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David Brooks / New York Times:
Respect First, Then Gun Control — This has been an emotional week. We greet tragedies like the school shooting in Florida with shock, sadness, mourning and grief that turns into indignation and rage. The anger inevitably gets directed at the N.R.A., those who support gun rights …
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National Review, RT, The Mahablog, twitchy.com, Media Matters for America, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite and Splinter
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Don't blame ‘Washington.’ Blame the GOP. — Dysfunctional Washington refuses to work out its differences to solve problems that matter to Americans. — So say pundits and policy activists, perhaps hoping that diffuse criticism, rather than finger-pointing, will yield a government willing to govern.
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Daily Kos and Shakesville
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Don Jr. Advises President Trump After School Shooting: Don't Go Wobbly on Guns
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ThinkProgress, Los Angeles Times, Shareblue Media, Mediaite, Raw Story, New York Magazine and Washington Post
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Manafort Under Scrutiny For $40 Million In “Suspicious” Transactions — As the special counsel investigated President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort, authorities obtained details on “suspicious” banking activity that was first unearthed in 2014 and 2015.
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Talking Points Memo, IJR, Raw Story, The Week, Political Wire and Daily Kos
Remy Smidt / BuzzFeed:
Here's What It's Like At The Headquarters Of The Teens Working To Stop Mass Shootings — Just days after surviving a mass shooting, a team of teens are trying to start a revolution from their parents' living rooms. — Reporting From Parkland, Florida — PARKLAND, Florida …
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Woke Sloth, Splinter and Balloon Juice
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Media Matters for America:
Pro-Trump media launch attacks on student survivors of Florida school shooting — After any mass shooting, disinformation spreads online like wildfire. It happens immediately, created and disseminated on purpose, often in real time as the event is unfolding.
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BuzzFeed, The Gateway Pundit, Shakesville, Business Insider, theGrio, Mediaite, Shareblue Media, Washington Times, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, People.com, Progressives Everywhere, The FADER, RT, AOL and thecut
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Former Congressman joins smear campaign against students who survived Parkland massacre — Former Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) has joined a growing far-right smear campaign against the students who survived last week's massacre in a Parkland, Florida high school.
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Washington Post, Mother Jones, Shareblue Media, Raw Story, IJR and Daily Kos
David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
Mueller Charges Lawyer With Lying in Russia Probe — Van Der Zwaan helped prepare Ukraine report for Manafort — False statements case comes days after Russians charged — An attorney who worked for a prominent law firm was charged with making false statements to federal authorities …
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Politico, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit and The Right Scoop
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Mueller charges lawyer with lying about interaction with Rick Gates — (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller has filed a charge against a lawyer for lying to investigators about his interaction with former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates in September 2016. — Alex Van Der Zwaan is expected to plead guilty Tuesday afternoon.
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Weekly Standard, KTLA, Shareblue Media, The Week and Balloon Juice
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Mueller charges latest target in Russia probe
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Axios and Outside the Beltway
Nicholas Thompson / Wired:
A Facebook Executive Apologizes To His Company—And To Robert Mueller — ON FRIDAY MORNING, just before 10am on the West Coast, the office of special counsel Robert Mueller published his indictment of 13 Russian operatives for interfering in the US election. The document was 37 pages, and it mentioned Facebook 35 times.
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Philip Elliott / TIME:
Inside Donald Trump's Twitter-Fueled Weekend Meltdown — White House aides prayed for rain. Inclement weather would mean President Donald Trump would have to take the motorcade to the waiting plane to Florida. That would mean he couldn't take the helicopter from the South Lawn to Joint Base Andrews …
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Raw Story, Salon, Hullabaloo, Business Insider, The Week, The Daily Caller, Washington Monthly and Washington Post
Jason Dearen / Associated Press:
Man featured on ‘Trump Dating’ site has child sex conviction — GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man who was one of the faces of a dating service for fans of the president has a felony conviction for indecent liberties with a child. — News outlets reported Monday that visitors …
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Travis Fain / WRAL-TV:
NC couple pitching dating site for Trump supporters — RALEIGH, N.C. — A married couple from Guilford County have become the faces of a new Donald Trump-themed dating website. — Barrett and Jodi Riddleberger's smiles, beneath Trump campaign baseball caps, are the first thing greeting visitors at Trump.dating.
