memeorandum: Suspected Trump Gunman Was Once Charged With Possession of a Weapon of Mass Destruction (Wired)

11:45 AM ET, September 16, 2024

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Dennis Romero / NBC News:

Man in custody after Trump golf club incident was once convicted of possessing a machine gun — The man was identified as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58. Property and court records indicate a long criminal past in North Carolina and that he lived most recently in Hawaii.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Daily Mail, HotAir, Reuters, Politico, The Free Press, Semafor, Blaze Media, TMZ.com, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, New York Post, Townhall, NewsNation and DCReport.org

Brooke Singman / Fox News:

Trump blames Biden-Harris ‘rhetoric’ for latest assassination attempt, says he will ‘save the country’ — Democrats have previously blamed Trump for raising the temperature and being a ‘threat to democracy’ — EXCLUSIVE: Former President Trump said President Biden and Vice President Harris' …

Discussion: CBS News, New York Post, RedState, New York Daily News, Caldron Pool, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, The Guardian, Bloomberg and Newsbusters

Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:
Who Is Alleged Trump Golf Course Gunman Ryan Wesley Routh?

Harold Hutchison / The Daily Caller:
MSNBC Anchor Says Trump Should Tone Down Rhetoric After Potential Second Assassination Attempt

Discussion: Daily Mail, New York Post and Newsbusters

Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Live Updates: Secret Service Faces Scrutiny After Apparent Assassination Attempt on Trump

Wired:
Suspected Trump Gunman Was Once Charged With Possession of a Weapon of Mass Destruction

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Louder With Crowder, NPR, New York Post, Axios, Reuters, Bloomberg and NewsNation

Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Reckless rhetoric from Dems and media to blame for second Trump assassination attempt

Discussion: New York Magazine, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Twitchy and The Federalist

Mary Ann Akers / The Daily Beast:
Trump Asks for Cash Hours After Second Assassination Bid

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Fox News, Associated Press, Axios, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill

Task Force on the Attempted Assassination …:
Task Force statement on attempted assassination of former President Trump

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Caitlin McCormack / New York Post:
Would-be Trump assassin's sniper's nest revealed: Photos show AK-47 rifle, GoPro and backpack in hidden spot

Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
All eyes on Speaker Johnson for next move on government funding

Discussion: New York Post, E&E News and NewsNation

Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Harris expresses relief Trump safe after gunshots

Rachel Pannett / Washington Post:
What to know about the possible assassination attempt at Trump's golf course

Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
FBI Says It's Investigating a Possible ‘Attempted Assassination’ Aimed at Trump

Tanya Lukyanova / Semafor:
In 2023 interview, alleged Trump plotter decried hurdles to get foreign soldiers for Kyiv

Discussion: Axios, Breitbart, Metro.co.uk, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Townhall, CBS News, Washington Examiner and Washington Post

Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Biden on Trump shooting incident: “There is no place for political violence”

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Matthew Mpoke Bigg / New York Times:

Elon Musk Deletes His Post Asking Why No One Has Tried to Assassinate Biden or Harris — His remark, just hours after what authorities said was a second assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump, immediately drew outrage. — Hours after what the F.B.I. called a second attempted assassination …

Discussion: CNN, HuffPost, Esquire, Gizmodo, New Republic and ComingSoon.net

Flynn Nicholls / Newsweek:

Elon Musk's Post After Donald Trump Assassination Attempt Sparks Backlash — Elon Musk has faced backlash after writing, “No one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” following an apparent second assassination attempt on — . — On Sunday evening, a shooter

Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Beast, Deadline, The Daily Dot, Rolling Stone, Associated Press, The Sun and Mediaite

CNN:

Man detained in apparent assassination attempt on Trump criticized former president on social media — A 58-year-old man detained Sunday in connection with an apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Florida is a self-employed affordable housing builder in Hawaii who went on social media …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Reason, Big League Politics, WAGA-TV, The Daily Caller, The Guardian and Washington Times

CNN:
Trump safe after being targeted in second apparent assassination attempt

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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:

Trump's love for Laura Loomer is disqualifying — 🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent coverage. 🚨 — 👻 Subscribe to Public Notice 👻

Discussion: Mediaite, Alternet.org and The Hill

Sam Stein / The Bulwark:

Laura Loomer Is the Symptom, Not the Disease — OVER THE PAST WEEK, a small number of elected Republicans (along with a few venerable conservative voices) have aired concerns about Donald Trump allowing right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer to accompany him on the campaign trail.

