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Charles Rabin / miamiherald:
Parkland students face new attack, this time from the political right on social media — Even as they rode buses to Tallahassee on Tuesday as the newest and most powerful political voices for gun control in America, an outspoken group of students who survived the Marjory Stoneman Douglas …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Right-Wing Media Uses Parkland Shooting as Conspiracy Fodder — The teenagers of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., who a week ago lost 17 of their classmates and school staff members in a mass shooting, have emerged as passionate advocates for reform …
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Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Here Are the Eight Miami GOP Dirtbags Who Just Voted Down Assault Weapon Ban … Perhaps no piece of news illustrates how depraved and broken the Florida political system is than what just went down in Tallahassee. Just six days after Nikolas Cruz used an AR-15 assault rifle to murder 14 teenagers …
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Watch Van Jones annihilate Jack Kingston for doubling down on his attacks on the Parkland survivors
Watch Van Jones annihilate Jack Kingston for doubling down on his attacks on the Parkland survivors
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Media Matters for America
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
As a Recent Parent, There Is No Gun Control I Won't Support
As a Recent Parent, There Is No Gun Control I Won't Support
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Motherboard:
The #1 Trending Video on YouTube Right Now Suggests That a Student From the Parkland Shooting Is a Crisis Actor
The #1 Trending Video on YouTube Right Now Suggests That a Student From the Parkland Shooting Is a Crisis Actor
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Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Florida House refuses to debate guns, declares porn dangerous
Florida House refuses to debate guns, declares porn dangerous
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Jeff Tavss / Associated Press:
Florida House votes down motion to take up weapons ban with Douglas students present
Florida House votes down motion to take up weapons ban with Douglas students present
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Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump Jr. ‘likes’ tweet attacking Florida school shooting survivor, 17, which suggests …
Donald Trump Jr. ‘likes’ tweet attacking Florida school shooting survivor, 17, which suggests …
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Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Trump: “Why aren't Dem crimes under investigation? Ask Jeff Sessions!” — Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th, why aren't they the subject of the investigation? Why didn't Obama do something about the meddling?
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NBC News:
Mueller asking if Manafort promised banker White House job in return for loans — Federal investigators are probing whether former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort promised a Chicago banker a job in the Trump White House in return for $16 million in home loans, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told NBC News.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
New charges filed in Manafort-Gates case — The notice of sealed charges comes after prosecutors accused the former Trump campaign chairman of bank fraud. — New charges have been filed in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's criminal case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort …
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New York Times:
Kushner Resists Losing Access as Kelly Tackles Security Clearance Issues — Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, is resisting giving up his access to highly classified information, prompting an internal struggle with John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff …
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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
NRA to participate in CNN town hall — Shooting survivor: I'm not a crisis actor — Watch CNN's town hall “Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action” live on Wednesday, February 21 at 9 p.m. ET on CNN TV and CNN.com. — Washington (CNN)The National Rifle Association …
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Colorado congressman booed as people demand action on guns — GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (AP) — Grumbling and jeers met the request for a moment of silence for the 17 people killed last week in the Florida school shooting. — “Let's do something for them!” one man yelled at the beginning …
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Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
NRA Will Attend CNN Town Hall With Survivors Of Florida School Shooting
NRA Will Attend CNN Town Hall With Survivors Of Florida School Shooting
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Sports Illustrated:
Exclusive: Inside the Corrosive Workplace Culture of the Dallas Mavericks — More than a dozen current and ex-employees characterize the Mavs' hostile work environment—ranging from sexual harassment to domestic violence—as an “open secret.” Sports Illustrated details the allegations in a special investigation.
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Rob Tornoe / Philly.com:
‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek to moderate a Pa. gubernatorial debate — In 2012, longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek admitted he would have loved to have been one of the questioners at a presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Conservative Twitter Users Lose Thousands of Followers, Mass Purge of Bots Suspected — Twitter suspended thousands of accounts overnight and conservatives on the platform aren't happy about it. Twitter has yet to make a public statement about the issue, but right-wing users believe …
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CNNMoney:
The unwitting: The Trump supporters used by Russia — Rosenstein: Russians paid, recruited Americans — A Donald Trump supporter who unwittingly helped a Kremlin-linked operation to meddle in American politics says he only learned of his part in the Russian plot when the FBI showed up at his doorstep months later.
