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Washington Post:
Gunman who killed 4 at Tulsa hospital was patient of doctor who is among the dead — The gunman who killed four people at a Tulsa hospital on Wednesday blamed a doctor at the facility for ongoing pain after back surgery and vowed to kill him and anyone who got in his way, police said Thursday.
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The Daily Beast:
Tulsa Mass Shooter Complained to His Surgeon Hours Before Killing Him — Michael Louis, 45, killed four people and himself after complaining repeatedly about back pain following surgery, police said. — A 45-year-old man killed four people and himself at a medical office in Tulsa, Oklahoma …
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HotAir, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, RedState, New York Post, Raw Story, Associated Press and UPI
Tulsa World:
Victims of Tulsa mass shooting identified in breaking news update from Saint Francis — Two health care providers, a medical officer staffer and a patient receiving medical services were killed in a mass shooting Wednesday on the campus of Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa.
CNN:
Assault-style weapon in deadly Tulsa medical facility shooting was bought that day, sources say — An assault-style weapon found at the scene of Wednesday's deadly shooting in an Oklahoma medical building had been bought that day, according to three federal sources briefed on the investigation.
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The Guardian, New York Post, Daily Kos, Law & Crime, The Daily Wire, POLITICUSUSA, CBS News, Louder With Crowder, BizPac Review, The Western Journal and IJR
NBC News:
Tulsa gunman bought AR-15-style rifle hours before using it to kill his former doctor, 3 others — Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin said the shooter “blamed” the doctor for his pain. The doctor, Preston Phillips, was killed in the attack. — Tulsa police: Gunman was disgruntled hospital patient who targeted former doctor
Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
Four People, Including Gunman, Are Killed in Attack at Tulsa Medical Building, Police Say — Multiple people were shot and four people, including the gunman, were killed on Wednesday afternoon at a medical building in Tulsa, Okla., the Tulsa police said. — The assailant, who was armed with a rifle …
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CNN, Axios, Punchbowl News, KJRH, Washington Post, 6, NPR, Breitbart, KTVX-TV, NPR, The Daily Beast, CBS News, The Daily Caller, Rolling Stone, RedState, Reuters, KFOR-TV, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, HotAir and NewsNation
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
‘Pro-Choice’ Identification Rises to Near Record High in U.S. — WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Gallup poll conducted mostly after the draft of a Supreme Court decision addressing abortion rights was leaked finds a marked shift in public attitudes over the past year.
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CNBC, Townhall, The Hill and Opinion Today
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Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
Upholding Roe v. Wade Is Supported by Most Americans, WSJ Poll Finds
Upholding Roe v. Wade Is Supported by Most Americans, WSJ Poll Finds
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The Signorile Report, New York Post and Political Wire
Politico:
Biden to deliver a prime-time address on guns — President Joe Biden will deliver a special prime-time address on guns Thursday evening amid a slew of mass shootings and as negotiations continue on Capitol Hill to pass even modest changes to the nation's laws.
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USA Today, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner and Townhall
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Beneath Biden's struggle to break through is a deeper dysfunction among White House aides — (CNN)Being familiar never makes the feeling less dreadful: White House aides emailing each other during one of President Joe Biden's stops on the road, tracking who's covering what he's saying …
Washington Post:
Uvalde mayor recounts frantic attempt to call shooter during massacre — In an interview, Mayor Don McLaughlin (R) calls for compromise on measures like background checks — UVALDE, Tex. — As a massacre unfolded inside an elementary school here last week, a would-be negotiator deployed …
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The Hill, Mediaite, File411's Newsletter, Eschaton, Raw Story, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth and The Texas Tribune
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Timothy Fanning / San Antonio Express-News:
Video: Law enforcement officials say journalists will be charged for being on Uvalde CISD property
Video: Law enforcement officials say journalists will be charged for being on Uvalde CISD property
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New York Post, POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos, Twitchy and Mediaite
Kate McGee / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott instructs school safety officials to conduct “unannounced, random intruder” audits of Texas public schools
Gov. Greg Abbott instructs school safety officials to conduct “unannounced, random intruder” audits of Texas public schools
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Fox News, The Hill, Dallas Morning News, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth and Raw Story
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Where are the men of courage? They're gone thanks to ‘toxic masculinity’
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Uvalde Teacher Spoke With Husband, a Police Officer, Before She Died
Uvalde Teacher Spoke With Husband, a Police Officer, Before She Died
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CBS News, Rolling Stone, Salon, HuffPost, The Texas Tribune, CNN, New York Times and Morning Shots
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Retire These Gun Myths — Too often the case against common-sense gun reforms rests on outdated claims and mistaken arguments. — (SHUTTERSTOCK) — The aftermath of a horrific mass shooting is not the time one would usually turn to a humor site, and yet, the Onion had an insightful take on Uvalde.
