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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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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.
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
CNN:
Assault-style weapon in deadly Tulsa medical facility shooting was bought that day, sources say
Assault-style weapon in deadly Tulsa medical facility shooting was bought that day, sources say
Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
Four People, Including Gunman, Are Killed in Attack at Tulsa Medical Building, Police Say
Four People, Including Gunman, Are Killed in Attack at Tulsa Medical Building, Police Say
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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 …
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
House jumpstarts action on guns
House jumpstarts action on guns
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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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Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
Upholding Roe v. Wade Is Supported by Most Americans, WSJ Poll Finds — After decades of shifting attitudes, some 57% of respondents say a woman should be able to get an abortion for any reason — WASHINGTON—More than two-thirds of Americans want to uphold Roe v. Wade …
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Talk Me Down Here: Can This Country Be Saved?
Associated Press:
Texas senator: School police chief didn't know of 911 calls — UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The commander at the scene of a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was not informed of panicked 911 calls coming from students trapped inside the building as the massacre unfolded, a Texas state senator said Thursday.
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CNN:
A dying Uvalde teacher was on the phone with her husband — a school police officer whose boss decided not to enter her classroom, report says
A dying Uvalde teacher was on the phone with her husband — a school police officer whose boss decided not to enter her classroom, report says
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Off the Kuff, The Texas Tribune and New York Times
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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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Retire These Gun Myths — 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. The headline: “'No Way to Prevent This' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Occurs.”
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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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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Trump's Raffensperger call is ‘incredibly strong evidence’ to support criminal charges: former US attorney — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger appeared before the special grand jury in Fulton County on Thursday to answer questions about former President Donald Trump's effort to overthrow the 2020 election.
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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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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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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 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 …
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Michael Avenatti sentenced to 4 years for stealing nearly $300K from Stormy Daniels — New York (CNN)Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti was sentenced to four years in prison for stealing nearly $300,000 from his former client, adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
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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
Michael Wines / New York Times:
Florida Supreme Court Turns Down Challenge to Voting Map DeSantis Drew — The court's refusal means that the November elections will most likely be based on legislative maps a lower court said illegally diluted the power of Black voters. — The Florida Supreme Court refused on Thursday …
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Political Wire
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan says a lot of Republicans wanted to impeach Trump after January 6 but 'just didn't have the guts to do it' — Paul Ryan praised Rep. Tom Rice for his impeachment vote when campaigning for him in South Carolina. — Ryan said a lot of people …
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Nick Reynolds / Post and Courier:
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan campaigns for Tom Rice in Florence
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan campaigns for Tom Rice in Florence
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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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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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Michael Hobbes / The Present Age:
The bleak spectacle of the Amber Heard-Johnny Depp trial — How a washed-up celebrity, men's rights activists and true crime stans convinced millions of Americans to buy into a conspiracy theory … Content warning for vulgar language and descriptions of abuse.
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Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
Google's plan to talk about caste bias led to ‘division and rancor’ — The rising Hindu nationalist movement that has spread from India through the diaspora has arrived inside Google, according to employees. — In April, Thenmozhi Soundararajan, the founder and executive director of Equality Labs …
Ohpi / blog.ohpredictive.com:
Biden Remains Underwater as Midterms Approach — Kelly at 50% Favorability Among Arizona Voters — Toplines and Crosstabs can be found here — PHOENIX (June 2nd, 2022)- As Arizona barrels towards another competitive election season, a new OH Predictive Insights survey reinforces …