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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Conspicuous Silence Leaves a Struggle Against Russia Without a Leader — WASHINGTON — After more than a dozen Russians and three companies were indicted on Friday for interfering in the 2016 elections, President Trump's first reaction was to claim personal vindication …
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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
McMaster: Evidence of Russian meddling is ‘now really incontrovertible’ — McMaster responds to Russian indictments — Washington (CNN)Evidence of Russian meddling in the 2016 election is “now really incontrovertible,” White House National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster said Saturday.
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emptywheel:
What Did Mueller Achieve with the Internet Research Agency Indictment? — Back during Nunes Week, Trey Gowdy described the importance of Robert Mueller's investigation by stating that we were only seeing half of what he was doing. The other half of his work, Gowdy said, was the counterintelligence side …
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Bob Bauer / Just Security:
The Charging Mystery in the Russia Indictments—And Its Indication of What Comes Next in the Mueller Investigation — The special counsel's indictment of Russian individuals and organizations brought campaign finance law for the first time into formal charges in the case. But this development came with a mystery.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Ex-Russian diplomat calls US charges ‘fantasies’ — MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the Russian response to U.S. indictments (all times local): — Russia's former ambassador to the United States is dismissing detailed allegations of attempted Russian interference …
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New York Times:
To Stir Discord in 2016, Russians Turned Most Often to Facebook — SAN FRANCISCO — In 2014, Russians working for a shadowy firm called the Internet Research Agency started gathering American followers in online groups focused on issues like religion and immigration.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
We know nothing; Mueller knows all — Robert Mueller's meaty indictment, accusing 13 Russians (including an oligarch known as “Putin's cook") of “information warfare against the United States of America,” shows the special counsel has been doing deep, serious investigative work — totally under the radar, and with zero leaks.
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Politico:
‘Something was weird’: Inside the Russian effort to bamboozle Florida
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Lawfare:
Russian Influence Campaign: What's in the Latest Mueller Indictment
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Mueller's new indictments put the pressure on Trump to act
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Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
The rise of 'Putin's chef,' the Russian oligarch accused of manipulating the U.S. election
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Mueller's Indictment Ends Trump's Myth of the Russia “Hoax”
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Prominent Republican Donor Issues Ultimatum on Assault Weapons — A prominent Republican political donor demanded on Saturday that the party pass legislation to restrict access to guns, and vowed not to contribute to any candidates or electioneering groups that did not support a ban on the sale of military-style firearms to civilians.
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CNN:
CNN announces town hall with students, parents affected by Florida school shooting — Parkland student makes demand to lawmakers — “Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action” will air live on Wednesday, February 21 at 9 p.m., ET. — (CNN)The school shooting in Florida …
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
The NRA donated $10,000 to help train the Parkland shooting suspect to use a rifle
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ABC News:
Florida teen who survived shooting massacre rallies passionate crowd, 'It's time for victims' to change gun laws
Dakin Andone / CNN:
These young survivors of the Parkland shooting give voice to a nation's outrage
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The students at Florida's Douglas High are amazing communicators. That could save lives.
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Mary Ellen Klas / miamiherald:
Lawmakers agree to destroy site of school carnage: ‘This building has to come down’
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Kushner requests more intel info than almost all White House staff: report — 's son-in-law and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner — has reportedly requested more intelligence information than almost every other White House official. — The Washington Post reports that Kushner …
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Shane Harris / Washington Post:
New White House security clearance policy could put 'bull's eye' on Kushner
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Paul P. Murphy / CNN:
Exclusive: Group chat messages show school shooter obsessed with race, violence and guns — (CNN)In a private Instagram group chat, confessed school shooter Nikolas Cruz repeatedly espoused racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic views and displayed an obsession with violence and guns.
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Paula McMahon / Sun-Sentinel:
Nikolas Cruz was investigated after cutting himself on Snapchat, state report shows
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Erika Pesantes / Sun-Sentinel:
As Nikolas Cruz fired, JROTC students hid behind bulletproof sheets
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
No Country for Young Men With AR-15s — Four years ago the essayist Helen Andrews wrote a critique, for the religious journal First Things, of what she described as “bloodless moralism” — meaning the decay of public moral arguments into a kind of a vulgar empiricism, a mode of debate …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump Should Get Behind Romney's Candidacy, McConnell Says — WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell said in an interview on Friday afternoon that President Trump should rally behind the Senate candidacy of Mitt Romney despite his blistering criticism in 2016, arguing that Mr. Romney's potent bid …
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Joe Trinacria / Pushback:
Larry Krasner Sues Big Pharma, Drops All Marijuana Possession Charges — With a little over a month in office, Philly's new DA is already further reforming the city's drug policy. — On the same day a Philly.com op-ed was published in which Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner …
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Alex Harris / miamiherald:
‘No more guns’: Protesters escorted out of Paul Ryan fundraiser in Key Biscayne — Two protesters chanting “no more guns” were removed from a Republican fundraiser in Key Biscayne Friday night after confronting Speaker of the House Paul Ryan about the mass shooting that happened days earlier and miles up the road.
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Fiona Maxwell / Politico:
McMaster: ‘Incontrovertible’ evidence of Russian interference in election — Moscow may change tack because its strategy is not working, US national security adviser says. — The evidence against Russians charged with interfering in the U.S. election is “incontrovertible,” …
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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
McMaster: Russian meddling in U.S. elections is beyond dispute
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller levels new claim of bank fraud against Manafort — Prosecutors say they've found ‘additional criminal conduct’ by the former Trump campaign chairman. — Special counsel Robert Mueller's office has told a federal judge it has found evidence that Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman …
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
Mueller adds bank fraud to Manafort's list of alleged criminal conduct
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