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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
How the Trump Campaign Used Facebook Ads to Amplify His ‘Invasion’ Claim — Some of President Trump's re-election ads have repeated his inflammatory claims about an “invasion” on the southern border — language that is under scrutiny after the El Paso shooting.
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Teleprompter Trump meets Twitter Trump as the president responds to mass slayings — Teleprompter Trump repudiated Twitter Trump in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Monday. — Speaking in the wake of two mass shootings in less than 24 hours that left at least 31 dead over the weekend …
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Trump campaign still hasn't paid El Paso police bills — President Donald Trump has pledged the federal government will provide “whatever is needed” to help El Paso, Texas, recover from a mass shooting Saturday that killed 22 people. — But Trump's own 2020 re-election committee still …
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Alexandra S. Levine / Politico:
How do you solve a problem like 8chan? — President Donald Trump's vow Monday to scour “the dark recesses of the internet” came as this weekend's deadly gun violence provoked ire over fringe online platforms like 8chan, an anonymous message board that has hosted a racist manifesto linked to Saturday's deadly shooting in El Paso, Texas.
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
In tragic self-owns, Trump denounces racism, and calls for immigration reform
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Courtney Hagle / Media Matters for America:
How Fox News pushed the white supremacist “great replacement” theory
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New York Times:
Trump Condemns White Supremacy but Stops Short of Major Gun Controls
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Shootings Spur Debate on Extremism and Guns, With Trump on Defense
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American Psychological Association:
Statement of APA President in Response to Mass Shootings in Texas, Ohio
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Barack Obama:
Michelle and I grieve with all the families in El Paso and Dayton …
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Kate Rooney / CNBC:
China confirms it is suspending agricultural product purchases in response to Trump's new tariffs — KEY POINTS — A spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce says Chinese companies have stopped purchasing U.S. agricultural products in response to President Trump's new 10% tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese goods.
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Axios:
Trump administration designates China as currency manipulator — U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday night declared China to be a currency manipulator, just hours after the Chinese government allowed the yuan to slip below a 7-to-1 dollar ratio for the first time in over a decade.
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Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
Morgan Stanley: If the trade war escalates, a recession will be here in 9 months
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Anneken Tappe / CNN:
US stocks post worst day of the year after China devalues its currency
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump Is a White Nationalist Who Inspires Terrorism — Don't pretend his teleprompter speech changes anything. — A decade ago, Daryl Johnson, then a senior terrorism analyst at the Department of Homeland Security, wrote a report about the growing danger of right-wing extremism in America.
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Conservatism Has a Violence Problem — 'The numbers don't lie.' — American conservatism has a violence problem. — The current secretary of energy, Rick Perry, once publicly suggested that the chairman of the Federal Reserve deserved to be beaten up because of his interest rate policy.
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Raw Story:
Young Mitch McConnell supporters pose for a photo strangling a cardboard cutout of AOC — On Monday, a picture appeared on Instagram, apparently taken by a group of young men supporting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at the Fancy Farm, Kentucky political picnic.
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Mitch McConnell campaign tweets image of tombstone with opponent's name
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Trump Doesn't Give a Damn About Gun Massacres
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Mitch McConnell ignores calls from Democratic lawmakers to end Senate recess for gun control vote
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Beto O'Rourke backs abolishing filibuster to pass gun control
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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
McConnell willing to consider ‘bipartisan’ gun violence solutions, opposes ‘infringing’ on rights
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VICE:
EXCLUSIVE: Dayton Shooter Was in a “Pornogrind” Band That Released Songs About Raping and Killing Women — Before he killed nine people in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, early Sunday, Connor Betts was deeply involved in the misogynistic, male-dominated “goregrind” or “pornogrind” extreme metal music scene.
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Ellie Hall / BuzzFeed News:
The Dayton Shooter Was The Lead Singer Of A “Pornogrind” Metal Band — The man who killed nine and injured 27 in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, was the lead singer of a “pornogrind” metal band, a genre defined by its explicit subject matter and themes of gore and violence …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Is The Field Too Big For Kamala Harris? — In theory, the easiest way to win a presidential nomination is to bring the various wings and factions of your party together toward some type of consensus. Not every voter has to love you (although some of them probably should or you won't have a base).
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
These are the winners of the post-debate media competition
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Cameron Cawthorne / Washington Free Beacon:
NBC Reporter Dismisses Host Bringing Up Dayton Shooter's Pro-Warren Tweet
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Washington Post:
Cesar Sayoc, who mailed explosive devices to Trump's critics, sentenced to 20 years in prison — NEW YORK — Cesar Sayoc, the Florida man who mailed explosive devices to prominent Democrats and media figures was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison. — Prosecutors had called for a life sentence …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Judge signals interest in removing Mueller report redactions — A federal judge signaled Monday he's considering removing the Mueller report's redactions. — During more than two hours of oral arguments in Washington, District Judge Reggie Walton appeared on several occasions to side …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Judge questions Barr's handling of Mueller findings
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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Trump made it easier for the mentally ill to get guns when he rolled back Obama regulation — In 2017, Trump quietly rolled back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illness to buy guns. — President Donald Trump responded to the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings …
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Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Expands Sanctions Against Venezuela Into an Embargo — New measures mark a significant escalation of pressure against the regime of President Nicolás Maduro and countries including Russia and China that continue to support him — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is moving …
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Wall Street Journal:
America Needs an Independent Fed — The economy functions best when the central bank is free of short-term political pressures. — As former chairs of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System, we are united in the conviction that the Fed and its chair must be permitted …
Ben Jacobs / Jewish Insider:
Neo Nazis boast ‘We got Tulsi in the debates’ — Racist website takes credit for boosting Democratic presidential hopeful — A neo-Nazi website took credit for Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's (D-HI) qualification for the first two Democratic primary debates. The Daily Stormer, a notorious white supremacist …
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Elizabeth Warren Had Another Very Good Debate, Poll Finds — For the second time, voters who watched her came away with improved opinions, a new HuffPost/YouGov survey finds. — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren racked up a second well-received Democratic presidential debate performance last week …
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Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
GateHouse Media owner to acquire USA TODAY owner Gannett — GateHouse Media's owner and Gannett have agreed to merge in a deal aimed at cutting overlapping costs and enabling the combined company to pursue a digital transformation as the media industry grapples with the disruptive forces of online news, social media and smartphones
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Washington Post:
It's time to debate gun control on its merits — George T. Conway III is a lawyer in New York. Neal Katyal, a law professor at Georgetown University, previously served as the acting solicitor general of the United States. — The senseless shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio …
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