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WTF! 9 people dead, 27 injured, in another mass shooting in Dayton Ohio

(CNN)Nine people were killed and at least 27 injured Sunday in a shooting in a popular nightclub district of downtown Dayton, Ohio, police say.Officers killed the lone suspect after he fired for less than a minute from a “.223 high-capacity” gun, and he had additional magazines with him, Mayor Nan Whaley said. The .223 caliber is used in rifles like the AR-15 assault rifle used in previous mass shootings.

Witnesses comfort one another at the scene of a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio.Deb Decker, public information officer for Montgomery County, said the shooter used an assault rifle.The event followed by 13 hours a shooting that left 20 dead in El Paso, Texas.The Dayton shooting took place about 1 a.m. on East Fifth Street in the city’s Oregon District, Dayton Deputy Director and Assistant Chief of Police Lt. Col. Matt Carper said early Sunday morning.FOLLOW LIVE UPDATESThe gunman was identified as Connor Betts, 24, according to local and federal law enforcement sources. The FBI and local law enforcement served a search warrant at his family home in Bellbrook, Ohio.Brad Howard, a friend of Betts’, said he was quiet and kept to himself.”He was a really nice kid,” Howard told CNN affiliate WHIO. The two grew up together, he said, and knew each other for more than 20 years.Betts and Howard would talk music and pop culture, he said.”It’s a kick in the teeth” to the Bellbrook neighborhood, Howard said.

He wore body armor

Carper said the shooter fired multiple rounds from “a very large gun, in technical terms.” The shooting happened as the suspect was making his way toward a bar called Ned Peppers, Decker said.What we know about the shooting in Dayton, OhioSomeone from Ned Peppers grabbed the barrel of the rifle, and the shooter “picked up a handgun and was willing to continue shooting,” Decker said, when police arrived and killed the shooter.The shooter wore body armor, she said.No officers were injured, Carper said.

Authorities work the scene Sunday morning in Dayton.”In less than one minute, Dayton first responders neutralized the shooter,” Whaley said.”I really want to — think about that minute. The shooter was able to kill nine people and injure 26 in less than a minute. And if we did not have police in the Oregon District and the thousands of people in the Oregon District enjoying their Saturday evening, what we could have had in this city,” Whaley said.”The question has to be raised, why does Dayton have to be the 250th mass shooting this year?”Police believe that the suspect acted alone and that there is no remaining threat to the community, but the investigation is ongoing, Carper said, and the FBI is assisting. The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear.

‘Bodies all over the place’

Graham Hunter, 24, of Dayton said he and four friends arrived just as the incident was over and immediately came upon the body of the shooter outside.”Everyone was panicking and running around,” Hunter said. “After the shooter was dead, everyone was just crying and stuff,” and he saw “bodies all over the place.”A police officer told him and his friends to go into Ned Peppers.He said he and his friends consider the area a safe, fun place to hang out on weekends, where many people walk around outdoors and enjoy patios at restaurants and bars.”It’s a nice spot,” he said. “It’s where everyone goes to hang out.”The district will be open Sunday afternoon, the mayor said.A vigil is planned for 8 p.m. at a location to be named.

A deadly end to a deadly week in America

The shooting in Dayton was the fourth similar incident across the country in the past week. At least 34 people were killed in total.Saturday morning In El Paso, 20 people were killed and 26 injured when a gunman opened fire at a shopping center. Authorities are investigating a racist, anti-immigrant scree they believe was posted by the suspect.He has been identified by three sources as Patrick Crusius, a 21-year-old white man from Allen, Texas.

Tuesday in Mississippi, a shooting at a Walmart left two employees dead and a police officer wounded.On July 28, when a 19-year-old man wearing tactical gear opened fire at at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California, killing three people, including two children.

Hospitals respond to influx of wounded

The mayor said 27 people were treated at hospitals and 15 had been released by about 10 a.m. ET Sunday.Elizabeth Long, spokeswoman at Kettering Health Network, which operates several Dayton-area hospitals including Kettering Medical Center and Grandview Medical Center, said 13 people were taken to three of the network’s hospitals, many with gunshot wounds to the “lower extremities.”At least one person was shot in the abdomen, and at least two people were taken into surgery. She did not give an age range for the injured.Miami Valley Hospital received 14 patients, plus two others across its health system, emergency physician Dr. Randy Marriott said.Twelve had been treated and released by 10 a.m. ET Sunday.Most of the injuries were gunshot wounds, but there were others, like cuts received while people were fleeing the scene.”At this point, we can say we’ve had one critical, four admitted, none have gone to surgery,” Marriott said.Most people arrived via ambulance or police car, but several others arrived on foot or by personal vehicle later, Marriott said.

Congressman’s daughter was in the area

Dayton-based US Rep. Mike Turner tweeted that his daughter and a friend had just entered a bar across the street when the shooting began. “As they ran home, I followed their progress & prayed for them & our community. Thank you to @DaytonPolice for their bravery in stopping this evil.”

My daughter & a family friend had just entered the Tumbleweed Connection when the shooting began across the street. Both reported of the visible @DaytonPolice presence before the shooting and the bravery they witnessed as officers ran toward the gun shots.

— US Rep. Mike Turner (@RepMikeTurner) August 4, 2019

Gov. Mike DeWine said in a statement that he was “absolutely heartbroken” and ordered flags flown at half-staff.US Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, tweeted, “It is beyond time for our leaders to do what is necessary to enact laws that keep guns out of the hands of people wishing to do harm. This has to stop. #EnoughIsEnough #EndGunViolence”

My heart is heavy after hearing the news of another shooting, this time in Dayton, Ohio – 13 hours following the El Paso shooting that robbed 20 innocent people of their lives. Sending prayers to the victims, their families, law enforcement and the entire Dayton community.

— Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (@RepMarciaFudge) August 4, 2019

President Donald Trump tweeted, “The FBI, local and state law enforcement are working together in El Paso and in Dayton, Ohio. Information is rapidly being accumulated in Dayton. Much has already be learned in El Paso. Law enforcement was very rapid in both instances. Updates will be given throughout the day!”

The FBI, local and state law enforcement are working together in El Paso and in Dayton, Ohio. Information is rapidly being accumulated in Dayton. Much has already be learned in El Paso. Law enforcement was very rapid in both instances. Updates will be given throughout the day!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 4, 2019

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Analysis: The racist 'replacement theory' has it all backward

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Analysis: The racist 'replacement theory' has it all backward

But that racist “replacement theory” inverts the real consequence of immigration for its target audience of Whites uneasy about social and racial change: Many of the Whites most drawn to the far-right argument that new arrivals are displacing “real Americans” are among those with the most to lose if the nation reduces, much less eliminates, immigration in the decades ahead.

With or without immigration, the White share of the population will decline in the coming decades, census projections show. But if immigration is reduced or eliminated, America will grow older, with many fewer working-age adults available to support an exploding number of retirees. And that would not only slow overall economic growth, multiple projections have found, but also would increase pressure for cuts in the Social Security and Medicare benefits that provide a lifeline to the older Whites most drawn to the right’s anti-immigrant arguments.

“The projections show we are going to be dealing with lower population growth and an aging population, and the only way we are going to be able to keep our labor force growing and vital is through immigration,” says William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program. “It’s a matter of math. I never understood why people who are anti-immigration can’t understand the math of the whole thing, because it’s quite simple.”

If the nation severely restricts immigration, the fiscal impact would be to “double the load on working-age people of all these seniors,” warns Dowell Myers, a demographer at the University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy.

“Replacement theory,” sometimes called the “great replacement,” gestated in the swampy waters of far-right White supremacist groups. But in the Donald Trump era it has migrated closer to the GOP mainstream. Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson, who often spreads xenophobic arguments, has ardently embraced the charge that Democrats are “trying to replace the current electorate — the voters now casting ballots — with new people, more obedient voters from the Third World.” Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, both Republicans, have echoed him in recent public statements. The far-right Republican House members, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who floated plans for a Trump-like “America First Caucus” before scrapping them, declared in a recruiting document disclosed last week by the Punchbowl website that large-scale immigration threatens “the long-term existential future of America as a unique country with a unique culture and a unique identity.”

White population share declining either way

Immigrants have indeed steadily increased as a share of America’s population since 1965, when Congress rewrote the immigration laws, which had severely restricted immigration since 1924. Immigrants now compose just under 14% of the US population — almost triple their share in 1970 and approaching the all-time high of around 15% in the “melting pot” era around the turn of the 20th century.

But new immigration is no longer the primary driver of the growing racial, ethnic and religious diversity that unnerves much of the GOP coalition. In a recent paper, Frey explored Census Bureau projections that examined the racial composition of American society through 2060 under scenarios that anticipated four different levels of future immigration. Under all four scenarios, the White share of the population significantly declined and the minority share rose.

Today, Whites make up about 60% of the population. At the immigration levels America experienced during the first half of the past decade — a little over 1 million new entrants per year — that would decline by 2060 to 44%. With immigration levels reduced to about half that, roughly as the Trump administration and most congressional Republicans proposed in 2018 legislation that ultimately failed, the number still shrinks to 46%. Even if the US shut off all immigration in the coming decades, Whites would still decline to just over 51% of the population, the census projections concluded. (At an accelerated level of immigration, the White share fell to 42%.)

Under all four scenarios, the total number of Hispanics, Blacks and mixed-race Americans increased over the coming decades, as did Asian Americans in each scenario except the extreme case of entirely shutting off immigration. But in all four census projections, even the one that completely eliminates future immigration, the total number of Whites declined.

The reason is straightforward: As a group, Whites are aging and producing fewer children. Not only is the White share of the youth population steadily declining, but so are the absolute number of White kids. From 2010 through 2019, Frey calculated in another recent paper, the number of Whites under 18 fell by 3.2 million nationwide; in a striking 44 states, there were fewer White children in 2019 than in 2010. The number of Black kids also slightly fell nationwide over the past decade.

Asian Americans, mixed-race and, above all, Latinos added more children over the past decade, but not enough to completely offset those declines: After growing substantially in the 1990s and modestly in the 2000s, the total number of American kids fell from 2010 through 2019, an ominous milestone. And while that number is expected to shift back slightly into positive territory over this decade, fewer children today establishes an unmistakable implication for tomorrow: fewer adults available as consumers, workers and taxpayers.

