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8:50 PM ET, February 22, 2018

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Armed Sheriff's Deputy ‘Never Went In’ During Florida Shooting — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The only armed security guard on campus during a deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school last week “never went in” to a building to try to take down the shooting suspect, Sheriff Scott Israel …

Discussion: Forward Progressives and IJR

Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:

Armed sheriff's deputy stayed outside Florida school while mass killing took place — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The armed school resource officer assigned to protect students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School took a defensive position outside the school and did not enter the building …

Discussion: Hit & Run and CNN

New York Times:

Trump Promotes Arming Teachers, but Rejects Active Shooter Drills — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday intensified his calls for arming highly trained teachers as part of an effort to fortify schools against shooting massacres like the one that occurred in Parkland, Fla., last week …

Todd Tongen / WPLG-TV:

Stoneman Douglas BSO resource officer did not enter school during shootings — Deputy Scot Peterson resigns after being suspended without pay — PARKLAND, Fla. - The school resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas did not enter the school during the shootings that left 17 people dead last week, said Broward Sheriff Scott Israel.

Discussion: Instapundit, The Last Refuge, IJR, Mediaite, New York Magazine, twitchy.com and Daily Wire

Stephen Hobbs / Sun-Sentinel:

Stoneman Douglas cop resigns; sheriff says he should have ‘killed the killer’ — Sun Sentinel — The police officer assigned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resigned Thursday, under investigation for failing to enter the building as a gunman opened fire and killed 17 people.

Discussion: Vox, Orlando Sentinel and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

CBS News:
NRA's Wayne LaPierre makes it clear he isn't backing down on guns — or the culture wars

Discussion: CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, Vox, RT, The Daily Beast, RedState, Refinery29, Joe.My.God., The Stranger …, IJR, East Bay Times, NBC News, The Atlantic, twitchy.com and Mediaite

CNN:
School shooter threatened others with a gun, first host family told police

Discussion: New York Post, Business Insider, RedState, Breitbart, TheBlaze, Washington Free Beacon, The Gateway Pundit, Law & Crime, twitchy.com and KTLA

Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
A superintendent threatens to suspend students protesting gun laws. But that's not legal.

Discussion: CNN, Refinery29, Hit & Run and Los Angeles Times

Jeffrey Solochek / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida House approves bill to post “In God We Trust” in all public schools

Discussion: USA Today, NPR, The Daily Signal and The Daily Caller

Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Shooting Survivor: CNN Gave Me “Scripted Question” After Denying Question About Armed Guards

Discussion: WPLG-TV, CNN, The Resurgent, Power Line, Townhall.com, Investor's Business Daily, The Daily Caller, RedState, The Last Refuge, bizpacreview.com, Conservative Review, NewsBusters, The Federalist, Front Page Magazine and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Washington Post:
NRA goes on the offensive after Parkland shooting, assailing media and calling for more armed school security

Associated Press:
The Latest: Florida seeks $1M in federal aid after shooting

Discussion: Axios and myfox8.com

Lisa J. Huriash / Sun-Sentinel:
Video delays misled cops at Stoneman Douglas shooting

Discussion: Orlando Sentinel, WTVR-TV, New York Times, fox8.com, myfox8.com, WGN-TV, Business Insider and AOL

The Daily Beast:

Sources: Ex-Trump Staffer Rick Gates to Drop His Lawyer in Russia Probe … Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates has fired his lawyer, The Daily Beast has learned. And, contrary to recent media reports, Gates is not about to make a deal with the Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Discussion: The Hill, ABC News, Vox, Weekly Standard, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, New Republic, New York Times, Law & Crime, Business Insider, Axios, Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money, WTVR-TV, Hullabaloo, Salon, KTLA, CNN, Mediaite, VICE News and CNBC

Washington Post:

Special counsel Mueller files new charges in Manafort, Gates case … New charges were filed Thursday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business partner, ratcheting up the legal pressure on them as they prepare for a trial later this year.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, The Atlantic, Hit & Run, IJR, Axios, Shakesville and The Week

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller adds new tax, bank fraud charges against Manafort, Gates

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge rejects Manafort's latest bail offer

Discussion: emptywheel

CNN:
Mueller files new charges against Manafort and Gates

Discussion: Washington Press, Splinter and Media Matters for America

Kansas City Star:

Gov. Greitens indicted for felony invasion of privacy stemming from affair — Gov. Eric Greitens was indicted Thursday afternoon by a St. Louis grand jury on a felony charge of invasion of privacy. — The charge stems from a 2015 affair and allegations that he threatened to release …

Discussion: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Daily Beast, RT, Axios, The Stranger …, Washington Press, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Joe.My.God., twitchy.com, Capitol Fax.com, Law & Crime, Mediaite and Daily Wire

Jim Salter / Associated Press:
Grand jury indicts Missouri governor who admitted affair

Discussion: KMOV-TV, Mother Jones, New York Magazine and VICE News

St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens indicted for felony invasion of privacy

Discussion: FOX2now.com and The Daily Caller

Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens's sexual blackmail scandal, explained

Discussion: Washington Post, Associated Press, Raw Story, ThinkProgress, Politico, ABC News, Business Insider, KTLA, The Right Scoop, Daily Kos, The Week, WGN-TV and TheBlaze

