memeorandum: ‘TRAGEDY AVERTED’: Feds Say They Have Thwarted a Mass Shooting Plot In Lubbock, Texas (Breaking911)

12:30 AM ET, August 5, 2019

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Terminating Service for 8Chan — The mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio are horrific tragedies. In the case of the El Paso shooting, the suspected terrorist gunman appears to have been inspired by the forum website known as 8chan. Based on evidence we've seen …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, VICE, The Guardian, TechCrunch, CNN, Reclaim The Net, The Verge, Balloon Juice and Instapundit, more at Techmeme »

Jessica McBride / Heavy.com:

Connor Betts: Twitter Posts on Being a Leftist, Guns — Connor Betts, the Dayton, Ohio mass shooter, was a self-described “leftist,” who wrote that he would happily vote for Democrat Elizabeth Warren, praised Satan, was upset about the 2016 presidential election results, and added …

Discussion: Breitbart, The American Spectator, No More Mister Nice Blog, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Big League Politics, The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com, The Other McCain, Front Page Magazine and bellingcat, more at Techmeme »

Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:

After pair of mass shootings, Trump remains out of sight — BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — As the nation reeled from two mass shootings in less than a day, President Donald Trump spent the first hours after the tragedies out of sight at his New Jersey golf course, sending out tweets …

Discussion: Washington Post, Denver Post and The American Conservative

Kevin Roose / New York Times:

8chan Is a Megaphone for Gunmen. ‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says Its Creator. — Fredrick Brennan was getting ready for church at his home in the Philippines when the news of a mass shooting in El Paso arrived. His response was immediate and instinctive. — “Whenever I hear about a mass shooting …

Discussion: USA Today, New York Times, The Wrap, Washington Post, CNN, Talking Points Memo, Hullabaloo and Slate, more at Techmeme »

National Review:

Crush This Evil — Yesterday, in the Texan border town of El Paso, a young white supremacist opened fire at a Walmart, killing 20 people and injuring dozens more. His intention, per a manifesto he left on the website 8chan, was to exact revenge against “the Hispanic invasion of Texas,” …

Discussion: The American Spectator and Balloon Juice

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

‘How do you stop these people?’: Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric looms over El Paso massacre — President Trump has relentlessly used his bully pulpit to decry Latino migration as “an invasion of our country.” He has demonized illegal immigrants as “thugs” and “animals.”

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New York Times:

We Have a White Nationalist Terrorist Problem — America's leaders need to do more to condemn and combat the extremist ideology — white nationalism — in their midst. — The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.

Discussion: ABC News, Vox, Mediaite, Right Wing Watch and Daily Kos

Bonchie / RedState:

NEW: The Dayton Shooter Was a Satanist, Leftist-Socialist, and Bernie/Warren Fan, Supported Antifa — Bernie Sanders by Gage Skidmore, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0/Original — This is probably something CNN won't be sharing with its audience, but there's some pretty striking news on the shooter …

Discussion: Power Line and Clayton Cramer

New York Times:

After El Paso Attack, Mexico Demands Protections for Mexicans in the U.S. — CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — Mexico demanded protections for Mexicans and Mexican-Americans living in the United States and threatened legal action on Sunday, a day after the shooting at an El Paso Walmart …

Discussion: NBC News, CNN, Axios, ABC News and The Trace

Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI faces skepticism over its efforts against domestic terrorism

Discussion: The Week, Talking Points Memo and Refinery29

Tom Scocca / Slate: Where Taking the Concerns of Racists Seriously Has Gotten Us

David Frum / The Atlantic:
The American Exception

Discussion: Chicago Sun-Times, Outside the Beltway and Quartz

CBS News:
9 killed in Dayton, Ohio, in second U.S. mass shooting in 24 hours

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New York Times:
Dayton Shooting: Gunman Kills 9 in Entertainment District

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Washington Examiner:
Trump must name and condemn the evil of white nationalism

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications

Washington Post:
Republicans struggle to respond in wake of El Paso, Dayton shootings

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Victor Morton / Washington Times:
Ohio gunman described himself as pro-Satan ‘leftist’ who supported Elizabeth Warren

Discussion: National Review and The Gateway Pundit

New York Times:
In El Paso Shooting Suspect's Manifesto, an Echo of Trump's Language

Discussion: Yahoo News, Vox and Rolling Stone

Juliette Kayyem / Washington Post:
There are no lone wolves — Juliette Kayyem is a former …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, New York Times and UPI

