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8:35 PM ET, August 4, 2019

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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
After pair of mass shootings, Trump remains out of sight  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — As the nation reeled from two mass shootings in less than a day, President Donald Trump spent the first hours after the tragedies out of sight at his New Jersey golf course, sending out tweets …
Discussion: Denver Post and Washington Post
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
8chan Is a Megaphone for Gunmen.  ‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says Its Creator.  —  Fredrick Brennan was getting ready for church at his home in the Philippines when the news of a mass shooting in El Paso arrived.  His response was immediate and instinctive.  —  “Whenever I hear about a mass shooting …
Jessica McBride / Heavy.com:
Connor Betts: Twitter Posts on Being a Leftist, Guns  —  Connor Betts, the Dayton, Ohio mass shooter, was a self-described “leftist,” who wrote that he would happily vote for Democrat Elizabeth Warren, praised Satan, was upset about the 2016 presidential election results, and added …
Discussion: RedState and twitchy.com
CBS News:
9 killed in Dayton, Ohio, in second U.S. mass shooting in 24 hours  —  Nine people in Ohio were killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter was killed by police, authorities said.  Dayton police tweeted that an active shooter situation began …
New York Times:
9 Killed in Ohio Shooting  —  Nine people were killed and 27 others were wounded, the police said.  It was the second American mass shooting in 24 hours, and the third in a week.  —  Here's what we're following:  — A quick response by officers saved lives, the police chief said.
Associated Press:
9 killed in Ohio in second US mass shooting within 24 hours  —  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A gunman wearing body armor and carrying extra magazines opened fire in a popular nightlife area of Dayton, Ohio, killing nine and injuring dozens, authorities say, in the second U.S. mass shooting in less than 24 hours.
New York Times:
Mexico Demands Protections for Mexicans in the U.S. After El Paso Attack  —  CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexico demanded protections for Mexicans and Mexican-Americans living in the United States and threatened legal action on Sunday, a day after the shooting at an El Paso Walmart that left Mexican citizens among the dead and wounded.
Discussion: NBC News, Townhall and WPIX 11 New York
Wajahat Ali / The Atlantic:
The Death Rattle of White Supremacy  —  Will America finally confront the violent death rattle of white supremacy?  Or will it fail to inflict the coup de grâce, allowing the ideology of hate to revive itself into a global movement, with radicalized young men engaged in what they believe is a zero-sum war for survival?
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘How do you stop these people?’:  Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric looms over El Paso massacre  —  President Trump has relentlessly used his bully pulpit to decry Latino migration as “an invasion of our country.”  He has demonized illegal immigrants as “thugs” and “animals.”
Juliette Kayyem / Washington Post:
There are no lone wolves  —  Juliette Kayyem is a former …
Discussion: Vox, UPI and New York Times
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Three mass shootings this year began with a hateful screed on 8chan. …
Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
López Obrador says six Mexicans among the dead in El Paso; plans legal action to protect Mexicans in the U.S.
Discussion: Reuters and New York Post
Kadia Tubman / Yahoo News:
Republican officials point to video games after El Paso mass shooting
Washington Examiner:   Trump must name and condemn the evil of white nationalism
New York Times:
Minutes Before El Paso Killing, Hate-Filled Manifesto Appears Online
Richard Parker / New York Times:   When Hate Came to El Paso
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
The El Paso Shooting Is Being Treated As “Domestic Terrorism” …
Discussion: VICE and ABC News
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
McConnell fractures shoulder in fall at Kentucky home  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suffered a fractured shoulder Sunday from a fall outside his home in Louisville, briefly hospitalizing the Kentucky Republican, his office said in a statement.  —  “This morning …
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Axios:
Mitch McConnell fractures shoulder after falling at Kentucky home
Discussion: Washington Post
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Mitch McConnell fractures his shoulder
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Slate
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
There is no excuse for supporting this president  —  On Sunday morning, former congressman Beto O'Rourke spoke for millions of Americans. … O'Rourke is a native of El Paso, Tex., one of two sites of mass murder in the past 24 hours.  The alleged killer had regurgitated white nationalist bile and hatred of immigrants.
Discussion: The Week
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CJ Werleman / Sydney Morning Herald:
US in the midst of a white nationalist terrorism crisis
Discussion: The Atlantic and VICE
New York Daily News:
Mayor de Blasio ordered NYPD Executive Protection Unit to move his daughter out of a Brooklyn apartment, sources say  —  Mayor de Blasio has his own moving company - the NYPD.  —  Hizzoner ordered members of his troubled NYPD security detail to move his daughter out of an apartment in Sunset Park …
Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:
Trump's America unravels in one bloody nightmare weekend.  Now it's time to clean house  —  Nobody made a super-big deal about it on March 15, 2019, when the president of the United States — in his fancy baggy suit, over-long tie hanging down behind the Resolute Desk, veto pen in hand …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Trump's attacks on Elijah Cummings and Baltimore unfolded inside the White House  —  It isn't clear if there was a plan for last week.  Some consequential things went down: The U.S. sanctioned Iran's top diplomat, revved up the trade war with China, and signed off on a spending bill that will spike the national debt.
Discussion: FITSNews and Big League Politics
James Comey / New York Times:
Mr. President, Please Take a Stand Against Racism  —  The nation's ability to contain it is faltering.  —  Mr. Comey is a former director of the F.B.I.  —  America has long had a radioactive racist soup in the center of our national life.  Donald Trump thinks he is stirring it for political benefit.
Discussion: CNN and Mediaite
 
 
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