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Morning headlines
by
Jed Lewison
for
Daily Kos
Community
Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013
Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013
at
6:30:08am PDT
The NRA has won the battle over post-Newtown gun safety legislation: After yesterday's defeat of the Manchin-Toomey background check compromise, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will
pull the entire
gun safety bill from the floor because it can't get past a filibuster. Apparently, Republicans were lying when they agreed with President Obama during his State of the Union speech that victims of gun violence deserve a vote.
The question now is whether the NRA's tactical victory will prove to be a strategic defeat as they boxed themselves into an extreme position opposed by 90 percent of Americans. In
his remarks
yesterday, President Obama was visibly angry, and called out the NRA for telling lies. I suspect this won't be the last we hear of this issue from him.
In a occurrence that has become all too familiar, President Obama
heads to Boston
this morning for a memorial service honoring the victim's of Monday's attack on the Boston Marathon. The event will take place at 11 AM ET at Boston Cathedral. Assuming that the White House streams it live, you can watch it
here
.
According to
The Boston Globe
, authorities
plan to release
images today of two separate suspects who were videotaped dropping bags believed to contain the explosive devices used in the attack. Given how much bad reporting there was yesterday, I'll believe it when I see it, but lets hope that progress is being made. NBC's Pete Williams, who didn't fall into the trap of reporting arrests that never took place, was a bit more circumspect than
The Globe
, but said he believes the pictures could be released today if authorities can't identify the men on their own.
The
explosion
of a fertilizer plant in Texas killed
at least
5 and perhaps closer to 15. It also wounded more than 150. It was a truly horrific accident.