John Bowden / The Hill:
George P. Bush denounces ‘white terrorism’ after El Paso shooting

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Law & Crime, Breitbart and CNN

Morgan Lee / Associated Press:
Sister: El Paso shooting victim, 25, ‘gave her life’ for son

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Wajahat Ali / The Atlantic:
The Death Rattle of White Supremacy

Discussion: Indian Country Today, Washington Post, Quartz, Law & Crime and Deadline

New York Times: Walmart Store Connected Cultures, Until a Killer ‘Came Here for Us’

Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
What's inside the hate-filled manifesto linked to the alleged El Paso shooter

Discussion: The Guardian, HuffPost, The Texas Observer, Breitbart and CNN

Associated Press:
9 killed in Ohio in second US mass shooting within 24 hours

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Washington Post:
9 killed in Ohio, suspect identified in second U.S. mass shooting within 24 hours

Discussion: Heavy.com, The Gateway Pundit, The Week and The Daily Beast

Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
López Obrador says six Mexicans among the dead in El Paso; plans legal action to protect Mexicans in the U.S.

Discussion: Reuters, Townhall and New York Post

Associated Press:
2 mass shootings in less than 24 hours shock US; 29 killed

Discussion: Boston Globe, Townhall, Rolling Stone, The Week and Florida Politics

Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
After El Paso, We Can No Longer Ignore Trump's Role in Inspiring Mass Shootings

Discussion: CNN, WGN-TV, WTVR-TV, WPIX 11 New York, ThinkProgress, The Week and Splinter

Paul Kane / Washington Post:

McConnell fractures shoulder in fall at Kentucky home — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suffered a fractured shoulder Sunday from a fall outside his home in Louisville, briefly hospitalizing the Kentucky Republican, his office said in a statement. — “This morning …

Discussion: Townhall, The Daily Caller and Breitbart

Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Democrats pressure Mitch McConnell to cancel Senate recess for gun control vote

Discussion: Common Dreams, Daily Kos and New York Post

Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Mitch McConnell fractures his shoulder

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Slate

Axios: Mitch McConnell fractures shoulder after falling at Kentucky home

NBC Chicago:

7 Wounded In Shooting Near Playground on Chicago's West Side — Seven people were wounded in a shooting Sunday as they gathered in Douglas Park on the West Side. — At about 1:20 a.m. Sunday, a group was standing in the park in the 2900 block of West Roosevelt Road when someone opened fire from a black Camaro, Chicago police said.

Discussion: WGN-TV, The Gateway Pundit and RedState

Breaking911:

‘TRAGEDY AVERTED’: Feds Say They Have Thwarted a Mass Shooting Plot In Lubbock, Texas — TEXAS — A Lubbock man allegedly contemplating a mass shooting has been charged by criminal complaint with making false statements to a federally-licensed firearms dealer. — The potential shooting has been averted.

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:

There is no excuse for supporting this president — On Sunday morning, former congressman Beto O'Rourke spoke for millions of Americans. … O'Rourke is a native of El Paso, Tex., one of two sites of mass murder in the past 24 hours. The alleged killer had regurgitated white nationalist bile and hatred of immigrants.

CJ Werleman / Sydney Morning Herald:
US in the midst of a white nationalist terrorism crisis

Discussion: The Atlantic, New York Times, VICE and Washington Blade

Christina Schaefer / WRGT:

Police: Suspect's sister among those killed in Oregon District shooting — BELLBROOK, Ohio (WKEF/WRGT) — Dayton Police, the FBI and Bellbrook Police have descended upon a neighborhood in Bellbrook in connection with the deadly mass shooting in the Oregon District.

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Slate

Elizabeth Thomas / ABC News:

In bloody August weekend, gun violence beyond mass shootings — It has been a bloody August weekend in the U.S., with multiple shootings reported across the country. In addition to mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, gun deaths were reported in other states, including Illinois, Virginia, Louisiana, Florida and Maryland.

Discussion: Chicago Sun-Times and The Daily Caller

James Comey / New York Times:

Mr. President, Please Take a Stand Against Racism — The nation's ability to contain it is faltering. — Mr. Comey is a former director of the F.B.I. — America has long had a radioactive racist soup in the center of our national life. Donald Trump thinks he is stirring it for political benefit.

Discussion: CNN and Mediaite