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American Greatness, Morning Shots, CNN and Political Wire
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Pa. GOP gubernatorial nominee shares documents with Jan. 6 panel, agrees to interview — The Jan. 6 select committee received materials this week from Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano — and with them, perhaps, a new dilemma. — Mastriano's previously unreported cooperation …
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CNN, Insider, The Hill, MyNorthwest.com, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and The Dispatch
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Just Security:
Primer on the Hearings of the January 6th Select Committee
Primer on the Hearings of the January 6th Select Committee
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CNN and The Blueprint
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: Blockbuster witness for Jan. 6 hearings
Scoop: Blockbuster witness for Jan. 6 hearings
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CNN, Talking Points Memo and The Hill
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Republicans who texted Meadows with urgent pleas on January 6 say Trump could have stopped the violence — Washington (CNN)Within minutes of the US Capitol breach on January 6, 2021, messages began pouring into the cell phone of White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
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Raw Story
NBC News:
Fetterman's health, return to campaign trail a mystery as some Democrats grow ‘very nervous’ about Pa. Senate race — WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman does not have a timetable for returning to the campaign trail, sparking some worries in the party nearly three weeks …
William M. Arkin / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Putin Treated for Cancer in April, U.S. Intelligence Report Says — Vladimir Putin's health is a subject of intense conversation inside the Biden administration after the intelligence community produced its fourth comprehensive assessment at the end of May. The classified U.S. report …
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HotAir, Washington Examiner, CNN, Washington Times and The Daily Wire
Dani Blum / New York Times:
Coffee Drinking Linked to Lower Mortality Risk, New Study Finds — The research found that those who drank moderate amounts of coffee, even with a little sugar, were up to 30 percent less likely to die during the study period than those who didn't drink coffee.
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Washington Examiner and The Hill
New York Times:
How the Proud Boys Gripped the Miami-Dade Republican Party — It was once Jeb Bush's base of power. But an influx of far-right activists and the radicalization of other members brought turmoil. — Give this article- - - Read in app — MIAMI — At the iconic Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach …
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Washington Post, Raw Story and Election Law Blog
Ro Khanna / New York Times:
There Is Way More Biden Can Do to Lower Prices — Lupe Lopez, a grocery store owner in my district in California, recently showed me how devastating inflation has been for her and her customers. Milk cost $4.95 a gallon, an increase of 38 percent since 2019, and tortilla packets were $3.07, up by 24 percent.
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Fox News, Breitbart, pjmedia.com, The Hill and The Daily Caller
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The New MAGA Establishment — Trumpism will outlast Trump. Possibly for a very long time. — A couple of weeks ago, looking at the Republican primaries so far this year, Tim Miller discerned the rise of “the new MAGA establishment”: … Since Miller wrote those words …
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Wells Fargo employees pushing to organize union across bank's workforce — Third largest bank in the US has faced a series of scandals, from fake accounts to mass overtime pay violations — Workers at Wells Fargo, the third largest bank in the US, are pushing to organize a union across …
Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Harvey Weinstein's Sex Crimes Conviction Is Upheld by New York Court — Mr. Weinstein, who is also awaiting trial in Los Angeles, is serving a 23-year sentence. His conviction was among the most notable of the #MeToo movement. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Eric Rosenbaum / CNBC:
The Amazon, Starbucks, Apple union push is capturing what a majority of all American workers now say they want — Worker rights are not a partisan issue, with almost half of Republicans voicing support for unions. — Actual union membership remains low and election wins scarce …
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The Intercept
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
These 25 rainbow-flag waving companies donated $13 million to anti-gay politicians since 2021 — Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby — June is Pride Month, and this year's celebration has particular resonance. Over the last year, anti-LGBTQ politicians have relentlessly targeted …
Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Israel, Saudi Arabia agree: Security arrangements in Straits of Tiran for flyover rights — Only Israeli flights to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain can fly over Saudi Arabia. — Israel agreed to new security arrangements allowing Egypt to transfer control of two islands in the Straits …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Insurrection Is Building Professionalized Institutions … Donald Trump's bid to win an unelected second term spectacularly failed. But the effort he inspired is winning a longer-term campaign to reshape his party into an organ to advance his belief that Democratic election victories are inherently illegitimate.
Discussion:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Washington Post and Digby's Hullabaloo
ABC News:
Gun suicide soars as cause of death among youth: Report — Nearly half of all suicide attempts among young people involve a gun. — Video by Jessie DiMartino By Quinn Owen — The rate of young people taking their own lives with firearms in the U.S. has increased faster than for any other age group …