memeorandum: America Needs Anti-Racialism (Reihan Salam/The Atlantic)

7:05 PM ET, May 26, 2022

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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 …

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.

Discussion: HotAir, Washington Post, Press Watch, Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Daily Beast, The Column, Rolling Stone, Common Dreams, The Texas Tribune, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and Twitchy

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.

Discussion: Fox News, Reuters, Heartland Signal, The Daily Caller, New York Post, ARLnow.com, Insider, Shore News Network, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and American Greatness

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.

Washington Post:
A grisly checklist and a sickening rampage: Inside the Uvalde massacre

NBC News:
‘More could have been done’: Witnesses question law enforcement response to Texas school shooting

Discussion: Axios, Washington Examiner, The Hill, East Bay Times, Rolling Stone, The Daily Caller and CNBC

Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
Popular school security strategies have not stopped mass shootings.

Discussion: PolitiFact, The Gateway Pundit and Politico

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.

Discussion: HuffPost, HotAir, emptywheel, BizPac Review, POLITICUSUSA, Rolling Stone, Metro.co.uk, Daily Kos, Variety, New York Post, Axios and Jackal Action

Fox News:
Texas school shooting: Senate Dems say 6 to 12 GOPers engaged in gun talks, plan tough votes if they back out

Discussion: ABC News and Washington Examiner

CNN:
Exclusive: McConnell says he has directed Cornyn to engage with Democrats on a ‘bipartisan solution’ on gun violence

Discussion: NBC News, Bloomberg, The Hill, Vanity Fair, Washington Post, Insider, USA Today, Washington Times and The Daily Caller

NBC News:
Bipartisan group of senators holds first talks on gun safety

Discussion: CNBC

New York Times:
Where Senate Republicans Stand on Gun Legislation

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast, Politico, Washington Post, HotAir, Erick Erickson's Confessions …, Common Dreams, Politico, CNSNews, The Hill, NBC News and New York Times

Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Cruz storms off after being asked why mass shootings happen ‘only in America’

Discussion: USA Today, New Republic, Fox News, The Daily Beast, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Summit News, The Hill and The Daily Wire

Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Ted Cruz angrily quits interview after being confronted about gun control

Discussion: CNN, The Liberty Loft and Vanity Fair

Associated Press:
Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate

Discussion: The American Independent, Axios, HuffPost, The Hill, Raw Story, Washington Times, POLITICUSUSA, Arizona Mirror, CBS News, ABC13, Insider and CNN

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.

Discussion: Insider, Mock Paper Scissors, Rolling Stone, Mediaite, Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo, Daily Kos and Yahoo News

Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Behind the Jan. 6 panel's last-minute efforts to win 3 key Trump-world lawsuits

Discussion: Raw Story

Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Jordan seeks Jan. 6 panel evidence as condition to comply with committee

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner, CNN, Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Raw Story and Plain Dealer

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.

Shannon McCaffrey / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Herschel Walker fumbles gun control response - twice — As Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker launches his general election campaign, he is struggling to talk about guns. — Twice in recent days Walker has fumbled questions on gun control: in one interview he seemed …

Discussion: Raw Story, Washington Examiner, CNN and The Root

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

Discussion: The Daily Dot, Daily Kos and HuffPost

Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
The Senate Has Forfeited Its Right to Exist

Discussion: Politico, FiveThirtyEight, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Townhall, New York Times, Rolling Stone, Talking Points Memo, PinkNews, The Atlantic, New York Times, Metro and The Hill

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.

Discussion: The Times of Israel, Reuters and John's Newsletter

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.

Discussion: HotAir, BizPac Review and Louder With Crowder

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 …

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 …

Discussion: Raw Story and Twitchy

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

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 …

Discussion: The Present Age

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 …

Discussion: CNN, ABC News, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and Rolling Stone

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 …

Charlie Savage / New York Times:

Documents Shed Light on Secret U.S. Plans for Apocalyptic Scenarios — Dating back to 1950s preparations for nuclear war and revised after the Sept. 11 attacks, the presidential directives are not shown to Congress. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Discussion: Bailiwick News and Political Wire

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 …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, Breitbart and The Daily Caller

Neil Vigdor / New York Times:

Five G.O.P. candidates for Michigan governor are ruled ineligible over forged petition signatures. — James Craig and Perry Johnson, two of the party's top contenders, were denied spots on the ballot by a state canvassing board. The party-line decision is expected to draw lawsuits.

Discussion: Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, NBC News, CNN, Raw Story, Michigan Advance, MLive.com, Bridge Michigan, The Daily Wire and Political Wire

Eugene Volokh / Reason:

Va. Judge Finds Probable Clause That “Court of Mist and Fury” and “Gender Queer” Are “Obscene for ... Minors” — Here's the order for A Court of Mist and Fury (with the author's address redacted); the one for Gender Queer, A Memoir is similar, and is on p. 5 of this filing.

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.

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.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Politico, Associated Press, Fox News, The Hill, NBC News, Articles Archive and SCOTUSblog

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill, Washington Times, Al Jazeera, Voice of America, nationalinterest.org, CBS News and Political Wire

Reihan Salam / The Atlantic:

America Needs Anti-Racialism — President Joe Biden has declared war on white supremacy. Shortly after the hideous racist massacre in Buffalo, New York, he urged his fellow citizens to banish this hateful ideology from our public life: “We need to say, as clearly and forcefully as we can …