Just as the Census Bureau forecasts growing racial diversity under any future level of immigration, it likewise projects ominously slow growth in America’s working-age population without more immigration. Under the immigration levels of the early 2010s, America’s population aged 18-64 will rise by only about 4% through 2035, a historically slow increase. At the reduced level Republicans sought, it would remain virtually stagnant, and with no immigration it will actually shrink by 4%. Only in the high-immigration scenario does the workforce experience significant growth: about 8%.

Working with the economics department at George Mason University, an institution whose work conservatives often cite, the pro-immigration group FWD.us issued a recent paper that looked out further, projecting the size of the workforce through 2050. Those forecasts likewise showed that the number of workers increases only very slightly through the next three decades under a lower level of immigration similar to what Trump and the GOP sought, and contracts severely (with 17 million fewer workers then than now) if immigration is entirely shut off. Like the Census Bureau, the study found that only with accelerated immigration does the working-age population experience significant growth.

Senior population is rising fast

These forecasts don’t map just some hazy, distant future. The total US population may have increased more slowly over the past 10 years than in any other decade in American history, census projections show. In 23 states, the working-age population already declined from 2010 to 2019, Frey has calculated. Topping those numbers are West Virginia (down almost 9%), Vermont (5%), Maine (4%) and Illinois and Wyoming (between 3% and 4%). In the years ahead, more states are certain to join that list, Frey says, especially those that can’t attract either immigrants from abroad or domestic migrants from other states.

“You’ve got tons of baby boomers who are retiring and there are not enough White workforce entrants to match the outflow,” agrees Myers.

Because population growth is an essential component of economic growth, these numbers would be foreboding enough under any circumstances. But to demographers they are especially troubling, because the working-age population is stagnating exactly as the nation’s senior population is exploding, with the retirement of the huge baby boom generation born between 1946 and 1964.

In every state, Frey’s figures show, the senior population grew far faster over the past decade than those of working age. (In fact, the senior population grew faster in every state than the working-age cohort did in any state.) That dynamic will only accelerate in the coming years: the Census Bureau’s projections show that under any immigration scenario, the number of seniors in America will grow by about 40% through 2035.

An increasing number of seniors, coupled with a stalled working-age population, means a deteriorating balance in what demographers call the “dependency ratio” or “senior ratio”: that is, the number of seniors who must be funded in retirement for each working-age adult available to pay the taxes that support them.

Today, the US has about 27 seniors for every 100 working-age adults. As Myers notes, that itself represents an increase, driven by the retirement of the first baby boomers around 2010, from levels that had remained fairly constant (at just under 20 seniors per 100 working-age adults) during the final quarter of the 20th century. But that growth represents only the first tremors of the coming earthquake.

“We are going to see that ratio really ramp up quickly in the years ahead,” says Phillip Connor, a senior demographer at FWD.us.

Even at the relatively higher levels of immigration common in the first half of the past decade, the number of seniors per 100 workers would rise to 37 by 2050, the FWD.us study found. At the lower levels of immigration Republicans sought under Trump, or no immigration at all, it would soar to 40 or more. Another study released in February by the National Immigration Forum reached similar conclusions.

Such numbers would leave the US facing dependency ratios now common in European countries like Germany, France and Spain — where there are about 33 seniors for every 100 working-age adults — whose aging profiles have been a headwind against economic growth. The US, in those scenarios, would even approach the dependency ratio evident in Japan, a society deeply resistant to immigration, which today has nearly 50 seniors for every 100 workers.

And even projections based on the 18-64 population, Myers notes, might understate the problem, because they include young adults in their late teens and early 20s, many of whom will be in school, not the workforce. That’s why he thinks the share of seniors to actual workers, in practice, could roughly double over the coming decades, also leaving the US with only about two workers for every retiree, the unenviable position Japan confronts today.

“We’ve never had that number before,” he says. “We deserve all our entitlements and we earned it, but someone has got to carry the load and it’s these working age people.” An America so tilted toward seniors, he says, would be “top heavy,” producing a burden for supporting seniors that will be “crushing” on the constricted number of workers.

‘The brown and the gray’

Indeed, the FWD.us study found that if immigration is reduced to roughly the lower level that Republicans pursued under Trump, Social Security, to maintain current benefits, would need to pay out $400 billion more in 2050 than the system is projected to raise in revenue; with no immigration, the shortfall would rise to nearly $450 billion.

Deficits that large would require either big tax increases on the working-age population or benefit cuts for retirees, who will remain mostly White for decades to come (because of the extremely limited immigration between 1924 and 1965). Low, much less no, future immigration “is certainly not sustainable in terms of keeping … what we have today” in federal retirement benefits for the elderly, Connor says.

One of the great ironies of 21st-century America is that the older Whites who are often the most receptive to anti-immigrant arguments like the “replacement theory” will be relying on an increasingly non-White workforce to fund their retirement through the payroll taxes they pay. In that way, the fates of what I’ve called the “brown and the gray” — the mostly diverse younger and preponderantly White older generations — are linked: There is no financial security for the “gray” without greater economic opportunity for the “brown.” But few of the conservative Whites at the core of the GOP coalition apparently see that connection.

In polling by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute, about three-fifths of Republicans in both 2019 and 2020 agreed with the harshly worded statement that “immigrants are invading our country and replacing our cultural and ethnic background.” Among Whites who described themselves as very favorable toward Trump, more than three-fourths in each year endorsed that idea, according to detailed results provided by the institute.

In 2019, nearly half of all Whites 50 and older agreed with that statement, which echoes the language of the “replacement theory” conspiracy; that number declined somewhat in 2020, but few opinion analysts would be surprised if it rises again with Trump out of office and conservative media, like Fox News, incessantly fanning alarms over undocumented immigration and unaccompanied minors at the southern border. Already the Public Religion Research Institute polling shows that Republicans who receive most of their information from Fox News are more likely than others in the GOP to embrace the “invading” argument.

The economic realities facing the nation suggest that the “replacement theory” has the equation almost exactly backward. Carlson, Johnson and other proponents of the theory are telling their audience centered on older and working-class Whites that they should fear being “replaced” by immigrants. But the real threat to those constituencies, as more of them step into retirement, is that they won’t be replaced by immigrants in the workforce and the tax base.

Without more immigrants, those culturally anxious Whites face the virtual certainty of more financial pressure on their federal retirement benefits and slower economic growth for American society overall.

“You talk about ‘replacement,’ well, they need to be replaced in the workforce — that’s the issue,” Frey says. “Growing the younger age groups and particularly the younger workforce age groups is essential for us to not get into a situation of accentuated age dependency.”

It’s far from the first time, but in pushing the racist “replacement theory,” the voices of the populist right are stirring cultural anxieties to mobilize their blue-collar and older White constituencies behind economic policies that harm their own interests.

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junker-town · 5 years

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20 players to know in this year’s Senior Bowl

NFL Draft prospects like Justin Herbert and Neville Gallimore are taking part in the 2020 Senior Bowl.

The Senior Bowl is loaded this year with everyone from small-school standouts to big-name QBs.

The Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, is one of football’s most hectic and strange weeks. It begins with a creepy weigh-in sandwiching a few days of practices, before ending with a meaningless game.

Still, it’s one of the premier events in the run up to the 2020 NFL Draft. Every year, prospects help (or hurt) their draft stock with a good week of practice or a breakout performance in the Senior Bowl.

With that in mind, here are 20 players to know in this year’s event.

4 quarterbacks to keep an eye on

Last year, Daniel Jones’ Senior Bowl performance caught the attention of Giants GM Dave Gettleman, who drafted Jones with the No. 6 pick. This year, there are two potential first-round picks playing.

1. Justin Herbert

It was sort of surprising seeing Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert participate in the Senior Bowl. Over the years, plenty of top quarterbacks have dropped out of the all-star game, but maybe things are changing. After all, eventual No. 1 pick Baker Mayfield practiced leading up to the 2018 game. Herbert most likely isn’t in contention for the Cincinnati Bengals and the first pick, so he could have just been seeing the writing on the wall regarding his draft stock.

By all accounts, Herbert had a good week of practices. He was lauded for a strong arm that zipped through heavy winds and his ability to place the ball in the right spot.

Justin Herbert hits Austin Mack deep. #SeniorBowl pic.twitter.com/ttGqphQEkO

— Austin Silvey (@SilveyESP) January 21, 2020

For his efforts, Herbert was named the best practice player of the week.

Oregon QB Justin Herbert named 2020 @seniorbowl Practice Player-of-the-Week. pic.twitter.com/QLepYu76vd

— Jim Nagy (@JimNagy_SB) January 24, 2020

Herbert had an up-and-down season at Oregon, and some of that can be blamed on his receivers dropping passes.

2. Jordan Love

The same can be said about Utah State quarterback Jordan Love.

Love is a confounding prospect. His numbers dropped in 2019 compared to 2018, but he also lost most of the offense around him. That included offensive coordinator David Yost, who left Utah State for Texas Tech. According to reports, Love showed some during practices why he’s considered a first-round talent.

3-4. Jalen Hurts and Anthony Gordon

After those two, Oklahoma’s Jalen Hurts, this year’s Heisman runner-up, is the biggest name. But Anthony Gordon of Washington State is the more interesting player.

Gordon started only a season for the Cougars while sitting behind walking meme Gardner Minshew. Gordon’s 2019 stats are eye-popping. He put up 5,579 yards and 48 touchdowns, with 570 yards and nine touchdowns alone coming against UCLA.

The 7 best players in this year’s game (non-QB edition)

While the quarterbacks get most of the attention, there are some big-name prospects at other positions in the Senior Bowl.

1. Javon Kinlaw

Unquestionably the top player participating this year is South Carolina defensive lineman Javon Kinlaw. In the weigh-in session to start the week, Kinlaw starred with an 84-inch wingspan on his 6’5 and lean 315-pound frame. Yes, that is extremely strange to write, but it’s part of draft season. Kinlaw is a possible top-10 pick and did nothing to hurt his status.

2. Marlon Davidson

Auburn’s Marlon Davidson is another big defensive lineman who didn’t disappoint. Look at what he can do at just under 300 pounds:

Marlon Davidson vs John Simpson pic.twitter.com/UfXeH7NrKj

— Billy M (@BillyM_91) January 22, 2020

3. Josh Jones

Another part of draft season is skyrocketing offensive tackles. We’ve seen it annually. Last year it was Andre Dillard and Tytus Howard jumping into the first round. This year, Houston’s Josh Jones could become a hot name, starting with a standout week of practices. Jones is known for his quick feet, but he got plenty of attention for violent, powerful hands.

josh jones is on another level pic.twitter.com/t6kUIiKqHS

— Austin Gayle (@PFF_AustinGayle) January 23, 2020

4. Ashtyn Davis

Football all-star games are typically bad settings for safeties because the setting neuters their aggression in the secondary and doesn’t allow them to blitz. That’s why California’s Ashtyn Davis didn’t grab a ton of headlines this week He’s still a potential top-100 player.

