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Wall Street Journal:
Uvalde Shooter Fired Outside School for 12 Minutes Before Entering — Local residents express anger and frustration as police detail new timeline of mass shooting — UVALDE, Texas—Local residents voiced anger Thursday about the time it took to end the mass shooting at an elementary school here …
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Uvalde Live Updates: Parents Express Anger at Police Response to School Massacre — Authorities defended their response to the shooting in a news conference, as some parents who lost children asked what happened during the hour of terror in which a gunman took 21 lives.
Kipp Jones / Mediaite:
Texas Police Lieutenant Says Cops Were Reluctant to Engage Gunman Because 'They Could've Been Shot' — A Texas Department of Public Safety official said responding officers were cautious as they entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas because “they could've been shot.”
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
How the official accounts about the Uvalde shooting have changed — Since a gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex., on Tuesday, killing 19 children and two teachers, authorities have provided an incomplete — and evolving — explanation of what happened.
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New York Post, Instapundit, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Mediaite, CNN and East Bay Times
Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
White House sidesteps question about police response to Texas school shooting — The White House refused to call for an investigation into the police response to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, saying President Joe Biden “has the utmost respect for the men and women of law enforcement.”
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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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New York Times:
Popular school security strategies have not stopped mass shootings.
Popular school security strategies have not stopped mass shootings.
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Washington Examiner, The Texas Tribune, CNN, Boston.com, New Republic, PolitiFact and Mediaite
Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
‘She was my baby’: A family mourns, and pleads for action, in Uvalde.
‘She was my baby’: A family mourns, and pleads for action, in Uvalde.
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The Texas Tribune:
Why 18-year-olds can buy AR-15s in Texas but not handguns — This week's massacre in Uvalde highlights disparities in how federal laws regulate rifles and handguns. The shooter bought two rifles days after his 18th birthday. — Copy link … The fact that the gunman responsible …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
On Guns, Biden's Call for Action Is a Painful Reminder That He Cannot Make It Happen — America can't even grieve collectively anymore. — There is little doubt that Joe Biden is a world-class griever. For the part of the Presidency that requires national mourning …
Jeff Parrott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Mitt Romney received $0 from the NRA during his 2018 senate campaign, not millions
Mitt Romney received $0 from the NRA during his 2018 senate campaign, not millions
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God's Politics with Jim Wallis and Vanity Fair
Shannon McCaffrey / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker fumbles gun control response - twice
Herschel Walker fumbles gun control response - twice
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Mark Stone / Sky News:
Texas school shooting: Senator Ted Cruz storms off over questions about gun reform
Texas school shooting: Senator Ted Cruz storms off over questions about gun reform
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CNN:
Exclusive: McConnell says he has directed Cornyn to engage with Democrats on a ‘bipartisan solution’ on gun violence
Exclusive: McConnell says he has directed Cornyn to engage with Democrats on a ‘bipartisan solution’ on gun violence
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Demands not to ‘politicize’ tragedy are themselves political demands
Demands not to ‘politicize’ tragedy are themselves political demands
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Digby's Hullabaloo and New York Times
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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Behind the Jan. 6 panel's last-minute efforts to win 3 key Trump-world lawsuits — Since September, former President Donald Trump and his allies have launched 25 lawsuits to stymie the Jan. 6 select committee. But the panel has decided to fight aggressively in just four, a strategic gambit that's paying off.
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Raw Story
CNN:
US preparing to approve advanced long-range rocket system for Ukraine — Washington (CNN)The Biden administration is preparing to step up the kind of weaponry it is offering Ukraine by sending advanced, long-range rocket systems that are now the top request from Ukrainian officials, multiple officials say.
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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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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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Victoria Eavis / Casper Star-Tribune:
Rep. Liz Cheney officially files for U.S. House — Rep. Liz Cheney officially filed to run for U.S. House on Thursday, announcing her reelection bid in a video that focused on her allegiance to the U.S. Constitution. — The announcement, one day before the filing deadline …
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Julia Rock / The Lever:
Biden Is Preparing To Crush A Historic Climate Change Lawsuit — A vital effort to establish a legal right to a living planet could soon move forward — but the Biden administration is trying to stop it. — Any day now, a federal circuit court is expected to deliver a ruling that would allow …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
GOP candidate for governor proposes new abortion ‘punishment’ after claiming life begins ‘before conception’ — Mark Sherwood, a Republican candidate for governor in Oklahoma, asserted that he is against all exceptions for abortion because he believes life begins “before” conception.
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
The next U.S. abortion battle is over pills, and it's already begun
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Florida IG report: ‘Insufficient evidence’ for DeSantis critic's claims of Covid cover-up — A prominent critic of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' Covid response made “unsubstantiated” claims that state health officials had fired her because she refused to present manipulated data online …
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Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
A Face Search Engine Anyone Can Use Is Alarmingly Accurate — PimEyes is a paid service that finds photos of a person from across the internet, including some the person may not want exposed. “We're just a tool provider,” its owner said. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Exclusive: DOJ interviews Georgia Republicans about interactions with Trump campaign in fake elector probe — (CNN)Federal investigators have interviewed Republicans in Georgia about interactions with people in former President Donald Trump's orbit and his 2020 reelection campaign …
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Raw Story
Buffalo News:
Authorities investigating if retired federal agent knew of Buffalo mass shooting plans in advance — Law enforcement officers are investigating whether a retired federal agent had about 30 minutes advance notice of a white supremacist's plans to murder Black people at a Buffalo supermarket …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Trump E.P.A. Chief ‘Endangered Public Safety’ by Ordering His Drivers to Speed — An internal report validated whistle-blower allegations that Scott Pruitt repeatedly forced his security detail to drive at dangerous speeds on routine trips because he was running late. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Jonny Coleman / The Appeal:
How Los Angeles Created the Playbook for a Nationwide War on the Unhoused — As politicians look to build public support for homeless encampment sweeps, they're using tactics popularized in LA—the site of one of the nation's most intense battles over the unhoused.
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Won't Charge FBI Agents in Nassar Case Failures — Indianapolis-based FBI agents disregarded gymnasts' allegations that the national team doctor sexually assaulted them — WASHINGTON—Prosecutors won't charge the FBI agents who disregarded Olympic gymnasts' allegations …