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2:30 AM ET, February 16, 2018

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Washington Post:
No, there haven't been 18 school shootings in 2018.  That number is flat wrong. … The stunning number swept across the Internet within minutes of the news Wednesday that, yet again, another young man with another semi-automatic rifle had rampaged through a school, this time at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in South Florida.
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Anti-Defamation League:
Florida White Supremacist Group Admits Ties to Alleged Parkland School Shooter Nikolas Cruz  —  A spokesperson for the white supremacist group Republic of Florida (ROF) told the Anti-Defamation League on Thursday, February 15, that Nikolas Cruz, the man charged with the previous day's deadly shooting spree …
Karl Etters / Tallahassee Democrat:
Local law enforcement: No ties between militia and school shooter  —  Jordan Jereb, local leader for the Republic of Florida, a separatist group on the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hate Watch  —  Local law enforcement sources have so far not found a connection between accused Parkland …
The Daily Beast:
White Supremacists Claim Nikolas Cruz Trained With Them; Students Say He Wore Trump Hat in School … PARKLAND, Florida—Nikolas Cruz, the man accused of killing 17 people in a Florida high school, was a member of a “white separatist paramilitary proto-fascist organization,” the group told The Daily Beast.
New York Times:
Flashes of Rage.  Family Loss.  Nikolas Cruz's Lifetime of Trouble.  —  PARKLAND, Fla. — Before he was hauled into a jailhouse hearing room on Thursday, head bowed and shackled at the wrists and ankles, Nikolas Cruz had been causing trouble as long as anyone here could remember.
miamiherald:
The victims of the Douglas High mass shooting  —  The Broward County Sheriff's Office has not yet released the names of the 17 people killed in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday.  But relatives and friends of the victims took to social media on Thursday to mourn and honor the people they lost.
Associated Press:
The Latest: FBI alerted to YouTube ‘shooter’ post last year  —  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on a deadly school shooting at a Florida high school (all times local):  —  A Mississippi bail bondsman named Benjamin Bennight says he alerted the FBI last September after someone using the screen name …
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
A loud, new voice after the latest school shooting: Kids wanting to know why adults hadn't done more
Discussion: ABC News
Eric Levenson / CNN:
These are the victims of the Florida school shooting
CNN:
Exclusive: A top Trump campaign adviser close to plea deal with Mueller  —  Who is Rick Gates?  —  Washington (CNN)Former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates is finalizing a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller's office, indicating he's poised to cooperate in the investigation, according to sources familiar with the case.
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Hallie Jackson / NBC News:
Steve Bannon met with Mueller multiple times over the past week  —  WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon, who served as President Donald Trump's chief strategist, was interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller over multiple days this week, NBC News has learned from two sources familiar with the proceedings.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Bannon limits answers to House after seeing Mueller
Discussion: Axios
CNN:
Ex-wife's photos raise questions about McGahn's role in Porter scandal  —  Washington (CNN)The FBI obtained photos of the bruised face of Colbie Holderness seven days after President Donald Trump's inauguration last year, according to emails obtained by CNN, raising questions …
Discussion: Axios and The Week
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
White House left feeling rudderless as Trump hangs back in crisis  —  President Donald Trump has cast himself as a master brander and dealmaker, but rarely talks much about his crisis management style.  —  The past week has, however, put that style on clear display.
Discussion: Political Wire
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:   White House portrayal of security office conflicts with its role in past administrations
Alex Guillén / Politico:
Pruitt's security threat?  A passenger shouting, 'You're f—ing up the environment'  —  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's security team decided last year he should fly first class to avoid confrontations with angry individuals on planes and in airports, an agency official said Thursday …
Discussion: The Week
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
EPA: Pruitt faced profanities from fellow passengers when he flew coach
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Public confrontations prompted Pruitt to switch to first-class travel, EPA says
Discussion: Mother Jones
New York Times:
Senate Rejects Immigration Plans, Leaving Fate of Dreamers Uncertain  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate summarily blocked three measures on Thursday — including one backed by President Trump — to resolve the fate of the so-called Dreamers, leaving hundreds of thousands of them facing an uncertain future.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:   No Room for Debate: Senate Floor Fight Over Immigration Is a Bust
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue Media:
Watch: Ted Cruz laughs at suggestion of doing anything about gun violence  —  It doesn't get much colder than this.  —  Wednesday's mass shooting at a Florida high school is bringing out the cold-blooded worst in Republicans, who are more concerned with protecting the gun lobby than children.
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CBS News:
White House refuses to release photo of Trump signing bill to weaken gun law  —  A little over a month after his inauguration, on Feb. 28, 2017, President Trump signed HJ Resolution 40, a bill that made it easier for people with mental illness to obtain guns.
New York Times:
Trump's Inaugural Committee Paid $26 Million to Firm of First Lady's Friend  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's inaugural committee paid nearly $26 million to an event planning firm started by an adviser to First Lady Melania Trump, while donating $5 million — less than expected — to charity …
Mike Walters / The Blast:
Stormy Daniels Has a ‘Monica Lewinsky Dress’ from Alleged Donald Trump Affair, Will Test It for DNA  —  Stormy Daniels pulled a Monica Lewinsky and held on to the dress she wore to an alleged hotel rendezvous with President Donald Trump, and now we are told she's going to get it tested for DNA to back up her story.
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Erin Griffith / Wired:
Pro-Gun Russian Bots Flood Twitter After Parkland Shooting  —  EACH NEW BREAKING news situation is an opportunity for trolls to grab attention, provoke emotions, and spread propaganda.  The Russian government knows this.  Fake-news manufacturing teenagers in Macedonia know this.  Twitter bot creators know this.
David French / National Review:
New Gun Policies Won't Stop Mass Shootings, but People Can  —  It is the responsibility of a free people to be aware, to have courage, and to care for one another.  —  The United States is facing a puzzling paradox.  Even as gun crime has plunged precipitously from the terrible highs of the early 1990s, mass shootings have increased.
Discussion: Hit & Run, alicublog, The Stream and CNN
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
It's time to bring back the assault weapons ban, gun violence experts say  —  The perpetrator of Wednesday's horrific school shooting in Parkland, Fla., purchased his military-style assault weapon legally.  So did the man who shot more than 400 people in Las Vegas in October.
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Press
Erick W. Erickson / Weekly Standard:
The Apotheosis of Donald J. Trump  —  What evangelicals gain and lose doing business with the president.  —  President Trump relishes his reputation as a savvy dealmaker.  “Deals are my art form,” he once tweeted.  “Other people paint beautifully or write poetry.  I like making deals, preferably big deals.”
Discussion: Erick on the Radio
New York Times:
Two Bronx Men Arrested in Terror Scheme  —  A former Harlem high school teacher and his twin brother were arrested on Thursday in a federal investigation and charged with building an explosive device, according to court papers.  —  The two men kept boxes full of what the government …
Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed:
How I Cracked Facebook's New Algorithm And Tortured My Friends  —  Last Saturday — 12 days ago now — I shared a cringeworthy video on Facebook: a 6-minute clip of a twentysomething white woman showing off her small, blandly decorated Brooklyn apartment.  Sort of the pumpkin spice latte version of MTV Cribs — innocuous, but annoying.
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Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
Memo: NY Times Editor Explains Why Everyone Hates His ‘Rich And Searching’ Op-Ed Section  —  He would also like you to leave the question of whether it's OK to hire friends of Nazis to history.  —  In a long memo to his staff, New York Times editor James Bennet defended his embattled editorial page …
 
