Light News Dump

We don't know how many have been killed. We don't know the motivation. But here's what we do know: This is fucked up.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/459544-orourke-calls-out-lawmakers-after-odessa-shooting-this-is-f
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/call-it-for-what-it-is-beto-orourke-unleashes-uncensored-cnn-rant-on-fcked-up-mass-shootings/

Beto's entire opening statement at the third Dem debate should be just listing the mass shootings since the second Dem debate. And he'll probably run out of time before he can do it.

Texas loosens firearm laws hours after the state's latest mass shooting left five dead
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/01/us/texas-new-gun-laws-trnd/index.html

The Looser a State's Gun Laws, the More Mass Shootings It Has
https://www.wired.com/story/the-looser-a-states-gun-laws-the-more-mass-shootings-it-has/

Beto O’Rourke says AK-47 and AR-15 owners will ‘have to sell them to the government’ if he becomes president
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/beto-o-rourke-guns-take-sell-government-ak-47-ar-15-democrats-a9087091.html

New Texas gun laws make it easier to carry firearms in public spaces
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/new-texas-gun-laws-make-it-easier-to-carry-firearms-in-public-spaces-67878469931

Beto On Taking Down Confederate Statues: “We cannot wonder how racism continues to be perpetuated in this country when we’ve elevated racists.”
https://twitter.com/deepa_shivaram/status/1167868020082917378?s=21

The hunting season for dolphins using a controversial "drive-hunting" method began Sunday in the Japanese whaling town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, without any major protest from animal-rights groups.
https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-whaling-town-taiji-begins-dolphin-hunting

David Hogg: We need more presidential candidates like @BetoORourke who has endorsed the #PeacePlan because he knows no object is worth more than a child’s future.
https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1167966886560067590

Australia strips legal status of indigenous lands to build coal mine - 'We have been made trespassers on our own country,' say community leaders
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-indigenous-lands-coal-mine-adani-queensland-wangan-jagalingou-galilee-basin-a9086746.html

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Hours After Mass Shooting, Texas Lawmaker Rejects Any Form of Gun Control, Calls for Prayer
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/09/matt-schaefer-texas-state-lawmaker-rejects-gun-control-hours-after-west-texas-shooting.html

A Texas representative responded to the Odessa mass shooting with calls for 'praying for protection' rather than 'so-called gun-control solutions'
https://www.businessinsider.com/odessa-shooting-texas-state-rep-calls-for-praying-for-protection-2019-9

Imagine you've been fully pardoned of your crimes but get punished for them anyway. That's what's happening in Connecticut, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement is trying to deport a legal permanent resident even though her record has been cleared. As Connecticut Public Radio's Diane Orson reports, the attorney general there is fighting in court to force the federal government to recognize the state's pardons.
https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=756200206

Over 40 People Have Been Arrested As Potential Mass Shooters Since El Paso. Tips about potential acts of mass killings have spiked, and law enforcement appears to be paying close attention to threats.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mass-shooting-plot-arrests-el-paso_n_5d66d1eae4b063c341f9f2da

Trump doesn't think he's 'ever even heard of a Category 5' hurricane. Four such storms hit the US since he took office
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/01/politics/donald-trump-category-5-hurricane-dorian/index.html

Trial for Islamic terrorists charged with planning 9/11 to start in 2021, 20 years after attack
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/30/khalid-shaikh-mohammad-9-11-trial-start-date

More than 100 people have died in Yemen after the Saudi-led coalition launched a series of air strikes on a detention centre, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49544559

Anti-tank missiles fired at Israel from Lebanon
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/01/israel-anti-tank-missiles-fired-from-lebanon-military-says

Toddler hit in Texas shooting still wants to 'run around and play,' mother tells governor
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-shooting-toddler/toddler-hit-in-texas-shooting-still-wants-to-run-around-and-play-mother-tells-governor-idUSKCN1VM1KA