memeorandum: Trump Condemns White Supremacy but Stops Short of Major Gun Controls (New York Times)

12:50 AM ET, August 6, 2019

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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:

How the Trump Campaign Used Facebook Ads to Amplify His ‘Invasion’ Claim — Some of President Trump's re-election ads have repeated his inflammatory claims about an “invasion” on the southern border — language that is under scrutiny after the El Paso shooting.

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Washington Post:

Teleprompter Trump meets Twitter Trump as the president responds to mass slayings — Teleprompter Trump repudiated Twitter Trump in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Monday. — Speaking in the wake of two mass shootings in less than 24 hours that left at least 31 dead over the weekend …

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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:

In tragic self-owns, Trump denounces racism, and calls for immigration reform — Analysis: Rather than risk alienating his allies in the wake of another round of mass shootings, Trump chose to expose himself to claims of responsibility. — WASHINGTON — In looking to place blame …

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Alexandra S. Levine / Politico:

How do you solve a problem like 8chan? — President Donald Trump's vow Monday to scour “the dark recesses of the internet” came as this weekend's deadly gun violence provoked ire over fringe online platforms like 8chan, an anonymous message board that has hosted a racist manifesto linked to Saturday's deadly shooting in El Paso, Texas.

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Center for Public Integrity:

Trump campaign still hasn't paid El Paso police bills — President Donald Trump has pledged the federal government will provide “whatever is needed” to help El Paso, Texas, recover from a mass shooting Saturday that killed 22 people. — But Trump's own 2020 re-election committee still …

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Courtney Hagle / Media Matters for America:
How Fox News pushed the white supremacist “great replacement” theory

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New York Times:
Trump Condemns White Supremacy but Stops Short of Major Gun Controls

American Psychological Association:
Statement of APA President in Response to Mass Shootings in Texas, Ohio

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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Shootings Spur Debate on Extremism and Guns, With Trump on Defense

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The Daily Beast: DHS Official: Trump Can't Admit ‘This Is Terrorism’

Elaina Plott / The Atlantic: Trump's Habit of Contradicting Himself After a Tragedy

Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
You don't need to read the El Paso killer's manifesto. Just turn on Fox News.

Discussion: ABC News, Mother Jones, The American Spectator, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Washington Post and New Republic

Barack Obama:
Michelle and I grieve with all the families in El Paso and Dayton …

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CNN:
El Paso shooting death toll rises to 22 in anti-immigrant massacre

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Emily Larsen / Washington Examiner:
Confusion: Biden offers sympathy for the ‘tragic events in Houston today and also in Michigan’

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Kevin Draper / New York Times:
Politicians Again Blame Video Games for Shootings, Despite Evidence

Discussion: The Conversation, Washington Post and The Atlantic

Kate Rooney / CNBC:

China confirms it is suspending agricultural product purchases in response to Trump's new tariffs — KEY POINTS — A spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce says Chinese companies have stopped purchasing U.S. agricultural products in response to President Trump's new 10% tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese goods.

Discussion: Political Wire, Wall Street Journal and The Resurgent

Axios:

Trump administration designates China as currency manipulator — U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday night declared China to be a currency manipulator, just hours after the Chinese government allowed the yuan to slip below a 7-to-1 dollar ratio for the first time in over a decade.

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Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
Morgan Stanley: If the trade war escalates, a recession will be here in 9 months

Discussion: UPI

Anneken Tappe / CNN:
US stocks post worst day of the year after China devalues its currency

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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Designates China as a Currency Manipulator

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CNBC:
Dow futures drop 370 points after China retaliates, escalating trade war

Discussion: TechCrunch

Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:

Trump Is a White Nationalist Who Inspires Terrorism — Don't pretend his teleprompter speech changes anything. — A decade ago, Daryl Johnson, then a senior terrorism analyst at the Department of Homeland Security, wrote a report about the growing danger of right-wing extremism in America.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, Shareblue Media and Washington Post

David Leonhardt / New York Times:

Conservatism Has a Violence Problem — 'The numbers don't lie.' — American conservatism has a violence problem. — The current secretary of energy, Rick Perry, once publicly suggested that the chairman of the Federal Reserve deserved to be beaten up because of his interest rate policy.

