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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
How the Trump Campaign Used Facebook Ads to Amplify His ‘Invasion’ Claim — Since January, more than 2,000 ads mentioned an “invasion” on the southern border — language that is under scrutiny after the El Paso shooting. — El Paso Victims Were as Diverse as the City — A 2-month-old boy lost both parents.
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Washington Post:
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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Wall Street Journal and The Daily Beast
Los Angeles Times:
‘We were safe until he started talking’: El Paso residents respond to President Trump — Watching President Trump step up to a White House podium Monday to assert that “hate has no place in America,” many people in this Texas border city were dumbfounded. — “We were safe until he started talking …
Matthew Adams / Dallas Morning News:
Donald Trump, who's going to El Paso this week, owes city more than $500K for his February rally — Updated at 6:13 p.m. Aug. 5 to reflect that Trump is coming Wednesday. — WASHINGTON — Ahead of a Wednesday visit to El Paso, President Donald Trump still owes the city more than $500,000 …
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VICE, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart and twitchy.com
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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One America News Network
Center for Public Integrity:
Trump campaign still hasn't paid El Paso police bills
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
In tragic self-owns, Trump denounces racism, and calls for immigration reform
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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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Washington Post, Common Dreams and CNN
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Beto O'Rourke backs abolishing filibuster to pass gun control
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Fox News, Politico and Crooked Media
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Trump Doesn't Give a Damn About Gun Massacres
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Commentary, USA Today, Bloomberg, BizPac Review, Washington Post and Breitbart
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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Axios, ThinkProgress, Slate, Daily Kos, Shareblue Media and Washington Post
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Shootings Spur Debate on Extremism and Guns, With Trump on Defense — The politics of American gun violence follow a predictable pattern in most cases: outraged calls for action from the left, somber gestures of sympathy from the right, a subdued presidential statement delivered from a prepared text …
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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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CNN, The Resurgent and Wall Street Journal
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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New York Times, daytondailynews, Althouse, The American Conservative, RedState, Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast and Splinter
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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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BizPac Review and New York Post
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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Elena Schneider / Politico:
These are the winners of the post-debate media competition
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Max Fisher / New York Times:
White Terrorism Shows ‘Stunning’ Parallels to Islamic State's Rise — Many scholars of terrorism see worrying similarities between the rise of the Islamic State and that of white nationalist terrorism, seen most recently in the carnage in El Paso, Tex. — “The parallels are stunning,” …
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The Week
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Republicans Fear ‘Extinction in the Suburbs’ Over Gun Control — Two new mass shootings renew debate over firearm restrictions — Suburban and college-educated voters favor new gun limits — After two gruesome mass shootings in a 24-hour span, some Republicans are raising alarms …
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Political Wire, Splinter and UPI
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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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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
The Trump-Backed Gun Bill That Congress Might Actually Pass — A proposal to help states implement so-called red-flag laws has bipartisan support in the Republican-controlled Senate. — More than two decades of federal inaction on gun-control measures have understandably conditioned …
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The Colorado Sun, Morning Call and Bearing Arms
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Graham to offer bipartisan ‘red flag’ bill with Trump's support
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Law & Crime, ThinkProgress, Politico and IJR
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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Common Dreams, The American Conservative, Axios and Political Wire
Alexa St. John / Wall Street Journal:
New York City Businesses Struggle to Keep Up After Minimum Wage Increase — Business owners and leaders say labor costs have forced cuts in jobs and work shifts — More than six months after the $15 minimum wage went into effect in New York City, business leaders and owners …
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NY State of Politics
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 …
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CNBC
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.”
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American Greatness
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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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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
‘The headline was bad’: New York Times amends front page on Trump's response to mass shootings after backlash — The New York Times weathered intense backlash Monday night for its front-page headline about President Trump's response to the pair of mass shootings that read: “TRUMP URGES UNITY VS. RACISM.”
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USA Today, PJ Media Home and The Gateway Pundit
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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