‘The death toll was staggering’ / ‘JB Squishker’ / Posthumous honor

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Your independent reader-supported newsbrief By Charlie Meyerson

‘The death toll was staggering.’ The AP rounds up what we know about a shooting spree that took at least 16 lives last night at a restaurant and bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine?…

■?… the nation’s 36th mass killing this year.

■?Maine towns remained on lockdown as the hunt continued for Robert Card, a firearms instructor and military veteran.

■?CNN’s Oliver Darcy: “News organizations usually resist airing?… the names of the gunman who carry out sickening acts of violence. ?… But in this case, with the suspect at large, the reverse was true.”

■?Law professor Joyce Vance, who attended college in Lewiston and whose daughter teaches there: “Again, we’re forced to ask why we live in a time when our politicians protect guns, not people.”

■?The Onion: “‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens.”

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