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From The Reporter’s Notebook
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) was forced to respond to Donald Trump’s Monday speech ramping up rhetoric about Muslims and immigrants during a Tuesday press conference, TPM’s Caitlin MacNeal reported. He distanced himself from the presumptive Republican presidential nominee by emphasizing that the U.S. is at war with “radical Islam,” not all Muslims. But he dodged a question about Trump’s suggestion that Obama has been working with terrorists.
Agree or Disagree?
Josh Marshall: “Trump isn’t just someone who speaks out of turn, runs an intuition based campaign or isn’t politically correct. There’s something much, much darker about him. As happens with many would be demagogues or authoritarian rulers the prospect of real power isn’t steadying him. We’re seeing no process – either instigated by the candidate or by those around him – to bottle the magic, build some campaign structure around him to stabilize the campaign and make it more sustainable. On the contrary, as happens with demagogues and violent authoritarians, proximity to power is making him more unbridled, hotter and less restrained.”
Say What?!
“Unfortunately, the Obama administration’s political correctness prevented anything from being done about it.”
– An NRA official blamed the Obama administration for not stopping the deadly shooting in Orlando.
BUZZING: Today in the Hive
From a TPM Prime member: “There are uses for hunting rifles, shotguns, pistols–if you are a hunter, or live on a farm, or, perhaps, for self-protection in some circumstances. But, there is really no practical use for an assault rifle. The thing is expensive, uses lots of ammunition if you want to shoot it, is a constant hazard if there are children around, is a constant theft risk. And it is good for nothing. You wouldn’t shoot a deer with it. For protection of your house, a 12 gauge is much better–the assault rifle is too deadly, has too much range, too much penetration power. It’s useless.”
Related: The House floor dissolved into chaos as Democrats protested the traditional moment of silence for shooting victims.
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What We’re Reading
Schizophrenia, from researcher to patient. (STAT)
The financial conditions that produced Borges. (Longreads)
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