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Billy Graham, 99, Dies; Pastor Filled Stadiums and Counseled Presidents — The Rev. Billy Graham, a North Carolina farmer's son who preached to millions in stadium events he called crusades, becoming a pastor to presidents and the nation's best-known Christian evangelist for more than 60 years, died on Wednesday at his home.
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David Cohen / Politico:
Billy Graham, influential evangelist and friend to U.S. presidents, dies at 99
Billy Graham, influential evangelist and friend to U.S. presidents, dies at 99
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Press Gazette Media:
Voters upset after discovering they were removed from voter rolls — GREEN BAY - Dozens of active Green Bay area voters went to cast their ballot in Tuesday's primary election only to find they had been removed from voter rolls. — Wisconsin Elections Commission spokesman Reid Magney attributed …
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Muneeza Naqvi / Associated Press:
Trump Jr: ‘Nonsense’ that family's profiting from presidency — NEW DELHI (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. said that any talk of his family profiting from his father's presidency is “nonsense” as he embarked on a trip to India that has raised ethical concerns about using the name of the American president …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump privately talks up new age limit on guns — President Trump has told associates that he doesn't think high school kids should be able to buy guns, and is open to the idea of imposing a minimum purchase age of 21 for guns like those used in the Florida high school massacre, a source close to the president said.
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Tragedy of Erik Killmonger — The following article contains major spoilers. — Black Panther is a love letter to people of African descent all over the world. Its actors, its costume design, its music, and countless other facets of the film are drawn from all over the continent and its diaspora …
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CBS News:
Mass shooting plot at SoCal high school allegedly thwarted by alert security guard — WHITTIER, Calif. — Authorities say they've thwarted a student's plot for a mass shooting at a Southern California high school. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday that a security guard …
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KPNX:
Arizona candidate got topless selfie from legislative staffer, messages reveal — A legislative staffer sent Steve Montenegro a topless photo via text message, according to a series of messages between Montenegro and the staffer that were reviewed by 12 News. — Author: Brahm Resnik
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Vox Media Laying Off Around 50 Staffers — The cuts, which mainly targeted social video teams, were announced by CEO Jim Bankoff on Wednesday morning. — In a memo to staff Wednesday morning, Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff announced plans to lay off around 50 employees, with the Racked, Curbed …
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WSMV-TV:
Nashville strip club advertises AR-15 on street corner — Exotic dancers outside a Nashville strip club really caught the eyes of people driving past on Tuesday. — It had nothing to do with what they were wearing, but what they were selling. — Some dancers had a booth set …
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Charles Duhigg / New York Times:
The Case Against Google — Critics say the search giant is squelching competition before it begins. Should the government step in? — Shivaun Moeran and Adam Raff met, married and started a company — thereby sparking a chain of events that might, ultimately, take down this age …
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Ron Nixon / New York Times:
Under Trump, Border Patrol Steps Up Searches Far From the Border — WASHINGTON — Border Patrol officers are working without permission on private property and setting up checkpoints up to 100 miles away from the border under a little-known federal law that is being used more widely …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
CPAC Says Dinesh D'Souza Not Going to Speak This Year, Condemns ‘Indefensible’ Remarks — After Dinesh D'Souza's disgusting tweets going after teenage survivors of a school shooting, people genuinely wondered if D'Souza was lined up to speak at CPAC this week. The organization says he is and was not.
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CNN:
Senior HHS official placed on leave for promoting unfounded claims and conspiracy theories on social media — (CNN)A top official at the Department of Health and Human Services has been placed on administrative leave after a CNN KFile inquiry while the agency investigates social media postings …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump's Republican Critics Find a Sudden Need for His Support — WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney did not vote for Donald J. Trump in 2016. Representative Martha McSally of Arizona may not have, either, but she will not say. And Senator Dean Heller of Nevada now insists that he did cast his ballot …
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