS  — Michael Avenatti, who in the past represented porn star Stormy Daniels against the likes of President Donald Trump and his then fixer Michael Cohen, told CNBC late on Friday …
New York Times:
Trump Fuels Racial Disharmony.  Will It Motivate or Discourage Black Voters?  —  DETROIT — Mark Greer is a black Detroiter so outraged by President Trump's regular stream of invective toward people of color that he does his best to avoid exposure to him.  —  So when he clicked on a YouTube link …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump prepares a push to woo black voters
Discussion: Mediaite and The Week
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Baltimore Sun Torches Donald Trump: ‘Dancing On Graves’ Of City's Dead  —  “This is the behavior of a jerk, a clod, a dolt, a schmuck.”  —  The Baltimore Sun's editorial board on Friday published yet another blistering opinion piece about President Donald Trump, in which it took him to task …
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Deprived of Power, House Republicans Head for the Exits  —  WASHINGTON — Imagine being swept out of power in Congress and relegated to the role of spectator and naysayer as your political opponents dictate the terms of legislative debate.  Add in the specter of a painful slog to re-election …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Daily Kos
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The Hill:   Hurd retirement leaves GOP gloomy on 2020
Dan Balz / Washington Post:   For Democrats, and for Republicans, a summer of discontent
Christopher Caldwell / New York Times:
The Problem With Greta Thunberg's Climate Activism  —  Her radical approach is at odds with democracy.  —  Mr. Caldwell is the author of “Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West.”  —  Climate activists in Western Europe had already been radicalizing …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The Reverend Bill Owens Stands Behind Trump  —  During the past several weeks, President Trump has been ramping up his racist and inflammatory attacks on nonwhite lawmakers and activists.  After telling four lawmakers of color to “go back” to where they came from, he targeted Representative Elijah Cummings …
Discussion: Althouse
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
CNN's Don Lemon ambushes black pastor over his meeting with President Trump
Discussion: Fox News
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
John Ratcliffe (R-Loser) Gets the Full Trump Treatment  —  The resume-padding backbencher raved at Mueller on camera and found himself at the peak of Trump's regard.  But like a gram of pure coke, there are consequences when the fun stops.  —  By RICK WILSON8.2.19 8:31 PM ET
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The Daily Beast:
Whistleblower Allegations Surfaced Just Before DNI Pick John Ratcliffe Withdrew
Discussion: Axios, Slate, Associated Press and Daily Kos
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Fox News Host: 'I Don't Know Where To Begin' Debunking Donald Trump's Latest Lie  —  Neil Cavuto fact-checked Trump's latest false claims about U.S. tariffs on products imported from China.  —  Fox News' Neil Cavuto wasted no time in fact-checking President Donald Trump's latest claims …
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Bill Maher Goes Full Marianne Williamson on Antidepressants  —  While critics have tried to paint the 2020 candidate as a “crazy lady,” Maher declared, “I agree with everything.”  —  In the days after she became the most-Googled candidate at the first of two Democratic primary debates this week …
Discussion: NB Blog and Slate
Julia Arciga / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Devin Nunes Sues Group Calling Him a ‘Fake Farmer’  —  Rep. Devin Nunes' (R-CA) campaign is suing a group of people who called him a “fake farmer”, claiming the defendants were coordinating with “dark money” groups to hurt his campaign.  The Fresno Bee reports that the campaign sued …
Discussion: Law & Crime
Laurence H. Tribe / NBC News:
Should the age of sexual consent be lowered?  —  Consent laws exist for a reason.  But that hasn't stopped lawyers and pundits from making demonstrably flawed arguments as “devil's advocates.”  —  The devil is a notoriously misleading advocate.  Lawyers and pundits who revel in advancing arguments …
Discussion: The Sun
Anna Kusmer / wgbh.org:
Artist Cages ‘Make Way for Ducklings’ Statue To Protest Child Detention Centers  —  Early Friday morning, local artist Karyn Alzayer went to work at the Boston public gardens.  She put chicken wire cages around the iconic “Make Way for Ducklings” statue, separating the baby ducklings …
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
An elite D.C. girls' school thought its founding nuns taught slaves to read.  Instead, they sold them off for as much as they could.  —  The cash-strapped nuns were desperate to sell their slaves.  —  It was the 1820s, and debt was piling up for Mother Agnes Brent, superior of the Georgetown Visitation Convent in Washington.
Discussion: New York Times
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Kevin McCarthy Details GOP Plan to Retake House Majority: 31 Democrats Sit in Districts Donald Trump Won  —  Republicans only need to net win back 20 seats from Democrats to retake their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy broke …
The Economist:
The Amazon is approaching an irreversible tipping point  —  The results would be disastrous, for Brazil and for the world  —  The amazon basin, most of which sits within the borders of Brazil, contains 40% of the world's tropical forests and accounts for 10-15% of the biodiversity of Earth's continents.
New York Times:
Defying U.S. Sanctions, China and Others Take Oil From 12 Iranian Tankers  —  China and other countries are receiving oil shipments from a larger number of Iranian tankers than was previously known, defying sanctions imposed by the United States to choke off Tehran's main source of income …
Evan A. Davis / The Hill:
An impeachment inquiry has begun  —  Those eager for the start of an official inquiry by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee into the possible impeachment of President Trump need wait no longer.  —  A memorandum, submitted by the committee on July 26 to the U.S. District Court for the District …
CNN:
Elizabeth Warren is running a brilliant campaign  —  David Axelrod, a senior CNN political commentator and host of “The Axe Files,” was senior adviser to President Barack Obama and chief strategist for the 2008 and 2012 Obama presidential campaigns.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.
Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart and Viking Pundit
 
 
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
O'Rourke to visit inmates inside California's San Quentin
Associated Press:
Impeachment summer? August town halls may decide next steps
Discussion: Axios and Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Christian Caryl / Washington Post:
Another Post contributor is under attack — this time from Thailand
Discussion: Financial Times
Stephen Sestanovich / New York Times:
Is Putin Burning Out?  —  The demonstrations of recent weeks …
Xinhua News Agency:
China urges Western nations not to intervene in Hong Kong affairs
Amy Harder / Axios:
Electric scooters aren't as green as they seem
Washington Post:
A smart way to keep Putin out of the next U.S. election
Discussion: RedState
Joseph Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
What Would We Do Without the Word ‘Racism’?
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Ohio's Hamilton County may test whether Trump's divisiveness will help or hurt him in 2020
Discussion: Politico
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Warren makes inroads into Sanders's world, one backer at a time
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Tulsi Gabbard Thinks We're Doomed
Discussion: Althouse
Mensah M. Dean / Inquirer.com:
‘It was terrifying’: Black Chadds Ford couple left shaken by white Pa. trooper's alleged misconduct
Edward Alden / Foreign Policy:
Trump Hired Robert Lighthizer to Win a Trade War. He Lost.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Excellence
Washington Post:
GOP senator held up Trump nominee, demanding to see border wall contracts after Army Corps …
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

 
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