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Washington Post:
Weakened gun laws put Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on the defensive — Amid a spate of mass shootings in recent years, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) responded by focusing on promoting mental health services and convening a task force that produced a 40-point plan centered on “hardening” school campuses and identifying threats.
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Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
Just after Texas shooting, California Senate passes Texas-style bill targeting assault weapons, ghost guns — The California Senate passed a gun control bill to allow private citizens to file suit for at least $10,000 against makers or sellers of untraceable ghost guns or illegal assault weapons
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The Daily Wire, Breitbart, Snopes.com and POLITICUSUSA
NBC News:
Abbott calls Texas school shooting a mental health issue but cut state spending for it — Texas Gov. Abbott: Government must ‘do a better job’ to address mental health — UVALDE, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that the Uvalde school shooter had a “mental health challenge” …
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Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Texas Republicans offer the same old shameful responses to shootings — Hours removed from a massacre at a Texas elementary school, Republican lawmakers from Texas are still prioritizing guns over people. — Officials and family members were still trying to identify victims …
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The Gateway Pundit, Politico and POLITICUSUSA
James Barragán / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott won't say whether he plans to attend NRA convention in Houston on Friday
Gov. Greg Abbott won't say whether he plans to attend NRA convention in Houston on Friday
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Hours after Uvalde school shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott attended a fundraiser 300 miles away
Hours after Uvalde school shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott attended a fundraiser 300 miles away
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CBS News, CNBC, Buttermilk Sky, Insider, The Texas Observer, Dallas Morning News, Political Wire and Mediaite
CNBC:
Elon Musk backs ‘tight’ background checks for all gun sales in wake of mass shooting in Texas
Elon Musk backs ‘tight’ background checks for all gun sales in wake of mass shooting in Texas
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USA Today, Mediaite, The Hill, Insider, The Daily Caller, Louder With Crowder, Conservative Review, The Daily Wire, Raw Story and Forbes
Houston Chronicle:
Beto O'Rourke confronts Abbott during news conference on Uvalde mass shooting: ‘This is on you’
Beto O'Rourke confronts Abbott during news conference on Uvalde mass shooting: ‘This is on you’
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
After Texas shooting, Republicans face online anger over NRA money
After Texas shooting, Republicans face online anger over NRA money
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Politico, Patterico's Pontifications, The Washington Current, The Hill, Raw Story, Fox News, Rolling Stone and IJR
Mike Hixenbaugh / NBC News:
A teacher in Uvalde, Texas, describes ‘the longest 35 minutes of my life’ — Her students were watching a Disney movie when the gunshots started. Then instinct and practice kicked in. — Americans react to the Robb Elementary school massacre — UVALDE, Texas — The teacher came …
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Tess Owen / VICE:
The Police Timeline of the Texas School Shooting Has a Lot of Holes — Texas law enforcement officials are being strangely opaque about what actually happened during the shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. — TO — Texas officials are clapping themselves on the back for what they've described …
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NBC News:
The Uvalde school district had an extensive safety plan. 19 children were killed anyway. — School officials in Uvalde, Texas, promised to do everything they could to protect students from a mass shooting. — Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District had doubled its security budget in recent years …
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Henry Ramos / kens5.com:
'It's time to die' | Fourth-grader who survived Uvalde school shooting gives heartbreaking account of what gunman told students — The Robb Elementary student said he and several of his friends survived after hiding under a table with a tablecloth covering them.
NBC News:
Texas gunman left home after fight with mom about Wi-Fi, mother's boyfriend says
Texas gunman left home after fight with mom about Wi-Fi, mother's boyfriend says
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Washington Post, Daily Mail, New York Times, The Intercept, Insider, HotAir and The Daily Wire
Gabrielle Fonrouge / New York Post:
Hero border agent from elite unit rushed into Texas school with no backup, killed Salvador Ramos: reports
Hero border agent from elite unit rushed into Texas school with no backup, killed Salvador Ramos: reports
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NBC News, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Department of Homeland … and HotAir
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Why was there no armed security at Robb Elementary School?
Why was there no armed security at Robb Elementary School?
