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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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Shareblue Media, FiveThirtyEight, USA Today, Tampa Bay Times, Associated Press, mynews13.com, The Root, Daily Kos, Joe.My.God., New Republic and The Week
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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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Axios and twitchy.com
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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ABC News
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
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
Nicole Chavez / CNN:
School shooting survivor knocks down ‘crisis actor’ claim
School shooting survivor knocks down ‘crisis actor’ claim
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Washington Post, ABC News, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and Mediaite
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
Alex Leary / Tampa Bay Times:
Parkland students come under attack for their outspokenness
Parkland students come under attack for their outspokenness
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Politico, CNN, New York Times, The Moderate Voice, KTLA, Washington Post, WSVN-TV, The Guardian, USA Today, 105.9 FM and AM 630, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, EW.com, The Daily Beast, CBS Los Angeles, The Hill, Big League Politics, Joe.My.God., RedState, VICE News, True Pundit, Daily Kos, Media Matters for America, Law & Crime, Politicus USA, Business Insider, The Mahablog, No More Mister Nice Blog, Little Green Footballs, Shakesville, ThinkProgress and Shareblue Media
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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Politico, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Splinter, The Gateway Pundit, The Week, Daily Kos and Mother Jones
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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Hullabaloo, Woke Sloth and Splinter
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, The Daily Caller, ThinkProgress and New York Times
Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida lawmaker's aide fired after saying outspoken Parkland students are actors
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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New York Times, CNN, Jezebel, Breitbart, NBC News, Washington Times, Showbiz411, The Right Scoop, twitchy.com, Hollywood Reporter, thecut, Mediaite, Joe.My.God., Washington Monthly and NewsBusters
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.
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 …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Last night, Democrats flipped a Kentucky state legislature seat in a district Trump won by 49 points — Democrat Linda Belcher regains her old seat. — Early Tuesday evening, Democrat Linda Belcher was pronounced the winner of the special election in Kentucky's House District 49 …
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Shareblue Media and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Democrat Linda Belcher Takes Deep-Red Kentucky Seat, the 37th Flip Since Trump's Inauguration
Democrat Linda Belcher Takes Deep-Red Kentucky Seat, the 37th Flip Since Trump's Inauguration
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Courier-Journal, Reuters, New York Magazine and Associated Press
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Democrats Flip Kentucky State House Seat Where Trump Won Overwhelmingly
Democrats Flip Kentucky State House Seat Where Trump Won Overwhelmingly
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Talking Points Memo, Courier-Journal, Jezebel and The Week
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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Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Billy Graham, evangelist pastor and counselor to presidents, dead at age 99
Billy Graham, evangelist pastor and counselor to presidents, dead at age 99
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Axios, Scared Monkeys and The Week
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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The Daily Beast
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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Washington Post, Political Wire, Business Insider, The Week and Mediaite
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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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Reason, CNN, New York Times, Hit & Run, The Last Refuge and VICE News
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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RedState and Joe.My.God.
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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 …
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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RedState, The Daily Caller, Big League Politics and Business Insider
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
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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CBS Dallas, TMZ.com, AOL, Deadspin, KDFW, Dallas Morning News and abc7ny.com
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, Splinter, VICE News, The Week, The American Conservative, One America News Network, RT, ABC News, War on the Rocks, KTLA, FOX 61, Politico, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Axios and Political Wire
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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No More Mister Nice Blog, 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 …