5. Jared Pinkney

The 2020 draft is a good one for tight ends, and one of the best ones is participating in the Senior Bowl. Vanderbilt’s Jared Pinkney is a likely top-100 pick as well, but he was injured much of the season and had just 20 receptions.

6. Jonathan Greenard

Florida pass rusher Jonathan Greenard is another player who struggled this season with injuries. Still, in his only season at Florida after transferring from Louisville, Greenard had 9.5 sacks.

7. Brandon Aiyuk

Arizona State wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk was a late scratch at the event, unfortunately. A lingering injury sidelined Aiyuk from the event, but he still weighed in an eye-catching 81-inch wingspan. Aiyuk has top-50 buzz, and if teams are looking for their own Deebo Samuel, he fits the bill this draft.

5 players who had a breakout week

These players all turned heads in Senior Bowl practice this week.

1. K.J. Hill

The Senior Bowl has been kind in the past to wide receivers. Terry McLaurin started building his draft stock at the Senior Bowl last year and looks like a budding star in Washington. Fellow Ohio State wide receiver K.J. Hill is on the same trajectory. After a sort of ordinary season of 57 receptions for 636 yards, Hill’s draft process is critical. Catches like this one help:

Jordan Love hits Ohio State’s K.J. Hill who makes a ridiculous one handed grab at the Senior Bowl practice.@KayJayHill pic.twitter.com/96mTM5ttHm

— The Field Today (@TheFieldToday) January 23, 2020

2. Denzel Mims

Baylor’s Denzel Mims is another receiver who impressed during the week. Look at him pull in this one from Love:

Jordan Love to Denzel Mims down the sideline. Baylor’s Denzel Mims stock is going way up. pic.twitter.com/pGK3Y8TkJS

— Connor Livesay (@ConnorNFLDraft) January 22, 2020

Mims should be a good mid-round pick up for a team looking for a speed receiver who just happens to be nearly 6’3. Mims has all the makings of being a draft gem.

3. Van Jefferson

Florida’s Van Jefferson, another wide receiver, got his share of plaudits as well.

Here’s what The Ringer’s Danny Kelly wrote about Jefferson in his Senior Bowl recap: “At 6-foot-1, Jefferson played bigger than his weigh-in weight of 197 pounds, putting on a route-running clinic while using quick footwork to sink his hips and make sharp cuts to gain separation.”

4. Troy Pride

LSU’s Kristian Fulton and TCU’s Jeff Gladney accepted their invites to the game, but dropped out late. That left the cornerback position a little light in talent.

Notre Dame’s Troy Pride had a strong week after underwhelming at the weigh-in with relatively short arms (31 3/8 inches) and wingspan (73 3/4 inches). On the field, though, he was praised for his toughness and ability to play the ball.

#NotreDame DB Troy Pride vs. #OhioState WR KJ Hill should be on pay-per-view. Great weeks for both of them #SeniorBowl pic.twitter.com/7Eeu56zNsQ

— Russell Brown (@RussNFLDraft) January 23, 2020

5. Lloyd Cushenberry

It’s also sort of strange to say a player from the national title-winning LSU team had a breakout performance, but that’s the case for center Lloyd Cushenberry. That’s as much to do with the other players at his position than anything else. Wisconsin’s Tyler Biadasz didn’t have quite the season many expected and Oklahoma’s Creed Humphrey returned to school. Both of those things help Cushenberry’s draft stock.

This type of block helps too:

Lloyd Cushenberry with a very nice Rep against Javon Kinlaw...#SeniorBowl VIA:(@MVScouting) pic.twitter.com/PUzGx9Pxcf

— Josh Lemoine (@LSUTruth) January 21, 2020

4 small-school players who stood out most

At the 2015 Senior Bowl, hardly anyone heard of guard Ali Marpet going into the week. By the end of the week, the Hobart College blocker was flying up draft boards and eventually became a second-round pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

1. Antonio Gandy-Golden

Liberty wide receiver Antonio Gandy-Golden could be another relatively no-name player who turns into a household name after a strong Senior Bowl week.

#Liberty WR Antonio Gandy-Golden (@gandygolden11) with a nice snag during #SeniorBowl practice. #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/ywB72OmILE

— Jonathan Adams (@JonDAdams) January 23, 2020

“(Gandy-Golden) made several terrific toe-tapping, high-point grabs in the corner of the end zone against multiple corners and used his strong hands and good body positioning to win on slants and in-breaking routes,” Yahoo Sports’ Eric Edholm wrote in his Day 3 winners post.

2. Adam Trautman

Dayton tight end Adam Trautman has been a favorite of #DraftTwitter for much of the season, and he got to show why during Senior Bowl week.

There's a buzz among scouts I've talked to this morning and last night about Dayton TE Adam Trautman The guy everyone seems to want to see this week

— Eric Edholm (@Eric_Edholm) January 21, 2020

Trautman was first introduced to many by The Athletic’s Dane Brugler, who put the Flyer well inside his recent top 100 at No. 72.

I am a HUGE Adam Trautman fan (Dayton TE). He has a really good feel as a route runner and he’ll more than hold up in the run game. pic.twitter.com/zaTuBXzobf

— Daniel Jeremiah (@MoveTheSticks) January 23, 2020

3. Kyle Dugger

Another small-school prospect people have been excited about since the preseason is Lenoir-Rhyne safety Kyle Dugger. He made the acclaimed Freaks List from Bruce Feldman, and you could see why in Mobile.

PICK! Lenoir-Rhyne safety Kyle Dugger makes the interception during one-on-one drills. #SeniorBowl pic.twitter.com/nqbS438EyT

— PewterReport (@PewterReport) January 22, 2020

4. Ben Bartch

Looking for an even deeper sleeper? How about St. John’s offensive tackle Ben Bartch?

St. John's (MN) OL Ben Bartch is an underrated prospect who has done well against an uptick in competition at the #SeniorBowl. Was a tight end just two years ago, but you couldn't tell based off of how strong and refined he looks.

— Jacob Infante (@jacobinfante24) January 23, 2020

The former tight end could be a nice Day 3 pickup in the draft.

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posi-pan · 8 years

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There's a saddening lack of books with pansexual/panromantic rep included in queer book recs, so I'm keeping a list.

You can find more information about the rep in these books, as well as pan rep in other media, here. This list includes both canon and implied/hinted pansexual, panromantic, and bi/pan (characters who identify as both or have been confirmed as both) characters.

27 Hours by Tristina Wright (Sci-Fi, YA) - Nyx Llorca, canon

Ace of Hearts by Feral Sephrian (Romance) - Felix, canon

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall (Fantasy, Mystery) - Ms. Haas, canon

The Alchemists of Loom by Elise Kova (Fantasy, Steampunk, YA) - Ari, canon

Alexey Dyed in Red by A.M. Valenza (Fantasy) - Vasiliy, canon

All or None by Aurora Lee Thornton (Fantasy) - Royiora, canon

All or Nothing by Riina Y.T. (Romance) - Carter, canon

All the Things We Do in the Dark by Saundra Mitchell (YA) - Ava, canon

The Almosts Trilogy by L.C. Mawson (Fantasy) - Kara, canon

American Hippo by Sarah Gailey (Fantasy, Historical Fiction) - Houndstooth, canon

American Sweethearts by Adriana Herrera (Adult, Romance) - Priscilla, canon

The Andersson Dexter series by M. Darusha Wehm (Mystery, Sci-Fi) - Dex, canon

Arctic Sun by Annabeth Albert (Contemporary, Romance) - River, canon

Ardulum series by J.S. Fields (Sci-Fi) - Neek, canon

As La Vista Turns by Kris Ripper (Romance) - Mildred, canon

Assassins: Nemesis by Erica Cameron (YA) - Blake, canon

The Aurora Circus by Viano Oniomoh (Fantasy, NA) - Pyro, canon

Barbary Station by R.E. Stearns (Sci-fi) - Iridian, implied/hinted

The Barrow series by Mark Smylie (Fantasy) - Stjepan Black-Heart, implied/hinted

The Bartimaeus series by Jonathan Stroud (Fantasy, YA) - Bartimaeus, canon

Base Status: Online by Emmy Engberts (Sci-Fi, YA) - Willow, canon

Beautiful Red by M. Darusha Wehm (Sci-Fi) - Jack, canon

Be Still My Heart by Charlie Cochet (Adult, Romance) - Red, implied/hinted

Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp (YA) - Kyra, canon

Betrothed: A Faery Tale by Therese Woodson (Fantasy) - Faeries, canon

Between Ghosts by Garrett Leigh (Romance, Military) - Nat, implied/hinted

Beyond the Curtain by T.L. Travis (Erotica, Romance) - Diamond, canon

Beyond Meridian by C.C. Bridges (Romance, Sci-Fi) - Raine, canon

Black Iris by Elliot Wake (NA) - Laney, implied/hinted

Black Queer Hoe by Britteney Black Rose Kapri (Poetry)

Blacklight by Rory I (Sci-Fi, Speculative) - Gareth Heights, canon

The Black Tree by Michón Neal (Cuil Fiction) - Ariel Shoud, canon

Bloodbound series by Kaelan Rhywiol - Rhys, canon

The Blood Between Us by Zac Brewer (Mystery, YA) - Adrien Dane, implied/hinted

Blood Borne by Archer Kay Leah (Fantasy) - Ress, canon

Blood in the Water by Tash McAdam (Fantasy, YA) - Hallie, canon

Blood of Titans: Reforged series by V.S. Holmes (Fantasy) - Keplan, canon

Bookish Friends To Lovers series by G.L. Tomas (NA) - Ruby Jiang-Cruz, canon

Books, Bulls, and Bacchanals by Angel Martinez (Fantasy, Romance) - Dionysus, canon

Borderline by Mishell Baker (Fantasy) - Millie, canon

Bound series by Megan Mulry (Erotica, Historical Romance) - Characters, canon

Breakfire's Glass by A.M. Valenza (Fantasy, Romance) - Nikolai, canon

The Breath of the Sun by Isaac Fellman (Fantasy, Sci-Fi) - Lamat, canon

The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde (Contemporary, YA) - Alfie, canon

