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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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David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Trumps went straight from Parkland to Studio 54- themed ‘disco party’ at Mar-a-Lago: report — President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump didn't spend overlong pondering the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Friday night, according to Mediaite.com.
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Caleb Parke / Fox News:
Florida Teacher of the Year's gun violence post goes viral after school shooting — A Teacher of the Year at a Florida middle school posted a Facebook message that has since gone viral saying parents need to “step up” when it comes to their kids' behavior. — “Okay, I'll be the bad guy …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
The NRA donated $10,000 to help train the Parkland shooting suspect to use a rifle — Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old who charged with murdering 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, honed his marksmanship skills in a school program supported by the NRA.
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Florida GOP in crisis as major donor threatens to pull money over guns
New York Times:
Florida Agency Investigated Nikolas Cruz After Violent Social Media Posts
Florida Agency Investigated Nikolas Cruz After Violent Social Media Posts
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Paula McMahon / Sun-Sentinel:
Nikolas Cruz was investigated after cutting himself on Snapchat, state report shows
Nikolas Cruz was investigated after cutting himself on Snapchat, state report shows
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New York Times
ABC News:
Florida teen who survived shooting massacre rallies passionate crowd, 'It's time for victims' to change gun laws
Florida teen who survived shooting massacre rallies passionate crowd, 'It's time for victims' to change gun laws
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Mary Ellen Klas / miamiherald:
Lawmakers agree to destroy site of school carnage: ‘This building has to come down’
Lawmakers agree to destroy site of school carnage: ‘This building has to come down’
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Your News Wire, IJR, Florida Politics and Daily Wire
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The students at Florida's Douglas High are amazing communicators. That could save lives.
The students at Florida's Douglas High are amazing communicators. That could save lives.
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Dakin Andone / CNN:
These young survivors of the Parkland shooting give voice to a nation's outrage
These young survivors of the Parkland shooting give voice to a nation's outrage
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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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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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Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Facebook plans to use U.S. mail to verify IDs of election ad buyers
Facebook plans to use U.S. mail to verify IDs of election ad buyers
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Russian indictments prove Trump won fair and square
Russian indictments prove Trump won fair and square
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Ex-Russian diplomat calls US charges ‘fantasies’
The Latest: Ex-Russian diplomat calls US charges ‘fantasies’
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Amy Held / NPR:
McMaster Says Evidence of Russia Interference ‘Incontrovertible’
McMaster Says Evidence of Russia Interference ‘Incontrovertible’
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Mueller's new indictments put the pressure on Trump to act
Mueller's new indictments put the pressure on Trump to act
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Politico:
‘Something was weird’: Inside the Russian effort to bamboozle Florida
‘Something was weird’: Inside the Russian effort to bamboozle Florida
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No More Mister Nice Blog, WBBH-TV and Political Wire
Fiona Maxwell / Politico:
McMaster: ‘Incontrovertible’ evidence of Russian interference in election
McMaster: ‘Incontrovertible’ evidence of Russian interference in election
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New York Magazine
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.
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What Did Mueller Achieve with the Internet Research Agency Indictment?
What Did Mueller Achieve with the Internet Research Agency Indictment?
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Robert Barnes / Law & Crime:
Does Mueller Indictment Mean Clinton Campaign Can Be Indicted for Chris Steele?
Does Mueller Indictment Mean Clinton Campaign Can Be Indicted for Chris Steele?
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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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Remy Smidt / BuzzFeed:
The Florida School Shooting Suspect Snapped Into A Jealous Rage When Another Student Began Dating His Ex-Girlfriend — Former friends and classmates of suspected Florida high school shooter Nikolas Cruz said they received threats from him shortly after a breakup. — Reporting From Parkland, Florida
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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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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
To Repeat: Repeal the Second Amendment
Bruce Riley Ashford / Fox News:
Mike Pence, Tim Tebow, Tony Dungy have all been ‘Christian Shamed.’ This ugly form of bigotry must stop — Is believing in God a sign of mental illness? Is praying a silly exercise in make-believe - just a big waste of time and a delusional activity? — I certainly don't think so, nor do most Americans.
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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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