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6:15 PM ET, May 15, 2022

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Erie County (New York) Government:
Broome County Teen Arraigned for Killing Ten, Injuring Three in Shooting at Buffalo Grocery Store  —  Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron of Conklin, New York was arraigned this evening before Buffalo City Court Judge Craig D. Hannah …
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Washington Post:
The roots of the ‘great replacement theory’ believed to fuel Buffalo shooter  —  The man authorities say opened fire in a Buffalo grocery store Saturday, killing 10, appears to have left behind a white supremacist document centered on the idea of a plot to replace the White population with immigrants.
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Buffalo Shooting Live Updates: Suspect Was Held For Mental Health Evaluation Last Year, Officials Said  —  Grief and anger sweep through Buffalo a day after a racist attack.  —  BUFFALO — A day after one of the deadliest racist massacres in recent American history, law enforcement officials …
Discussion: The Daily Beast, UPI and Law & Crime
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:   Conservative media is familiar with Buffalo suspect's alleged ‘theory’
Washington Post:   Buffalo suspect allegedly inspired by racist theory fueling global carnage
NBC News:
The Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect posted an apparent manifesto repeatedly citing ‘Great Replacement’ theory
Anushka Patil / New York Times:   Gunman Targeted Black Neighborhood Shaped by Decades of Segregation
Washington Post:
10 killed in racially motivated shooting at Buffalo grocery store
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Fetterman Recovering After Stroke Before His Senate Primary  —  John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor who is running for the state's Democratic Senate nomination, canceled events on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  —  Lt. Gov. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman suffers stroke  —  Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a leading Democratic candidate vying for the state's open U.S. Senate seat, says he suffered a stroke on Friday but is on his way to a full recovery.  —  In a statement Sunday, Fetterman, 52 …
National Review:
Throwing Away Pennsylvania  —  The conventional wisdom has been that Donald Trump might hurt Republican prospects in the midterms by endorsing and boosting flawed candidates.  That's a valid concern, but the Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania is a showcase for a different dynamic …
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Azi Paybarah / New York Times:
Kathy Barnette Says She 'Can't Provide a Lot of Context' for Her Anti-Islamic Tweets  —  Her sudden rise in the Pennsylvania Senate primary has some Republicans worried about her prospects in November.  —  Kathy Barnette, a Republican Senate candidate in Pennsylvania who has climbed …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Support for abortion rights hits new high as midterm outlook stays mostly unchanged  —  WASHINGTON — Support for abortion rights has reached a record high, and nearly two-thirds of Americans oppose the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, according to a new national NBC News poll conducted …
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New York Times:
Growing evidence of a military disaster on the Donets pierces a pro-Russian bubble.  —  The destruction wreaked on a Russian battalion as it tried to cross a river in northeastern Ukraine last week is emerging as among the deadliest engagements of the war, with estimates based …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Russian neighbor Finland announces it wants to join NATO  —  BERLIN (AP) — Finland declared Sunday that it wants to join NATO, as a senior official with the western military alliance expressed hope that — with Russia's military advance appearing to falter — Ukraine can win the war.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Democracy is at stake in the midterms.  The media must convey that.  —  We journalists have to try harder and find new ways to convey to voters how badly things could turn out.  —  I was mesmerized this past week by two astonishing videos, watching them both multiple times.
Mike Baker / New York Times:
A Fracture in Idaho's G.O.P. as the Far Right Seeks Control  —  Ahead of a primary vote, traditional Republicans are raising alarm about the future of the party, warning about the growing strength of militia members, racists and the John Birch Society.  —  BONNERS FERRY, Idaho …
Los Angeles Times:
Multiple people shot at church in Laguna Woods, 1 person detained  —  Multiple people were shot Sunday at a church in Laguna Woods, prompting a major response from Orange County Sheriff's officials and other first responders.  —  The number of casualties was not clear.
Melissa Jeltsen / The Atlantic:
When a Right Becomes a Privilege  —  The main difference between the women who will make it to an abortion provider in a post-Roe world and those who won't?  Money.  —  When New York legalized abortion in 1970—three years before the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade—a shrewd entrepreneur named Martin Mitchell saw an opportunity.
Discussion: NPR
David Cohen / Politico:
Oklahoma's new abortion law could be undermined, governor admits  —  Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Sunday acknowledged concerns that his state's strict new law on abortion could be circumvented on tribal lands within the state.  —  “That's something that a lot of Oklahomans …
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Oklahoma Gov. defends strict abortion law, addresses whether ‘super liberal’ tribal clinics may use loophole
Discussion: Townhall
Maki Becker / Buffalo News:
Katherine ‘Kat’ Massey: ‘We lost a powerful voice’  —  Katherine “Kat” Massey fought for her community.  —  She was an ardent advocate for civil rights and education and did everything she could to lift up Buffalo's Black community, said former Erie County Legislator Betty Jean Grant …
 
 
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