Cadence and the Pearl by K.L. Noone (Fantasy) - Side Character, canon

California Girls series by Sara Taylor Woods (Erotica, Romance) - Mallory Duvall, canon

Calling Calling Calling Me by Natasha Washington (NA, Romance) - Josh, canon

Calloway Sisters series by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie (NA) - Connor Cobalt, implied/hinted

Camp Rewind by Meghan O'Brien (Romance) - Rosa Salazar and Jamal, canon and implied/hinted

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite (Historical Fiction, Romance) - Agatha, canon

Case of the Gold Retriever by Erik Schubach (Contemporary, Romance) - Finnegan, canon

Castaway Heart Trilogy by L.C. Mawson (Fantasy) - Dyna and Lyna, canon

Catalogue of Disaster by Amy-Alex Campbell (Adult, Romance) - Jake, canon

Chameleon Moon series by RoAnna Sylver (Sci-Fi, YA) - Shiloh, canon

Change of Momentum by Liana Brooks (Romance, Science Fiction) - Hollis Salir, canon

The Changing of Allison Dutch by Michón Neal (Cuil Fiction) - Jeffery Beale and Marie Delan, canon

Cherrington Academy by Rebecca J. Caffrey (Contemporary, YA) - Isaac, canon

Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes (Adult, Sci-Fi) - Eva, canon

Chronicles of Wehlmir series by D.L. Sims (Fantasy) - Grant and Anslo, canon

City of Spires series by Claudie Arseneault (Fantasy) - Larryn and Vellien, canon

Cleaning House by Jeanne G’Fellers (Fantasy) - Brinn, canon

Closer Than Blood by Jayne Lockwood (Romance) - Richard, canon

Concerto in Chroma Major by Naomi Tajedler (YA) - Leonardo Neri, canon

Counterpoint by Anna Zabo (Erotica, Romance) - Adrian, canon

Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer (Sci-Fi) - Alyssa, canon

Dalí by E.M. Hamill (Sci-Fi) - Dalí, canon

A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth (Fantasy, YA) - Arlo, canon

A Darker Shade of Magic series by V.E. Schwab (Fantasy) - Lila, implied/hinted

Darkling by Brooklyn Ray (Fantasy, Romance) - Liam, canon

Dark Soul Vol. 1 by Aleksandr Voinov (Erotica, Romance) - Silvio, canon

Daughter of the Sun by Effie Calvin (Fantasy, Romance) - Orsina and Aelia, canon

Deference by Lila Mina (Fantasy, Romance) - Honda, canon

Different Names For The Same Thing by Francis Gideon (Contemporary, Romance) - Theo, canon

Dithered Hearts by Chace Verity (Fantasy) - Myrick, canon

Don't Feed the Trolls by Erica Kudisch (Romance) - Daphnis, canon

Double Exposure by Chelsea M. Cameron (Romance) - Anna Corcoran, canon

Dream by Garret Leigh (Contemporary, Romance) - Angelo, canon

Eight Kinky Nights by Xan West (Contemporary) - Jordan, canon

Empire of Light by Alex Harrow (Sci-Fi) - Aris and Raeyn, canon

Erik the Pink by Matthew J. Metzger (Contemporary, Romance) - Erik, canon

Everafter: From the Pages of Fables (Fantasy) - Connor Wolf, canon

Every Day by David Levithan (Fantasy, YA) - A, implied/hinted

Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks by Nathan Burgoine (Fantasy, YA) - Nat, canon

Extra Dirty by K. Evan Coles and Brigham Vaughn (Romance) - Jesse, canon

Face It by Georgette Kaplan (Romance) - Elizabeth, canon

The Fallen Star by D'Angel (Erotica, Fantasy) - Main Character, canon

Fallible Justice by Laura Lassko (Fantasy, Mystery) - Yannia, implied/hinted

The Fell of Dark by Caleb Roehrig (Fantasy, YA) - Jude, canon

Feral Dust Bunnies by Angel Martinez (Fantasy, Romance) - Alex, canon

Fierce & Fabulous by Elizabeth Varlet (Romance) - Fitch, canon

Final Draft by Riley Redgate (YA) - Laila, canon

Finding Aurora by Rebecca Langham (Fantasy, Romance) - Talia, canon

Finding His Home by Thianna Durston (Romance) - David, canon

The Fire in My Blood by Chapel Orahamm (Sci-Fi) - Nigrae, canon

First and First by Santino Hassell (Contemporary, Erotica) - Aiden and Oli, canon

Feather by Feather and Other Stories by Lynn E. O'Connacht (Fantasy, Sci-Fi) - Jules, canon

Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler (Fantasy, Paranormal) - Shori Matthews/Ina species, canon

Forbidden by Renée Dahlia (Contemporary, Romance) - Queenie, canon

Forbidden by Samantha Kroese (Fantasy) - Side Character, canon

Forgotten Monster by J. Emery (Fantasy) - Sef, canon

Fortitude Smashed by Taylor Brooke (Contemporary) - Aiden, canon

From Scratch by Katrina Jackson (Contemporary, Romance) - Santos, canon

From the Dark We Came by J. Emery (Fantasy) - Belar, canon

Full Moon in Leo by Brooklyn Ray (Romance) - Cole, canon

The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough (Historical Fiction, YA) - Love, implied/hinted

Gemini Dreams by Philip Zander (Adult, Mystery) - Kyden, canon

A Gentleman in the Street by Alisha Rai (Erotica, Romance) - Akira, canon

Ghost by J.M. Dabney (Romance) - Gideon, canon

The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi (Fantasy, YA) - Enrique and Hypnos, canon

The Girl at Midnight series by Melissa Grey (Fantasy, YA) - Jasper, canon

The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig (Fantasy, YA) - Kash, canon

Good Angel duology by A.M. Blaushild (Urban Fantasy) - Iofiel, canon

The Grasp of Time by Raven J. Demers (Fantasy, NA) - Eila, canon

Grimmer Intentions by Jodi Hutchins (Fantasy, Romance) - Jackie, canon

Hard to Find by Chace Verity - Gabriel, canon

Hard Wired by Megan Erickson and Santino Hassell (Romance) - Lyrix, canon

Harmonious Hearts 2015 edited by Anne Regan (Anthology) - Will, canon

Havesskadi by Ava Kelly (Fantasy) - Orsie and Arkeva, canon

Hearts: Pansexual Poetry Collection by Lisa Reynolds (Poetry)

Her Elysium by Emmy Engberts (Contemporary, YA) - Fleur, canon

High Heat by Annabeth Albert (Contemporary, Romance) - Garrick, canon

The Hollow Sun series by DL Wainright (Fantasy) - Eva and Ren, canon

Homesick at Space Camp by Francis Gideon (Romance, Sci-Fi) - Eastyn, canon

Honestly Ben by Bill Konigsberg (YA) - Hannah, implied/hinted

Hot Licks by A.M. Arthur (Erotica, Romance) - Van, canon

How Not to Summon Your True Love by Sasha L. Miller (Fantasy, Romance) - Cy, canon

How to Bang a Billionaire by Alexis Hall (Erotica, Romance) - Aren, canon

Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie (Sci-Fi-, YA) - Woojin, canon

Human Enough by E.S. Yu (Fantasy) - Noah, canon

Hurricane Reese by R.L. Merrill (Romance) - Reese, canon

I am the Storm by Tash McAdam (Fantasy, YA) - Leaf, canon

Ilavani by Kaelan Rhywiol (Erotica, Fantasy) - Li and Mael, canon

Illusions & Dreams by Z. Allora (Contemporary, Romance) - Jake, canon

The Image of Deception by Charlotte Anne Hamilton - Megan, canon

The Incarcerado Trilogy by John Hornor Jacobs (Fantasy, YA) - Shreve, implied/hinted

In Case You Missed It by S.M. James (Romance, YA) - Darien, canon

Inheritance series by Amelia Faulkner (Urban Fantasy) - Quentin d'Arcy, canon

The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by V.E. Schwab (Adult, Fantasy) - Addie and Henry, canon

Island of Exiles by Erica Cameron (Fantasy, YA) - Etaro, canon

It Could Happen by Mia Kerrick (Contemporary, Romance) - Brody, implied/hinted

Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore (Fantasy, YA) - Ravi, implied/hinted

Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity by Kristin Elizabeth Clark (YA) - Chuck, canon

Jilted by Lilah Suzanne (Contemporary, Romance) - Link, canon

Junkyard Heart by Garrett Leigh (Romance) - Kim, canon

Lead Me Astray by Sondi Warner (Fantasy) - Zyr Ravani, canon

Learning Curves by Ceillie Simkiss (Contemporary) - Cora, canon

Legacy Strain by Taylor Brooke (Fantasy, Sci-Fi) - Brookyln Harper and Nicoli Decker, canon

Legal Briefs by Karen Stivali (Exposed: A Romance Anthology) (Romance) - Michael, canon

Leo and His Lion by Andi James and Lila Wilde (Erotica, Romance) - Dylan, canon

The Liar's Guide to the Night Sky by Brianna Shrum (YA, Contemporary, Romance) - Jonah, canon

The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith (Fantasy) - Claire, canon

The Life and Times of Angel Evans by Meredith Debonnaire (Fantasy, Short Story) - Angel Evans, canon

Life Minus Me by Sara Codair (Fantasy) - Bailey, canon

Litha’s Constant Whim by Amy Lane (Fantasy, Romance) - Whim, canon

Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert (YA) - Rafaela, canon

Loki: Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee (Fantasy) - Loki, canon

London, Actually by Clare Lydon (Romance) - Tracey, canon

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Sci-Fi) - Sissix, implied/hinted

Looking For Group by Rory Harrison (YA) - Arden, implied/hinted

Lost and Found by J. Holland (Fantasy, Romace) - Nerissa, canon

Loveless by Alice Oseman (Contemporary, YA) - Rooney, canon

Lucky by Garrett Leigh (Contemporary, Romance) - Lucky, canon

Lumber Jacked by Annabeth Albert (Erotica, Romance) - Johnny, implied/hinted

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series by Rick Riordan (Fantasy) - Magnus Chase, canon

Making Love by Aiden Wayne (Fantasy, Romance) - Leeta, implied/hinted

Mama, Me, and the Holiday Tree by Jeanne G’Fellers (Fantasy) - Cent, canon

The Mark of Noba series by G.L. Tomas (Fantasy) - Tetra and Sterling, canon

The Melody of Me and You by M. Hollis (NA) - Chris Morrison, canon

The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen (Fantasy, YA) - Tavin, canon

