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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Facing jeers and boos, Rubio shifts on guns during tense forum — The mass shootings in Newtown, Orlando, Las Vegas and even Fort Lauderdale didn't get Sen. Marco Rubio to seriously reconsider his position on guns. — But Rubio shifted on firearms Wednesday night as he weathered …
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CNN:
Trump suggests arming teachers as a solution to increase school safety — 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 CNNGo. — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump, after listening to a series …
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
6 things Marco Rubio said at the CNN town hall that made news in the US gun debate — Washington (CNN)Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, facing high school students Wednesday night who survived the Parkland, Florida, shooting, defended his stance on gun rights — while changing the conversation surrounding the issue.
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Is Jeered and Lectured on Gun Control — WASHINGTON — Senator Marco Rubio and a spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association were repeatedly heckled at a nationally televised forum on Wednesday night in Florida after they refused to back new gun control measures.
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New York Magazine, CNN and Jezebel
John Herrman / New York Times:
The Making of a No. 1 YouTube Conspiracy Video After the Parkland Tragedy
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The economics of arming America's schools
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Raw Story, Jamie Dupree - AJC and New York Times
CNN:
Students are walking out in protest: Live updates
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Haley Britzky / Axios:
Father of Parkland victim presses Rubio on assault weapons at town hall
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Breitbart
Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
CNN's Tapper Sits Back as Student Equates Rubio to School Shooter
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twitchy.com and Instapundit
David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump's solution to school shootings: arm teachers with guns
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Shareblue Media, Toronto Star, ThinkProgress and The Daily Beast
Holly Yan / CNN:
Florida lawmakers refuse to debate assault rifles — but say porn is dangerous
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Business Insider, WTVR-TV, Sun-Sentinel, FOX 61, NPR, RedState, twitchy.com, KTLA, The Daily Beast, CBS Miami, CBS Pittsburgh and myfox8.com
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 …
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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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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Shooting Survivor: CNN Gave Me “Scripted Question” After Denying Question About Armed Guards — Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Colton Haab said he was approached by CNN to ask a question at Wednesday night's town hall but decided not to after the network gave him a “scripted question,” quashing one he wrote himself.
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Instapundit, The Daily Caller and MichelleMalkin.com
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Bernie blames Hillary for allowing Russian interference — Bernie Sanders on Wednesday blamed Hillary Clinton for not doing more to stop the Russian attack on the last presidential election. Then his 2016 campaign manager, in an interview with POLITICO, said he's seen no evidence …
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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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Jackie Wang / Dallas Morning News:
Fueled by a Democratic surge, Texans turn out in force on first day of early voting — AUSTIN — Of the 51,249 Texans who cast ballots Tuesday on the first day of early voting, more than half voted in the Democratic primary. — The total number of voters from 15 of the state's largest counties is high for a midterm year.
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Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Colleges Are Separating Into Winners and Losers — Schools that struggle to prepare students for success losing ground; ‘The shake-out is coming’ — Concord University in West Virginia and Clemson University in South Carolina were both founded shortly after the Civil War.
U.S. Embassy / U.S. Embassy in Montenegro:
Security Alert - U. S. Embassy Podgorica, Montenegro (February 22, 2018) — Event: The U.S. Embassy in Podgorica advises U.S. citizens there is an active security situation at the U.S. Embassy in Podgorica. Avoid the Embassy until further notice. — Actions to Take:
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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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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and RedState
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Shelby Webb / Houston Chronicle:
Houston-area school district threatens to suspend students who protest after Florida shooting
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Vox, Mother Jones, Breitbart, Axios, TheBlaze, Daily Kos and Shakesville
Ryan Nobles / CNN:
Congresswoman claims most mass shooters are Democrats — Congressman booed at his gun control town hall — (CNN)Rep. Claudia Tenney, an upstate New York Republican who is up for re-election in one of the most competitive congressional districts in America, told a radio host in Albany …
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The Daily Caller
Jessica Guynn / USA Today:
Trump supporters, conservatives rage over Russian bot purge, #TwitterLockOut — Twitter revealed to congress that Russian bots had retweeted President Trump hundreds of thousands of times between September 1st and November 15th of 2016. For more on the story here is Zachary Devita. Buzz60
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Yoel Roth / Twitter:
Automation and the use of multiple accounts
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Democrats Didn't Even Dream of This Pennsylvania Map. How Did It Happen? — They seemed not to believe that they would be allowed to strive for partisan balance in addressing Republican gerrymandering. — Few people expected that the Pennsylvania congressional map …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Shareblue Media, Roll Call, Vox and Hit & Run
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Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Arctic temperatures soar 45 degrees above normal, flooded by extremely mild air on all sides … While the Eastern United States simmers in some of its warmest February weather ever recorded, the Arctic is also stewing in temperatures more than 45 degrees above normal.
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Grist and NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia Stymies U.S. Over Pakistan Terror List — Saudi Arabia joins Turkey and China to block U.S.-led initiative — Saudi Arabia joined Turkey and China in a move to block a U.S.-led attempt this week to place Pakistan on an international terror-financing watch list …
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The American Conservative
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
This photo of Trump's notes captures his empathy deficit better than anything — President Trump held a worthwhile listening session Wednesday featuring a range of views on how to combat gun violence in schools. And while Trump's at-times-meandering comments about arming teachers …
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Washington Examiner, New York Magazine, bizpacreview.com, twitchy.com and RedState
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Nominee for Indian Health Post Withdraws — Journal articles alleged Robert Weaver overstated work experience — President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Indian Health Service has withdrawn from consideration for the job, people familiar with the matter said.
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New York Times and CNBC
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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CNNMoney:
With last-minute cancellation of Gateway Pundit founder, drama once again unfolds ahead of CPAC — The Conservative Political Action Conference hasn't even started and a snafu is once again stealing the limelight ahead of the annual event. — News of the last-minute chaos emerged …
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Geller Report, RedState, The Right Scoop, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Elizabeth Zwirz / Fox News:
Ohio student dies after shooting himself in school bathroom, officials say — The Ohio student who apparently shot himself with a gun in his school bathroom on Tuesday has died, officials announced Wednesday. — The deceased seventh grader, from Jackson Memorial Middle School …
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David Ferguson / Raw Story:
MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle connects the dots in latest Mueller indictment to tie Trump directly to Putin — On Wednesday, MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle laid out how special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is becoming “clearer by the indictment.” — Tuesday's guilty plea …
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