Trump has said that he wants to send the whack job who killed 8 people in New York last week to Gitmo.

What Trump is doing here, he's been doing long enough and well enough that it's starting to become quite obvious.

His game is to constantly own the news cycle.

And the way that you constantly own the news cycle is by being outrageous.

He did this on the primary trail, and many of us were sitting there thinking, 'there's no way this guy even wants to be president.'

Read more here.

-Thom

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Monday's Daily Stack

Article: "Walmart shooter reportedly lived with stack of Bibles, no furniture. Why isn't he a terrorist?" by Walter Einenkel.

Article: "At Least 26 Dead After Gunman Opens Fire In South Texas Church" by Colin Dwyer, Emma Bowman, Maggie Penman, Scott Neuman.

Article: "Senator rips his colleagues after Texas church shooting: 'No one is safe so long as Congress chooses to do absolutely nothing'" by Mark Abadi.

Article: "2 of the 5 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history happened in the last 35 days" by Saeed Ahmed.

Article: "Stephen Paddock shared a trait with other mass killers: He abused women" by Max de Haldevang.

Article: "The ‘Click’ Moment: How the Weinstein Scandal Unleashed a Tsunami" by Jessica Bennett.

Article: "What Trump’s Access Hollywood tape reveals about Harvey Weinstein and men in power" by Anna North.

Article: "Shooting of Trayvon Martin" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tough gun laws in Australia eliminate mass shootings" by Meghan Rosen.

Article: "Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting", December 14, 2012 by Wikipedia.

Article: "2011 Tucson shooting" (incl. Gabby Giffords) by Wikipedia.

Site: Americans for Responsible Solutions (Gabby Giffords).

Article: "Donald Trump: 'I could shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters'" by Reuters.

Article: "Donald Trump/Billy Bush leaked video: Full transcript — read the full sexist exchange here" by Melanie Ehrenkranz.

Article: "The Jackie Gleason Show" by Wikipedia.

Article: "52 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump" by Nadja Popovich and Livia Albeck-Ripka.

Site: C-SPAN.

Article: "Was the Texas Church Shooter an Antifa Member Who Vowed to Start Civil War?" by David Mikkelson.

Book: Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives by George Lakoff.

Article: "Onion goes viral with 'No Way to Prevent This' story on mass shootings" by Joe Concha.

Tweet: "‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens https://trib.al/7ILqSGa " by The Onion.

Article: "‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens" by The Onion.

Cartoon: "2017-10-04 - Editorial Cartoon" by Bruce MacKinnon.

Article: "Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor" (SSRI) by Wikipedia.

Hour Two: The Persistence of White Supremacy
- Rev. David Billings, Deep Denial

Article: "The Danger of American Fascism" by Vice President Henry A. Wallace, 9 April 1944.

Article: "Richard B. Spencer" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Las Vegas Shooting Victims Are Turning To GoFundMe For Help With Medical Bills" by Anna Almendrala.

Article: "How Wealth Reduces Compassion" by Daisy Grewal.

Article: "Shooting of Philando Castile" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Shooting of Michael Brown" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Emmett Till", 1955 by Wikipedia.

Article: "Democrats Driving Forward in Carlisle with Strong Candidates" by Cumberland County Democratic Committee.

Article: "Male mammoths fell into traps more than females, giving clues to family structure" By Michael Price.

Article: "Democrats End Sit-In After 25 Hours, Drawing Attention to Gun Control", June 23, 2016 by David M. Herszenhorn and Emmarie Huetteman.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Victoria Jones

Article: "Texas gunman had texted threats to his mother-in-law, who attended the church he attacked" by Jenny Jarvie and Matt Pearce.

Article: "Conway: Politicizing Texas shooting 'disrespectful to the dead'" by Cristiano Lima.

Article: "Woman fired from her job after flipping off Trump's motorcade" by Rebecca Savransky.

Article: "Fiji calls for urgency in talks to implement climate accord" by Geir Moulson, Dorothee Thiesing.

Article: "UN climate summit opens in Bonn: 5 things to know" by AP.

Article: "Sen. Harris seeks information from maker of opioid treatment" by Rachel Roubein.

Article: "Law professors file brief backing suit against Trump's Twitter blockades" by Lydia Wheeler.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Book: Loving What You Do: The Elements of a Great Working Life by Ellen Ratner.

Hour Three: Should the FDA Give the Organics Label to Hydroponics?
- Lisa Stokke, Next7/Food Democracy Now!

Article: "An Environmental and Public Health Disaster Awaits if USDA Gives Organic Label to Hydroponics" by Alison Rose Levy.

Article: "Amazon is buying Whole Foods Market for $13.7B—threatening to disrupt three more industries" by Chase Purdy.

Article: "Bosses of Google and Amazon back Plenty in plan to bring high-tech farm warehouses to feed Britain" by Danny Fortson.

Video: Raw Video: Trump Supporter Says Next Time, We Might Have To Kill Protester.

Article: "Medical marijuana users worried about buying guns" by Emily Braun.

Article: "Colin Kaepernick helps kids know their rights, and their identities" by Mike Florio.

Article: "Epic of Gilgamesh".

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