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Live Updates: ‘We Have to Act,’ Biden Says After 21 Killed at Texas Elementary School — It was the deadliest school shooting since the 2012 massacre in Newtown, Conn. — 19 children and two adults are killed in a Texas elementary school shooting, the authorities say.
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Death toll in Texas elementary school shooting rises; 19 children, 2 adults killed by shooter — The suspect was identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, a student at Uvalde High School — Death toll rises to 22, mostly children, in TX school shooting — UVALDE, Texas …
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NBC News:
19 children, 2 teachers killed in Texas elementary school shooting — ‘Why do we keep letting this happen?’: Biden speaks after Texas school shooting — UVALDE, Texas — At least 19 children and two teachers were killed Tuesday when a gunman opened fire in a Texas elementary school …
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Washington Post:
Biden urges end to ‘carnage’ of gun violence after 19 children killed at Texas school … President Biden on Tuesday evening urged Congress to end the “carnage” of gun violence after more than a dozen elementary schoolchildren were killed by an 18-year-old in Texas.
Claire Goforth / The Daily Dot:
EXCLUSIVE: 'That's the picture of him buying a gun': Uvalde mass shooting suspect bought an AR-15 online last week — The Uvalde, Texas mass shooter frequently posted about guns and purchased a rifle online days ago. — Authorities say that 18 children and one teacher were killed …
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
‘Spare me the bullshit’: Sen. Chris Murphy rips GOP colleagues after Texas shooting — Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., took to the Senate floor after Tuesday's deadly school shooting in Texas and pleaded with his Republican colleagues to take action against gun violence, saying what happened wasn't “inevitable.”
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Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
Texas AG facing runoff says banning guns for public safety ‘ridiculous’ after school shooting — Increased gun control as a means to protect law-abiding citizens makes “no sense” and should not be the focus of lawmakers right now, said Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX) …
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Washington Post:
Katie Britt, Rep. Mo Brooks headed to a runoff in Alabama GOP Senate primary … Welcome to special coverage of the Georgia, Alabama and Arkansas primaries and runoffs in Texas from Post Politics Now. — Today, Katie Britt and Rep. Mo Brooks are headed to a runoff in Alabama's GOP Senate primary, the Associated Press said.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
'We're going to go f—ing scorched-earth': How Brian Kemp crushed Trump in Georgia — When Brian Kemp's top donors huddled with the Georgia governor and his lieutenants at Atlanta's Capital City Club earlier this year, they had reason to worry that his political career was about to come to an end.
NBC News:
Georgia Governor Primary Election Results — GOP incumbent Brian Kemp faces David Perdue, a primary challenge stoked by former President Donald Trump in an effort to oust a fellow Republican for not joining an effort to overturn the state's presidential election results two years ago.
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Politico:
Kemp notches huge primary win in Georgia as Cuellar tries to hang on in Texas
Kemp notches huge primary win in Georgia as Cuellar tries to hang on in Texas
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David French / The French Press:
Pass and Enforce Red Flag Laws. Now. — We know they can save lives. — I was intending to write about the Georgia Republican primary, but then—just as I was walking back to my hotel—I saw the horrific news out of Uvalde, Texas. Another school shooting. Another elementary school.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
America's Hands Are Full of Blood — Thoughts and prayers. It began as a cliché. It became a joke. It has putrefied into a national shame. — If tonight, Americans do turn heavenward in pain and grief for the lost children of Uvalde, Texas, they may hear the answer delivered in the Bible through the words of Isaiah:
Ryan Busse / The Bulwark:
Even the Gun Industry Knew We Would End Up Here
CNN:
‘They were shooting directly at the journalists’: New evidence suggests Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in targeted attack by Israeli forces — This story contains a disturbing image. — (CNN)Several shots ring out in quick succession, cutting through a clear, blue spring morning in Jenin, in the West Bank.
