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1:20 AM ET, August 5, 2019

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Matthew Prince / The Cloudflare Blog:
Terminating Service for 8Chan  —  The mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio are horrific tragedies.  In the case of the El Paso shooting, the suspected terrorist gunman appears to have been inspired by the forum website known as 8chan.  Based on evidence we've seen …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.”
Tom Scocca / Slate:
Where Taking the Concerns of Racists Seriously Has Gotten Us  —  Within last week's story of how Ronald Reagan made a racist phone call to Richard Nixon, there was a second story—a parable, effectively: a small point that contained a much larger point.  It had nothing, or almost nothing …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
We Have a White Nationalist Terrorist Problem  —  America's leaders need to do more to condemn and combat the extremist ideology — white nationalism — in their midst.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.
New York Post:
The Post says: Ban assault weapons now  —  Two mass shootings within 24 hours in El Paso and Dayton, days after the Garlic Festival killings.  Three months after Virginia Beach, six months after Aurora, nine months after Thousand Oaks, 10 months after Tree of Life, 15 months after Santa Fe HS …
Bonchie / RedState:
NEW: The Dayton Shooter Was a Satanist, Leftist-Socialist, and Bernie/Warren Fan, Supported Antifa  —  Bernie Sanders by Gage Skidmore, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0/Original  —  This is probably something CNN won't be sharing with its audience, but there's some pretty striking news on the shooter …
Discussion: Power Line and Clayton Cramer
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The American Exception  —  There is one developed country—and only one—in which it is not only legal, but easy and convenient, to amass a private arsenal of mass slaughter.  That country also happens to be the one—and the only one—regularly afflicted by mass slaughters perpetrated by aggrieved individuals.
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI faces skepticism over its efforts against domestic terrorism
Discussion: The Week and Refinery29
New York Times:   Walmart Store Connected Cultures, Until a Killer ‘Came Here for Us’
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
America's head of state, M.I.A.
Washington Examiner:
Trump must name and condemn the evil of white nationalism
New York Times:
Dayton Shooting: Gunman Kills 9 in Entertainment District
Associated Press:
9 killed in Ohio in second US mass shooting within 24 hours
Wajahat Ali / The Atlantic:
The Death Rattle of White Supremacy
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 Townhall
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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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Democrats pressure Mitch McConnell to cancel Senate recess for gun control vote
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Mitch McConnell fractures his shoulder
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Slate
National Review:
Crush This Evil  —  Yesterday, in the Texan border town of El Paso, a young white supremacist opened fire at a Walmart, killing 20 people and injuring dozens more.  His intention, per a manifesto he left on the website 8chan, was to exact revenge against “the Hispanic invasion of Texas,” …
NBC Chicago:
7 Wounded In Shooting Near Playground on Chicago's West Side  —  Seven people were wounded in a shooting Sunday as they gathered in Douglas Park on the West Side.  —  At about 1:20 a.m. Sunday, a group was standing in the park in the 2900 block of West Roosevelt Road when someone opened fire from a black Camaro, Chicago police said.
Discussion: WGN-TV, RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Breaking911:
‘TRAGEDY AVERTED’: Feds Say They Have Thwarted a Mass Shooting Plot In Lubbock, Texas  —  TEXAS — A Lubbock man allegedly contemplating a mass shooting has been charged by criminal complaint with making false statements to a federally-licensed firearms dealer.  —  The potential shooting has been averted.
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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Christina Schaefer / WRGT:
Police: Suspect's sister among those killed in Oregon District shooting  —  BELLBROOK, Ohio (WKEF/WRGT) — Dayton Police, the FBI and Bellbrook Police have descended upon a neighborhood in Bellbrook in connection with the deadly mass shooting in the Oregon District.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Slate
Elizabeth Thomas / ABC News:
In bloody August weekend, gun violence beyond mass shootings  —  It has been a bloody August weekend in the U.S., with multiple shootings reported across the country.  In addition to mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, gun deaths were reported in other states, including Illinois, Virginia, Louisiana, Florida and Maryland.
 
 
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