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Wall Street Journal:
Uvalde Residents Voice Frustration Over Shooting Response — Videos circulating on social media show parents confronting police outside the school; ‘The police were doing nothing’ — UVALDE, Texas—Residents here expressed anger and frustration Thursday about the time it took for law enforcement …
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BuzzFeed News, The Daily Beast, Human Events, Mediaite, Associated Press, Twitchy and Clayton Cramer
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New York Times:
Uvalde Live Updates: 2 Police Officers Were Reportedly Shot Early in Gunman's Rampage — Some parents who lost children are angry about the police response as new details emerge about the hour of terror in the classrooms where a gunman took 21 lives. “This could have been over in a couple of minutes,” one anguished father said.
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The Daily Beast, The Texas Tribune, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Insider and Twitchy
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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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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Associated Press:
Police face questions over response to Texas school shooting — UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Law enforcement authorities faced mounting questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed a Texas elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
WATCH: Texas Police Spox on Live TV Confirmed Cops Went In for Their Own Kids During Uvalde Shooting — Texas Department Public Safety spokesman Lt. Christopher Olivarez confirmed to a reporter during a live shot that police officers went into Robb Elementary School to get their own children during the massacre.
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HotAir, Louder With Crowder and BizPac Review
Mark Stone / Sky News:
Texas school shooting: Senator Ted Cruz storms off over questions about gun reform — Among the mourners at a vigil for the 21 people killed at Tuesday's mass shooting are Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, and his ally in the senate, Ted Cruz; Republican politicians who block all Democratic Party attempts to change gun laws.
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Fox News:
Texas school shooting: Senate Dems say 6 to 12 GOPers engaged in gun talks, plan tough votes if they back out
Texas school shooting: Senate Dems say 6 to 12 GOPers engaged in gun talks, plan tough votes if they back out
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ABC News and Washington Examiner
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Cruz storms off after being asked why mass shootings happen ‘only in America’
Cruz storms off after being asked why mass shootings happen ‘only in America’
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USA Today, Fox News, New Republic, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Daily Beast, Summit News, The Hill and The Daily Wire
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Ted Cruz angrily quits interview after being confronted about gun control
Ted Cruz angrily quits interview after being confronted about gun control
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Vanity Fair and Axios
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
‘Goodfellas’ Star Ray Liotta Dies at 67 — A shocker. Ray Liotta, the terrific actor whose career breakout came in the Martin Scorsese crime classic Goodfellas, has died. Deadline hears he died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting the film Dangerous Waters.
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Associated Press:
Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate — WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats' first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, failed in the Senate Thursday as Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate …
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Kevin T. Dugan / New York Magazine:
The NRA won after Sandy Hook, but today the gun lobby is in disarray and gun safety is slowly making gains in states.
The NRA won after Sandy Hook, but today the gun lobby is in disarray and gun safety is slowly making gains in states.
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New York Times, Pom Pom's Mixtape and Vox
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
The Senate Has Forfeited Its Right to Exist
The Senate Has Forfeited Its Right to Exist
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Politico, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Rolling Stone, Townhall, New York Times, The Atlantic, PinkNews, DemocracySOS, Outside the Beltway, Metro and The Hill
Politico:
Meadows burned papers after meeting with Scott Perry, Jan. 6 panel told — Then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows burned papers in his office after meeting with a House Republican who was working to challenge the 2020 election, according to testimony the Jan. 6 select committee has heard from one of his former aides.
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Jordan seeks Jan. 6 panel evidence as condition to comply with committee
Jordan seeks Jan. 6 panel evidence as condition to comply with committee
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Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, CNN, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Raw Story, The Hill and Plain Dealer
Jake Lahut / Insider:
GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker proposes 'a department that can look at young men that's looking at women that's looking at social media' in response to Texas shooting — Georgia GOP Senate nominee Herschel Walker once again had trouble talking about gun control.
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HuffPost, The Daily Dot and Insider
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Shannon McCaffrey / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker fumbles gun control response - twice
Herschel Walker fumbles gun control response - twice
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Trump loses appeal, must testify in New York civil probe — NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in New York state's civil investigation into his business practices, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. — A four-judge panel in the appellate division …
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The Daily Caller, CNN, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and Rolling Stone
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Trump required to testify over New York civil investigation after losing appeal
Trump required to testify over New York civil investigation after losing appeal
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The Daily Beast, CNBC, ABC News, Politico, Bloomberg, Mercury News, CBS News and New York Post
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
The next U.S. abortion battle is over pills, and it's already begun — The U.S. Supreme Court has not yet released its decision that looks set to dramatically scale back abortion rights, but one of the next legal battles has already begun in a Mississippi court.
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US Census / Census.gov:
Fastest-Growing Cities Are Still in the West and South — NOTE: Data will be available around 10 a.m. EDT on release day. — Some Cities Experienced Slower Growth Since 2020 — MAY 26, 2022 — Populations of cities and towns in the South and West regions of the United States still experienced …
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Wall Street Journal, The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows Biden climate regulations while fight continues — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Biden administration, for now, to use a higher estimate for the societal cost of rising greenhouse gases when federal agencies draft regulations.
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Politico, Fox News, Associated Press, The Hill, NBC News, Articles Archive and SCOTUSblog
James Finn / Los Angeles Blade:
Texas Trans girl assaulted over GOP lies about Uvalde shooting — Why was this teen girl assaulted by a grown man she'd never met, harassed by four strangers who could tell she was trans — In a phone interview today, Tracey told me the man grabbed her arm and forced her body around …
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The Present Age and NBC News
Eugene Volokh / Reason:
Va. Judge Finds Probable Clause That “Court of Mist and Fury” and “Gender Queer” Are “Obscene for ... Minors” — This finding is now being used as a basis for seeking a restraining order banning Barnes & Noble from distributing the books to minors. Is that constitutional?
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Florida IG report: ‘Insufficient evidence’ for DeSantis critic's claims of Covid coverup — A prominent critic of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' Covid response made “unsubstantiated” claims that state health officials fired her because she refused to present manipulated data online …
BBC:
Actor Kevin Spacey charged with sexual assault — Actor Kevin Spacey charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men, Crown Prosecution Service says … You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts.
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Los Angeles Blade
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion Rubio's bizarre attack on the NBA shows folly of the GOP gun stance — In recent years, Republicans have spent a fair amount of time attacking athletes and sports leagues. They pilloried football players for kneeling during the national anthem. They hammered the National Football League for backing those athletes up.
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Breitbart, The Wrap and The Daily Caller
CNN:
Russia is depopulating parts of eastern Ukraine, forcibly removing thousands into remote parts of Russia — Washington (CNN)Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have been processed through a series of Russian “filtration camps” in Eastern Ukraine and sent into Russia as part of a systemized program …
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The Hill, CBS News and Political Wire
Henry Rosoff / PIX11:
PIX11 poll: Voters not sold on de Blasio comeback in congressional race; Maloney favored in NY-12 — NEW YORK (PIX11) — New York Democrats are not sold on former Mayor Bill de Blasio's comeback as he attempts to run for Congress in New York's newly restructured 10th Congressional District …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Demands not to ‘politicize’ tragedy are themselves political demands — Human beings generally recognize how and when to allow people to grieve. A parent losing a child in an act of random violence deserves some modicum of privacy and support. That can be tricky for reporters …
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Digby's Hullabaloo and New York Times