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Thomas Brewster / Forbes:
EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Plotting To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas — Two confidential informants and surveillance of the alleged plotter's WhatsApp account reveal plans to smuggle assassins into the U.S. to murder the former president, according to a search warrant application discovered by Forbes.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Crypto billionaire says he could spend a record-breaking $1 billion in 2024 election — Democratic cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried says he expects to spend “north of $100 million” in 2024, with “soft ceiling” of $1 billion — WASHINGTON —Democratic billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried …
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Marjorie Taylor Greene wins her primary, dashing establishment G.O.P. hopes. — Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose far-right beliefs and confrontational behavior earned her opposition in both parties, won the Republican primary in her Northwest Georgia House district …
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Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
Why conspiracy theorist extraordinaire Marjorie Taylor Greene just easily won her primary
Why conspiracy theorist extraordinaire Marjorie Taylor Greene just easily won her primary
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
5 GOP candidates in Michigan ineligible after fraud, election office says — Five of 10 Republican candidates for the gubernatorial nomination in Michigan are ineligible to appear on the ballot because of invalid signatures on their nominating petitions, the Michigan elections bureau said in a report Monday …
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Jared Yates Sexton / Dispatches From A …:
This is Going to Get Really Ugly, Really Soon — Tucker Carlson and the Right have created imaginary rivals in order to legitimize their antidemocratic actions — To watch Tucker Carlson Tonight is to punish yourself. Tucker Carlson's act is obnoxiously acidic. The sneering cruelty.
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Techno Fog / The Reactionary:
How FBI HQ hamstrung the Alfa Bank investigation — The latest from the Michael Sussmann Trial — Today in the Michael Sussmann trial, we received additional information regarding the FBI leadership's involvement in the opening - and execution - of the Alfa Bank/Trump investigation.
Kurt T. Lash / SSRN:
Roe and the Original Meaning of the Thirteenth Amendment — Abstract — The current debates over Roe v. Wade as a substantive due process right have prompted a number of scholars to investigate alternative sources for a constitutional right to abortion. One approach argues …
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Eric Levai / The Daily Dot:
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Loudermilk's ‘dear friend’ delivered him wildly conspiratorial documents on Jan. 6 to help overturn the 2020 election — Maria Zack has long ties to Loudermilk, and gave him documents about ‘Italygate’ on Jan. 6. — A far-right operative with close ties to Rep. Barry Loudermilk …
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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Henry Kissinger says Ukraine must make Russia concessions to end conflict — Kissinger warns against escalating Ukraine conflict, urges peace deal with Russia — Fox News Flash top headlines for May 24 — Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said Tuesday that Ukraine must …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Count the Disputed Mail-In Votes in Pennsylvania Primary for GOP Senate Nomination — As the Wall Street Journal relates in an editorial published Monday evening, a dispute has arisen over the counting of mail-in ballots in the closely contested Republican primary election in Pennsylvania between David McCormick and Dr. Mehmet Oz.
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Marina Pitofsky / USA Today:
Pelosi responds after archbishop denies her Holy Communion for supporting abortion rights — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Tuesday responded after San Francisco's Catholic archbishop decided to deny her Communion over her support for abortion access in the United States.
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Peter White / Deadline:
CBS Pulls ‘FBI’ Season Finale After Tragic School Shooting In Texas — The season finale of FBI has been pulled by CBS after the tragic school shooting in Texas. — The episode titled “Prodigal Son” hits close to the news given that it involves the team preventing a school shooting.
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
'It's Pathetic!' Irate Steve Kerr BLASTS Mitch McConnell and Senate GOP on Opposition to Gun Background Checks — Steve Kerr reacted forcefully to Tuesday's shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, which resulted in the deaths of 18 children and three adults.
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Sarah Emerson / BuzzFeed News:
Someone Stole Seth Green's Bored Ape, Which Was Supposed To Star In His New Show — Actor and producer Seth Green was robbed of several NFTs this month after succumbing to a phishing scam that inadvertently threw a monkey wrench into the plan for his new animated series.
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ABC News:
Fort Bragg to be renamed Fort Liberty among Army bases losing Confederate names: Exclusive — The Army Naming Commission has recommended new names for nine bases named after Confederate leaders with Fort Bragg to be renamed Fort Liberty. — One of the entrances to Fort Bragg in Fayetteville …
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Al Jazeera:
Afghan female journalists defiant as Taliban restrictions grow — Mahira* has become a familiar face on Afghan television, as viewers tune in every night to watch her present the news. Even during the most turbulent recent events, the 27-year-old journalist remained calm and composed …
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