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9:50 AM ET, February 22, 2018

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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.

Discussion: RedState, The Daily Caller, True Pundit, Instapundit and Washington Free Beacon

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 …

Discussion: Axios, Florida Politics, NewsBusters and Washington Post

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.

Discussion: VICE News, The Week and CBS Miami

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 …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Axios, USA Today, Newsweek, The Week, TIME, Breitbart, WGN-TV, Taylor Marsh, CBS Miami, Vox, WTVR-TV, FOX6Now.com, CBS Los Angeles, KTLA, Mashable, FOX 61, NPR, thecut, WPIX 11 New York, AOL, Washington Free Beacon and CBS Pittsburgh

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.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Jezebel and CNN

Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:

CNN's Tapper Sits Back as Student Equates Rubio to School Shooter — The CNN town hall to promote gun control and gun grabbing was off the rails from the start. So-called moderator Jake Tapper sat back as the wild crowd targeted Republican Senator Marco Rubio (Fla.) with boos and jeers for basically just being there.

Discussion: twitchy.com and Instapundit

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

The economics of arming America's schools — Sitting with students and parents on Tuesday — including some students who were at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last week when a shooter killed 17 people — President Trump explored possible ways in which mass shooting incidents at schools could be prevented.

Discussion: Breitbart, Washington Times, IJR, WPIX 11 New York, New York Times, Jamie Dupree - AJC, CBS Pittsburgh, The Guardian, NBC News, Daily Kos, AOL and Mediaite

Jack Heretik / Washington Free Beacon: CNN Town Hall Crowd Cheers Idea of Banning Every Semiautomatic Rifle in America

CNN:
Students are walking out in protest: Live updates

Discussion: Vox, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, AOL, New York Times, twitchy.com, The Guardian, Mother Jones, The Right Scoop, Jamie Dupree - AJC, ARLnow.com and Hit & Run, more at Mediagazer »

Haley Britzky / Axios:
Father of Parkland victim presses Rubio on assault weapons at town hall

Discussion: Breitbart

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, Raw Story, Political Wire and The Week

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 …

Discussion: Jacobin

Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Mueller Still Relying on Discredited Steele Dossier

Discussion: Real Clear Politics

Brett Samuels / The Hill:

NRA opposes new age limits on gun purchases — The National Rifle Association (NRA) said Wednesday it opposes any new legislation that would put age restrictions on firearm purchases. — “We need serious proposals to prevent violent criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from acquiring firearms …

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Splinter

Steve Brusk / CNN:
NRA rejects idea of raising minimum age to buy rifles

Discussion: NPR

Associated Press:

Again the question: Could armed teachers stop shootings? — In the aftermath of yet another mass school shooting, President Donald Trump says that if one of the victims, a football coach, had been armed “he would have shot and that would have been the end of it.”

Discussion: Politico

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Texas school district threatens to suspend students who protest gun violence

Discussion: Houston Chronicle, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Vox, Mother Jones, Breitbart, RedState, TheBlaze, Daily Kos and Shakesville

John Bowden / The Hill:
Student demonstrators protest gun violence in Fla. gov's office

Discussion: Associated Press, Washington Free Beacon, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, Joe.My.God. and The Daily Caller

Brad Reed / Raw Story:

Trump denies saying teachers should have guns — and then says some teachers should have guns — President Donald Trump lashed out at media coverage of his proposal to arm some teachers by denying that he ever made it. — “I never said “give teachers guns” like was stated on Fake News CNN and NBC,” the president wrote on Twitter.

Discussion: Fox News, Mother Jones, Washington Post and Joe.My.God.

David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump's solution to school shootings: arm teachers with guns

Discussion: Shareblue Media, Raw Story, Toronto Star, ThinkProgress and The Daily Beast

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 …

Discussion: Daily Kos, Shareblue Media, ABC News, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Week, Business Insider, Mediaite, Axios and Political Wire

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:

Discussion: New York Times, ABC News, NPR, Politico, AOL and Sputnik International

Mark Landler / New York Times:

An Envoy Who Can Rival 'North Korea's Ivanka' — WASHINGTON — When the sister of Kim Jong-un made her historic visit to the Winter Olympics in South Korea two weeks ago, saying nothing but commanding noisy press coverage, the South Korean news media quickly called her “North Korea's Ivanka.”

Discussion: Splinter

Donald Kirk / The Daily Beast:
Who Snubbed Who in Korea? Was it Pence's Truculence, or Little Sister Kim's Reticence?

Discussion: One America News Network

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.

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.

Discussion: Politico and Off the Kuff

Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:

Trump Steers Right-Wing Summit on Populist Path Blazed in Europe — Stars of U.K., French nationalist movements to address CPAC — Annual gathering of conservatives often signals GOP direction — President Donald Trump has pushed the Republican Party toward a European-style populism …

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 …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

New York Times:

In School Shooting's Painful Aftermath, Sheriff Faces Questions Over Police Response — CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — The Broward County sheriff on Wednesday defended his office's response to one of the deadliest school shootings in American history amid questions over whether some of his deputies hung …

Discussion: Splinter

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

Discussion: Engadget, Politico, twitchy.com, Breitbart, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, The Verge and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Yoel Roth / Twitter:
Automation and the use of multiple accounts

Discussion: Engadget, 9to5Mac, The Daily Beast, The Verge, Breitbart and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »

Maggie Astor / New York Times:

Black History Month Menu at N.Y.U.: Kool-Aid, Watermelon and Controversy — On Tuesday, a dining hall at New York University advertised a special meal in honor of Black History Month. On the menu? Barbecue ribs, corn bread, collard greens, and two beverages with racist connotations: Kool-Aid and watermelon-flavored water.

Discussion: New York Post, The Root and Althouse

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 …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Axios:

Why Trump won't use his superpower on guns — President Trump has a rare political superpower — he can get Republicans to do what seems like the impossible. He used this superpower to soften their opposition to Vladimir Putin, to instantly stir their distrust of the FBI, and embrace trillion-dollar deficits.

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.

Discussion: Associated Press, Grist and NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

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 …

Discussion: fox8.com

Wall Street Journal:

How Jeffrey Immelt's ‘Success Theater’ Masked the Rot at GE — A culture that disdained bad news contributed to overoptimistic forecasts and botched strategies — Jeffrey Immelt, the longtime boss at General Electric Co. GE -1.70% , was a polished presenter who held court each year …