Politico:
Playbook: Trump's ties to Loomer worry Republicans

Discussion: New Republic, American Greatness, Washington Examiner and New York Post

Kavitha Surana / ProPublica:

Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother's Death Was Preventable. — At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn't access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories.

Discussion: The Bulwark

Washington Post:

Why House Republicans still can't manage to fund the government — Internal conflicts and a narrow majority make each spending fight a pitched battle. — House Republicans have been in power for nearly two years — and they're still unable to solve fiscal problems within their ranks.

Discussion: NBC News and Punchbowl News

Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Democrats put up $25 million to reach voters in 10 states in fierce fight for Senate majority

Discussion: The Hill and New York Times

Politico: The White House launched a politically potent high-tech program this year. There's a reason you haven't heard of it.

Washington Post:
Voters will soon be casting ballots in swing states

Discussion: New York Times and Heritage Foundation

Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:

Trump Team: 'We'll Take The Hit' on Cat Eating to Keep Immigration in the News — The ex-president's team, led by JD Vance, would rather talk about migration than abortion. And Springfield allows them to. — DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN IS NOT displeased that they've been widely condemned …

Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
Donald Trump and JD Vance Are Attempting Domestic Terrorism by Proxy

Discussion: HuffPost, Robert Reich, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo, Fox News, New Republic and New York Times

Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
JD Vance admits he is willing to ‘create stories’ to get media attention

Discussion: The Weekly Sift and Chicago Tribune

WKYC-TV:

Portage County sheriff: ‘Write down the addresses’ of Kamala Harris supporters who display yard signs — Sheriff Bruce D. Zuchowski, who took office in 2021, made the remarks in Facebook posts shared to two separate accounts on the night of Sept. 13. — PORTAGE COUNTY, Ohio …

Discussion: Raw Story

Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic:

Pluralistic: Anti-cheat, gamers, and the Crowdstrike disaster (16 Sep 2024) — Anti-cheat, gamers, and the Crowdstrike disaster: The constituency for trusted computing is fracturing. — Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. — This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023

Courtney Cohn / Democracy Docket:

Republicans are Losing the Vote-By-Mail Battle in Court — Former President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans have switched their positions on mail-in voting so many times that it would give any voter whiplash. Whether they claim to support it as a valid voting method or disparage …

Discussion: The Federalist

New York Times:

Suspected Gunman Said He Was Willing to Fight and Die in Ukraine — Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, told The New York Times in 2023 that he had traveled to Ukraine and wanted to recruit Afghan soldiers to fight there. — Ryan Wesley Routh, the 58-year-old man who was arrested on Sunday in connection …

Associated Press:

A secretive group recruited far-right candidates in key US House races. It could help Democrats — Joe Wiederien was an unlikely candidate to challenge a Republican congressman in one of the nation's most competitive House districts. A fervent supporter of former President Donald Trump …

Discussion: Alternet.org

Michael Scherer / Washington Post:

Harris campaign elevates independent super PACs, others before final push — Federal candidates like Harris and their advisers are allowed to encourage independent groups that can collect checks of unlimited value. — The Kamala Harris campaign sent a signal to deep-pocketed donors Monday …

Ajit Niranjan / The Guardian:

Climate scientists troubled by damage from floods ravaging central Europe — Experts unsurprised at intensity of extreme weather but say damage wreaked shows how unprepared world is — Picturesque towns across central Europe are inundated by dirty flood water after heavy weekend rains …

Discussion: News.Az