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CNN:
Gunman kills 7 in a rampage that started with a West Texas traffic stop  —  Odessa, Texas (CNN)A man who was pulled over by Texas troopers shot at them with a rifle and sped away, setting off a terrifying rampage that ended with seven victims and the shooter dead, police said.
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Deanna Watson / USA Today:
Texas gun law changes take effect one day after deadly shooting near Odessa and Midland  —  A traffic stop triggered a deadly shooting rampage.  Warning: Some viewers may find this video disturbing.  —  CONNECT  —  A bulk of gun law changes took effect in Texas on Sunday …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Odessa, Texas mayor blames ‘problem of the heart’ and video games for most recent mass shooting  —  The Texas legislature had numerous bills they could have passed this session that would have dealt with disturbed potential mass shooters, but they decided not to act on those.
CNN:
Texas loosens firearm laws hours after the state's latest mass shooting left five dead  —  (CNN)A series of new firearm laws will go into effect in Texas on Sunday just hours after a shooting left five people dead in the western part of the state.  —  The laws will further loosen gun restrictions …
Nathalie Baptiste / Mother Jones:   One Day After Mass Shooting, New Laws in Texas That Expand Gun Access Go Into Effect
Associated Press:   The Latest: U.S. mass killings reach total for all of 2018
New York Times:
How Much Will the Trade War Cost You by the End of the Year?  —  A new wave of tariffs by the Trump administration went into effect on Sunday, rendering the majority of goods imported to the United States from China subject to import taxes.  —  It is the latest move in a drawn-out conflict between the world's two largest economies.
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ABC News:
In escalating trade war, US consumers may see higher prices
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Joshua Wong and Alex Chow: The People of Hong Kong Will Not Be Cowed by China
Discussion: Axios, NPR and UPI
Michael Schulman / New Yorker:
Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice  —  The singer on living with Parkinson's, the perils of stardom, and mourning what the border has become.  —  It's been ten years since Linda Ronstadt, once the most highly paid woman in rock and roll, sang her last concert.
Justin Wise / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez mocks Boston ‘Straight Pride Parade’ over lack of women  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Saturday called out participants in Boston's “Straight Pride Parade,” saying it should have been called the “I-Struggle-With-Masculinity” parade.
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
The Trump decision that pushed James Mattis to his breaking point  —  The retired four-star Marine Corps general said in an interview with CBS that aired Sunday that he had intended to serve the full four years, but resigned when he determined his views were not “aligned” with President Donald Trump's.
Discussion: Political Wire
Devan Cole / CNN:
Trump doesn't think he's ‘ever even heard of a Category 5’ hurricane.  Four such storms hit the US since he took office  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump said Sunday that he's “not sure that (he's) ever even heard of a Category 5” hurricane, despite four such storms having threatened the US since he took office.
Discussion: Power Line and The Atlantic
Axios:
Trump campaign plots to make allegations of social media bias core part of 2020 strategy  —  President Trump's campaign and key allies plan to make allegations of bias by social media platforms a core part of their 2020 strategy, officials tell Axios.  —  The big picture: Look for ads …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Some secrets do keep.  A year later, the Trump official who penned an explosive op-ed is still unknown.  —  Almost a year later, we still don't know.  —  Outside of a tiny circle of insiders, no one knows who wrote the instantly viral op-ed column about President Trump that appeared in the New York Times last Sept. 5.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Zubair Sofi / The Independent:
With meticulous planning then mass arrests and ‘torture’, Kashmir's autonomy was lost  —  Warning: this article contains images which some readers may find distressing  —  When Jammu and Kashmir's governor addressed the world in a press conference on 4 August, people in the Muslim-majority valley were worried.
Facebook:
Representative Matt Schaefer  —  “Do something!” is the statement we keep hearing.  As an elected official with a vote in Austin, let me tell you what I am NOT going to do.  I am NOT going to use the evil acts of a handful of people to diminish the God-given rights of my fellow Texans.  Period.
ncsbe.gov:
Elections Officials Prepare for Hurricane Dorian  —  As Hurricane Dorian approaches, the State Board of Elections encourages individuals eligible to vote in September 10 contests to consider casting their ballot during the One-Stop early voting period, which ends Friday (September 6).
Justin Wise / The Hill:
Trump targets Debra Messing after actress calls for exposing Hollywood donors  —  President Trump on Sunday targeted actress Debra Messing after she called for publicizing the list of donors who are reportedly attending a Beverly Hills fundraiser where the president is slated to appear.
 
 
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