The Midnight Twelve by Hairann (Historical Fiction, Romance) - Ezra, canon

Miles Away From You by A.B. Rutledge (YA) - Miles, canon

Millenium series by Stieg Larsson (Mystery) - Lisbeth, implied/hinted

Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore (Fantasy, YA) - Chicky, canon

Moon Illusion by Michelle Osgood (Paranormal) - Nathan, canon

The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare (Fantasy, YA) - Lily Chen, canon

Mothmen by Kaelan Rhywiol (Adult Fiction, Erotica) - Jai, canon

Mr. March Names the Stars by Rivka Aarons-Hughes (Contemporary, Romance) - Nash, canon

My Fake Canadian Wife by M. Hollis (Romance) - Abby, canon

My Heart Goes Bang by Keris Stainton (Contemporary, New Adult) - Paige, canon

My Heart Is Ready by Chace Verity (Fantasy) - Lester, canon

My Mate by Castiel Gutierrez (Fantasy, Romance) - Billie, canon

My Name is Ayla by Phetra H. Novak (Contemporary, Romance) - Peter, canon

My Truth series by Ann Grech (Romance) - Ricky, canon

Natural Exposure by Koriana Brackson (Adult, Erotica) - Kenzie and Ripley, canon

Never-Contented Things by Sarah Porter (Fantasy, YA) - Josh, canon

No Cure Required by Stefanie Simpson (Erotica, Romance) - Matt, canon

No More Heroes by Michelle Kan (Fantasy, YA) - Rehua, canon

Not the Marrying Kind by Jae (Romance) - Sasha, canon

Nothing Happened by Molly Booth (YA) - Hana, canon

Now a Major Motion Picture by Cori McCarthy (YA) - Shoshanna, canon

Of Kindred and Stardust by Archer Kay Leah (Sci-fi) - Dath, Kytzia, and Mack, canon

An Offering of Plums by J. Emery (Fantasy, Romance) - Tristan, canon

On the Other Side by Carrie Hope Fletcher (Romance) - Isla, canon

Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy (Fantasy, YA) - Ari, canon

The One Thing I Know by Keelan Ellis (Romance) - Richard, canon

The Other Dress by Emmy Engbert (Romance, YA) - Izzy, canon

Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley (YA) - Christa, canon

Out by Tatum West and Beau Lake (Romance) - Vince, canon

Out On Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler (NA) - Frankie Bellisario, canon

Outside The Lines by Caitlin Ricci (Contemporary) - Andy, canon

A Pale Light in the Black by K.B. Wagers (Sci-Fi) - Jenks, canon

The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan (Fiction, YA) - Anais, implied/hinted

Paradise Lodge by Riina Y.T. (Romance) - Azariah, canon

A Party for Lola by Caitlin Ricci (Contemporary) - Lola, Micah, Tiffany, Charlie, and Sasha, canon

The Permanent Collection by Megan Derr (Erotica, Fantasy) - Laurence, canon

Power Surge by Sara Codair (Fantasy) - José, canon

Practice Makes Perfect by Kris Ripper (Erotica) - Paul, canon

Pretend Girlfriend by Lily Craig (Contemporary, Romance) - Lane, canon

Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard (Mystery, YA) - Emily, implied/hinted

Pride & Joy by Saruuh Kelsey (Fantasy, NA) - Joy Mackenzie, canon

A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole (Adult, Romance) - Johan, canon

Prophecy by Layla Heart (Fantasy) - Litha and Rune, canon

The Pros of Cons by Alison Cherry, Lindsay Ribar, and Michelle Schusterman (Contemporary, YA) - Soleil, canon

Prosperity by Alexis Hall (Fantasy, Steampunk) - Piccadilly, implied/hinted

Psychic Underground series by Sarah Elkins (Sci-Fi) - Henry and Neila, canon

The Purist by M. Crane Hana (Sci-Fi) - The Northwarden, canon

Pyre at the Eyreholme Trust by Lin Darrow (Fantasy, Romance) - Duke, canon

The Queen of Dauphine Street by Thea de Salle (Adult Fiction, Erotica, Romance) - Maddy, canon

The Queen of Ieflaria by Effie Calvin (Fantasy) - Adale and Esofi, canon

A Quiet Night In by Jaylee James (Fantasy) - Dacian/Daycie, canon

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (Contemporary, YA) - Raine, canon

Reverb by Anna Zabo (Romance) - Mish, canon

Rites & Desires by Amanda Cherry (Fantasy) - Ruby Killingsworth, canon

Rogues of the Republic series by Patrick Weekes (Fantasy) - Ululenia, implied/hinted

The Royal Cleaner series by L.C. Lawson (Fantasy) - Caroline, canon

Rule Breaker (Won't Back Down anthology) by Archer Kay Leah (Fantasy, Romance) - Gren, canon

Run in the Blood by A.E. Ross (Fantasy) - Aela, canon

Sadie by Courtney Summers (Mystery, YA) - Sadie, implied/hinted

Scorpio Hates Virgo by Anyta Sunday (Romance) - Cal, canon

Secured and Free by Z. Allora (Erotica, Romance) - Xander, canon

Seraphim by Leslie Swartz (Fantasy) - Gabriel and Lilith, canon

Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate (YA) - Lucas McCallum, canon

Shadow Tales by L.J. Hamlin (Fantasy, Romance) - Joel, canon

Shape Shifters Chronicles by Lauren Jankowski (Urban Fantasy) - Dane, canon

Shifting Tides by Caitlin Ricci (YA) - Blaine, canon

Ship It by Britta Lundin (Contemporary, YA) - Tess, canon

Six Goodbyes We Never Said by Candace Ganger (Contemporary, YA) - Naomi, canon

Six of Crows series by Leigh Bardugo (Fantasy, YA) - Jesper Fahey, canon and Nina, implied/hinted

Small Victories by Helene Dupres (Resist & Triumph Anthology) (2018) - Emma, canon

Smoke & Mirrors by Charlie Cochet (Fantasy, Romance) - Tony, canon

Socks for an Otter by Posy Roberts (Contemporary, Romance) - Louis, canon

Soft on Soft by Mina Waheed (Contemporary, Romance) - June Bana, canon

Solitaire by Alice Oseman (YA) - Michael Holden, canon

A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin (Fantasy) - Oberyn Martell, implied/hinted

The Song of the Faerie Prince by Tay Laroi (Fantasy, YA) - Gia, canon

Sorceress by K.L. Noone (Fantasy) - Lorre, canon

Soulbound by Archer Kay Leah (Fantasy) - Emeraliss and Hastal and Laytia and Navara, canon

The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow (Sci-Fi, YA) - Ellie, implied/hinted

Space Opera by Catheryne M. Valente (Sci-Fi) - Decibel Jones, canon

The Spider’s Web by Sophia Beaumont (Urban Fantasy) - Micha, canon

Squared Away by Annabeth Albert (Romance) - Mark, implied/hinted

Start Here antholgy edited by Brigitte Bautista and Ronald S. Lim (Romance) - Gorgeous, canon

A Stranger Sort of Fairy Tale by Cherry Pickett (Fantasy) - Tarquin, canon

Superheroes Anonymous series by Lexie Dunne (Fantasy) - Portia, canon

Sweet Revenge series by Elliot Junkyard (Dieselpunk) - Ezekial, canon

Syncopation by Anna Zabo (Romance) - Zavier, canon

Taming the Wylde by Lucie Archer (Adult, Romance) - Jake, canon

Texture Like Sun by Ils Greyhart (Fantasy, Romance) - Character, canon

That Doesn’t Belong Here by Dan Ackerman (Fantasy, Romance) - Levi, canon

Their Troublesome Crush by Xan West (Contemporary, Romance) - Ernest, canon

There Will Be Phlogiston by Alexis Hall (Fantasy, Steampunk) - Anstruther Jones, canon

Third Rail by Santino Hassell (Romance) - Chris, implied/hinted

Three Part Harmony by Holley Trent (Romance) - Raleigh, canon

The Tiger’s Watch by Julia Ember (Fantasy, YA) - Tashi, canon

Tight Quarters by Annabeth Albert (Romance) - Bacon, canon

Timekeeper by Tara Sim (Fantasy, Steampunk, YA) - Colton, canon

To Terminator, With Love by Wes Kennedy (Romance, Sci-fi) - Andre, canon

Tongue & Groove by Shae Connor (Romance) - Saul Wilder, canon

Touch of a Yellow Sun by V.L. Locey (Romance) - Shey, canon

Tow Trucks & New Year's Kisses by Lila Leigh Hunter (Romance) - Scott, canon

Translucid by Zen DiPietro (Sci-Fi) - Emé, canon

Triad Blood by Nathan Burgoine (Fantasy) - Matthew, canon

Trick or Treat by Sydney Blackburn (Romance) - Drew, canon

Trident Chronicles by C.M. Spivey (Fantasy) - Theodor, canon

Twenty-One Arrow Salute by Kasia Bacon (Fantasy, Romance) - Verhan, canon

Tybalt Perdition by John Cordial (Fantasy) - Reynardine, canon

The Unconquered City by K.A. Doore (Fantasy) - Illi, canon

Unbroken by Brooklyn Ray (Fantasy, Romance) - Victor, canon

Under Dark Sky Law by Tamara Boyens (Sci-Fi) - Xero, canon

Undertow by Brooklyn Ray (Fantasy) - Liam, canon

An Unsuitable Heir by K.J. Charles (Historical, Romance) - Mark, canon

Until Lambs Become Lions series by Charlotte Anne Hamilton (Fantasy, Romance) - Allan-A-Dale, canon

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (Fantasy) - Esther, canon

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli (YA) - Mina, canon

The Vampire Flynn series by Peter Dawes (2011-2018) (Fantasy) - Peter, canon

Vampire Sorority Sisters by Rebekah Weatherspoon (Paranormal, Romance) - Characters, canon

Velvet Claw by L.J. Hamlin (Fantasy, Romance) - Evan, canon

Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan (Contemporary, YA) - Jubilee, canon

Victorian Mistress series by Jesse Stuart (Fantasy, Romance) - Josef, canon

Wander This World by G.L. Tomas (NA, Paranormal) - Melanie Blue, canon

Wanna Bet? by Talia Hibbert (Contemporary, Romance) - Jasmine, canon

Warp Gate Concerto by Dorian Graves (Fantasy, Sci-Fi) - Ashua and Nulani and Silna, canon

Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire (Fantasy, YA) - Eleanor and Jack, canon

We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson (YA, Sci-Fi) - Diego Vega, implied/hinted

We are the Catalyst by Tash McAdam (Sci-Fi) - Epsilon 17, canon

Werebears and Water by Caitlin Ricci (Erotica, Fantasy, NA) - Rayce and Vince, canon

What Blooms Beneath by A.D. Ellis (Fantasy, Romance) - Kellan, canon

Who'd Have Thought by G. Benson (Romance) - Hayden, canon

Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas (Contemporary, YA) - Gus, canon

The Wind City by Summer Wigmore (Urban Fantasy) - Saint, canon

Witchmark by C.L. Polk (Fantasy, Romance) - Tristan, canon

The Wolf and the Sparrow by Isabelle Adler (Fantasy, Romance) - Callan, canon

Wonderland by Juno Dawson (Retelling, YA) - Alice, canon

Wriggle & Sparkle by Megan Derr (Fantasy, Paranormal) - Anderson, implied/hinted

The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life by Dani Jansen (Contemporary, YA) - Charlotte, canon

Your Heart Will Grow by Chace Verity (Fantasy, NA) - Kelpana, canon

Happy reading!

