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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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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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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Watch ex-RNC head Michael Steele unleash holy hell on CPAC exec over ‘black guy’ slur
Watch ex-RNC head Michael Steele unleash holy hell on CPAC exec over ‘black guy’ slur
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Michael Steele Confronts Matt Schlapp Over CPAC Official's Racial Insult: ‘What the Hell?!’
Michael Steele Confronts Matt Schlapp Over CPAC Official's Racial Insult: ‘What the Hell?!’
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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 …
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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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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Eliza Relman / Business Insider:
Parkland shooting survivor's family shops doctored emails with CNN to media outlets — The family of Colton Haab, a student at the Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people last week, provided a doctored email between Haab's father, Glenn Haab, and a CNN producer to media outlets.
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Joseph A. Wulfsohn / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Accuses CNN of ‘Questioning the Integrity of a Survivor’ Over Alleged ‘Scripted’ Question
Tucker Carlson Accuses CNN of ‘Questioning the Integrity of a Survivor’ Over Alleged ‘Scripted’ Question
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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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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 …
Sonam Sheth / Business Insider:
Susan Rice documented a January 2017 meeting with Obama, Comey, and Yates after being directed to do so by the White House counsel's office — Susan Rice, the former national security adviser, said through her attorney Friday that she documented a controversial January 2017 meeting …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Lawyer for Susan Rice: Obama administration ‘justifiably concerned’ about sharing intel with Trump team
Lawyer for Susan Rice: Obama administration ‘justifiably concerned’ about sharing intel with Trump team
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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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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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Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
This Man Helped Peter Thiel Demolish Gawker — Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel did not come up with the idea to covertly fund lawsuits against Gawker Media. That credit belongs to an Oxford-educated man who Thiel's inner circle calls “Mr. A.” — Peter Thiel's campaign …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
A conservative Democrat in Illinois feels the ire of his liberal base — PALOS HILLS, Ill. — After 30 minutes of hissing and heckling — and cheers for his opponent — Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.) had heard enough. After Marie Newman, the liberal activist running against him …
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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New York Times:
Facebook and Google Struggle to Squelch ‘Crisis Actor’ Posts — SAN FRANCISCO — On Wednesday, one week after the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., Facebook and YouTube vowed to crack down on the trolls. — Thousands of posts and videos had popped up on the sites, falsely claiming …
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Liesl Schillinger / Foreign Policy:
McMaster Gives a Belated Russian Lesson — It's time for Americans to add a new Russian word to their strategic lexicon. — In the lead-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and ever since, thousands of English words written by Russians pretending to be Americans have infiltrated social media in the United States.
KTUL-TV:
GRAPHIC VIDEO: Liquor store clerks shoot armed robbery suspect, fight over gun — Liquor store clerks shoot armed robbery suspect (KTUL) — WARNING: This story contains graphic video. — TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The owner of Forest Acres Liquor Store has released graphic surveillance video showing …
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Top Homeland Security official, who clashed with White House over immigration policy, to step down … Elaine Duke, the second-highest-ranking official at the Department of Homeland Security, announced Friday that she will step down after serving less than a year in the job.
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Ralph Peters / New York Post:
I'm a military man and I think we should ban assault weapons — Guns and I go back a long way. — My father was a champion skeet shooter. A picture of him aiming his favorite pump skyward has pride of place in our living room. He owned fine rifles and shotguns, and he valued them.
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Robert Mueller's military career, detailed in documents, was brief but remarkable … When Robert Swan Mueller III deployed to Vietnam as a Marine infantry platoon commander in 1968, he surely knew it would be difficult. Mueller's regiment, the 4th Marines, had faced bloody jungle warfare for months …