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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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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.
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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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E.J. Dionne Jr. / Washington Post:
Why is only one side in the gun culture war required to show respect? — You have perhaps heard the joke about the liberal who is so open-minded that he can't even take his own side in an argument. — What's less funny is that on gun control, liberals (and their many allies who are moderate …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Marco Rubio and an N.R.A. Official Were 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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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.
Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
CNN's Tapper Sits Back as Student Equates Rubio to School Shooter
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Peter Burke / WPLG-TV:
CNN refutes Parkland school shooting survivor's ‘scripted’ question claim
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Jack Heretik / Washington Free Beacon:
CNN Town Hall Crowd Cheers Idea of Banning Every Semiautomatic Rifle in America
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Trump denies saying teachers should have guns — and then says some teachers should have guns
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump's solution to school shootings: arm teachers with guns
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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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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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Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Mueller Still Relying on Discredited Steele Dossier — Special Counsel Robert Mueller is continuing to use a controversial 35-page dossier financed by the Democratic National Committee and the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign as a “road map” for investigative leads, sources familiar with his investigation say.
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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 …
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Politico, The Daily Caller, Splinter and FOX 61
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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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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 …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple Plans Upgrades to Popular AirPods Headphones — Company working on water resistance, more Siri integration — Apple CFO says wearables revenue rose almost 70% last year — Apple Inc., seeking to bolster its wearables business, is working on upgrades to its wireless AirPods headphones …
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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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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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Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
Trump-appointed judge who donated to campaign refuses to recuse himself from dossier matter — A Trump-appointed federal judge who donated to the Trump campaign and worked on his presidential transition team has rejected requests to recuse himself from overseeing a legal battle involving Fusion GPS …
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Political Wire
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 …
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.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Free Speech and the Necessity of Discomfort — This is the text of a lecture delivered at the University of Michigan on Tuesday. The speech was sponsored by Wallace House. — I'd like to express my appreciation for Lynette Clemetson and her team at Knight-Wallace for hosting me in Ann Arbor today.
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 …
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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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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.
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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 …
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Politico and The Daily Caller
CNN:
Community Resource Officer Called to “Back Lot” — Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy Neil Gardner soon would complete his second year as the uniformed community resource officer assigned to Columbine High School. Gardner, a 15-year veteran of the Sheriff's Office, normally ate his lunch …
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