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Justin Carissimo Cbs / CBS News:
March for Our Lives 2018 — live blog — Tens of thousands of protesters are gathering in Washington, D.C., for a rally advocating for stricter gun control. Organizers of the “March for Our Lives” rally are hoping to draw 500,000 protesters to the nation's capital on Saturday.
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
NRA host taunts Parkland teens: ‘No one would know your names’ if classmates were still alive … As they've stepped out of the hallways of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and into the national spotlight, the Parkland, Fla., teenagers have become Twitter influencers …
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New York Times:
March for Our Lives: Students Protesting Guns Say ‘We Just Have Our Lives to Lose’
March for Our Lives: Students Protesting Guns Say ‘We Just Have Our Lives to Lose’
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Ray Sanchez / CNN:
Students rally in March for Our Lives events in Washington and across US
Students rally in March for Our Lives events in Washington and across US
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Steve Annear / BostonGlobe.com:
Parkland, Fla., students and families flew to Washington, D.C., on the Patriots' plane
Parkland, Fla., students and families flew to Washington, D.C., on the Patriots' plane
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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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Teen Vogue:
Emma González on Why This Generation Needs Gun Control
Emma González on Why This Generation Needs Gun Control
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Edward Felsenthal / TIME:
What We Can Learn From the Student Teachers From Parkland
What We Can Learn From the Student Teachers From Parkland
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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Andrew McCabe / Washington Post:
Not in my worst nightmares did I dream my FBI career would end this way
Not in my worst nightmares did I dream my FBI career would end this way
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Joshua Rhett Miller / New York Post:
Father blocked from taking daughter to her senior prom — There's no such thing as a daddy-daughter prom. — At least that's the stance taken by school officials in Fayette County, Georgia, where a high school senior's wish to take her father to her prom has been rejected, WSB-TV reports.
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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 …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
‘All Men Are Guilty,’ Says Mega-Mogul Barry Diller — The chairman of IAC and husband of Diane von Furstenberg reflects on pornography, philanthropy and the end of Hollywood as we knew it. — BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Barry Diller knows your weaknesses. — He knows how to intimidate you …
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Activists are marching, but the public hasn't punished GOP in polls for inaction on guns — Students prepare to ‘march for their lives’ — (CNN)In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, the public's support for stricter gun laws shot up to levels not seen in 25 years.
New York Times:
Trump Approves New Limits on Transgender Troops in the Military — WASHINGTON — Transgender troops who are currently in the United States military may remain in the ranks, the White House said late Friday, but the Pentagon could require them to serve according to their gender at birth.
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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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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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