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Davis Richardson / The New York Observer:
Michael Steele Responds to Racial Insult Hurled by CPAC Communications Director — Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) communication director Ian Walters sparked controversy with a racially charged insult hurled at former RNC chair Michael Steele on Friday night.
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Watch ex-RNC head Michael Steele unleash holy hell on CPAC exec over ‘black guy’ slur — Former RNC head Michael Steele got into a heated talk with CPAC executive Matt Schlapp on Saturday after a speaker at the conservative conference slurred him as a “black guy” during a speech Friday night.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Michael Steele addresses CPAC official's ‘painfully stupid’ comment about race — Former Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Michael Steele on Friday blasted a comment from a Conservative Political Action Conference spokesman in which the CPAC official said that the RNC picked Steele …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Michael Steele Confronts Matt Schlapp Over CPAC Official's Racial Insult: ‘What the Hell?!’ — Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele got heated confronting ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp today after a CPAC official blithely insulted him last night. — Ian Walters said in front of a crowd of people last night …
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New York Times:
How Skadden, the Giant Law Firm, Got Entangled in the Mueller Investigation — WASHINGTON — For much of its 70-year history, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has been a go-to firm for Wall Street, representing corporations like Pfizer and DuPont in acquisitions and becoming the first law firm …
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New York Times:
European Ex-Officials Deny Being Paid by Manafort to Lobby for Ukraine — BRUSSELS — Several influential European leaders reacted with shock and denial on Saturday after a federal indictment accused Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, of secretly paying former European officials …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Mueller Is Gaining Steam. Should Trump Worry? — WASHINGTON — In a fiery speech to supporters on Friday, President Trump went after his vanquished opponent from 2016. “We had a crooked candidate,” he declared. The crowd responded with a signature chant from the campaign trail: “Lock her up!”
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
2 Weeks After Trump Blocked It, Democrats Release Rebuttal of G.O.P. Memo — WASHINGTON — House Democrats released a heavily redacted memorandum on Saturday that was drafted to counter Republican claims that top F.B.I. and Justice Department officials had abused their powers in spying on a former Trump campaign aide.
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Washington Post:
House panel releases Democrats' memo defending FBI surveillance of ex-Trump campaign aide … The House Intelligence Committee released a redacted version of a Democrat-written memo rebutting GOP allegations that federal law enforcement agencies used politically-biased information …
Axios:
Scoop: Bank of America to review relationships with gunmakers — Beginning what could become a widespread financial squeeze on gun manufacturers, Bank of America says in a statement to Axios that it is reexamining its relationship with banking clients who make AR-15s.
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Washington Post:
United and Delta cut ties to NRA as boycott movement spreads to global corporations
United and Delta cut ties to NRA as boycott movement spreads to global corporations
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Delta and United abruptly reverse course, sever contracts with the NRA
Delta and United abruptly reverse course, sever contracts with the NRA
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Sun-Sentinel:
Police say more deputies waited outside school during Stoneman Douglas shooting — South Florida Sun Sentinel — Instead of rushing in, several Broward sheriff's deputies waited outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School while a killer gunned down schoolchildren, according to other officers on the scene.
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Greg P. / twitchy.com:
Meet the hero Coral Springs PD cop who ran toward the sound of gunfire, unarmed
Meet the hero Coral Springs PD cop who ran toward the sound of gunfire, unarmed
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Alice B. Lloyd / Weekly Standard:
Mona Charen Slams Sexist Hypocrisy, Racism at CPAC: ‘You cannot claim that you stand for women’ — Conservative writer calls Marion Le Pen “a disgrace,” Republicans anti-woman for Moore support. — One stalwart Trump critic dared to take the stage at this year's CPAC.
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Mark SchlabachESPN Senior / ESPN:
FBI wiretaps show Sean Miller discussed $100K payment to lock recruit — FBI wiretaps intercepted telephone conversations between Arizona coach Sean Miller and Christian Dawkins, a key figure in the FBI's investigation into college basketball corruption, in which Miller discussed paying $100,000 …
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Judge dismisses coal mogul's defamation lawsuit against John Oliver — A West Virginia judge dismissed a coal mogul's defamation lawsuit this week against cable television host John Oliver and HBO. — In a decision dated Wednesday, West Virginia Judge Jeffrey Cramer accepted HBO's argument …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Bernie Sanders promoted false story on reporting Russian trolls — Bernie Sanders is taking credit for action to combat the Russian incursion into the 2016 election that he didn't have anything to do with — and didn't actually happen. — Twice this week, in response to questions about whether …
Brian Faler / Politico:
‘This is not normal’: Glitches mar new tax law — The glitches in the new tax law are starting to pile up. — One inadvertently denies restaurants, retailers and others generous new write-offs for things like remodeling. — Another would allow wealthy money managers to sidestep a crackdown …
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CNN:
NRA slams gun-background system flaws it helped create — (CNN)On Wednesday, during CNN's town hall with survivors of last week's mass shooting at a high school in South Florida, National Rifle Association representative Dana Loesch lamented the holes in the FBI's National Instant Background Check System, or NICS.
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
After a Massacre, a Question of One More Death: The Gunman's — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Among the suspects on the list of the country's 10 worst mass shootings, Nikolas Cruz is alone in one thing: He was taken alive. — His arrest raises the rare prospect of a death penalty trial for a massacre …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
‘Scripted’ controversy: CNN releases emails of correspondence with Florida student … CNN appears to have had enough. — On Friday afternoon, the network released email correspondence between one of its producers, Carrie Stevenson, and a student from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School …
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Teen survivor's ultimatum to NRA attack dogs: “We will outlive you” — The Parkland shooting survivors are the NRA's worst nightmare. — Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg has emerged as a powerful advocate for gun violence prevention in the aftermath of the Valentine's …
David Brennan / Newsweek:
‘A TOTAL F***-UP’: RUSSIAN MERCENARIES IN SYRIA LAMENT U.S. STRIKE THAT KILLED DOZENS — Recordings have emerged in which Russian mercenaries subjected to a joint U.S. strike that killed dozens of their comrades describe the incident as “a total fuck-up.” — Polygraph.info …
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New York Times:
Cuomo Dodges Order by Taking Campaign Money From State Appointees — In late November, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo flew to Buffalo for a fund-raising trip, a quick two-stop jaunt that brought in more than $200,000 in donations for his re-election campaign. — The events, one at an Embassy Suites hotel …
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Trump: If North Korea Doesn't Obey Me, I Might Punish the Whole World — On Friday, president Trump announced that his administration would be hitting North Korea with the “heaviest sanctions ever imposed on a country before.” The new penalties target dozens of ships and shipping companies that have …
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Chris York / HuffPost UK:
Michael Wolff Says Donald Trump And Jared Kushner ‘Will Throw Each Other Under The Bus’ — ‘I think there is a pretty good possibility Jared will be indicted.’ — The author of the explosive best-selling book detailing life inside Donald Trump's White House says he believes Jared Kushner …
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