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Vera Bergengruen / BuzzFeed:
The Army Awards Its Heroism Medal To Three JROTC Cadets Who Died In Florida School Shooting — One of the recipients, 15-year-old Peter Wang, died holding a door open so other students could escape. — Reporting From Washington, DC — The US Army is awarding the Medal of Heroism …
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Axios
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James LaPorta / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Army Awards Medal of Heroism to Slain Parkland Students
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Business Insider, Task & Purpose, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post, CNN, Fox News, Breitbart, KDFW, KTLA and IJR
Carolyn Van Houten / Washington Post:
Trump accuser keeps telling her story, hoping someone will finally listen — This Trump accuser keeps asking herself that. But she plans to keep talking about that day in 2006. — She believed her best chance to be heard was through sheer repetition, so Rachel Crooks took her seat …
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
In Emails, Trump's Top General Said The Transgender Military Ban Was “Unexpected” And He Was “Not Consulted” — Emails newly obtained by BuzzFeed News reveal the surprise for Joint Chiefs of Staff. — Less than 24 hours after President Trump tweeted that “after consultation with my Generals …
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Political Wire
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
How Banks Could Control Gun Sales if Washington Won't — For the past year, chief executives have often talked about the new sense of moral responsibility that corporations have to help their communities and confront social challenges even when Washington won't.
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JustOneMinute, Washington Free Beacon and Business Insider
Karma Allen / ABC News:
Dallas official asks NRA to consider another city for annual convention — One of Dallas' top leaders has urged the National Rifle Association on Monday to find another city to host its annual convention, taking a stand against gun violence in the wake of last week's deadly mass shooting in Florida.
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Talking Points Memo, Dallas Morning News, AOL, TheBlaze, The Week and Associated Press
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
The Smarm of the Contrarian — Conor Friedersdorf has taken some time off from his complaints about how college students are coddled snowflakes to write a column about how horrible it is when people say unkind things about the arguments made by well-compensated newspaper columnists.
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Eschaton
Washington Post:
Louisville forced to vacate 2013 men's basketball championship in punishment for sex scandal — The NCAA appeals committee upheld a ruling that the university must forfeit 123 victories, including the 2013 national championship and a 2012 Final Four appearance, as punishment for a scandal …
New York Times:
After Florida School Shooting, Russian ‘Bot’ Army Pounced — SAN FRANCISCO — One hour after news broke about the school shooting in Florida last week, Twitter accounts suspected of having links to Russia released hundreds of posts taking up the gun control debate.
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Serena Williams / CNN:
What my life-threatening experience taught me about giving birth — Serena Williams shares scary birth experience — Serena Williams is a professional tennis player, businesswoman and UNICEF goodwill ambassador. The views expressed in this commentary are her own.
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Rob Porter's Charisma and Ambition Disguised Flare-ups of Anger — WASHINGTON — People who crossed paths with Rob Porter in Harvard classrooms or the hallways of Capitol Hill describe him in glowing terms: He was articulate enough to be secretary of state. Intelligent enough to be a Supreme Court justice.
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Daily Kos
Aamer Madhani / USA Today:
Baltimore is the nation's most dangerous city — The collective homicide toll for America's 50 biggest cities dipped slightly in 2017, a USA TODAY analysis of crime data found. — The FBI won't publish its annual comprehensive crime report until later this year, but an early review …
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Baltimore Sun, theGrio and The Daily Caller
Angela Wright-Shannon / HuffPost:
Clarence Thomas Sexually Harassed Me. Yes, He Should Be Impeached. — The impeachment of Clarence Thomas is a pipe dream. In this fantasy, Justice Thomas is actually brought to justice, removed for lying under oath during his Senate confirmation hearing.
FireEye / Threat Research Blog:
APT37 (Reaper): The Overlooked North Korean Actor — On Feb. 2, 2018, we published a blog detailing the use of an Adobe Flash zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2018-4878) by a suspected North Korean cyber espionage group that we now track as APT37 (Reaper). — Our analysis of APT37's recent activity reveals …
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Axios, Bloomberg, CNNMoney, One America News Network and The Daily Caller
Chris Reeves / Townhall.com:
Prominent #MeToo Feminist Legislator Accused of Serial Alcohol-Fueled Sexual Misconduct — Last December, California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia rose to national prominence as one of Time's Persons of the Year for her leadership role in the #MeToo movement.
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The Week, Washington Times and The Stranger …
Walter Shapiro / The Guardian:
If Trump has nothing to hide, why is he so soft on Russia? — This is a question the press must keep asking over and over again - until they receive an answer … The political world has known the power of repetition since Cato the Elder reputedly ended every speech in the Roman Senate with the words …
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Mitt Romney said he wouldn't accept an endorsement from Trump. Monday night, he did. — Romney in 2016 said Trump's comments about the KKK, Muslims, Mexicans, and people with disabilities would have kept him from accepting his endorsement. — Mitt Romney happily accepted President Donald …
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Axios, New Republic, NPR, CNBC, IJR, Conservative Review, ABC News, AOL, Talking Points Memo and The Week
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