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11:35 PM ET, August 3, 2019

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Andra Litton / KTSM-TV:
20 dead, multiple injured in El Paso Walmart shooting  —  UPDATE: 8:40 p.m. - Former El Paso Congressman and current U.S. Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke went to University Medical Center Saturday night to meet with families of today's shooting.  —  He spoke with the media after he met with victims and their families.
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Jared Keller / Task & Purpose:
Meet the hero soldier who saved children's lives during the El Paso Walmart shooting  —  VIDEO: Army Pfc. Glendon Oakley saves children lives after mass shooting at the El Paso Walmart  —  At first, Army Pfc. Glendon Oakley Jr. was completely unaware of the chaos unfolding just around the corner.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
El Paso Shooting: 20 People Are Dead in Massacre at Walmart  —  RIGHT NOW 20 people were killed, the Texas governor said.  Twenty-six others were injured.  —  Here's what you need to know:  — Twenty-six were injured.  — Witnesses described the violent scene.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Investigators ‘reasonably confident’ Texas suspect left anti-immigrant screed, tipped off before attack  —  The document is being considered a “nexus to a potential hate crime,” officials said.  —  Investigators are examining a screed believed to have been posted online by the suspect …
Discussion: CNN, Washington Press and Mediaite
Robert Evans / bellingcat:
The El Paso Shooting and the Gamification of Terror  —  On August 3, 2019, at around 11am local time, initial police reports indicated that a gunman had walked into an El Paso Wal-Mart and opened fire.  As of the publication of this article, at least eighteen people have died and several others have been injured.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
NBC News:
Mass shooting in El Paso is deadliest in 2019, among worst in modern U.S. history  —  The massacre in El Paso is the deadliest shooting in the U.S. in 2019.  The number of people killed makes it one of the 10 worst in recent American history.  —  The mass shooting in El Paso, Texas …
CBS News:
El Paso police say multiple people killed in shooting at shopping mall  —  Multiple people were killed and one person was in custody after a shooter went on a rampage Saturday at a shopping mall, police in the Texas border town of El Paso said.  Police responded in the early afternoon …
Washington Post:
At least 20 dead in El Paso shopping center shooting as authorities investigate Texas man and manifesto  —  EL PASO, Texas — A gunman wielding an assault-style rifle killed at least 20 people and injured 26 more on Saturday at a busy Walmart and shopping mall not far from the Mexican border …
Ledyard King / USA Today:
‘God be with you all’: Trump pledges full support for El Paso shooting victims as lawmakers also grieve  —  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pledged the “total support” of the federal government in the wake of a mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart that left multiple victims dead and many more wounded.
Suhauna Hussain / Los Angeles Times:
Deadly violence heightens concerns about domestic terrorism and white supremacists  —  When a gunman died after killing three people and injuring 15 others at the Gilroy Garlic Festival last weekend, authorities were left to discern a motive for his attack.  —  Evidence compiled …
Discussion: USA Today
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Texas Lt. Gov. tells Antifa to ‘stay out’ of El Paso after Walmart shooting  —  Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick explicitly warned the left-wing group Antifa against coming to the state following the mass shooting that resulted in more than a dozen casualties at an El Paso Walmart on Saturday.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The Daily Beast:
Mass Shooting Kills 20 at El Paso Walmart: Gunman ‘Started Shooting Everyone, Aisle by Aisle,’ Witness Says  —  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has identified three of the 20 people killed as Mexican nationals.  —  JORDYN ROZENSKY, JUSTIN HAMEL, ANNA KAPLAN8.3.19 1:51 PM ET
Associated Press:   The Latest: Texas officials say 20 dead, 26 hurt in shooting
Washington Post:   Politicians grieve for El Paso victims, with Democrats decrying GOP inaction on gun laws
NBC News:
El Paso mall shooting: At least 18 people dead, suspect in custody, police say
Fox News:
Between 15 and 20 people shot at El Paso Walmart, one person in custody, officials say
Discussion: Axios
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Michael Avenatti is mulling a run for president again after declaring he would not seek nomination  —  KEY POINTS  — Michael Avenatti, who in the past represented porn star Stormy Daniels against the likes of President Donald Trump and his then fixer Michael Cohen, told CNBC late on Friday …
New York Post:
Feds probing AOC's chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti after sudden resignation  —  The Feds are looking into possible campaign finance misdeeds by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff and lead rainmaker, who suddenly resigned Friday, federal sources told The Post.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Declining Prestige of Higher Education  —  In the New York Times, Bret Stephens decries the decline of higher education.  He cites a familiar litany of leftist presumption and abuse: … Unpopular president?  I guess he means Johnson.  Nixon was re-elected in 1972, carrying 49 states.
Baltimore Sun:
The pitiful day a U.S. president used a political rally to mock Baltimore's homicide rate  —  Slightly more than 15 minutes into his speech at a rally in Cincinnati Thursday night — right after claiming the crowd was record size but bemoaning how local authorities had limited the arena's lawful capacity …
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Baltimore Sun Torches Donald Trump: ‘Dancing On Graves’ Of City's Dead
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Deprived of Power, House Republicans Head for the Exits  —  WASHINGTON — Imagine being swept out of power in Congress and relegated to the role of spectator and naysayer as your political opponents dictate the terms of legislative debate.  Add in the specter of a painful slog to re-election …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Daily Kos
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:   For Democrats, and for Republicans, a summer of discontent
The Hill:
Hurd retirement leaves GOP gloomy on 2020
Discussion: PJ Media Home
New York Times:
Why a Race-Baiting Trump Is Courting Black Voters  —  DETROIT — Mark Greer is a black Detroiter so outraged by President Trump's regular stream of invective toward people of color that he does his best to avoid exposure to him.  —  So when he clicked on a YouTube link last month to watch an episode of …
Discussion: Politico
Tim Reid / Reuters:
Biden mounts fierce defense of Obama legacy after debate attacks  —  LAS VEGAS, Nevada (Reuters) - Democratic presidential front-runner and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden mounted a fierce defense of Barack Obama's legacy on Saturday after several of his White House rivals attacked that record in debates this week.
Discussion: Political Wire
Christopher Caldwell / New York Times:
The Problem With Greta Thunberg's Climate Activism  —  Her radical approach is at odds with democracy.  —  Mr. Caldwell is the author of “Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West.”  —  Climate activists in Western Europe had already been radicalizing …
 
