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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 …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump attacks Obama for statement on shootings — President Donald Trump on Tuesday attacked former President Barack Obama over the latter's statement on the weekend's mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, tweeting edited quotes from Fox News hosts to make his point and again claiming he is “the least racist person” in the world.
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Vox, ThinkProgress, American Greatness, Mediaite, The Root and Political Wire
Alex Samuels / The Texas Tribune:
El Paso says Donald Trump still owes $569,204 for his February rally
El Paso says Donald Trump still owes $569,204 for his February rally
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Rolling Stone, TheBlaze, Fox News, VICE, Patterico's Pontifications, The Week, Daily Kos and Center for Public Integrity
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Walmart: No change in gun sales policy after El Paso shooting
Walmart: No change in gun sales policy after El Paso shooting
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Breitbart
USA Today:
While Trump condemns white nationalism, his campaign Facebook ads lean on talk of migrant invasion
Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times:
Foreign countries are warning their citizens about U.S. travel after mass shootings
Foreign countries are warning their citizens about U.S. travel after mass shootings
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Talking Points Memo, Fox News and Patterico's Pontifications
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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The Atlantic, POLITICUSUSA, The Week and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »
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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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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, Slate, Rolling Stone, Shareblue Media and Washington Post
Axios:
The era of white nationalism
The era of white nationalism
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Politico, The Atlantic, Washington Post, NBC News and New York Times
Washington Post:
Teleprompter Trump meets Twitter Trump as the president responds to mass slayings
Teleprompter Trump meets Twitter Trump as the president responds to mass slayings
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Breitbart, Wall Street Journal and The Daily Beast
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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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
NYT's Trump Headline Is So Outrageous That People Are Canceling Subscriptions — Twitter users are shredding The New York Times for its newspaper headline about Trump's comments on mass shootings. — The New York Times is being run through the shredder after an overly generous headline …
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The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Breitbart, The Federalist, News One and Daily Wire
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
New York Times' Dean Baquet on Trump Front-Page Controversy: ‘It Was a Bad Headline, and We Changed It’ — Amid criticism of its “Trump Urges Unity Against Racism” headline, the executive editor says he “understood” concern, but hopes people read the “strong” coverage beneath.
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Fox News
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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Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, No More Mister Nice Blog, Splinter and UPI
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John Seewer / Associated Press:
GOP governor urges gun sale background checks after shooting
GOP governor urges gun sale background checks after shooting
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Talking Points Memo, Associated Press, Daily Kos, Politico, Splinter and Denver Post
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's two political crises
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's two political crises
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El Paso Times, Adam Kinzinger, The Daily Caller and Washington Post
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump explores executive action on guns
Trump explores executive action on guns
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ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo and Morning Call
Zoe Haylock / Vulture:
Beloved Author Toni Morrison Has Died at 88 — The celebrated novelist Toni Morrison died Monday night, according to a source at her publisher, Knopf. She was 88 years old. The cause of death is not yet known. Born Chloe Ardella Wofford, Morrison was best known for her critically acclaimed …
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Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88
Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88
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Mercury News and Common Dreams
Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Jon Huntsman, U.S. ambassador to Russia, resigns to return to Utah for possible run for governor — Washington • U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman is returning home to Utah where he is reportedly mulling another run for governor. — Huntsman sent President Donald Trump …
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CNN, Axios, The Daily Caller, Political Wire and Mediaite
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump is increasingly relying on himself — not his aides — in trade war with China — President Trump is increasingly acting based on his own intuition and analysis and not the advice of aides in the increasingly fraught trade war with China, five people briefed on the actions said …
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Reason, The National Interest, New York Times and CNN, more at Techmeme »
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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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Washington Post, Vox, The Resurgent, Wall Street Journal, U.S. Department …, CNN and Bloomberg
Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
Ocasio-Cortez confronts McConnell over photo of men in ‘Team Mitch’ shirts ‘groping & choking’ her cutout — The young men wear matching shirts from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)'s campaign, and cluster around a cardboard cutout of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
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RedState, Common Dreams, VICE, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, The Root, Progress Pond, Mediaite and Political Wire
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Alana Goodman / Washington Examiner:
Federal Election Commission investigating ex-AOC chief of staff Chakrabarti
Federal Election Commission investigating ex-AOC chief of staff Chakrabarti
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IJR, Washington Free Beacon, American Greatness, BizPac Review and New York Post
republicanleader.senate.gov:
McConnell: Senate Republicans Ready to Answer President's Call to Action
McConnell: Senate Republicans Ready to Answer President's Call to Action
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Shareblue Media, Daily Kos, Big League Politics and Daily Wire
Chris Perez / New York Post:
Protesters shout death threats outside Mitch McConnell's home
Protesters shout death threats outside Mitch McConnell's home
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The Daily Caller, Townhall, WLKY-TV, twitchy.com, Fox News and BizPac Review
James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
Biden, Sanders, and Warren top postdebate survey of N.H. Democrats — The first poll of likely New Hampshire Democrats since last week's debates shows that penetrating a top-tier of three candidates might be tougher than ever in the state's first-in-the-nation primary.
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Political Wire
Houston Chronicle:
Galveston police apologize after photo surfaces of horse-mounted officers leading handcuffed suspect — Galveston police are apologizing after a dramatic photo circulated online showing horse-mounted officers leading a handcuffed man of color by what appears to be a rope.
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Washington Post, Galveston Police Department, The Independent and Splinter
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
How Bill de Blasio Went From Progressive Hope to Punching Bag — The New York mayor turned quixotic presidential candidate seems sick of his city—and the feeling is mutual. — Aides to Bill de Blasio have long observed that he seems to grow happier with each mile of distance from the city he leads …
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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RedState, TheBlaze and NY State of Politics
Alex Kotch / Sludge:
Health Industry Lawyers and Lobbyists Seem to Really Like Michael Bennet — As the Colorado senator attacks Medicare for All on the campaign trail, health industry lawyers and lobbyists are writing him checks. — EDITED BY — In mid-July, Democratic presidential candidate and Colorado …
Drew Magary / gen.medium.com:
Trump Is Not a Cosmic 404 Error — In his debut GEN column, Drew Magary implores Biden and other moderate Democrats to wake up and smell the permanent damage — here's no way out of this. I am like many of you in that I would like Donald Trump to disappear forever so that I can finally fucking exhale …
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
James Barragán / Dallas Morning News:
‘Brutally candid,’ ‘damaging,’ ‘embarrassing’: Some urging caution about releasing Texas speaker audio — Updated at 6:51 p.m. with comments from Collin County Judge Chris Hill. — AUSTIN — For the past week, Texas Republicans, Democrats and even Speaker Dennis Bonnen have called …
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Talking Points Memo and Off the Kuff
Jon Ward / Yahoo News:
How a criminal investigation in Georgia set an ominous tone for African-American voters — QUITMAN, Ga. — Nancy Dennard was in a festive holiday mood when police arrived at her front door in the early morning of Dec. 21, 2010. — Her son's birthday, on Christmas Eve, was three days away …