🥁 Axios PM: "Attack area 1"

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Open in app View in browser   Presented By Facebook   Axios PM By Mike Allen · May 16, 2022 Good afternoon: Today's PM — edited by Justin Green — is 468 words, a 2-minute read.     1 big thing: "Attack area 1" Photo: Brendan McDermid/Reuters   Buffalo police believe this weekend's racist mass shooting was meant to extend beyond Tops Friendly Market. "He was going to get in his car and continue to drive down Jefferson Avenue and continue doing the same thing," Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia told CNN. The big picture: Law enforcement has yet to verify the 180-page racist screed reportedly posted by the suspect. Many police comments about the suspect's alleged plans and motivations have been similar to the document, AP reports. 🚨 Fresh lead: The Washington Post reports it has identified another online document — posted last month by a username used by the suspect — that says he was confronted by a security guard at Tops Friendly Market back in March. The document included a specific count of how many white and Black people were inside the store. The document referred to Tops Market as "attack area 1."     2. Remembering the Buffalo victims Ruth Whitfield, 86 Pearl Young, 77 Katherine "Kat" Massey, 72 Heyward Patterson, 67 Celestine Chaney, 65 Geraldine Talley, 62 Aaron Salter, 55 Andre Mackneil, 53 Margus Morrison, 52 Roberta Drury, 32 Go deeper: The victims' stories     A message from Facebook Facebook has invested $16 billion to keep you safe on our platform     Facebook invested $16B in safety and security over 6 years. The impact? Quadrupled safety and security teams. Developed industry-leading AI that detects harmful content and reacts as it evolves. Addressed millions of harmful posts and removed 1.7B fake accounts in the last few months. Learn what's next.     3. 💉 319,000 preventable deaths Data: Brown School of Public Health. Map: Thomas Oide/Axios Half of the people who died with COVID since vaccines became available might have been saved by getting the shot, Axios Vitals author Tina Reed reports. That's 319,000 preventable COVID deaths between January 2021 and April 2022, according to a new analysis by researchers at Brown School of Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Microsoft AI for Health. States where the most lives could've been saved by vaccines include West Virginia, Wyoming, Tennessee, Kentucky and Oklahoma.     4. Catch up quick Satellite image shows active fire lines of the Hermits Peak wildfire in Las Vegas, N.M., last week. Photo: Maxar Technologies via AP   The Calf Canyon Fire in New Mexico is now the largest blaze in state history, surpassing the Whitewater-Baldy Fire of 2012. Go deeper. Reversal from Trump: President Biden has approved a request from the Pentagon to once again deploy U.S. special forces to Somalia to address the growing threat posed by al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabab. Go deeper. Tough news for New York Dems: Preliminary redrawn New York congressional maps posted online today would substantially reduce the number of safe Democratic seats drawn by the state legislature. Go deeper. Microsoft is nearly doubling its salary budget as it competes in an especially tight hiring environment among tech companies, Bloomberg reports. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) called on GOP leaders to "reject" views of white nationalism, white supremacy and antisemitism, warning that "history has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse." Go deeper.     5. 📷 Parting shot Photo: Ted S. Warren/AP These photos show the Moon last night during a full lunar eclipse (upper left) ... and at various stages as it emerges from Earth's shadow — as seen near Moscow, Idaho. The orange results from the Moon passing into Earth's shadow.     A message from Facebook Privacy Checkup helps you stay informed and empowered on Facebook     We want privacy to be as easy as possible for you. That's why we built the Privacy Checkup, so you can: Strengthen your account security. Learn about your privacy settings and how your information is used. Control who sees what you post. Learn more about our safety efforts.   Like this email style and format? It's called Smart Brevity®. Over 200 orgs use it — in a tool called Axios HQ — to drive productivity with clearer workplace communications.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. If you're interested in advertising, learn more here. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Suite 1300, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. Change your preferences or unsubscribe here.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: