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9:15 AM ET, September 2, 2019

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New York Times:
West Texas Shooting Spree Terrorized Two Towns and Killed 7  —  ODESSA, Tex. — The 36-year-old man who terrorized two West Texas towns with an assault-style rifle Saturday had been fired from his trucking job a few hours before he led the authorities on a chaotic high-speed chase that ended …
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Acacia Coronado / The Texas Tribune:
After West Texas shooting, Texas House Rep. says “NO” to gun restrictions  —  Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, has received a wave of reactions — and criticism — following his tweets reacting to Saturday's Permian Basin shooting.  —  After the state's second mass shooting in a month left eight people dead …
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Representative Matt Schaefer
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and CNN
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Hawkish Trump officials plot national security actions against China  —  As the Chinese government accelerates its crackdown on Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters, the Trump administration has sharpened its view of the world's most important bilateral relationship.
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Associated Press:
Tens of thousands in Hong Kong boycott first day of school  —  HONG KONG (AP) — Clad in gas masks along with their formal white school uniforms, tens of thousands of students in Hong Kong boycotted the first day of classes Monday as part of a citywide strike following a violent weekend of demonstrations.
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
History will remember how Trump responded to Hong Kong  —  While President Trump plotted to annex Greenland, China's Xi Jinping — a serious man — spent August weighing a decision that could shape the future of his country, and its relations with the world, for years to come.
Devan Cole / CNN:
Trump doesn't think he's ‘ever even heard of a Category 5’ hurricane.  Four such storms have threatened the US since he took office  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump said Sunday that he's “not sure that (he's) ever even heard of a Category 5” hurricane, despite four such storms …
Discussion: Spectator USA
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Timothy Burke / Burke Communications:
President Donald Trump, On Category 5 Hurricanes  —  Today Donald Trump stated in reference to Hurricane Dorian that “I'm not sure that I've even ever heard of a Category 5 [...] A Category 5 is something that I'm not even sure that I've ever heard the term.”
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Presidential hopefuls face a stubborn problem: how to bump Biden  —  Joe Biden's fellow candidates have compared him to Donald Trump, dismissed him as past his sell-by date and gone public in unison with concerns about his previous positions on race, abortion and even his physically affectionate campaign style.
Discussion: Reuters and The Week
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Unions shrink fast in swing states
Discussion: Breitbart
Aubree Eliza Weaver / Politico:   Julián Castro claims he can reassemble Obama's winning coalition
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Odessa, Texas mayor blames ‘problem of the heart’ and video games for most recent mass shooting  —  The Texas legislature had numerous bills they could have passed this session that would have dealt with disturbed potential mass shooters, but they decided not to act on those.
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Nathalie Baptiste / Mother Jones:
One Day After Mass Shooting, New Laws in Texas That Expand Gun Access Go Into Effect
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Gunman kills 7 in a rampage that started with a West Texas traffic stop
Washington Post:
Trump's lost summer: Aides claim victory, but others see incompetence and intolerance  —  When President Trump presided over the battle tanks and fighter jets, the fireworks and adoring fans on July 4, he couldn't have known that the militaristic “Salute to America” — as well to himself …
Discussion: Mediaite, Politico, New York Times and CNN
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Reporter calls White House ‘unprofessional’ in cutting off his access  —  Playboy reporter Brian Karem on Sunday called the White House's decision to suspend his press pass “unprofessional,” adding that he had just made “a joke.”  “And I'll never apologize for a joke that got a laugh.”
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
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David Edwards / Raw Story:   ‘It could have been worse’: Trump downplays Texas mass shooting rampage in rambling rant on White House lawn
Washington Post:
Among the Texas shooting victims: A high school student, a beloved uncle and a father of two  —  Saturday's mass shooting in West Texas was different.  —  Unlike the other shootings that have shaken Texas over the past several years, in which gunmen targeted people who had gathered for a common purpose …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Top literary agents say Trump's ex-personal secretary could make millions  —  A couple of Washington's top literary agents say President Trump's former personal secretary, Madeleine Westerhout, could make millions if she writes a tell-all of her time working for the president.
Justin Wise / The Hill:
Trump targets Debra Messing after actress calls for exposing Hollywood donors  —  President Trump on Sunday targeted actress Debra Messing after she called for publicizing the list of donors who are reportedly attending a Beverly Hills fundraiser where the president is slated to appear.
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
From Icon to Just a Con  —  Most of us who came of age in the 1970s revered the university—even as it was still reeling from 1960s protests and beginning a process that resulted in its present chaos and disrepute.  —  Americans of the G.I. Bill-era first enshrined the idea of upward mobility through …
ABC News:
In escalating trade war, US consumers may see higher prices  —  The United States and China on Sunday put in place their latest tariff increases on each other's goods, potentially raising prices Americans pay for some clothes, shoes, sporting goods and other consumer items before the holiday shopping season.
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New York Times:   How Much Will the Trade War Cost You by the End of the Year?
 
 
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Alex Morales / Bloomberg:
Here's How Parliament Is Plotting to Stop a No-Deal Brexit
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Elections Officials Prepare for Hurricane Dorian
Zubair Sofi / The Independent:
With meticulous planning then mass arrests and ‘torture’, Kashmir's autonomy was lost
Jonathan Lis / Haaretz:
Netanyahu Vows to Apply Israeli Sovereignty Over West Bank
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Kate Sullivan / CNN:
The Trump decision that pushed James Mattis to his breaking point
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Yes, Comey did leak classified information
Discussion: twitchy.com
Brad Hamilton / New York Post:
NYC bicyclists are killing pedestrians and the city won't stop it
Discussion: Breitbart
Michael Schulman / New Yorker:
Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Some secrets do keep.  A year later, the Trump official who penned an explosive op-ed is still unknown.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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