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New York Times:
Trump Said to Have Reacted Approvingly to Jan. 6 Chants About Hanging Pence — The House committee investigating the Capitol assault has heard accounts of the former president's remarks as he watched the riot unfold on television. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Real Reason America Doesn't Have Gun Control — After each of the repeated mass shootings that now provide a tragic backbeat to American life, the same doomed dance of legislation quickly begins. As the outraged demands for action are inevitably derailed in Congress …
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Steve Israel / The Hill:
The haunting reason Congress won't pass sensible gun laws
The haunting reason Congress won't pass sensible gun laws
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Kansas Reflector, No More Mister Nice Blog, Bloomberg, Insider, The Atlantic and Washington Post
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion How Democrats can address our hopelessness about child massacres
Opinion How Democrats can address our hopelessness about child massacres
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Mashable, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, VICE, RedState, Insider, The Daily Caller and The Decent America Newsletter
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Sinema Says ‘DC Solutions’ Are Not ‘Realistic’ When Asked If She'd Reform Filibuster To Pass Gun Control
Sinema Says ‘DC Solutions’ Are Not ‘Realistic’ When Asked If She'd Reform Filibuster To Pass Gun Control
Brian Faler / Politico:
Federal tax receipts boom, powered by inflation
Samuel L. Perry / TIME:
School Shootings Confirm That Guns Are the Religion of the Right
School Shootings Confirm That Guns Are the Religion of the Right
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Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
Sandy Hook Proved The Need To Enhance K-12 Security. Congress Armed Ukraine Instead.
Sandy Hook Proved The Need To Enhance K-12 Security. Congress Armed Ukraine Instead.
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New York Times:
In More Than 100 G.O.P. Midterm Ads This Year: Guns, Guns, Guns — In Alabama, Gov. Kay Ivey unpacked lipstick, an iPhone and something else from her purse in one campaign advertisement — “a little Smith & Wesson .38,” she said. A Republican candidate for governor in Georgia declared in a different spot …
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Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Disaffected and it Feels … and Raw Story
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Roxane Gay / New York Times:
The Uvalde Shooting Shows America's Deep Incivility — There is a cultural obsession nowadays with civility, with the idea that if everyone is mannered enough, any impasse or difference of opinion can be bridged. But these are desperately uncivil times. And there is nothing more uncivilized …
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NewsNation
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
America's gun exceptionalism, by the numbers
America's gun exceptionalism, by the numbers
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Al Jazeera, Opinion Today, Substance, New York Times, WHYY, Washington Examiner and Politico
Washington Post:
Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams are in a rematch. A lot has changed since 2018. — The political landscape in Georgia — and nationally — has shifted significantly — Stacey Abrams refused to concede the Georgia governor's race to Republican Brian Kemp four years ago, even after it was clear she had lost.
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NBC News:
Trans woman's photo used to spread baseless online theory about Texas shooter — Sam, a transgender woman who lives in Georgia, said that on Tuesday evening, Reddit users started commenting on a photo of her that she had shared on the platform three months ago.
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PolitiFact, Trans Safety Network, Mashable, MEL Magazine, Lead Stories, Mediaite and Media Matters for America
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Biden blames ‘gun lobby’ when his real enemy is culture — “When in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?” asked an impassioned President Joe Biden Tuesday night after a horrific massacre at a Texas elementary school. — This has been the cry of gun controllers for decades …
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Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Biden says Second Amendment ‘not absolute’ at police executive order signing
Biden says Second Amendment ‘not absolute’ at police executive order signing
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Drew Hinshaw / Wall Street Journal:
Hungary to Make Multinationals Cede Some Profits to State — WARSAW—Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban used newly acquired wartime powers to declare that multinational companies in his country must cede the bulk of their excess profits into new state funds dedicated to preparing …
Lisa Tozzi / Rolling Stone:
He Wrote The Onion's Famous Mass-Shooting Headline. It Still Haunts Him — “'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens” has become an integral part of 21st century American Culture — As the gut-wrenching news that 19 children and two teachers were killed in their Uvalde …
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CNN:
Moderate-turned-MAGA Rep. Elise Stefanik's stock is rising in Trump world — (CNN)Donald Trump hasn't said if he will run for president again, but that doesn't seem to be stopping him from privately musing about his potential running mate if he does. The latest person to catch his eye …