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goalhofer · 6 months

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2024 Boston Red Sox Roster

Pitchers

#22 Garrett Whitlock (Snellville, Georgia)

#25 Josh Winckowski (Lee County, Florida)

#37 Nick Pivetta (Saanich Municipality, British Columbia)

#44 Isaiah Campbell (Olathe, Kansas)*

#48 Robert Anderson; Jr. (Wichita Falls, Texas)*

#50 Kutter Crawford (Okeechobee, Florida)

#55 Chris Martin (Arlington, Texas)

#56 Joely Rodríguez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

#57 Greg Weissert (Islip, New York)*

#63 Justin Slaten (Hallsville, Texas)**

#66 Brayan Bello (Santa Bárbara de Samaná, Dominican Republic)

#74 Kenley Jansen (Willemstad, Curaçao)

#79 Bryan Mata (Maracay, Venezuela)**

#89 Tanner Houck (Collinsville, Illinois)

Catchers

#3 Reese McGuire (Covington, Washington)

#12 Connor Wong (Pearland, Texas)

Infielders

#5 Vaughn Grissom (Oviedo, Florida)*

#10 Trevor Story (Irving, Texas)

#11 Rafael Devers (Sánchez, Dominican Republic)

#19 Pablo Reyes (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

#29 Bobby Dalbec (Parker, Colorado)

#36 Triston Casas (Plantation, Florida)

#47 Enmanuel Valdez (San Juan De La Maguana, Dom Rep)

Outfielders

#7 Yoshida Masataka (Fukui-Shi, Japan)

#16 Jarren Duran (Cypress, California)

#17 Tyler O'Neill (Maple Ridge, British Columbia)*

#30 Rob Refsnyder (Laguna Hills, California)

#43 Ceddanne Rafaela (Willemstad, Curaçao)

#52 Wilyer Abreu (Maracaibo, Venezuela)

Coaches

Manager Alex Cora (Ciudad Caguas, Puerto Rico)

Bench coach Ramón Vázquez (Ciudad Cidra, Puerto Rico)

Catching coach Jason Varitek (Altamonte Springs, Florida)

Bullpen catcher Charlie Madden (Atlanta, Georgia)

Bullpen catcher Mani Martinez (Guacara, Venezuela)

Bullpen coach Kevin Walker (Grand Prairie, Texas)

Pitching coach Andrew Bailey (Haddon Township, New Jersey)

Hitting coach Peter Fatse (Hampden, Massachusetts)

Assistant hitting coach Luis Ortiz (Santo Domingo, Dom Rep)

Assistant hitting coach Ben Rosenthal (Phoenix, Arizona)

1B coach/field coordinator Andy Fox (Sacramento, California)

3B/outfield coach Kyle Hudson (Mattoon, Illinois)

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genaya-salazar · 7 years

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She probably hadn’t been this nervous since her first performance. This was different. This was her first time out of LA. She’d managed to build up a rep for herself there and while yes her songs were playing on a global she had never been anywhere in America that wasn’t in California. Las Vegas may not have been too far away but to Naya it felt like the other side of the world. She was alone here. No support system. Just her and her team, people so were barely acquaintances.

Genaya paced the green room before pulling out her phone to facetime Connor. “Hey...” She stopped, blinking when she notice the broad but bare chest of her boyfriend. “Are you naked? What am I talking about you have the day off of course you are.” She laughed a little and sat herself down. “Sorry to interrupt your gaming spree but I’m having a little bit of a freak out.” Genaya say herself down in one of the seats and swept a hand over her hair. “I’ve never played outside of LA before. I guess I was nervous and wanted to hear your voice before I went on stage since I won’t get to see you tonight.”

He was tried, she could tell that much. The week had been a difficult one, his hours had been rough and some nights it had been a case of just letting him sleep and curl into her when he needed to. He didn’t talk for long, telling her briefly about Danny and the breakfast he had gone to with someone from work. It helped calm her enough that she felt comfortable going on stage. When her call came and she had to let him go she brew him a kiss and promised to call before she went to sleep. “I love you.” She said quickly as she got up to go. With a farewell she was putting her phone away and heading out to the stage preparing for her queue.

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Chloe Kim captured the hearts of Americans with her performance in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Kim, 17, won the gold medal in the women’s snowboard halfpipe Tuesday by posting a near-perfect 98.25 score, and she has charmed the world on the biggest stage with both her ability and personality, especially through her hilarious and relatable tweets.

But one radio host didn’t think it was enough to discuss how Kim has represented her county with her impressive athletic achievements.

Patrick Connor, who co-host’s Barstool Radio’s “Dialed-In with Dallas Braden,” felt the need to make sexually inappropriate comments about the 17-year-old from California and has since been fired by KNBR in San Francisco.

Here are Patrick’s lewd comments, per Deadspin:

Stevens: Me, personally, I’m on Twitter, I see Chloe Kim, I’m thinking Khloe Kardashian, Kim (Kardashian), I don’t want to deal with that. So I missed out on the whole Chloe Kim thing. But it’s a good story. She’s into it, a little kid—I’m inspired by it.

Braden: Chloe Kim, famous for riding a very different board than Kim Kardashian.

Connor: No doubt, and in fact just to keep it on that tip, her 18th birthday is April 23, and the countdown is on baby, ’cause I got my Wooderson going. “That’s what I like about them high school girls.”

Stevens: I love it P-Con, I’m right there with you.

Connor: She’s fine as hell! If she was 18, you wouldn’t be ashamed to say that she’s a little hot piece of ass. And she is. She is adorable. I’m a huge Chloe Kim fan.

Braden (laughing): That’s it.

Connor tweeted an apology Wednesday.

Yesterday in a weird attempt to make people laugh I failed. My comments about @chloekimsnow were more than inappropriate they were lame & gross. Im truly sorry Chloe. You’ve repped our country so brilliantly. I apologize to my colleagues & the listeners for being a total idiot.

— Patrick Connor (@pcon34) February 14, 2018

But KNBR cut ties with the host following his unnecessary and troubling remarks, according to USA TODAY.

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Rep. Lamar Smith Tried To Make A Big Deal Out Of A Fake Climate Scandal

WASHINGTON Rep. Lamar Smith(R-Texas), a longtime denier of mainstream climate science, is convinced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration cooked its books on climate change.

So when anarticleappeared Sunday in the British tabloid The Daily Mail with the headline, Exposed: How World Leaders Were Duped Into Investing Billions Over Manipulated Global Warming Data, Smith pounced. In a press releasetitled Former NOAA Scientist Confirms Colleagues Manipulated Climate Records and a series of posts to Twitter, the chair of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technologyaccused the federal agency yet again of playing fast and loose with data and the Obama administration of pushing its costly climate agenda.

In the article, which hasreceived widespread backlash, journalist David Rose writes thathigh-level whistleblower John Bates, a retired scientist at NOAAs National Centers for Environmental Information, had exposed the biggest scientific scandal since Climategate. The federal agency, Rose writes, breached its own rules on scientific integrity when it published a sensational but flawed reportthat exaggerated global warming and was timed to influence the historic Paris Agreement on climate change.

The 2015 study, led by NOAA scientist Thomas Karland published in the journal Science, found that an apparent slowing trend, or hiatus, in the rate of global warming from 1998 to 2012 was the result of its own biased data. The agency corrected its analysis to account for differences between ships measurements and those of more accurate at-sea buoys, which increased the estimated rate of warming over the previous 15 years.

On Tuesday, Smiths committee hosted a hearing that had nothing to do with NOAA, at least on the surface. TitledMaking EPA Great Again and stacked with industry lobbyists, most of whom agree with Smith on climate change, the purpose was to discuss how the Environmental Protection Agency can pursue environmental protection and protect public health by relying on sound science.But the chairman couldnt help but take advantage of the opportunity the Daily Mail story created, quickly switching gears to blast NOAA for its alleged deception.

Smith said the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) should redact the NOAA study.

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Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) has a history of attacking federal climate scientists.

Smith clearly didnt expect the response he received from AAAS Chief Executive Rush Holt, a former member of Congress from New Jersey,when he asked whether Holts association was committed to thoroughly investigating Bates claims.

Holt pointed to an article Tuesday in E&E Newsin which Bates appeared to take issue with the Daily Mails account and backtrack on the interpretation that he wrote about in a lengthy blog post published Saturday (the apparent genesis of the Daily Mail piece).

The issue here is not an issue of tampering with data, but rather really of timing of a release of a paper that had not properly disclosed everything it was, Bates told E&E, according to The New York Times.

Holt told Smith that the Daily Mail story, which has received widespread criticism,is not the making of a big scandal.

This is an internal dispute between two factions within an agency, he said. Theres nothing in the paper, the Karl paper, that at our current analysis suggests retraction.

Smith fired back: I encourage you to talk to Dr. Bates, because everything I have read that hes said about the Karl report suggest to me that NOAA cheated and got caught.

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Rush Holt, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, defended the journal Science's decision to publish the NOAA study in 2015.

What Smith has failed to acknowledge is that last month independent researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, published a studythat it saysconfirmsthe accuracy of the Karl paper, further eroding the go-to argument among climate deniers.

