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8:15 AM ET, August 5, 2019

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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 …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI faces skepticism over its efforts against domestic terrorism  —  The FBI insists it is fully engaged in combating the threat of violence from white supremacists, but some former federal officials charge that the government is still coming up short in the face of a strain of American terrorism that now seems resurgent.
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:
El Paso Shooting Suspect's Manifesto Echoes Trump's Language  —  At campaign rallies before last year's midterm elections, President Trump repeatedly warned that America was under attack by immigrants heading for the border.  “You look at what is marching up, that is an invasion!” he declared at one rally.
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 …
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.”
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
On guns and white nationalism, one side is right and one is wrong  —  When one side proposes ways that human beings might begin to solve a deadly problem while the other side leaves it up to God, you know which side is right.  —  When one side proposes solution after solution to contain gun violence …
Discussion: Refinery29, UPI and NBC News
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
America's head of state, M.I.A.
Discussion: The Week, The North Star and Townhall
Bonchie / RedState:
NEW: The Dayton Shooter Was a Satanist, Leftist-Socialist, and Bernie/Warren Fan, Supported Antifa
Discussion: Power Line and Clayton Cramer
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Republican state lawmaker in Nebraska says his party is ‘enabling white supremacy’
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:   Walmart Store Connected Cultures, Until a Killer ‘Came Here for Us’
CNN:
The Dayton shooter wore a mask, bulletproof vest and hearing protection as he opened fire, police chief says
Washington Examiner:
Trump must name and condemn the evil of white nationalism
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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New York Post:
The Post urges Trump to take action on assault weapons  —  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 …
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.
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 …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The American Exception
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
There is no excuse for supporting this president
Jane Coaston / Vox:
The top House Republican is blaming video games for the weekend's mass shootings
Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Slate and Poynter
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Steve King Narrowly Won in Iowa in 2018.  Now His Challenger Will Run Again.  —  J. D. Scholten, a Democrat who nearly toppled Representative Steve King of Iowa in a heavily Republican district in 2018, will announce on Monday that he will run again for the seat in 2020.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
McConnell fractures shoulder in fall at Kentucky home  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was briefly hospitalized after suffering a fractured shoulder from a fall outside his home in Louisville on Sunday, his office said in a statement.  —  “This morning, Leader McConnell tripped …
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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,” …
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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Ted Anthony / Associated Press:   Life in public-shooting-era America: 'You can't just not go'
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.
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
The Texas Tribune:
U.S. Rep. Kenny Marchant will not seek reelection, marking the fourth recent GOP retirement in Texas  —  Last year, Marchant only won reelection by a three percentage point margin.  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Kenny Marchant will not seek reelection in 2020, two sources confirmed to The Texas Tribune late Sunday.
Discussion: Roll Call
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:   A Fourth Texas Republican Congressman Plans to Retire in 2020
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.
 
 
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