 
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
What Did Comey Tell President Trump about the Steele Dossier?
Washington Post:
VA chief fights for his political future amid internal strife and allegations of subterfuge
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Truth About the Florida School Shooting
Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed:
Twitter Says Impersonating A Journalist During A Mass Shooting Doesn't Violate Its Rules
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Lawrence Bonk / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Calls Fight For Gun Control ‘Class War’ and Says the ‘Left Hates Rural America’
Kimberly Hefling / Politico:
School safety money would be slashed in Trump budget
Discussion: New York Magazine and Axios
 Earlier Items: 
Bismarck Tribune:
On second thought, Cramer's in North Dakota Senate race
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Elizabeth Chou / Daily News:
ICE arrests more than 100 in immigration sweeps across Southern California; LA leader calls it ‘all-out assault’
Discussion: NPR, RedState, Splinter and TheBlaze
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Defying experts, NBC clings to its ‘PyeongChang’ pronunciation
Discussion: AOL
Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Amy Schumer Marries Chef Chris Fischer in Surprise Wedding After a Few Months of Dating
Discussion: Jezebel and The Daily Caller
Department of Homeland Security:
Schumer-Rounds-Collins Destroys Ability of DHS to Enforce Immigration Laws, Creating a Mass Amnesty …
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
‘Incensed’ Grassley Rips Sessions for Torching Justice Overhaul
Rebekah Mercer / Wall Street Journal:
Forget the Media Caricature. Here's What I Believe
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An interview with Telegraph Director of Technology Dylan Jacques on the goal of launching 12 significant uses of AI in the newsroom over 12 months

Liam Scott / Voice of America:
Reporters Without Borders sues X in France for “complicity in disseminating false information”, after X failed to block a fake video with RSF's logo

UnHerd:
Scientific American EIC Laura Helmuth is stepping down, following criticism for her social media posts suggesting Trump voters were racist, sexist, and fascist
 
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