memeorandum: CNN Host Asks Fauci Whether He'd Stay In His Post If Trump Was Re-Elected (Josephine Harvey/HuffPost)

11:45 PM ET, May 15, 2022

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A Fringe Conspiracy Theory, Fostered Online, Is Refashioned by the G.O.P. — Replacement theory, espoused by the suspect in the Buffalo massacre, has been embraced by some right-wing politicians and commentators. — Inside a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, a white man with a history …

Washington Post:

Suspect in Buffalo shooting was investigated last year over threatening statements … An 18-year-old White man is accused of opening fire Saturday at a supermarket in Buffalo, killing 10 people and injuring three others, said law enforcement officials, who are investigating the incident …

Discussion: Fox News, USA Today, Insider, CBS News, CNN and Talking Points Memo

Talia Lavin / Rolling Stone:

The Buffalo Shooter Isn't a ‘Lone Wolf.’ He's a Mainstream Republican — The shooter is just the latest to act on it — There's no such thing as a lone wolf — an appellation often given, in error, to terrorists who act alone, particularly those of the white supremacist variety.

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Atlantic, UPI and Fox News

New York Times:

Classmates recall the suspect as ‘quiet’ and reclusive. — The man accused of killing 10 at a Buffalo supermarket on Saturday had made threats against his high school, the police said; a gun dealer who said he sold the suspect an assault weapon in recent months described a routine transaction.

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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:

Making Sense of the Racist Mass Shooting in Buffalo — An expert on the white-power movement and the “great replacement” theory puts the act of terror in context. — On Saturday, a gunman murdered ten people and wounded three others at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.

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Erie County (New York) Government:

Broome County Teen Arraigned for Killing Ten, Injuring Three in Shooting at Buffalo Grocery Store — Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron of Conklin, New York was arraigned this evening before Buffalo City Court Judge Craig D. Hannah …

Discussion: CNN, WIVB-TV, Breitbart, Democrat and Chronicle, The Guardian, The Gateway Pundit, Law & Crime, Fox News, Twitchy, National Review, The Hill, The Western Journal and Washington Examiner

Associated Press:
Buffalo shooter targeted Black neighborhood, officials say

Buffalo News:
Gunman, 18, drove more than 3 hours to Buffalo to commit hate crime, officials say

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Arpan Rai / The Independent:
Gun used in Buffalo supermarket shooting was bought legally but modified, governor says

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Los Angeles Times:

Churchgoers subdued, hog-tied gunman after deadly Laguna Woods church shooting — A gunman attacked a lunch banquet at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods, killing one person and wounding five others Sunday before congregants hogtied him with an extension cord and disarmed him of two weapons, authorities said.

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Los Angeles Times:

‘Why? Why our community?’: Laguna Woods shattered by mass shooting at church — Cindy Frazier was running errands Sunday afternoon when she heard the overwhelming sound of police and fire engine sirens as they raced to Geneva Presbyterian Church. — It was an unusual scene …

Discussion: Insider

New York Times:

Growing evidence of a military disaster on the Donets pierces a pro-Russian bubble. — The destruction wreaked on a Russian battalion as it tried to cross a river in northeastern Ukraine last week is emerging as among the deadliest engagements of the war, with estimates based …

Discussion: The Guardian

Associated Press:

Finland, Sweden inch closer to seeking NATO membership — BERLIN (AP) — Finland's government declared a “new era” is underway as it inches closer to seeking NATO membership, hours before Sweden's governing party on Sunday backed a plan to join the trans-Atlantic alliance amid Russia's war in Ukraine.

Financial Times:

Ukraine war is ‘best opportunity’ for nuclear comeback since Fukushima, industry says — Domestically generated power is geopolitically safer than gas imports, according to Japan's largest reactor maker — Russia's war in Ukraine has created the “best opportunity” for Japan's nuclear industry …

Discussion: Politico

Jonathan Lemire / Politico:

Biden's new recipe for the midterms: Less honey, more vinegar — The fever didn't break. And for the Biden White House, efforts at bipartisanship have finally taken a backseat. — To the frustration of many Democrats and some of his closest advisers, President Joe Biden has steadfastly spent …

Discussion: Fox News, Axios, Yahoo News and Newsbusters

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

Democracy is at stake in the midterms. The media must convey that. — We journalists have to try harder and find new ways to convey to voters how badly things could turn out. — I was mesmerized this past week by two astonishing videos, watching them both multiple times.

Discussion: The Hill

Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
CNN Host Asks Fauci Whether He'd Stay In His Post If Trump Was Re-Elected

Discussion: RedState, al.com and Twitchy

Mark Murray / NBC News:
Support for abortion rights hits new high as midterm outlook stays mostly unchanged

Discussion: New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, The Guardian and The Daily Wire

Azi Paybarah / New York Times:

Kathy Barnette Says She 'Can't Provide a Lot of Context' for Her Anti-Islamic Tweets — Her sudden rise in the Pennsylvania Senate primary has some Republicans worried about her prospects in November. — Kathy Barnette, a Republican Senate candidate in Pennsylvania who has climbed …

Discussion: The Daily Wire, Big League Politics and Fox News

Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
As Barnette raises doubts in PA Senate race, some voters move back toward McCormick

Discussion: Breitbart

New York Times:

After Buffalo Shooting Video Spreads, Social Platforms Face Questions — Gunmen say they are influenced by online screeds and broadcasts of past shootings. Do social media sites have a responsibility to rein in hateful and violent content? — In March 2019, before a gunman murdered 51 people …

Discussion: Fox News, Bloomberg and New York Post

Dan Merica / CNN:

Pennsylvania US Senate candidate Fetterman suffers stroke but says he's ‘well on my way to a full recovery’ — John Fetterman, Pennsylvania lieutenant governor and Democratic US Senate candidate, announced Sunday that he had a stroke and went to the hospital on Friday, but said in a statement …

Mike Baker / New York Times:

A Fracture in Idaho's G.O.P. as the Far Right Seeks Control — Ahead of a primary vote, traditional Republicans are raising alarm about the future of the party, warning about the growing strength of militia members, racists and the John Birch Society. — BONNERS FERRY, Idaho …

Discussion: Raw Story and The Right Eye of Idaho

Devan Cole / CNN:

Nebraska GOP governor says he will call a special session to pass total abortion ban if Roe is overturned — Washington (CNN)Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts of Nebraska said Sunday that he will call a special session of his state's legislature to pass a total ban on abortion if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade this term.

Discussion: The Hill, Mother Jones and TheBlaze