Charleston Church Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof in Police Custody – WSJ

Updated June 18, 2015 1:08 p.m. ET CHARLESTON, S.C.—Dylann Roof—the white man suspected of killing nine people at a historic black church in an alleged hate crime here on Wednesday night—is in custody, authorities said. Mr. Roof was arrested during a traffic stop in Shelby, N.C. shortly after 11 a.m. local time Thursday following a…

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President Obama Divides Nation, Says Charleston Shooting Involved Gun | Wonkette

President Obama spoke briefly about the church shooting in Charleston that left nine dead, in what the Department of Justice and other authorities are investigating as a hate crime. There’s no official word from the feds on what kind of hate crime, so per Fox News and other rightwing “news” outlets, it’s likely the alleged…

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Donald Trump Campaign Offered Actors $50 to Cheer for Him at Presidential Announcement – Hollywood Reporter – The Hollywood Reporter

Donald Trump‘s big presidential announcement Tuesday was made a little bigger with help from paid actors — at $50 a pop. New York-based Extra Mile Casting sent an email last Friday to its client list of background actors, seeking extras to beef up attendance at Trump’s event. “We are looking to cast people for the…

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Why is it always a white guy: The roots of modern, violent rage – Salon.com

Joe Stack had simply had enough. Every time this fifty-three-year-old independent engineer and software consultant from Austin, Texas, had set aside any money at all for retirement, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seemed to change the tax laws or whittled away at his earnings with new restrictions. A change in the income-tax regulations in 1986…

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