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The Post urges Trump to take action on assault weapons — Two mass shootings within 24 hours in El Paso and Dayton, days after the Garlic Festival killings. Three months after Virginia Beach, six months after Aurora, nine months after Thousand Oaks, 10 months after Tree of Life …
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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 …
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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 …
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Where Taking the Concerns of Racists Seriously Has Gotten Us — Within last week's story of how Ronald Reagan made a racist phone call to Richard Nixon, there was a second story—a parable, effectively: a small point that contained a much larger point. It had nothing, or almost nothing …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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.
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FBI faces skepticism over its efforts against domestic terrorism — The FBI insists it is fully engaged in combating the threat of violence from white supremacists, but some former federal officials charge that the government is still coming up short in the face of a strain of American terrorism that now seems resurgent.
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The Week, New York Post and Talking Points Memo
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El Paso Shooting Suspect's Manifesto Echoes Trump's Language — At campaign rallies before last year's midterm elections, President Trump repeatedly warned that America was under attack by immigrants heading for the border. “You look at what is marching up, that is an invasion!” he declared at one rally.
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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,” …
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The American Spectator, Patterico's Pontifications and Balloon Juice
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8chan, Megaphone for Gunmen, Has Gone Dark. ‘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.
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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 …
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On guns and white nationalism, one side is right and one is wrong — When one side proposes ways that human beings might begin to solve a deadly problem while the other side leaves it up to God, you know which side is right. — When one side proposes solution after solution to contain gun violence …
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‘How do you stop these people?’: Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric looms over El Paso massacre
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
America's head of state, M.I.A.
America's head of state, M.I.A.
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Bonchie / RedState:
NEW: The Dayton Shooter Was a Satanist, Leftist-Socialist, and Bernie/Warren Fan, Supported Antifa
NEW: The Dayton Shooter Was a Satanist, Leftist-Socialist, and Bernie/Warren Fan, Supported Antifa
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Power Line and Clayton Cramer
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The American Exception
The American Exception
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Republican state lawmaker in Nebraska says his party is ‘enabling white supremacy’
Republican state lawmaker in Nebraska says his party is ‘enabling white supremacy’
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David French / National Review:
It's Time to Declare War on White-Nationalist Terrorism
It's Time to Declare War on White-Nationalist Terrorism
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New York Times:
After El Paso Attack, Mexico Demands Protections for Mexicans in the U.S.
After El Paso Attack, Mexico Demands Protections for Mexicans in the U.S.
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Victor Morton / Washington Times:
Ohio gunman described himself as pro-Satan ‘leftist’ who supported Elizabeth Warren
Ohio gunman described himself as pro-Satan ‘leftist’ who supported Elizabeth Warren
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Washington Post:
Republicans struggle to respond in wake of El Paso, Dayton shootings
Republicans struggle to respond in wake of El Paso, Dayton shootings
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Kathleen Belew / New York Times:
The Right Way to Understand White Nationalist Terrorism
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The Dayton shooter wore a mask, bulletproof vest and hearing protection as he opened fire, police chief says
The Dayton shooter wore a mask, bulletproof vest and hearing protection as he opened fire, police chief says
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Jane Coaston / Vox:
The top House Republican is blaming video games for the weekend's mass shootings
The top House Republican is blaming video games for the weekend's mass shootings
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Townhall, New York Times and Poynter
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
What's inside the hate-filled manifesto linked to the alleged El Paso shooter
What's inside the hate-filled manifesto linked to the alleged El Paso shooter
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Steve King Narrowly Won in Iowa in 2018. Now His Challenger Will Run Again. — J. D. Scholten, a Democrat who nearly toppled Representative Steve King of Iowa in a heavily Republican district in 2018, will announce on Monday that he will run again for the seat in 2020.
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McConnell fractures shoulder in fall at Kentucky home — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was briefly hospitalized after suffering a fractured shoulder from a fall outside his home in Louisville on Sunday, his office said in a statement. — “This morning, Leader McConnell tripped …
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Mitch McConnell fractures his shoulder
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Democrats pressure Mitch McConnell to cancel Senate recess for gun control vote
Democrats pressure Mitch McConnell to cancel Senate recess for gun control vote
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Common Dreams and Daily Kos
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‘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.
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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.
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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.
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He's Getting Worse — The current, and (to date) most debased, phase of the Trump presidency—the phase that includes the unceasing demonization of minority legislators and the endorsement of North Korean communism—began, in retrospect, on May 8, in the Florida Panhandle, at a rally in Panama City.
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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.
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