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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump attacks everyone but Russia — President Donald Trump railed against the investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election Saturday night into Sunday, sending off a stream of tweets attacking the FBI, CNN, the Democratic Party, his own national security adviser …
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
‘They are laughing their asses off in Moscow’: Trump takes on the FBI, Russia probe and 2016 election … West Palm Beach, Fla. — President Trump questioned the intensifying special counsel's investigation of his campaign and administration while attacking his own national security adviser …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
America Is Under Attack and the President Doesn't Care — As the rest of America mourns the victims of the Parkland, Florida, massacre, President Trump took to Twitter. — Not for him the rituals of grief. He is too consumed by rage and resentment. He interrupted his holidaying schedule …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
We've just hit a new presidential low … Donald Trump has taken the presidency to yet another new low. — In a remarkable set of tweets over the weekend, the commander in chief sounded off on new revelations about the extent of Russia's campaign to undermine our electoral system.
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David Willman / Los Angeles Times:
Former Trump aide Rick Gates to plead guilty; agrees to testify against Manafort, sources say … A former top aide to Donald Trump's presidential campaign will plead guilty to fraud-related charges within days - and has made clear to prosecutors that he would testify against Paul J. Manafort Jr. …
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Florida teen shooting survivors announce ‘March for Our Lives’ demonstration in Washington — Teen survivors of the school shooting massacre in Florida last week are calling for a march on Washington to demand action on gun control. — Student organizers of the protest told ABC News' …
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Florida student Emma Gonzalez to lawmakers and gun advocates: ‘We call BS’
Florida student Emma Gonzalez to lawmakers and gun advocates: ‘We call BS’
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Florida shooting survivors announce national march against gun violence
Florida shooting survivors announce national march against gun violence
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Max Londberg / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Third-graders are selling AR-15 raffle tickets in Missouri — Third-graders in a Missouri community are continuing to sell raffle tickets for an AR-15 to benefit their traveling baseball team after the same type of rifle was used to slaughter and injure dozens at a Florida school.
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Trump needs to ‘talk to these kids’ who survived Florida school-shooting massacre: Democrat representative
Trump needs to ‘talk to these kids’ who survived Florida school-shooting massacre: Democrat representative
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Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
A former Russian troll speaks: 'It was like being in Orwell's world' … The indictment by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III of 13 Russians associated with a St. Petersburg online “troll factory” that allegedly interfered with the U.S. election has brought a sense of vindication to the handful …
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Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Reading the Mueller Indictment: A Russian-American Fraud
Reading the Mueller Indictment: A Russian-American Fraud
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Max de Haldevang / Quartz:
Facebook and Trump are telling the same misleading story about Russian propaganda
Facebook and Trump are telling the same misleading story about Russian propaganda
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Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney:
‘Black Panther’ brings in a record-breaking box office weekend — The Marvel model for success — All hail the king. — “Black Panther,” Marvel's first film directed by an African-American, brought in an estimated $192 million for its three-day debut in North America this weekend.
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Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Weekend Box Office: ‘Black Panther’ Bounds to Record-Shattering $218M-Plus Bow
Weekend Box Office: ‘Black Panther’ Bounds to Record-Shattering $218M-Plus Bow
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Christopher Lebron / Boston Review:
‘Black Panther’ Is Not the Movie We Deserve
‘Black Panther’ Is Not the Movie We Deserve
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Jill Stein Downplays Russian Meddling: Media and DNC Interfered in 2016 Election Too — Days after the Russian indictments were handed down, Jill Stein appeared on MSNBC today to downplay Russian interference by pointing to American interference in the election.
Christine Brennan / USA Today:
Adam Rippon will work for NBC as a correspondent for remainder of 2018 Winter Olympics — PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — U.S. figure skater Adam Rippon, the openly gay Olympic team bronze medalist who has become one of the best-known names at these Games, has been hired by NBC to work …
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Matt Philbin / NewsBusters:
NBC Hires Anti-Pence Gay Skater — NBC Winter Olympics coverage may be tanking in the ratings, and taking fire for sloppy broadcasting, but the Peacock is reluctant to let go of the Gayest Games Ever™. The network just announced it has hired Adam Rippon to as a correspondent for the remainder of the Olympics.
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Honor Jones / New York Times:
Why Yoga Pants Are Bad for Women — It's a new year and I've got a new gym membership. I went the other morning. It was 8 degrees outside. And every woman in there was wearing skintight, Saran-wrap-thin yoga pants. Many were dressed in the latest fashion — leggings with patterns …
Associated Press:
Florida suspect's red flags weren't enough to stop gun buy — The warnings around Nikolas Cruz seemed to flash like neon signs: expelled from school, fighting with classmates, a fascination with weapons and hurting animals, disturbing images and comments posted to social media, previous mental health treatment.
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Matthew Karnitschnig / Politico:
Storm clouds over Munich — MUNICH — “To the Brink — and Back?” was the vaguely hopeful motto of this year's Munich Security Conference, the pre-eminent annual gathering of defense and security policymakers. — “Gloom and Doom” would have been a more apt choice.
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Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Putin's quest for lost glory — As our correspondent prepares to leave Russia, he argues that the Russian leader's rule has been dedicated to restoring pride lost in the collapse of the Soviet Union … Working on one of my final stories as the Guardian and Observer's Moscow correspondent …