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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 …
Jeff Tavss / Associated Press:
Florida House votes down motion to take up weapons ban with Douglas students present — Final vote was 36-71 on first day of lobbying for students — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - On their first full day lobbying Florida lawmakers in Tallahassee to change the state's gun laws …
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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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ThinkProgress
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Watch Van Jones annihilate Jack Kingston for doubling down on his attacks on the Parkland survivors — Former Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) went on CNN's “AC 360” Tuesday to double-down on the allegation he made earlier in the day that survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School school shooting massacre were left-wing pawns.
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Media Matters for America
Alex Leary / Tampa Bay Times:
Parkland students come under attack for their outspokenness — Critics begin to question their motives. — The grieving students in Parkland have been praised for their articulate, emotional and forceful response to the tragedy. — Now they are coming under attack from the far-right …
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Charles Rabin / miamiherald:
Parkland students face new attack, this time from the political right on social media
Parkland students face new attack, this time from the political right on social media
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ABC News
Nicole Chavez / CNN:
School shooting survivor knocks down ‘crisis actor’ claim
School shooting survivor knocks down ‘crisis actor’ claim
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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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The Gateway Pundit
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Right-Wing Media Uses Parkland Shooting as Conspiracy Fodder
Right-Wing Media Uses Parkland Shooting as Conspiracy Fodder
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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
Colorado congressman booed as people demand action on guns
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Talking Points Memo and Roll Call
Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
CPAC keeps NRA executive Wayne LaPierre's name off schedule after Florida shooting
CPAC keeps NRA executive Wayne LaPierre's name off schedule after Florida shooting
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Joe.My.God.
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Democrat Linda Belcher Takes Deep-Red Kentucky Seat, the 37th Flip Since Trump's Inauguration … Democrat Linda Belcher triumphed in a special election on Tuesday night in a deep-red Kentucky district where President Trump previously won by a whopping 50-point margin.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Last night, Democrats flipped a Kentucky state legislature seat in a district Trump won by 49 points
Last night, Democrats flipped a Kentucky state legislature seat in a district Trump won by 49 points
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Shareblue Media, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Jezebel
Courier-Journal:
Dan Johnson's widow and former lawmaker clash in special House election to replace him
Dan Johnson's widow and former lawmaker clash in special House election to replace him
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NPR, Mother Jones, Daily Kos, Splinter and Political Wire
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democrat wins state House race in Kentucky after a Republican's scandal and suicide
Democrat wins state House race in Kentucky after a Republican's scandal and suicide
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The Daily Beast, Politicus USA and Axios
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
As a Recent Parent, There Is No Gun Control I Won't Support … Until my daughter was born, I never truly understood what Alex Jones was doing by calling the massacre of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School a hoax. — Back in December 2012, Jones hadn't yet harnessed the political power …
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Hullabaloo, Woke Sloth and Splinter
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Caleb Parke / Fox News:
Florida school shooting survivor: Media using tragedy to push gun control
Florida school shooting survivor: Media using tragedy to push gun control
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Front Page Magazine, ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller and New York Times
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Oprah Winfrey Answers Call & Joins Clooneys, Katzenbergs, Spielberg And Capshaw In Donating $500,000 …
Oprah Winfrey Answers Call & Joins Clooneys, Katzenbergs, Spielberg And Capshaw In Donating $500,000 …
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Lisa Respers France / CNN:
George and Amal Clooney to attend March For Our Lives
George and Amal Clooney to attend March For Our Lives
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theGrio, Variety, National Review, KTLA and CBS Los Angeles
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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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Presidential Memorandum on the Application of the Definition of Machinegun to “Bump Fire” …
Presidential Memorandum on the Application of the Definition of Machinegun to “Bump Fire” …
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Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Billy Graham, evangelist pastor and counselor to presidents, dead at age 99 — Billy Graham, the charismatic North Carolina pastor who took his evangelizing crusades around the country and the globe, died on Wednesday morning, according to officials of his organization. — He was 99 years old.
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Axios, Scared Monkeys and The Week
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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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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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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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The Daily Beast, Roll Call and Political Wire
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.
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Business Insider
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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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Pence was set to meet with North Korean officials during the Olympics before last minute cancellation … PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Vice President Pence departed for a five-day, two country swing through Asia earlier this month having agreed to a secret meeting with North Korean officials …
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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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Talking Points Memo and Axios
Josh Kovensky / KyivPost:
UPDATED: Attorney who whitewashed Tymoshenko prosecution charged with perjury — Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko looks out from behind bars in November 2011. In 2012, a team from US law firm Skadden came to Ukraine for a report that legitimized Tymoshenko's prosecution. (UNIAN)
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David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
For an innocent man, Trump sure does act guilty — It's not true that everyone in prison claims to be innocent. Most inmates I've known have been approximately as honest as people on the outside. Take that as you will. — What is true, in my experience, is that a guilty person …
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 …
Mariel Muro / Weekly Standard:
I Helped Get Milo Yiannopoulos Disinvited From UCLA. Here's Why. — Why UCLA's Bruin Republicans changed their mind about Milo Yiannopoulos. — I'm a conservative student at UCLA and a member of the Bruin Republicans. Last week, my club invited Milo Yiannopoulos to speak on campus as a fundraiser for our group.