The GOP congressman, who has received $697,747in donations from the oil and gas industry since 1989, has been on a years-long crusade or witch hunt, as some have called it to discredit all-but-universally accepted climate science. In 2015, after NOAA published its study updating the global temperature record, Smith harassed agency scientists, issuing subpoenas to obtain communications related to their analysis. He has also gone after seemingly everyone looking into Exxon Mobils suppression of climate change research, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, often parroting the oil and gas giantsgo-to First Amendment defensein the process.

Later during Tuesdays hearing, Holt revisited the Karl-Bates dispute and spoke to the importance of promoting and protecting science.

If you want to be on the right side of any issue, you would do well to go with the evidence the best understanding at the time of what its going to be. Not some fringe idea, he said. Scientists are always poking around the periphery trying to find new understanding, but we shouldnt think that that is the center of gravity. Take the climate change issue we are talking about this morning. This is an internal dispute about a detail of how you might measure land temperatures or water temperatures. It is not a departure from the general understanding of whats happening to temperatures in our globe.

And what is happening is abundantly clear: Global temperatures are spiraling toward the 1.5 degree Celsius aspirational warming limit agreed to during the historic climate change agreement in Paris last December.

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The Adams Controversy Highlights The Growing Trivialization Of Racism Charges

Many viewers were surprised last week when, in the middle of a pandemic briefing, PBS reporter correspondent Yamiche Alcindor asked Jerome Adams to respond to claims that he recently made racist comments. Rep. Maxine Waters declared “Donald Trump has found a new vessel by which to spew his racist dog whistles.” For those of us in academia, it was neither a surprising nor unique moment. On campuses across the country, it is now routine for statements found objectionable to be labeled as racist or part of the ambiguous category of “microaggressions.” Indeed, labeling people racists is now a common form of political criticism. It is often a conversation and career stopper for the accused. Few people want to defend someone accused of being a racist, only to be accused themselves.

The greatest problem with this trend in our political discourse is that it diminishes actual racism and the ability to call out real cases. There is real racism that must be addressed in our society. However, if everything is racist, nothing will eventually be viewed as racist or racism will cease to be a term of significance.

Adams, the nation’s first black Surgeon General, has been speaking directly to “my community” as someone who represents the “legacy of growing up poor and black in America.” At the press conference on pandemic responses, Alcindor asked Adams to address all those “offended” by the fact that he “said that African Americans and Latinos should avoid alcohol, drugs, and tobacco. You also said do it for your abuela, do it for Big Mama and Pop-Pop.” Adams responded and explained that he was using “the language that we use and that I use.”

Many declared that the advice to curtail alcohol and drugs was a racist stereotype of minority communities. Yet those comments are similar to comments made in the past by Democratic and liberal figures. Moreover, Adams has given the same advice to other communities. However, Adams was appointed by President Donald Trump and soon people were online saying how deeply offended they are over the inherent racism in his warnings or his use of nicknames for parents and grandparents. One commentator portrayed Adams as not really part of that community: “The Surgeon General is trying to relate to a life he never lived, listen to his voice and they way he speaks.”

Imagine if a Trump official assumed the background of an African-American reporter based on how she spoke. Adams achieved great distinction in his life, particularly as someone who was raised on a farm in Maryland and made it through school on scholarships. Yet, activist Blaine Hardaway declared “Trump sent the only black guy on his team out to chastise black and Latino people for smoking and drinking, as if that’s the reason our communities are predisposed to this virus. Just disgusting.”

Adams could have spared the effort. These attacks are meant to indelibly mark someone, not elicit a response. Critics know that they can isolate people by labeling their views as racist.

The trend has continued unabated with the pandemic. For example, there is a raging debate over the concealment of the origin, early spread, and lethality of the virus in China. However, the Council of Chief Diversity Officers at the University of California has issued a “guidance document” to tell students to stop others from referring to the “Chinese virus” or “Wuhan virus.” Michigan State University warned students that use of anything other than coronavirus is unacceptable as part of a warning on hate speech pledge circulated around the school. Some university officials told students to report students using the term as “racist.”

For the record, I wrote early that I would not use the term Chinese virus rather than the official name. However, I did not reject it because it is an inherently racist term – any more than the use of the Spanish Flu, Zika, or Ebola. Indeed, it was the term used by many scientists in the early stages and even liberals. HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher noted correctly “Scientists, who are generally pretty liberal, have been naming diseases after the places they came from for a very long time.”

Yet, racism is a useful label to use when you are attacking free speech or academic freedom. Many writers seeking to punish or silence others for opposing views have dismissed free speech arguments. While some writings can legitimately be challenged over racial concerns, there remains protections for unpopular and even offensive views. Yet, academics accused of espousing racially insensitive views are targeted for termination as “bad scholars” for holding such views. For example, Joe Patrice, who writes for Above the Law, called for the firing of Law Professors Amy Wax and Larry Alexander because he disagreed with an oped column on how social ills have followed the breakdown of what they call “bourgeois values” of the 1940s and 1950s like strong families, patriotism, and altruism. They prefaced their analysis by noting that those values also came with racist, anti-Semitic, and other problems. Various Democratic politicians, including President Barack Obama, have criticized the decline of the family and similar values. I actually disagree with key points of the column and others have raised questions over racial implications of some of the writings by University of Pennsylvania Professor Amy Wax. Those criticisms relate primarily to other writings of Wax, but this piece did declare that “all cultures are not equal.” However, rather than simply disagree with the merits of this column, Patrice told readers to ignore their express criticism of racism in the column and instead focus on “racially coded language” showing an affinity for “white superiority.” Again there is a good-faith debate to have over other writings by Wax involving racial stereotyping or insensitivity. Yet, even if one believes that Wax is using such coded language or advancing such views, most of us still value free speech and academic freedom as a protection and not willing to fire academics because critics accuse them of “belching out so many lies and half-truths” in opinion pieces.

Even airing a defense by accused individuals is now viewed as facilitating racism. Patrice also aired an approving interview with The Nation’s Elie Mystal where Mystal attacked high school student Nick Sandmann in a controversy before the Lincoln Memorial with a Native American activist. The incident was widely misrepresented and Sandman received settlements from CNN and corrections to the early coverage. However, Patrice agreed with Mystal’s objections to Sandmann wearing his “racist [MAGA] hat” and the media airing interviews of Sandmann so this “17-year-old kid makes the George Zimmerman defense for why he was allowed to deny access to a person of color.” It is that easy. You falsely accuse a 17-year-old kid of being a vehement racist and then object to people interviewing him to hear his defense.

The opportunistic use of this label results in tit-for-tat accusations. Trump called Bloomberg a racist for his stop-and-frisk policy despite Trump’s support for the policy. Joe Biden has also been accused of being a racist. Even deregulation by Democrats have been framed as a racist as opposed to an ill-conceived ideal. When Pete Buttigieg referred to his ties to the “American heartland,” former CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien called him out for using racist “dog whistles.”

Once you start to treat opposing views or practices as presumptively racist, everything you dislike become vehicles of racism. meritocracy, Western literature, earthquake warnings, and the “white-nuclear family” have all been denounced as advancing racism. Even food controversies can be converted into racist moments today. Patrice recently accused me of “delightfully passive racism” because I did not know what chicken tikka masala is. Uber put out a list of the top orders during the pandemic by state. The list was a surprising contrast of top ordered dishes from the mundane French fries (Arizona, Florida, Illinois) to the highly specific like Garlic Naan in Minnesota. Some seemed a bit exotic to be the most common dish ordered in a given state. I decided to share on Twitter as a light distraction from the grind of pandemic disaster stories: “The most popular uber eats orders in Oklahoma is spicy tuna roll and in both Missouri and Wisconsin crag Rangoon? California is chicken tikka masala? I don’t even know what that is beyond the chicken. If true, we have an outbreak of the panpompous.”

That is all it took: racism and what Patrice calls “performative white nationalism.” I did not know what chicken tikka masala was and that made me the Bull Connor of the culinary arts. (In reality, as my exasperated wife and kids pointed out, I have had the dish and, while it is not one of my favorite Indian dishes, it is widely known by others). It was not enough to be clueless, however, I had to be racist. Of course, Patrice tellingly did not label the failure to remember the dish as racist until after he ridiculed my testimony in the Clinton and Trump impeachments hearings.

There is no label quite as effective as racist. It is a claim that can never be conclusively rebutted so you simply dismiss any attempt as “performative white nationalism.” In the meantime, real racism is obscured by a wall of trivialized accusations. There continue to be acts that discriminate being people based on race and legitimate concerns over arguments that advance different treatment based on race and other immutable characteristics. It is important to have that discussion as a country. Those arbitrarily throwing around racism labels for political advantage only serves to give cover for real racism that continues to plague our country.

Alternatively, everyone with opposing views could be a racist. Or, a MAGA hat could be just a hat and chicken tikka masala could be a delicious, but sometimes forgotten, marinated chicken dish.

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Democrats move swiftly to halt Trump's conflict with Iran

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Democrats move swiftly to halt Trump's conflict with Iran

“We would be powerless if we didn’t get the majority, but the country gave us the majority in the House of Representatives,” he added.

The resolution is expected to easily pass the House as early as Wednesday,with nearly every Democrat likely to support it. Adoption will force a vote on the Senate floor in the coming days, because it is privileged. Democrats hope it will pose a tough loyalty test for Republicans, who were also mostly blindsided by Trump’s strike.

But the House and Senate GOP are likely to remain largely united on the floor, with many across the party rallying around Trump’s slaying of a man linked to the deaths of hundreds of Americans.

Senate Democrats will need at least four Republicans to join them if all 47 caucus members vote for the resolution. Such a break would mark a repudiation of Trump as he gears up for his reelection campaign andan impeachment trial in the Senate.

A handful of Republicans — including vocal war skeptics like Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) — have bucked their party in the past, protesting what they see as the unchecked military might of the executive branch. But it’s not clear they would oppose Trump in this case.

Several Republicans are already suggesting the debate over the Iran measure could look very different from the bipartisan resolution last year that would have ended U.S. support for the deadly conflict in Yemen.

The war powers resolution getting a vote this week would essentially end additional military operations in Iran unless there is the threat of an imminent attack — a much tougher measure for Republicans to support. It would require the Trump administration to cease all military activity in Iran within 60 days unless congressional approval was given.

House GOP leadership aides are expecting only a handful of defections on the floor.

“There shouldn’t be a single Republican member of our conference [to] vote for this resolution, which has nothing to do with the AUMF debate and everything to do with politics,” Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.)told POLITICO. “When President Obama intervenes in Syria, Pelosi says nothing! When President Trump takes out a terrorist with a drone, she sides with the opposition.”

