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7:05 PM ET, August 5, 2019

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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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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 …
CNN:
El Paso shooting death toll rises to 22 in anti-immigrant massacre  —  (CNN)The 21-year-old white supremacist suspected of carrying out a deadly shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas wanted to stop a “Hispanic invasion of Texas,” according to a political document police believe he wrote.
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Trump Doesn't Give a Damn About Gun Massacres
New York Post:
The Post urges Trump to take action on assault weapons
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 Doesn't Propose Gun Laws After Shootings
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Joe Biden Mourns El Paso and Dayton Mass Shootings as ‘Tragic Events in Houston’ and ‘Michigan’
Discussion: Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
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.
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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.
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.”
WBNS-TV:   Ohio lawmaker blames Dayton shootings on gay marriage, marijuana, video games
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
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
Discussion: The Week, Common Dreams and WGN-TV
Bloomberg:
China Takes On Trump by Weakening Yuan, Halting Crop Imports
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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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
You don't need to read the El Paso killer's manifesto.  Just turn on Fox News.  —  Shortly after a gunman murdered 20 people in a Walmart in El Paso, TX, on Saturday, the hashtag “#whitesupremacistterrorism” began trending on Twitter.  The “terrorism” portion of that epithet references …
Dr. Joan Donovan / NBC News:
El Paso shooter wasn't a ‘lone wolf’ — and his so-called online ‘manifesto’ proves why
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN and The Root
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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U.S. Department of the Treasury:   Treasury Designates China as a Currency Manipulator
Saleha Mohsin / Bloomberg:   U.S. Labels China a Currency Manipulator, Escalating Trade War
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
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
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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 …
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: The Week
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
NRA spent $1.6 million lobbying against background check expansion laws in months leading up to latest mass shootings  —  KEY POINTS  — The National Rifle Association spent $1.6 million during the first half of the year lobbying Congress against laws that would enact stricter background checks …
Discussion: CNSNews, Pacific Standard and Breitbart
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Adam Kinzinger:
United Against Hate — How We Can Sensibly Address Gun Violence
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
‘Do Something!’ Is Not Going To Stop Mass Shooters
Discussion: The Hill, ThinkProgress and Commentary
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
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Brandon Morse / RedState:   Kamala Harris's Arrest Reports Are Quietly Disappearing From California's DOC Website
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Kenny Marchant Will Be Fourth Texas Republican Congressman to Retire in 2020  —  Representative Kenny Marchant of Texas announced on Monday that he plans to retire, becoming the fourth Republican House member from Texas in recent weeks to head for the exits rather than face re-election in 2020 …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Steve King Narrowly Won His Last Race. His Challenger, J.D. Scholten, Is Running Again.
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.
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.”
 
 
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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Trump made it easier for the mentally ill to get guns when he rolled back Obama regulation
Discussion: twitchy.com, VICE and Boston Herald
CBS News:
Puerto Rico's Senate files lawsuit to oust newly sworn-in governor
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
J. Arthur Bloom / The Daily Caller:
Ex-Google Engineer Made Troubling Posts On Listservs About Richard Spencer, Golden State Skinheads
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Real estate mogul Trump sold condos to regime-connected Venezuelans
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The Trump Seeking To Heal A Nation Is Not The Real Trump
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
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