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UPDATED: 10 Confirmed Dead In Umpqua Community College Shooting – Gunman Was 20 Year Old Male

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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown just announced a 20-year old male was responsible today for the deaths of 13 people at Umpqua Community College.

Editor’s note: 
At 7:54 PM ET the New York Times reports “Sheriff John Hanlin of Douglas County said that the gunman killed 10 people and wounded seven, adjusting initial reports from law enforcement officials, which counted 13 dead and 20 injured.”
The headline has been changed, the text of this article has not.

Thirteen people have been confirmed dead, Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced minutes ago at a short press conference. The Governor also announced the shooter is deceased and was a 20-year old male.

 

The Oregon Attorney General’s office confirmed the number of dead.

There are also about 20 wounded victims being treated at area hospitals. No other details about the victims or the shooter have been made available as of this report.

CNN reports a “law enforcement official told CNN four guns believed to have belonged to the suspect were recovered at the scene. Investigators are also looking at social media postings they believe the shooter made, a source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN.”

At about 10:38 AM local time, authorities had received a 911 call of a possible shooting at the community college.

 

NCRM will bring additional details as they become available. 

 

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Michigan Catholic School Says Making Students Wear Masks Would Be a Direct Affront to God

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The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals will take arguments on Wednesday on whether a Michigan mask rule violates the Constitution.

The Resurrection School in Lansing, a Catholic elementary school, argues the mandate is unconstitutional.

“The school says such a rule would violate ‘sincerely held religious beliefs’ because they say humans were made in the image of God, and masks shield that image from being seen,” Michigan Radio reports. “They also allege requiring masks poses a health or learning problem for students who have allergies, difficulty breathing, or trouble being understood when they talk through a face covering.”

There is not currently a statewide mask mandate in Michigan, although that hasn’t stopped the school from continuing to pursue its case.

On Monday, a Trump-appointed federal judge ruled a university can mandate vaccinations in another case testing the ability of educational institutions to respond to the pandemic.

 

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‘#FreetheFentanyl’: Internet Asks if GOP Lawmaker ‘Openly Rooting’ for Illegal Drugs Is ‘Working for the Cartels’

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U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), one of the pro-insurrection Republican members of Congress, is being mocked after expressing outrage that the Biden administration seized a huge amount of an incredibly deadly opioid, fentanyl.

Biggs, the chairman of an extremist group of House Republicans known as the Freedom Caucus, tweeted: “Under Joe Biden, enough fentanyl to kill 238 million Americans was seized at the southern border last month.”

“Where’s the outrage in the media?” he demanded to know.

It was unclear why the Republican from Arizona would expect the media to be outraged that the Biden administration did its job and prevented a massive amount of the drug which in 2018 was rated the top opioid overdose killer from entering the U.S.

Biggs is one of the 147 House Republicans who voted to overturn the free and fair election of President Joe Biden. Later, he voted against awarding three members of the Capitol Police Congressional Gold Medals. In January his two brothers in an op-ed called for his removal from Congress, saying he is “at least partially to blame” for the January 6 insurrection.

Noted political scientist and contributing editor for the Atlantic Norman Orenstein and CNN’s John Harwood were among those weighing in:

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‘Maybe You Have That Information to Provide?’: Jen Psaki Expertly Dismantles Reporter’s Pro-Trump Anti-Vaxx Claim

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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday politely explained to a reporter insisting anti-vaxx Trump voters are refusing to get inoculated because the former president allegedly did not get enough “credit” for the vaccine.

The reporter wanted to know if the White House would “consider highlighting or acknowledging, in a greater way,” Trump’s  “role in creating the vaccines,” as a means “to assure the rural voters who still support President Trump and are hesitant to get the vaccine.”

Psaki was not buying the reporter’s claims, which did not appear to be based on any facts.

“Do you have data to suggest that that’s the issue that’s preventing people from getting vaccinated?” she calmly asked.

The reporter, refusing to let go of a losing argument, offered that, “the communities that have the lowest vaccination rates did seem to vote for President Trump.”

Again, Psaki was unconvinced, and decided to give a lesson in basic logic.

“Okay, but I what I’m asking you is if information related to whether or not the former president got credit is leading people not to get vaccinated, or is it information like ‘microchips in vaccines,’ and it causing fertility issues, causing health issues, because you’re drawing a few conclusions there that I haven’t seen in data but maybe you have that information to provide?”

“I think it’s just it’s an issue,” the reporter continued. “I mean I think it’s a common sense that these are people who supported him. These are people who are hesitant to get vaccinated. I don’t think it takes a lot to draw the conclusion.”

It actually does, and Psaki was not going to go along with the demand that the Biden administration hand Trump unearned credit for developing the vaccine.

“Our objective is to ensure all Americans will get vaccinated, that would be of course, we love that, Democrats, Republicans, independents, It’s not a political issue to us the virus does not look at people’s party affiliation, we recognize that the President’s going to govern for all people. What I’m conveying to you is you’re jumping to a few conclusions that I don’t think data backs up in terms of what the impacts are and what we’re seeing is that misinformation, traveling in a range of means, whether it’s social media platforms some forms of media, some elected officials, is having the biggest factor as it relates to individuals not getting vaccinated because people don’t have access to accurate information, go ahead.

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