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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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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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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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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, Mediaite, ThinkProgress, American Greatness and The Root
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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Common Dreams, Talking Points Memo, CBS DC, Fox News, Vox and Patterico's Pontifications
Alex Johnson / NBC News:
As many call for tighter gun laws, Texas set to loosen up
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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Dallas Morning News, The Independent, Rolling Stone, TheBlaze, VICE, Fox News, Patterico's Pontifications, The Week and Daily Kos
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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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, Daily Kos, 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 — DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Facing pressure to take action after the latest mass shooting in the U.S., Ohio's Republican governor urged the GOP-led state Legislature Tuesday to pass laws requiring background checks for nearly all gun sales …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's two political crises
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's two political crises
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Mother Jones, El Paso Times, The Hill and Talking Points Memo
Team Pete:
An Action Plan to Combat the National Threat Posed by Hate and the Gun Lobby
An Action Plan to Combat the National Threat Posed by Hate and the Gun Lobby
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Fox News, CNN, Breitbart, Washington Times and Towleroad Gay News
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
A Rare Gun-Control Proposal That Could Unite Congress
A Rare Gun-Control Proposal That Could Unite Congress
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BuzzFeed News, NPR and Bearing Arms
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, The Wrap, JNS.org, Common Dreams and IndieWire
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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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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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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Politico, Wall Street Journal, The National Interest, Reason and New York Times, more at Techmeme »
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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 and Rolling Stone
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Axios:
The era of white nationalism
The era of white nationalism
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
FBI agents warn domestic terrorism poses ‘threat to the American people’
FBI agents warn domestic terrorism poses ‘threat to the American people’
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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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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
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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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 …
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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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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Gromer Jeffers Jr / Dallas Morning News:
New poll: Biden leads O'Rourke in Texas presidential primary, race against Sen. John Cornyn wide open — A new poll has former Vice President Joe Biden leading Beto O'Rourke in the Texas presidential primary and toppling Donald Trump in a head-to-head showdown.
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, IJR, TheBlaze and NY State of Politics
Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime:
Sarah Palin Wins Appeal Reviving Defamation Lawsuit Against New York Times (UPDATED) — A federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday reinstated Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, overturning a district court's ruling which dismissed her claim in 2017.
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Wall Street Journal:
China Deals ‘Body Blow’ to Struggling U.S. Farm Belt — Farmers, agricultural groups decry retaliatory move to stop buying U.S. crops and livestock — The U.S. Farm Belt braced for deeper pain from the escalating trade battle between the world's two biggest economies after China …
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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 …