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George F. Will / Washington Post:
The second-most dangerous American — Because John Bolton is five things President Trump is not — intelligent, educated, principled, articulate and experienced — and because of Bolton's West Wing proximity to a president responsive to the most recent thought he has heard emanating …
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CNN, New York Magazine, Vox, The Nation, The Daily Caller and IJR
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Foreign Policy:
Bolton Expected to ‘Clean House’ — The incoming national security advisor aims to ax dozens of White House officials as he dismantles McMaster's NSC. — Incoming National Security Advisor John Bolton and people close to him are expected to launch a massive shake-up at the National Security Council …
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Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, Outside the Beltway, Political Wire and Mediaite
Bloomberg:
Trump Weighs Expulsion of Russian Envoys Over U.K. Attack — National Security Council has prepared recommendations — White House has been divided over how to respond to Putin — President Donald Trump is preparing to expel dozens of Russian diplomats from the U.S. in response …
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CNBC, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Reaction to Bolton: Stunned, worried, horrified
Reaction to Bolton: Stunned, worried, horrified
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New York Times, Crooked Media, National Review, New York Magazine, The Federalist, The Guardian and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Steve Annear / BostonGlobe.com:
Parkland, Fla., students and families flew to Washington, D.C., on the Patriots' plane — Students and families from Parkland, Fla., were transported to Washington, D.C., ahead of the “March for Our Lives” against gun violence this Saturday with the help of the New England Patriots.
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New York Times:
March for Our Lives: Students Protesting Guns Say ‘We Just Have Our Lives to Lose’ — Tens of thousands of people, outraged by a recent massacre at a South Florida school and energized by the students who survived, prepared to spill out in public protest in Washington and communities across …
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Common Dreams, The Trace, Political Wire, NPR, CBS Miami, Mediaite, Mashable, CBS Los Angeles, VICE News and CBS Chicago
USA Today:
March for our Lives rallies happening in every U.S. state: 'We're here and coming to make a change'
March for our Lives rallies happening in every U.S. state: 'We're here and coming to make a change'
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The Week
Teen Vogue:
Emma González on Why This Generation Needs Gun Control
Emma González on Why This Generation Needs Gun Control
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Politico, Marist Poll, Mother Jones, HuffPost, Raw Story, CNBC, ABC News, VICE News, The FADER, fox8.com, Dispatches and Daily Kos
Andrew McCabe / Washington Post:
Not in my worst nightmares did I dream my FBI career would end this way — Andrew McCabe served in the FBI from 1996 until March 16. He was the bureau's deputy director from 2016 to January, including time as acting director from May to August 2017. — On March 16, I spent …
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
“Confused and Distracted”: McCabe Uses Flynn Defense Against False Statement Allegation — Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe penned an op-ed for The Washington Post to contest the allegation of his “lack of candor” with federal investigators. I have been writing (here and here and here) …
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Booman Tribune
Olivia Solon / The Guardian:
‘A grand illusion’: seven days that shattered Facebook's facade — Revelations about the depths of Facebook's failure to protect our data has finally pulled back the curtain, observers say … “Dumb fucks.” That's how Mark Zuckerberg described users of Facebook for trusting him with their personal data back in 2004.
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Los Angeles Times, New York Times and East Bay Times
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Bloomberg:
Apple's Tim Cook Calls for More Regulations on Data Privacy — Cook speaks at Beijing forum following Facebook controversy — Situation is so dire well-crafted regulation is needed: Cook — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook has called for stronger privacy regulations that prevent …
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The Verge
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Relishes Off-Script Approach — President showcases a more unilateral style, relying on his sense of what the moment requires — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill early Friday afternoon, but not before leaving both his staff and lawmakers on edge …
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Stormy Daniels' lawyer: Disc tweet is ‘warning shot’ to Trump — Washington (CNN)The lawyer representing the porn star suing President Donald Trump called a tweet he posted of an apparent data disc a “warning shot” to the President. — On Thursday night, Michael Avenatti tweeted an image …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump infuriates his base with tweeted veto bluff — A former White House official tells me that online conservative ire (Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, Mark Levin, etc.). about the spending bill President Trump signed yesterday — after a puzzling tweeted veto feint — “is the hardest I've seen ever seen …
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Political Wire
Bryan Bender / Politico:
Trump moves to ban most transgender troops — President Donald Trump on Friday issued orders to ban transgender troops who require surgery or significant medical treatment from serving in the military except in select cases — following through on a controversial pledge last year …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General Sessions Announces Regulation Effectively Banning Bump Stocks — Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Department of Justice is proposing to amend the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, clarifying that bump stocks fall within …
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Al Jazeera English, VICE News, Vox, RedState and National Review
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Justice Department proposes banning bump stocks, branding them machine guns
Justice Department proposes banning bump stocks, branding them machine guns
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New York Magazine, Outside the Beltway, Breitbart and New York Times
Saul Cornell / Politico:
The Lessons of a School Shooting-in 1853 — This weekend, thousands of people are expected to gather in cities and towns across America for the “March for Our Lives,” a national response to the horrifying school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Will it change policy?
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Raw Story
Joe Cunningham / RedState:
With Omnibus Signing, Trump Formally Surrenders To The Swamp — In the hours leading up to the signing of the omnibus spending deal - a bill that adds way more money to the nation's deficit, and one that was orchestrated largely by Congressional Republicans who campaigned for the last decade …
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Austin bombing victim had that Rembrandt light — Draylen Mason, the 17-year-old musician killed by the Austin bomber, had a light about him “like a Rembrandt painting.” — It was late afternoon when I heard that coming over the TV as I was walking through the kitchen.
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The Root
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