 
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Shirin Ghaffary / Vox:
Political tension at Google is only getting worse
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Michael Malloy / Protean Magazine:
BREAKING: DSA votes to endorse Open Borders and a Green New Deal program at Atlanta Convention
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Defying U.S. Sanctions, China and Others Take Oil From 12 Iranian Tankers
Discussion: UPI
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Bill Maher Goes Full Marianne Williamson on Antidepressants
Discussion: NB Blog and Slate
Julia Arciga / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Devin Nunes Sues Group Calling Him a ‘Fake Farmer’
Discussion: Law & Crime
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
O'Rourke to visit inmates inside California's San Quentin
Anna Kusmer / wgbh.org:
Artist Cages ‘Make Way for Ducklings’ Statue To Protest Child Detention Centers
Xinhua News Agency:
China urges Western nations not to intervene in Hong Kong affairs
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
John Ratcliffe (R-Loser) Gets the Full Trump Treatment
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The Reverend Bill Owens Stands Behind Trump
Discussion: Althouse
Laurence H. Tribe / NBC News:
Should the age of sexual consent be lowered?
Discussion: The Sun
Joseph Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
What Would We Do Without the Word ‘Racism’?
Washington Post:
Ohio's Hamilton County may test whether Trump's divisiveness will help or hurt him in 2020
Discussion: Politico
 

 
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