Lawmakers are expected to receive a full briefing from Trump officials, including Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday, although details have not been nailed down, according to people involved with the planning.

The House resolution, announced by Speaker Nancy Pelosi late Sunday, opens yet another front against Trump, who has repeatedly ignored congressional leaders of both parties in his foreign policy across the Middle East.

Pelosi described Trump’s action as a “provocative and disproportionate military airstrike” that she said endangers U.S. troops “by risking a serious escalation of tensions with Iran.”

House Democrats have condemned Trump in droves, with the caucus’ most liberal members, like Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), as well as moderate ex-military members like Conor Lamb (D-Pa.), equally forceful in their opposition.

“I’m not trying to be Secretary of State. I’m trying to understand if we, as a nation, should be having a conversation if we want to get into another protracted war in the Middle East,” Rep. Elissa Slotkin, an Iraq War veteran who will lead the resolution on the floor this week, said on MSNBC’sMorning Joe on Monday.

The resolution comes with some risk for Pelosi and her deputies in the House, however. Top Democrats are anxious that Republicans could use the measure to force a vote on another contentious issue, like Israel, that has split the Democratic Caucus in the past, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Trump’s acceleration of the U.S.-Iran conflict could become a major theme of the House Democratic agenda in 2020, with the three-month impeachment probe now behind them.

Top Democrats are planning to step up their oversight of Trump’s actions in Iran and the Middle East generally. House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said Monday he plans to hold open hearings on what he sees as a rapidly escalating threat to U.S. interests in the region.

“I think there should be open hearings on this subject,” Schiff told the Washington Post. “The president has put us on a path where we may be at war with Iran. That requires the Congress to fully engage.”

Schiff’s office declined to comment on next steps on oversight, which is also likely to involve the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Armed Services Committee.

With Democrats trying to bolster their messaging by elevating ex-military members like Slotkin, Republicans, too, are leaning on their veterans to help make their case. Some of the GOP members who have praised Trump’s airstrike on Soleimani on cable news in recent days include Reps. Mike Gallagher (Wis.), Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) and Michael Waltz (Fla.).

“I’m not sure why the Democrats have chosen to go so deep in opposition to this. While it may work with their base, most Americans don’t see this fear of Iran as a good look,” Kinzinger said. “If in time Iran backs down and moderates, the Democrats will be seen as on the wrong side of this, relatively soon. If they continue attacking Americans, people will be even angrier at Iran’s continues provocations.”

Republicans are also using the opportunity to draw another contrast with Democrats amid the impeachment battle.

“While Democrats are trying to remove President Trump from office, the President is focused on removing terrorists from the face of the earth,” tweeted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).

Khanna said he hoped Republicans would support the resolution later this week, noting the bipartisan coalition he spearheaded earlier this year that successfully passed a war powers resolution cutting off U.S. support for the war in Yemen. Trump promptly vetoed the measure — which drew support from 16 Republicans in the House and seven Republicans in the Senate — marking only the second veto of his presidency.

But Khanna argued many of those same Republicans should be willing to support this resolution, even amid the partisan warfare currently unfolding over Democrats’ decision to impeach Trump over abuse of power and obstruction of Congress charges in the Ukraine scandal.

The California Democrat is also pushing for a vote on his bill to defund U.S. military action in Iran that doesn’t first receive congressional approval. Khanna and GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced a similar amendment this summer that was adopted in the House’s annual defense authorization bill with 27 Republicans breaking with their party to support it.

But that provision — along with an amendment from Lee to repeal a 2002 military authorization passed in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq— was stripped out during final negotiations in December, over the howls of progressives.

“The Pentagon fought tooth and nail — tooth and nail — to get that Iran amendment out. It was their highest priority. And that to me was a signal that they were planning something at some time,” Khanna said. “But once we passed the NDAA and we did not get their commitment to restrict action in Iran, they took that as a blank check. And it was a colossal mistake.”

Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, including Khanna, huddled on a call Sunday to talk about a strategy on Iran going forward. The call was held before Pelosi announced the vote on the war powers resolution.

The CPC heard from Trita Parsi, a prominent Iran analyst and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, who urged liberals to move responsibly to end U.S. entanglements in the Middle East.

Connor O’Brien contributed to this report.

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El Paso shooting is being treated as a case of ‘domestic terrorism,’ US attorney says

Federal authorities are treating the El Paso mass shooting as a case of domestic terrorism, the US Attorney for the Western District of Texas said Sunday.

The Justice Department is also “seriously considering” bringing federal hate crime and federal firearm charges, which carry a possible death penalty, US Attorney John Bash said in a news conference.

The case appears to meet the statutory definition of domestic terrorism, Bash said. Saturday’s shooting at an El Paso shopping center — which left at least 20 people dead and 26 injured — “appears to be designed to intimidate a civilian population, to say the least,” he said.

“We’re going to do what we do to terrorists in this country, which is to deliver swift and certain justice,” Bash said.

El Paso County District Attorney Jaime Esparza said the suspect faces capital murder charges and will be eligible for the death penalty.

“We will seek the death penalty,” he said.

Authorities have not publicly identified the shooter, but three sources told CNN the suspect is 21-year-old Patrick Crusius of Allen, Texas. The sources were two federal officials and one state official.

Racist ‘manifesto’ posted on 8chan

Authorities are investigating a racist, anti-immigrant document they believe was posted by a man who opened fire Saturday morning, shortly after 10:30 a.m. local time.

About 20 minutes earlier, a post on the online message board 8chan believed to be from the suspect laid out a dark vision of America overrun by Hispanic immigrants. The 2,300-word document, which police called a “manifesto,” was attached to a post that said, “I’m probably going to die today.”

The writing is filled with white supremacist language and racist hatred aimed at immigrants and Latinos. It blames immigrants and first-generation Americans for taking away jobs.

The writer cited a fear that an influential Hispanic population in Texas would make the state a “Democratic stronghold.” But the writer also said “the Republican Party is also terrible” because the GOP is in his mind pro-corporation, which could lead to more immigration.

The writer of the document said they had held these beliefs for years before Donald Trump was elected President.

It took less than a month to plan the shooting, according to the four-page document.

The mass shooting happened in one of the largest and safest cities on the US-Mexico border, a place central to the Trump administration’s hardline stance on immigration and a city that state Rep. Cesar Blanco called “ground zero” of the administration’s family separations policy.

El Paso County had an estimated population of 840,000 people as of July 2018, according to the US Census Bureau. An estimated 83% were Hispanic or Latino.

Saturday’s shooting is at least the third atrocity this year where a shooting suspect is thought to have posted to 8chan in advance of an attack.

Before the mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March, an account believed to belong to the gunman posted a link to an 87-page white nationalist manifesto on Twitter and 8chan.

And 73 minutes before the deadly shooting at Congregation Chabad synagogue in Poway, California, in April, someone identifying himself as the suspect in that attack posted a link to a hate-speech-filled manifesto hyperlinked on 8chan.

A week bookended by shootings

The El Paso shooting was one of several that happened across the country over the last eight days. It was followed just 13 hours later by another mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio.

At least nine people were killed and at least 26 were injured in a popular nightclub district by a lone gunman, identified as 24-year-old Connor Betts. Dayton Police said the suspect is dead.

Last Sunday, a 19-year-old gunman wearing tactical gear opened fire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California, killing three people, including a 6-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl.

And gunfire erupted Tuesday at another neighborhood Walmart in Mississippi, killing two employees and wounding a police officer. At least 34 people were left dead across all four scenes.

The first call of an active shooter in El Paso went out at 10:39 a.m. local time, El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen said. The first officer arrived on scene at the Walmart near the Cielo Vista Mall six minutes later.

Adria Gonzalez was walking by the meat section on a Saturday morning shopping trip with her mom when she heard the shots.

She said she stepped up to see what was happening and that’s when she saw the shooter near the main entrance, wearing headphones or earmuffs and carrying a gun.

“I could only think about getting my mom and others out of the store,” she said. “We gotta get out of here.”

After she saw the shooter, Gonzalez said she saw a grade-school aged boy get shot in the leg, a man bleeding on the floor and another man, covered in blood, reaching for a nearby child.

“We heard two to three shots, four to five shots, then six to seven shots,” Gonzalez told CNN.

She and her mother took off — along with about 40 other people, Gonzalez said. They waited in a storage area of the store until they no longer heard the gunfire.

“You see this happening in the movies, but when you live it yourself, when you see a person killing, the blood everywhere, you are in shock,” she said.

‘I never knew there was an odor to blood’

Officials from two local hospitals said they had received at least 24 people.

Thirteen people were taken to University Medical Center of El Paso, spokesman Ryan Mielke told CNN, and one of them has died. Two children with non-life-threatening injuries were transferred to a children’s medical facility, Mielke said.

Eleven victims were transported to the Del Sol Medical Center, Dr. Stephen Flaherty said. Eight are in stable condition and three are in critical condition, and the patients ranged in age from 35 to 82, he said.

Of the 20 killed, six were Mexican nationals, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said. Of those injured, seven were Mexican, he said.

“The ages and genders of all these people injured and killed are numerous in the age groups,” Allen, the police chief, said Saturday. “The situation, needless to say, is a horrific one.”

The next day, when asked why he used the word “horrific” to describe the scene, Allen told reporters, “There’s not words you can place to say something like that. You have to see it for yourself.”

“When I first got to this job,” he said, “I never knew there was an odor to blood, but there is … I can’t tell you what it means … It will leave an impression that you’ll never forget.”

‘El Paso is just love’

El Pasoans showed up in force this weekend to demonstrate their determination to rise above the shooting.

A makeshift memorial began to grow Sunday outside the Walmart, where residents like 62-year-old Alfredo Angcayan dropped off bouquets of flowers. He told CNN he wanted to support his community.

Gabriel Gonzalez, 21, and his friends raised money Saturday night and went to another Walmart to buy as much water as they could. They filled up the bed of a pickup truck and spent Sunday driving around the city, handing the water out to law enforcement, residents, reporters and anyone else who needed it.

“We are not detectives,” Gonzalez said. “We cant investigate the crime scene, but we can do this.”

Anahi Holguín rode around with Gonzalez and another friend in the truck. She said she needed to help somehow.

“El Paso is just love,” said Holguín, 21. “We can see somebody right here and say hi and we can start being friends in minutes, in seconds. That’s why we’re out here. We could be helping.”

“It’s a little bit, but we can help,” she said.

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