Today’s edition of quick hits.
* The details on the latest mass shooting in Dallas are still coming into focus: “A shooting at an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Dallas has left one detainee dead and two others critically injured, with the assailant dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to authorities.”
* Trump’s rhetorical shots at Sadiq Khan really were cheap and unnecessary: “The mayor of London has labeled Donald Trump ‘racist, sexist and Islamophobic’ after the president used a United Nations General Assembly address to call him a ‘terrible mayor’ and falsely claim the city wanted to be governed by Islamic law.”
* If the statues included Confederate generals, would they have been taken down? “U.S. Park Police said Wednesday they’ve removed statues from the National Mall that depicted President Donald Trump and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein holding hands and skipping. The artwork, entitled ‘Best Friends Forever,’ was installed near the Capitol on Tuesday morning and quickly became a tourist attraction.”
* A case worth watching: “Karen Attiah, a Washington Post opinion writer fired this month for her social media posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, has filed a grievance arguing that she should have been allowed to share her views on news events under the company’s labor agreement and social media policy.”
* This isn’t how the process is supposed to work: “In taking the unusual step of approving an old generic drug as a treatment for autism, the Food and Drug Administration stunned some experts by departing sharply from the agency’s typical standard for reviewing drugs. The drug, leucovorin, has long been used to treat the toxic effects of chemotherapy, but it was endorsed as a therapy for some people with autism by President Trump and top U.S. health officials during a White House briefing on Monday.”
* Kimmel’s show is back, but there are still questions in need of answers: “Four Democratic lawmakers are opening a probe into Nexstar and Sinclair, two major TV station owners that are refusing to air Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show amid criticism of his on-air comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.” * Don’t we need more immigration judges, not fewer? “Nearly 20 immigration judges received emails this month informing them that they are being let go, NPR has learned, adding to the over 80 judges that have already been cut by President Trump so far this year.” * An Ed Martin fiasco that began and ended so quickly, I didn’t have time to write a post about it: “Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has ordered a senior U.S. Justice Department official to drop an inquiry into a retired FBI agent’s involvement in a defamation lawsuit involving Alex Jones’ conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday.” See you tomorrow.
Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."
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