Discussion: twitchy.com, Daily Wire and Washington Post

Ali H. Soufan / New York Times: I Spent 25 Years Fighting Jihadis. White Supremacists Aren't So Different.

Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Rise of far-right violence leads some to call for realignment of post-9/11 national security priorities

Discussion: The Stranger, Slate and Breitbart

Raw Story:

Young Mitch McConnell supporters pose for a photo strangling a cardboard cutout of AOC — On Monday, a picture appeared on Instagram, apparently taken by a group of young men supporting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at the Fancy Farm, Kentucky political picnic.

Matthew Choi / Politico:
Mitch McConnell campaign tweets image of tombstone with opponent's name

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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Mitch McConnell ignores calls from Democratic lawmakers to end Senate recess for gun control vote

Discussion: CNBC, USA Today and Slate

Ursula Perano / Axios:
Beto O'Rourke backs abolishing filibuster to pass gun control

Discussion: Politico and Crooked Media

Alex Pappas / Fox News:
McConnell willing to consider ‘bipartisan’ gun violence solutions, opposes ‘infringing’ on rights

Discussion: Politico

VICE:

EXCLUSIVE: Dayton Shooter Was in a “Pornogrind” Band That Released Songs About Raping and Killing Women — Before he killed nine people in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, early Sunday, Connor Betts was deeply involved in the misogynistic, male-dominated “goregrind” or “pornogrind” extreme metal music scene.

Discussion: New York Post

Ellie Hall / BuzzFeed News:

The Dayton Shooter Was The Lead Singer Of A “Pornogrind” Metal Band — The man who killed nine and injured 27 in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, was the lead singer of a “pornogrind” metal band, a genre defined by its explicit subject matter and themes of gore and violence …

Discussion: RedState, The Daily Beast, The American Conservative and Rolling Stone

Associated Press:
Classmates: Ohio shooter kept a ‘hit list’ and a ‘rape list’

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Is The Field Too Big For Kamala Harris? — In theory, the easiest way to win a presidential nomination is to bring the various wings and factions of your party together toward some type of consensus. Not every voter has to love you (although some of them probably should or you won't have a base).

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Elena Schneider / Politico:
These are the winners of the post-debate media competition

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Cameron Cawthorne / Washington Free Beacon:
NBC Reporter Dismisses Host Bringing Up Dayton Shooter's Pro-Warren Tweet

Discussion: twitchy.com, The Daily Signal, National Review and The Daily Caller

Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:

Judge signals interest in removing Mueller report redactions — A federal judge signaled Monday he's considering removing the Mueller report's redactions. — During more than two hours of oral arguments in Washington, District Judge Reggie Walton appeared on several occasions to side …

Discussion: emptywheel

Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Judge questions Barr's handling of Mueller findings

Discussion: Law & Crime

Washington Post:

Cesar Sayoc, who mailed explosive devices to Trump's critics, sentenced to 20 years in prison — NEW YORK — Cesar Sayoc, the Florida man who mailed explosive devices to prominent Democrats and media figures was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison. — Prosecutors had called for a life sentence …

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Associated Press:
Judge sentences man who sent pipe bombs to Dems to 20 years

Discussion: Daily Wire

Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:

U.S. Expands Sanctions Against Venezuela Into an Embargo — New measures mark a significant escalation of pressure against the regime of President Nicolás Maduro and countries including Russia and China that continue to support him — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is moving …

Discussion: Axios, Political Wire and The American Conservative

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 …

Wall Street Journal:

America Needs an Independent Fed — The economy functions best when the central bank is free of short-term political pressures. — As former chairs of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System, we are united in the conviction that the Fed and its chair must be permitted …

Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:

Elizabeth Warren Had Another Very Good Debate, Poll Finds — For the second time, voters who watched her came away with improved opinions, a new HuffPost/YouGov survey finds. — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren racked up a second well-received Democratic presidential debate performance last week …

Discussion: CNN

Nathan Bomey / USA Today:

GateHouse Media owner to acquire USA TODAY owner Gannett — GateHouse Media's owner and Gannett have agreed to merge in a deal aimed at cutting overlapping costs and enabling the combined company to pursue a digital transformation as the media industry grapples with the disruptive forces of online news, social media and smartphones

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