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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.
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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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Emily Larsen / Washington Examiner:
Confusion: Biden offers sympathy for the ‘tragic events in Houston today and also in Michigan’ — Former Vice President Joe Biden misstated the locations of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, while speaking to donors at a high-dollar fundraiser in San Diego on Sunday night.
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Owen Daugherty / The Hill:
Ohio state representative blames shootings on gay marriage, video games, open borders — A Republican state representative in Ohio wrote a lengthy Facebook post in the aftermath of the Dayton, Ohio, mass shooting where she blamed the incident and other shootings on “the breakdown …
Washington Post:
A mother died shielding her infant in El Paso. The father died shielding them both, family says. — They had just dropped their oldest daughter off at cheerleading practice when they pulled into the Walmart parking lot, packed with hundreds of back-to-school shoppers like them.
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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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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's speech would be laughable if it weren't so infuriating — After stoking white nationalism, accusing a federal judge of being unfair because of his Mexican heritage, declaring there were some “very fine” people marching with neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, demonizing refugees as an …
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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CNN:
El Paso shooting death toll rises to 22 in anti-immigrant massacre — (CNN)The 21-year-old white supremacist suspected of carrying out a deadly shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas wanted to stop a “Hispanic invasion of Texas,” according to a political document police believe he wrote.
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
In tragic self-owns, Trump denounces racism, and calls for immigration reform
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
How Fox News pushed the white supremacist “great replacement” theory
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The Daily Beast, The Guardian and New York Times
American Psychological Association:
Statement of APA President in Response to Mass Shootings in Texas, Ohio
Statement of APA President in Response to Mass Shootings in Texas, Ohio
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Joe Biden Mourns El Paso and Dayton Mass Shootings as ‘Tragic Events in Houston’ and ‘Michigan’
Joe Biden Mourns El Paso and Dayton Mass Shootings as ‘Tragic Events in Houston’ and ‘Michigan’
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Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
Trump blames everything but his own words for hate in America
Trump blames everything but his own words for hate in America
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Tom Scocca / Slate:
Where Taking the Concerns of Racists Seriously Has Gotten Us
Where Taking the Concerns of Racists Seriously Has Gotten Us
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Dr. Joan Donovan / NBC News:
El Paso shooter wasn't a ‘lone wolf’ — and his so-called online ‘manifesto’ proves why
El Paso shooter wasn't a ‘lone wolf’ — and his so-called online ‘manifesto’ proves why
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
On guns and white nationalism, one side is right and one is wrong
On guns and white nationalism, one side is right and one is wrong
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
You don't need to read the El Paso killer's manifesto. Just turn on Fox News.
You don't need to read the El Paso killer's manifesto. Just turn on Fox News.
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump says US must condemn ‘white supremacy’ and ‘racism’ in wake of weekend shootings
Trump says US must condemn ‘white supremacy’ and ‘racism’ in wake of weekend shootings
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI faces skepticism over its efforts against domestic terrorism
FBI faces skepticism over its efforts against domestic terrorism
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Must Fix Himself Before He Fixes El Paso and Dayton
Trump Must Fix Himself Before He Fixes El Paso and Dayton
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Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
FBI Warns Other Domestic Violent Extremists Could Become ‘Inspired’ By El Paso
FBI Warns Other Domestic Violent Extremists Could Become ‘Inspired’ By El Paso
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David Schanzer / The Guardian:
We must call the El Paso shooting what it is: Trump-inspired terrorism
We must call the El Paso shooting what it is: Trump-inspired terrorism
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CNBC:
Dow futures drop 370 points after China retaliates, escalating trade war — Stocks plunge as China threatens to weaponize its currency—Six experts break down what's next — Stocks fell sharply Monday as a trade war between the world's largest economies intensified with China retaliating against President Donald Trump's latest move.
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Markets plunge after China lets currency fall to a decade low in payback against Trump's tariffs
Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
Morgan Stanley: If the trade war escalates, a recession will be here in 9 months
Morgan Stanley: If the trade war escalates, a recession will be here in 9 months
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Steve King Narrowly Won His Last Race. His Challenger, J.D. Scholten, Is Running Again. — J. D. Scholten, a Democrat who nearly toppled Representative Steve King of Iowa in a heavily Republican district in 2018, announced on Monday that he would run again for the seat in 2020.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Kenny Marchant Will Be Fourth Texas Republican Congressman to Retire in 2020 — Representative Kenny Marchant of Texas announced on Monday that he plans to retire, becoming the fourth Republican House member from Texas in recent weeks to head for the exits rather than face re-election in 2020 …
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USA Today:
Ohio politician blames mass shootings on ‘drag queen advocates’, Obama, open borders — A Southwest Ohio politician has stirred anger for a Sunday post on social media in which she blamed mass shootings on “drag queen advocates,” “homosexual marriage,” open borders and even former President Barack Obama.
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Ohio Republican blames mass shootings on ‘drag queen advocates,’ Colin Kaepernick and Obama
Ohio Republican blames mass shootings on ‘drag queen advocates,’ Colin Kaepernick and Obama
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Laura Bischoff / daytondailynews:
Dayton shooting due to family breakdown, gay marriage, video games, state lawmaker says
Dayton shooting due to family breakdown, gay marriage, video games, state lawmaker says
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Associated Press:
Classmates: Ohio shooter kept a ‘hit list’ and a ‘rape list’ — DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people early Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended for compiling a “hit list” of those he wanted to kill and a “rape list” of girls he wanted to sexually assault.
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 …
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
‘Do something!’: Ohio governor drowned out by angry chants at Dayton shooting vigil — Microphone in hand, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) had just finished remarking on the size of the crowd that was crammed tightly into the brick-covered main street of the Oregon District in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday night when a single voice rang out.
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Ali H. Soufan / New York Times:
I Spent 25 Years Fighting Jihadis. White Supremacists Aren't So Different. — We can't fight domestic terror groups efficiently until the law treats them the way we treat foreign ones. — Mr. Soufan is a former F.B.I. special agent and the author of “Anatomy of Terror.”
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.
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
What's going on between Lindsay Lohan and the crown prince of Saudi Arabia? — What the heck is going on with Lindsay Lohan and Mohammed bin Salman? — A wild rumor hit town that Lohan and the bloodthirsty crown prince of Saudi Arabia have gotten close, and that he's been flying her around …
Miriam Elder / BuzzFeed News:
The Trump Seeking To Heal A Nation Is Not The Real Trump — President Donald Trump addressed the nation on Monday in the wake of two mass shootings and called for “unity” and “love.” “We are a loving nation,” he said, focusing his eyes ahead to read a written speech. “Hate has no place in America.”