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We Must Call the El Paso Shooting What It Is: Trump-Inspired Terrorism







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We Must Call the El Paso Shooting What It Is: Trump-Inspired Terrorism 
Bathed in the blue glow of flashing lights from numerous police cruisers, mourners stood silently at a memorial on a bluff that overlooks the Walmart in El Paso where 20 people were killed Saturday. (photo: Jim Wilson/NYT)
David Schanzer, Guardian UK
Schanzer writes: "It doesn't require an overt appeal to violence to motivate an ideological extremist to engage in violence."
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty)

Sanders Says McConnell Should Call Senate Into Session for Gun Safety Bill
Rebecca Klar, The Hill
Klar writes: "Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to 'immediately' call the Senate back into session to pass a gun safety bill."
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A woman lights a candle during a vigil in El Paso. (photo: Getty Images)
A woman lights a candle during a vigil in El Paso. (photo: Getty Images)


Cloudflare Terminates Hosting Services for 8chan in Wake of El Paso Attack
Luke Barnes, ThinkProgress
Barnes writes: "In the past six months, three different far-right extremists have used the website 8chan to advertise their deadly attacks."
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A polling place in Cincinnati on Nov. 8, 2016. (photo: John Minchillo/AP)
A polling place in Cincinnati on Nov. 8, 2016. (photo: John Minchillo/AP)

Just How Big a Problem Is Voter Suppression?
Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post
Rubin writes: "The progressive Brennan Center for Justice is out with an alarming new report documenting the widespread use of voting roll purges."
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Briceño residents look out over the Cauca river. (photo: Alex Diamond/NACLA)
Briceño residents look out over the Cauca river. (photo: Alex Diamond/NACLA)

Will Megaprojects Destroy Colombia's Peace Process?
Alex Diamond, NACLA
Diamond writes: "The displacement in El Orejón demonstrates how megaprojects, coca substitution, and the peace process work together to serve elite interests at the expense of campesino ways of life."
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Pakistani Kashmiri protesters in Islamabad denounce the unrest in Indian-administered Kashmir. (photo: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images)
Pakistani Kashmiri protesters in Islamabad denounce the unrest in Indian-administered Kashmir. (photo: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images)

India Set to Withdraw Kashmir's Special Status and Split It in Two
Rebecca Ratcliffe, Guardian UK
Ratcliffe writes: "India is set to withdraw the special status of the disputed territory of Kashmir and split the state in two, in a move likely to face major resistance in the Muslim-majority state and escalate tensions with Pakistan."
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Gas being flared at a drilling site in Powder River Basin, Wyoming. (photo: Tara Lohan)
Gas being flared at a drilling site in Powder River Basin, Wyoming. (photo: Tara Lohan)

Report: 'No Evidence That Fracking Can Operate Without Threatening Public Health'
Tara Lohan, The Revelator
Lohan writes: "The research has been piling up for years, and the verdict is clear: Fracking isn't safe."
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