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2:45 PM ET, August 5, 2019

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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 …
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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.
Owen Daugherty / The Hill:
Ohio state representative blames shootings on gay marriage, video games, open borders  —  A Republican state representative in Ohio wrote a lengthy Facebook post in the aftermath of the Dayton, Ohio, mass shooting where she blamed the incident and other shootings on “the breakdown …
Emily Larsen / Washington Examiner:
Confusion: Biden offers sympathy for the ‘tragic events in Houston today and also in Michigan’  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden misstated the locations of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, while speaking to donors at a high-dollar fundraiser in San Diego on Sunday night.
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 …
Washington Post:
A mother died shielding her infant in El Paso.  The father died shielding them both, family says.  —  They had just dropped their oldest daughter off at cheerleading practice when they pulled into the Walmart parking lot, packed with hundreds of back-to-school shoppers like them.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's speech would be laughable if it weren't so infuriating  —  After stoking white nationalism, accusing a federal judge of being unfair because of his Mexican heritage, declaring there were some “very fine” people marching with neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, demonizing refugees as an …
American Psychological Association:
Statement of APA President in Response to Mass Shootings in Texas, Ohio  —  WASHINGTON — Following is the statement of APA President Rosie Phillips Davis, PhD, on the shootings in El Paso, Texas, and in Dayton, Ohio:  —  “Our condolences are with the families and friends of those killed …
Discussion: Vox
David French / National Review:
It's Time to Declare War on White-Nationalist Terrorism  —  We need all the tools we can muster — legal, rhetorical, financial, and cultural.  —  It's time to face some dreadful, terrible facts.  The United States is now facing a deadly challenge from a connected, radical …
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 …
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.
Associated Press:
The Latest: El Paso victim dies, raising death toll to 21
Discussion: KTLA
Tom Scocca / Slate:
Where Taking the Concerns of Racists Seriously Has Gotten Us
Dr. Joan Donovan / NBC News:
El Paso shooter wasn't a ‘lone wolf’ — and his so-called online ‘manifesto’ proves why
Discussion: The Atlantic, CNN and The Week
Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
Trump blames everything but his own words for hate in America
Discussion: The Resurgent
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Joe Biden Mourns El Paso and Dayton Mass Shootings as ‘Tragic Events in Houston’ and ‘Michigan’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
You don't need to read the El Paso killer's manifesto. Just turn on Fox News.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   The media must do better
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Must Fix Himself Before He Fixes El Paso and Dayton
Discussion: New York Times and New Republic
Laura Bischoff / daytondailynews:
Dayton shooting due to family breakdown, gay marriage, video games, state lawmaker says
Mark Moore / New York Post:
Biden completely flubs where mass shootings occurred
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Dayton and El Paso won't change Trump. He's bet his future on division, cruelty and guns.
Discussion: ABC News, Daily Wire and CarlHigbie.com
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump condemns white supremacy, focuses on combating mental illness over new gun-control measures
Dean Obeidallah / The Daily Beast:
Violence Follows Trump's Talks About ‘Invaders’
Discussion: Mediaite and The Atlantic
Associated Press:
Classmates: Ohio shooter kept a ‘hit list’ and a ‘rape list’  —  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people early Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended for compiling a “hit list” of those he wanted to kill and a “rape list” of girls he wanted to sexually assault.
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Steve King Narrowly Won His Last Race.  His Challenger, J.D. Scholten, Is Running Again.  —  J. D. Scholten, a Democrat who nearly toppled Representative Steve King of Iowa in a heavily Republican district in 2018, announced on Monday that he would run again for the seat in 2020.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Kenny Marchant Will Be Fourth Texas Republican Congressman to Retire in 2020  —  Representative Kenny Marchant of Texas announced on Monday that he plans to retire, becoming the fourth Republican House member from Texas in recent weeks to head for the exits rather than face re-election in 2020 …
Washington Post:
Markets plunge after China lets currency fall to a decade low in payback against Trump's tariffs  —  BEIJING — China mounted a counteroffensive Monday to new U.S. tariffs by allowing its tightly controlled currency to slide to an 11-year low, a move that could further provoke the ire of President Trump …
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Bloomberg:
China Takes On Trump by Weakening Yuan, Halting Crop Imports
Discussion: Slate, NPR and Politico
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
He's Getting Worse  —  The current, and (to date) most debased, phase of the Trump presidency—the phase that includes the unceasing demonization of minority legislators and the endorsement of North Korean communism—began, in retrospect, on May 8, in the Florida Panhandle, at a rally in Panama City.
Ben Jacobs / Jewish Insider:
Neo Nazis boast ‘We got Tulsi in the debates’  —  Racist website takes credit for boosting Democratic presidential hopeful  —  A neo-Nazi website took credit for Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's (D-HI) qualification for the first two Democratic primary debates.  The Daily Stormer, a notorious white supremacist …
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
‘Do something!’:  Ohio governor drowned out by angry chants at Dayton shooting vigil  —  Microphone in hand, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) had just finished remarking on the size of the crowd that was crammed tightly into the brick-covered main street of the Oregon District in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday night when a single voice rang out.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
GOP senator calls for background check legislation after shootings  —  GOP Sen. Pat Toomey (Pa.) on Sunday called for background check legislation after two deadly mass shootings rocked the U.S.  —  “While no law will end mass shootings entirely, it's time for Congress to act to help keep our communities safer,” Toomey tweeted.
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Brandon Morse / RedState:
Kamala Harris's Arrest Reports Are Quietly Disappearing From California's DOC Website  —  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Miami.
 
 
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