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Matthew Prince / The Cloudflare Blog:
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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New York Post:
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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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.
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Tom Scocca / Slate:
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
New York Times:
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.
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
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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New York Times:
White Extremist Ideology Drives Many Deadly Shootings — White extremist ideology has been linked to at least four of the 10 deadliest active-shooter episodes in the United States in recent years, showing the potential for intense violence among adherents who congregate online to cheer on racist attacks.
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
8chan, Megaphone for Gunmen, Has Gone Dark. ‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says Its Creator.
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New York Times:
After El Paso Attack, Mexico Demands Protections for Mexicans in the U.S.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The American Exception
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Jane Coaston / Vox:
The top House Republican is blaming video games for the weekend's mass shootings
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The Atlantic, Townhall and Poynter
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 …
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David French / National Review:
It's Time to Declare War on White-Nationalist Terrorism — We need all the tools we can muster — legal, rhetorical, financial, and cultural. — It's time to face some dreadful, terrible facts. The United States is now facing a deadly challenge from a connected, radical …
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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,” …
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
On guns and white nationalism, one side is right and one is wrong
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘How do you stop these people?’: Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric looms over El Paso massacre
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Republican state lawmaker in Nebraska says his party is ‘enabling white supremacy’
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
After pair of mass shootings, Trump remains out of sight
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump calls for ‘strong background checks’ after massacres, suggests pairing gun legislation with new immigration laws
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
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
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Victor Morton / Washington Times:
Ohio gunman described himself as pro-Satan ‘leftist’ who supported Elizabeth Warren
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CNN:
The Dayton shooter wore a mask, bulletproof vest and hearing protection as he opened fire, police chief says
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
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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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
A Fourth Texas Republican Congressman Plans to Retire in 2020 — Representative Kenny Marchant of Texas is planning to announce his retirement on Monday, according to two Republican officials, becoming the fourth Republican House member from Texas in recent weeks to head for the exits rather …
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
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.
Washington Post:
Markets plunge after China lets currency fall to a decade low in payback against Trump's tariffs — BEIJING — China mounted a counteroffensive Monday to new U.S. tariffs by allowing its tightly controlled currency to slide to an 11-year low, a move that could further provoke the ire of President Trump …
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.
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.
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
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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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Mitch McConnell fractures his shoulder
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