Jon Thompson / RGA: Missouri GOP Governor Eric Greitens Proposes $800 Million Tax Cut

Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Gov. Eric Greitens of Missouri Indicted for Invasion of Privacy

Discussion: thecut

CNN:

McMaster could leave WH after months of tension with Trump — Washington (CNN)With tensions flaring between President Donald Trump and national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, the Pentagon is considering options that would allow the President to potentially move the three-star general …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Hill, RedState, The Right Scoop, Outside the Beltway, Politico and Shakesville

John Walcott / Reuters:

Two top White House advisers may leave over tensions with Trump: sources — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Longstanding friction between U.S. President Donald Trump and two top aides, the National Security Adviser and the Chief of Staff, has grown to a point that either or both might quit soon, four senior administration officials said.

CNN: Sources: Mueller probe stymies Kushner security clearance

Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Will Remove “Nation of Immigrants” From Mission Statement — The lead U.S. agency tasked with granting citizenship to would-be Americans is making a major change to its mission statement, removing a passage that describes the United States as a nation of immigrants.

Discussion: Hullabaloo, VICE News, The Daily Caller, Refinery29 and Axios

Dara Lind / Vox: America's immigration agency removes “nation of immigrants” from its mission statement

Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:

In rare move, national Democrats come out against primary candidate Laura Moser in bid for Culberson's seat — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Thursday posted negative research on Democratic congressional hopeful Laura Moser, one of seven Democrats vying to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. John Culberson.

Dustin Volz / Reuters:

Exclusive: U.S. official focused on election security being shoved aside — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of a federal agency who has helped U.S. states protect election systems from possible cyber attacks by Russia or others is being removed from his post by Republican House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and the White House.

Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos, Washington Press, The Verge and Political Wire

Kim Janssen / Chicago Tribune:

Gov. Rauner drinks chocolate milk to demonstrate his commitment to diversity — In an awkward onstage appearance this week, Gov. Bruce Rauner drank a glass of chocolate milk to demonstrate his belief in diversity. — “It's really, really good,” Rauner said after taking a sip of the sugary drink.

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Hill, The Root, The Daily Caller, Political Wire and TheBlaze

GQ:

What Ever Happened To Brendan Fraser? — GQ's Zach Baron reports on the stupendous rise and surprising disappearance of the once ubiquitous movie star. — Brendan Fraser wants me to meet his horse. “I got this horse because it's a big horse,” he says, standing in a barn in Bedford, New York.

Discussion: RedState, Fox News, East Bay Times, Vox, Daily Wire, AOL, IndieWire and Mashable

Heather Sher / The Atlantic:

What I Saw Treating the Victims From Parkland Should Change the Debate on Guns — As I opened the CT scan last week to read the next case, I was baffled. The history simply read “gunshot wound.” I have been a radiologist in one of the busiest trauma centers in the nation for 13 years …

Discussion: The Stranger …, Washington Monthly and Daily Kos

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

Margaret Brennan Named Host of ‘Face the Nation’ on CBS — WASHINGTON — Margaret Brennan, the senior foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, will be the next moderator of “Face the Nation,” the network's prestige Sunday morning public affairs show and one of the most influential venues in American politics.

Discussion: CBS News, more at Mediagazer »

Krystie Lee Yandoli / BuzzFeed:

Meryl Streep And Jennifer Lawrence Have Slammed Harvey Weinstein For Using Their Words In His Defense — In a court filing Wednesday, Harvey Weinstein asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by six women who say he assaulted them. — In a motion to dismiss the suit …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, TMZ.com, The Daily Caller, East Bay Times, bizpacreview.com, IndieWire and Daily Wire

Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:

7 Terrible Liberal Gun Control Arguments ... And How To Beat Them — I argue for a living. I often deal with hacks, liars, and agenda-driven fanatics. But never in a quarter century of being in court rooms have I faced such a blizzard of constitutional illiteracy, technical ignorance …

Discussion: National Review

Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:

Trump: ‘Maybe They Have to Put a Rating System’ on Movies … During a meeting Thursday with state lawmakers, President Trump suggested violent entertainment is to blame for mass shootings in the United States. — His proposed solution? A ratings system for movies.

Discussion: Breitbart

Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:

Joss Whedon Exits ‘Batgirl’ Movie (Exclusive) — The Bat signal is being dimmed ... for now. — Joss Whedon is saying goodbye to DC Entertainment heroine Batgirl. — Whedon, the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer among other pop culture touchstones, is exiting the Warner Bros. feature project …

Discussion: Forbes, The Daily Caller and Gizmodo

Anita Wadhwani / Tennessean.com:

TBI: Nude cellphone photos, deleted chats may show evidence of crime in Mayor Megan Barry affair — Michael Schwab / USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says it has obtained nude photos of a woman taken on the phone of former Sgt. Rob Forrest …

Discussion: Political Wire and Tennessee Star

Justina Vasquez / Bloomberg:

In One Tweet, Kylie Jenner Wiped Out $1.3 Billion of Snap's Market Value — Kylie Jenner tweets she hasn't been using the app lately — Users pile on with feedback that echoes Wall Street concerns — Snap Inc.'s flagship platform has lost some luster, at least according …