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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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FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV and CNN
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German Lopez / Vox:
Watch: Emma Gonzalez's incredible moment of silence at March for Our Lives — Gonzalez abruptly went silent for minutes to honor the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. — Emma Gonzalez got the March for Our Lives audience riled up.
Justin Carissimo Cbs / CBS News:
March for Our Lives 2018 — live blog
March for Our Lives 2018 — live blog
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ThinkProgress, Refinery29, The Root, KIRO, NPR, AOL, CBS Miami, The Guardian, Mediaite, Balloon Juice, CBS Los Angeles, The Hill, fox8.com, Joe.My.God., Mother Jones, NBC News, WSAV-TV, CBS San Francisco, CBS Chicago and ABC News, more at Mediagazer »
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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Common Dreams, Hullabaloo, CBS Miami, NPR, Political Wire, TIME, Mediaite, Mashable, CBS Los Angeles and VICE News
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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ThinkProgress, WNEP-TV, FOX31 Denver, KFOR-TV, The Trace, Daily Kos, KTLA, babe and The Hechinger Report
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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Boston Globe, USA Today, thecut, fox8.com, AOL, WSVN-TV, TMZ.com and Washington Post
David Boddiger / Splinter:
Hundreds of Thousands Join March for Our Lives to Show that ‘We Are the Change’ [UPDATING]
Hundreds of Thousands Join March for Our Lives to Show that ‘We Are the Change’ [UPDATING]
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CNN, twitchy.com, WOFL and IndieWire
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, Vox, New York Magazine, The Nation and The Daily Caller
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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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Talking Points Memo, The Hill, RedState, thecut, Political Wire, AOL and Mediaite
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 …
G Salisbury / City & State PA:
Sources: US Rep. Costello to drop out of PA-6 race before May primary — Sources have told City&State PA that Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello has decided not to seek reelection in Pennsylvania's hotly contested Sixth Congressional District. — Despite filing petitions on Tuesday to run …
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Roll Call
Alana Abramson / TIME:
Republican Donor Launches Gun Control Advocacy Group During the March For Our Lives — A major Republican donor fed up with congressional inaction has launched a gun control advocacy group with support from both Republican congressmen and other donors and fundraisers to persuade Congress to pass comprehensive gun control reform.
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Axios and The Daily Caller
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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:
Stormy Daniels, Trump's Unlikely Foe, Is ‘Not Someone to Be Underestimated’ — One by one, the honorees came forward to be recognized: the wounded veteran, the tech executive and the noted porn star. — It was the 10-year reunion for Scotlandville Magnet High School's Class of 1997 in Baton Rouge …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
HOGG WILD! David Hogg Rallies Democrats in DC: “If You Listen Real Close You Can Hear the People in Power Shaking” (VIDEO) — DAVID HOGG GOES HOGG WILD! — The anti-gun lobby held protests across the nation today against gun rights. — Democrat protest leader David Hogg spoke …
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Tucker Carlson / RealClearPolitics:
The Problem With David Hogg and the Parkland Students
The Problem With David Hogg and the Parkland Students
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ThinkProgress
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 and New York Times
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The Guardian:
The Brexit whistleblower: ‘Did Vote Leave use me? Was I naive’ — Shahmir Sanni, a volunteer for the Vote Leave, the official pro-Brexit EU referendum campaign, explains how a company linked to Cambridge Analytica played a crucial role in the result, and voices his concerns …
The Daily Beast:
How Close Is Donald Trump to a Psychiatric Breakdown? … NOTE: Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this piece misidentified the professional organization that imposed the gag rule on psychiatric professionals. It is the American Psychiatric Association, not the American Psychological Association.
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Hullabaloo
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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Deadline
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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ThinkProgress, IJR and The Root
Jason Linkins / ThinkProgress:
March for Our Lives crowd tops Trump inauguration, according to organizer estimates — Officials associated with the march say about 800,000 people attended. — Ahead of Saturday's March For Our Lives, officials associated with the event were bullish on their crowd expectations …
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The Hill