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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.
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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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Washington Post:
A grisly checklist and a sickening rampage: Inside the Uvalde massacre — UVALDE, Tex. — The gray Ford pickup truck veered into a ditch with such force that people who live on the block assumed it was an accident and rushed over to help the driver. — Instead, according to witness and police accounts …
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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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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.
Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Texas Republicans offer the same old shameful responses to shootings
Texas Republicans offer the same old shameful responses to shootings
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Daily Kos, The Gateway Pundit, Politico and POLITICUSUSA
NBC News:
Black, Asian and Latino communities all faced mass shootings in 2 weeks. How they're showing support.
Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
Just after Texas shooting, California Senate passes Texas-style bill targeting assault weapons, ghost guns
Just after Texas shooting, California Senate passes Texas-style bill targeting assault weapons, ghost guns
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The Daily Wire, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Breitbart, Snopes.com 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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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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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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: New poll shows huge support for gun restrictions — With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — In the first full day after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, we gained a much clearer picture of the victims and the scope of the loss — almost unbearable, radiating outward.
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Politico:
Yellen, Biden's not-so-secret weapon, sees clout diminished — When Janet Yellen was tapped to join the Biden administration as Treasury secretary, she came with celebrity status — one of the world's preeminent economists and the first woman to have led the Federal Reserve.
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New York Times:
Where Senate Republicans Stand on Gun Legislation
Where Senate Republicans Stand on Gun Legislation
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Washington Post, Townhall, The Hill, Erick Erickson's Confessions … and Common Dreams
Roxane Gay / New York Times:
The Uvalde Shooting Shows America's Deep Incivility
The Uvalde Shooting Shows America's Deep Incivility
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The Guardian and NewsNation
Francisco E. Jimenez / MyRGV.com:
Source: Donna ISD shuts down campuses after AK-47 found amid credible mass shooting threat — Donna ISD will be shutting down all campuses Thursday and Friday after a credible threat was reported to police, according to a source familiar with the situation.
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The Daily Beast
Sam Whiting / San Francisco Chronicle:
SFUSD drops the word ‘chief’ from job titles to avoid connotation with Native Americans — The word “chief” will no longer be used in reference to job titles in the San Francisco Unified School District in an effort, school officials said, to avoid the word's connotation with Native Americans.
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
These Gun Reforms Could Save 15,000 Lives. We Can Achieve Them. — Mr. Kristof is a former Times Opinion columnist. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor of Oregon this year. — Gun enthusiasts protest that now is the time for mourning, not politics …
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Real Reason America Doesn't Have Gun Control
The Real Reason America Doesn't Have Gun Control
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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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The Message Box, Kansas Reflector, No More Mister Nice Blog, Bloomberg, New York Magazine and Insider
Politico:
‘Trump picked this fight’: Why heavyweight Republicans no longer fear Trump — They're weary of the incessant conflicts. The inability to get past the 2020 election results. An endorsement strategy seemingly driven by a bruised and restless ego, rather than the party's best interests.
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FOX News Radio and Raw Story
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Associated Press:
‘Trump is in the past’: Mounting losses show limits of power
‘Trump is in the past’: Mounting losses show limits of power
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The Guardian, Politico, Raw Story and Breitbart
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
How Raffensperger went from Trump outcast to MAGA vanquisher
How Raffensperger went from Trump outcast to MAGA vanquisher
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Puck, Sabato's Crystal Ball, New York Times, The Kitchen Pundit and Washington Post
Aja Romano / Vox:
With Ricky Gervais's new special, Netflix yet again suffers transphobic fools — Does Netflix even care that Ricky Gervais's SuperNature is rife with transphobic TERF ideology? — Who knows exactly what response Netflix expected for SuperNature, Ricky Gervais's transphobic new standup special …
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Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
How Biden's Menthol Ban Endangers Black Bodies — President Joe Biden's ban on menthol cigarettes will put black communities at risk of more violent interactions with police, according to myriad experts ranging from former law enforcement to left-wing constitutional attorneys.
Hemant Mehta / Human Story:
Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate: Only Christians can be my running mate — Greg Lopez said he would institute a No Jews, No Muslims, No Atheists policy when selecting a possible Lt. Governor — Get the best of OnlySky — IN YOUR INBOX once a week. It's free — Submit
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
The Senate Has Forfeited Its Right to Exist — Not even 19 butchered children can break through its idiotic traditions. — A policeman talks to people asking for information outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022, after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at the school, killing 21 people, 19 of them children.
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Jennifer Gerson / The 19th:
Vast majority of Americans don't want Supreme Court decisions on marriage, contraception overturned, new poll shows — With Roe v. Wade poised to be overturned, Momentive and The 19th asked about the decision in that case, plus Loving v. Virginia, Obergefell v. Hodges, and Griswold v. Connecticut.
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David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
House Rating Changes: 10 More Races Move Towards Republicans — As the parties navigate primaries and begin polling and placing fall ad buys, Republicans' House advantage looks as robust as ever. For independent voters, inflation has become such a dominant concern that neither …
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Political Wire
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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