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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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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 …
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.
Jeffrey Solochek / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida House approves bill to post “In God We Trust” in all public schools — With the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High shooting still looming large, its students in the Capitol to lobby for gun controls, the Florida House overwhelmingly passed a measure Wednesday its sponsor said aimed at bringing “light” to the schools.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump: I never said ‘give teachers guns’ — President Donald Trump claimed Thursday morning that he did not suggest the blanket arming of teachers at a White House listening session a day earlier, accusing CNN and NBC News of misinterpreting his proposal. — “I never said 'give teachers guns …
Peter Burke / WPLG-TV:
CNN refutes Parkland school shooting survivor's ‘scripted’ question claim — Colton Haab says he declined to participate in town hall because of it — SUNRISE, Fla. - A Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student told Local 10 News that he declined an invitation to attend CNN's town hall …
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
A superintendent threatens to suspend students protesting gun laws. But that's not legal.
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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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Axios, Florida Politics, Breitbart and NewsBusters
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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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Marco Rubio and an N.R.A. Official Were Jeered and Lectured on Gun Control
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Washington Post:
NRA goes on the offensive after Parkland shooting, assailing media and calling for more armed school security
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CNN:
Trump suggests arming teachers as a solution to increase school safety
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Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
CNN's Tapper Sits Back as Student Equates Rubio to School Shooter
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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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ESPN:
Warriors to spend part of D.C. trip with local kids, as they won't be heading to White House — OAKLAND, Calif. — With President Donald Trump tweeting last September that a White House invitation for the Golden State Warriors was “withdrawn,” the reigning NBA champs have decided …
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Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
CNN: Pentagon Mulling Options To Move McMaster Out Of WH, Back Into Military
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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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Shakesville, RedState and Jacobin
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Jeremy Venook / Politico:
Why You Shouldn't Be a Russiagate Skeptic
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Talking Points Memo
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Mueller Still Relying on Discredited Steele Dossier
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Real Clear Politics
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.
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Lisa J. Huriash / Sun-Sentinel:
Video delays misled cops at Stoneman Douglas shooting — Sun Sentinel — Nearly a half-hour after Nikolas Cruz dropped his rifle and fled Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, police thought they were seeing him live on security cameras, still in the building. They were actually seeing images tape-delayed.
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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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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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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.
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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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 …
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Questions Swirl as Melania Trump's Parents Obtain Green Cards — WASHINGTON — The parents of the first lady, Melania Trump, have obtained lawful permanent residency in the United States, a lawyer for the couple confirmed Wednesday, but it remains unclear how or when the couple received their green cards.
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Washington Post:
Does the Second Amendment really protect assault weapons? Four courts have said no. … Almost exactly a year ago, a federal appeals court considered whether a Maryland law banning assault weapons was unconstitutional. — The law was passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre …
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
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.
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