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Creeping Coburnism?

by Josh Marshall
11.28.14 | 12:54 pm

Police in Austin are investigating an anti-immigration political motive for the man who shot up the Mexican consulate overnight in Austin. The shooter a white male in his 50s with what the Austin PD called a lengthy criminal record was shot dead at the scene, though police are not yet certain whether he was killed by police gunfire or by his own hand.

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