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3:20 AM ET, May 15, 2022

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Associated Press:
At least 10 dead in mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket  —  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A gunman opened fire with a rifle Saturday at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, in what authorities called a “hate crime and racially motived violent extremism,” killing 10 people and wounding three others …
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New York Times:
Gunman Kills 10 at Buffalo Supermarket in Racist Attack  —  President Biden called for a thorough investigation, and said there was no harbor for “hate-filled domestic terrorism.”  The 18-year-old white gunman, who pleaded not guilty, left behind a manifesto.
Discussion: KRON4, Raw Story, WIVB-TV and CBS News
BNO News:
Gunman kills at least 8 at New York store while livestreaming on Twitch  —  A man has opened fire at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York while live-streaming on Twitch, killing at least 8 people and injuring several others, local officials and witnesses say.  He also posted an online manifesto …
BNO News:
Gunman kills 10 at New York store while livestreaming on Twitch  —  A man has opened fire at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York while live-streaming on Twitch, killing at least 10 people and injuring several others, local officials and witnesses say.  He also posted an online manifesto …
Buffalo News:
Ten killed in mass shooting at Jefferson Avenue supermarket; shooter in custody … This is a developing breaking news situation.  Check back for updates.  —  Ten people were killed and three others were wounded - two of them critically - outside and inside a Tops supermarket on Jefferson Avenue …
Anti-Defamation League:
Buffalo Shooter's Manifesto Promotes “Great Replacement” Theory, Antisemitism and Previous Mass Shooters  —  On May 14, 2022, a gunman killed 10 people and injured three more inside a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, after espousing violent white supremacist and antisemitic views online.
Discussion: Law & Crime and New York Post
Washington Post:
10 killed in racially motivated shooting at Buffalo grocery store  —  BUFFALO — Ten people were killed during a mass shooting Saturday afternoon at a Buffalo grocery store in what law enforcement officials described as a racially motivated hate crime.  —  Law enforcement authorities …
Buffalo News:
Gunman, 18, drove more than 3 hours to Buffalo to commit hate crime, officials say  —  The gunman accused of killing 10 people, and wounding three others, Saturday afternoon at a Buffalo supermarket is a teenager who drove 3½ hours from his small town in the Southern Tier to carry out the hate-fueled attack, authorities said.
The White House:
Statement by President Biden on Mass Shooting in Buffalo, New York
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Trump endorsement of Mastriano leaves Pennsylvania Republicans furious  —  MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — In picking a sure thing by endorsing state Sen. Doug Mastriano for governor in Pennsylvania, former President Donald Trump has set off a chain of events that could cost Republicans …
Discussion: Breitbart
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New York Post:
Pennsylvania GOP voters should kick Kathy Barnette to the curb
Discussion: Breitbart and CNN
David Marcus / Fox News:
Star Trek writers take Starship Enterprise where it's never gone before—woke politics  —  Even our entertainment is awash in bitter partisanship  —  ‘Star Trek’ continues to live long and prosper  —  There is no more quintessential American story universe than Star Trek.
Trudy Ring / Advocate:
Urvashi Vaid, Legendary Activist for LGBTQ+ Civil Rights, Dies at 63 … Longtime activist Urvashi Vaid, a leader of many LGBTQ+ and other social justice organizations, has died at age 63.  —  Vaid died Saturday at her home in New York City, according to the National LGBTQ Task Force.
bellingcat:
Unravelling the Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh  —  Shireen Abu Akleh, a prominent Palestinian-American journalist working with Al Jazeera, was killed by a gunshot to the head on the morning of May 11, 2022 while reporting from Jenin, a Palestinian city in the West Bank.
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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
AUDIO: Stefanik staffer twists himself in knots defending “pedo grifters” comment  —  “...'pedo' is not short for ‘pedophile,’ it is ‘pedo’ as in ‘children.’ ‘Pedo’ is, if you look it up on Google it's-”  —  Yesterday, just as I was wrapping up my work for the week, I saw this tweet from Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY):
Felix Salmon / Axios:
The Musk-Twitter endgame  —  Elon Musk has agreed to pay $44 billion for Twitter, which is much more than it's worth.  His actions indicate that he doesn't want to pay that much — he still wants the company, just not at that price.  So the big question in the markets is …
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Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
GOP's new midterm attack: Blaming Biden for formula shortage  —  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republicans aiming to retake control of Congress have already sharpened a message centering around blaming Democrats for high inflation, expensive gas, migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and violent crime in some cities.
Discussion: Instapundit, Twitchy, Power Line and HotAir
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Wall Street Journal:
What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage?
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Karine Jean-Pierre has frequent history of accusing things of being racist  —  MORE ON:  —  Newly installed White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has a long history of accusing policies and political enemies of “racism,” a review of her social media and TV news appearances show.
Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
 
 
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NBC News:
Dallas salon owner believes shooting a hate crime: 'He didn't even demand money. He just came in to shoot people'
Discussion: Daily Kos
Auswärtiges Amt / German Federal Foreign Office:
G7 Germany 2022 - Foreign Ministers' Communiqué
Discussion: Bloomberg
Shefali Luthra / The Guardian:
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Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
‘Unrelenting Daily Confrontation’: After Roe Leak, Yale Law Students Call for Ostracizing Conservative Classmates and Tossing Out Constitution
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CNN:
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Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Axios:
More bombshells for Jan. 6 committee before June hearings
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