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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 …
Discussion: USA Today, New York Times, ABC News and Vox
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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 …
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Trump Doesn't Give a Damn About Gun Massacres  —  The president didn't say much that mattered, and he plainly didn't mean most of what he did say.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  Well.  Okay.  First of all, the man looks completely ridiculous when he tries to act like an actual president for 10 minutes.
CNN:
El Paso shooting death toll rises to 22 in anti-immigrant massacre
Emily Larsen / Washington Examiner:
Confusion: Biden offers sympathy for the ‘tragic events in Houston today and also in Michigan’
New York Times:
Trump Condemns White Supremacy but Stops Short of Major Gun Controls
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
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Eight reasons to be skeptical that Trump is serious about his new call for ‘strong background checks’
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
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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.
Associated Press:
Markets Right Now: Dow plunges 800 as trade war flares  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):  —  Stocks are plunging on Wall Street after China let its currency sink to the lowest level in more than a decade, escalating its trade war with the U.S.
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CNBC:
Dow futures drop 370 points after China retaliates, escalating trade war
Kate Rooney / CNBC:
China confirms it is suspending agricultural product purchases in response to Trump's new tariffs
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
Morgan Stanley: If the trade war escalates, a recession will be here in 9 months
Discussion: UPI
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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Saleha Mohsin / Bloomberg:   U.S. Labels China a Currency Manipulator, Escalating Trade War
U.S. Department of the Treasury:   Treasury Designates China as a Currency Manipulator
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.
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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
McConnell willing to consider ‘bipartisan’ gun violence solutions, opposes ‘infringing’ on rights
Discussion: Politico
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 …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Judge questions Barr's handling of Mueller findings  —  A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Monday pressed Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers on why the public shouldn't be allowed to see redacted portions of former special counsel Robert Mueller's report, suggesting that he may be willing …
Discussion: Law & Crime
Courtney Hagle / Media Matters for America:
How Fox News pushed the white supremacist “great replacement” theory  —  Fox News figures have repeatedly warned of an immigrant “invasion”  —  The shooter who killed 20 people and injured dozens in El Paso, TX, over the weekend first posted online a document outlining the white nationalist …
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Washington Post:
It's time to debate gun control on its merits  —  George T. Conway III is a lawyer in New York.  Neal Katyal, a law professor at Georgetown University, previously served as the acting solicitor general of the United States.  —  The senseless shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio …
Discussion: USA Today
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New York Post:
The Post urges Trump to take action on assault weapons
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
‘Do Something!’ Is Not Going To Stop Mass Shooters
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and Commentary
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 …
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Ohio Republican blames mass shootings on ‘drag queen advocates,’ Colin Kaepernick and Obama  —  In a laundry list of reasons why the United States is grappling with mass killings, an Ohio state lawmaker has settled on immigrants, same-sex marriage, transgender rights, disrespect toward veterans and “drag queen advocates.”
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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New York Times:
Cesar Sayoc, Who Mailed Pipe Bombs to Trump Critics, Is Sentenced to 20 Years
Discussion: Roll Call and The Week
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 …
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.
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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Ali H. Soufan / New York Times:
I Spent 25 Years Fighting Jihadis.  White Supremacists Aren't So Different.  —  We can't fight domestic terror groups efficiently until the law treats them the way we treat foreign ones.  —  Mr. Soufan is a former F.B.I. special agent and the author of “Anatomy of Terror.”
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).
Discussion: VodkaPundit and Mercury News
Cameron Cawthorne / Washington Free Beacon:
NBC Reporter Dismisses Host Bringing Up Dayton Shooter's Pro-Warren Tweet  —  Shooter said he'd ‘happily vote’ Warren  —  NBC reporter Ben Collins on Monday falsely claimed the Dayton, Ohio shooter was “more neutral” with his political posts on Twitter, despite the shooter saying he would …
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Trump made it easier for the mentally ill to get guns when he rolled back Obama regulation  —  In 2017, Trump quietly rolled back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illness to buy guns.  —  President Donald Trump responded to the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings …
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
What's going on between Lindsay Lohan and the crown prince of Saudi Arabia?  —  What the heck is going on with Lindsay Lohan and Mohammed bin Salman?  —  A wild rumor hit town that Lohan and the bloodthirsty crown prince of Saudi Arabia have gotten close, and that he's been flying her around …
Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
USDA Office Relocations Are Illegal, IG Says  —  Agriculture Department counters that the spending law it allegedly violated is unconstitutional and therefore not binding.  —  The Agriculture Department is in violation of spending laws by relocating employees out of the Washington, D.C., area, according to a new watchdog report.
 
 
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Elizabeth Warren Had Another Very Good Debate, Poll Finds
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Trump's Habit of Contradicting Himself After a Tragedy
Wall Street Journal:
Dayton Shooter Used AR-15 Pistol, Smaller Version of Popular Rifle
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CNN Announces New Anti-Gun Show Trial, Hosted By Antifa Backer
Adam Kinzinger:
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CBS News:
Puerto Rico's Senate files lawsuit to oust newly sworn-in governor
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