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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Texas school district threatens to suspend students who protest gun violence — A superintendent in a Texas school district is warning that students will be suspended if they cause any disruptions to protest gun violence. — Needville Independent School District (ISD) …
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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
NRA to participate in CNN town hall — 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 will participate in CNN's nationally televised town hall Wednesday …
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Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Florida House refuses to debate guns, declares porn dangerous … The Florida House of Representatives was in session on Tuesday considering several issues. These included a motion to debate a bill banning the sale of assault weapons in the aftermath of the mass shooting that killed 17 people …
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Shelby Webb / Houston Chronicle:
Houston-area school district threatens to suspend students who protest after Florida shooting — Needville ISD Superintendent Curtis Rhodes on Tuesday threatened to suspend any student who disrupts schools or walks out to protest current gun laws. — In a letter sent to families and published …
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Brianna Sacks / BuzzFeed:
Nope, The Florida School Shooting Survivors Demanding Gun Control Are Not Crisis Actors — Right-wing websites are fueling a now-viral conspiracy theory that Florida high school students demanding gun control are actors pushing a liberal agenda. The theory was even promoted by the aide of a Florida lawmaker.
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Nicole Chavez / CNN:
School shooting survivor knocks down ‘crisis actor’ claim — (CNN)David Hogg has become a strong voice among survivors of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High. — The attention has given him a powerful platform — but it has also made him the subject of smear campaigns and demonstrably false conspiracy theories.
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CNN:
Florida massacre survivors chant ‘vote them out’ as other students walk out in solidarity
Florida massacre survivors chant ‘vote them out’ as other students walk out in solidarity
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Joe Reedy / Associated Press:
Florida House Declares Pornography a Health Risk
Florida House Declares Pornography a Health Risk
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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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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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Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Brooke Baldwin Battles FL Lawmaker in Tense Gun Debate: ‘Stop Going Back to the Talking Points, Sir!’
Brooke Baldwin Battles FL Lawmaker in Tense Gun Debate: ‘Stop Going Back to the Talking Points, Sir!’
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Holly Yan / CNN:
Florida lawmakers refuse to debate assault rifles — but say porn is dangerous
Florida lawmakers refuse to debate assault rifles — but say porn is dangerous
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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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Reuters:
Fresh U.S. criminal charges filed in special counsel's Manafort case — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New sealed criminal charges have been filed in federal court in the criminal case brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller against President Donald Trump's former senior campaign aides Paul Manafort …
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Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
Former Trump Adviser Sam Nunberg expected to meet with special counsel team
Former Trump Adviser Sam Nunberg expected to meet with special counsel team
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Trump's former bodyguard makes $15,000 a month from a GOP ‘slush fund’ — The Republican National Committee is paying a firm owned by Trump's former bodyguard $15,000 a month for consulting, according to its latest campaign filings. — Within weeks of leaving the White House …
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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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Matthew Avery Sutton / The Guardian:
Billy Graham was on the wrong side of history — Racial tensions are rising, the earth is warming, and evangelicals are doing little to help. That may be Graham's most significant, and saddest, legacy … Play Video — When Billy Graham stands before the judgment seat of God …
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Billy Graham, 99, Dies; Pastor Filled Stadiums and Counseled Presidents
Billy Graham, 99, Dies; Pastor Filled Stadiums and Counseled Presidents
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Washington Post:
Melania Trump's parents are legal permanent residents, raising questions about whether they relied on ‘chain migration’ … The parents of first lady Melania Trump have become legal permanent residents of the United States and are close to obtaining their citizenship, according to people familiar …
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William Brennan / New York Magazine:
Worst Roommate Ever — “You've got your whole life in front of you. You're pretty, you've got this house — well, you don't have this house anymore. This house is my house.” — Alex Miller's spare room had been on Craigslist for two weeks when, last March, she got the call she'd been waiting for.
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
The Pro-Trump Media Has Its Match In The Parkland Students — On Monday night, the pro-Trump media set its sights on a new political enemy: young adult survivors of gun violence. — The attack on outspoken survivors of the Parkland school shooting began with an article …
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Brian Feldman / New York Magazine:
It's Time to End ‘Trending’ — In the wake of last week's Parkland high school shooting, right-wing conspiracy theorists are pushing the ludicrous story that the teenage survivors speaking out against gun violence are “crisis actors” — dupes hired to pretend to be victims of tragedy.
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Chris Ciaccia / Fox News:
YouTube apologizes for top trending conspiracy video that claimed Parkland survivor is an actor
YouTube apologizes for top trending conspiracy video that claimed Parkland survivor is an actor
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Media Matters for America:
David Clarke on Parkland shooting survivor: “My dad would have backhanded me” for “popping off to an authority figure” — David Clarke attacked a survivor of the Parkland, FL, school shooting for speaking out about gun violence, saying “my dad would have backhanded me” for “popping off” …
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Matt Dixon / Politico:
Once a ‘proud NRA sellout,’ Putnam won't say if he'd use term again
Once a ‘proud NRA sellout,’ Putnam won't say if he'd use term again
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Jake Gibson / Fox News:
Top DOJ official Rachel Brand fires back at claims she bolted over Mueller probe concerns — EXCLUSIVE - Former top Justice Department official Rachel Brand, in an exclusive interview with Fox News, pushed back strongly at speculation she left the Trump administration over concerns …
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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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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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
The Pardon Boomerang: Why Trump Associates May Need to Decline Any Offer of a Pardon — With some conservatives urging the President to pardon Trump associates caught up in the Russia investigation, there's a reason that option may simply fail the president.
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Ronald.Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Flirtatious texts, topless photo roil Steve Montenegro's campaign; he blasts ‘false tabloid trash’ — Five Republican candidates in the race for the 8th Congressional District seat give their thoughts on personal behavior, bipartisan efforts and congressional groups during the azcentral debate Jan. 24, 2018. azcentral
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
The Atlantic Plans a Hiring Spree — A media company is expanding its newsroom. You read that right. — The Atlantic plans to add as many as 100 employees to its staff over the next 12 months, its president, Bob Cohn, told employees during a staff meeting on Wednesday.
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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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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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