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Houston Chronicle:
‘Multiple fatalities’ reported at Santa Fe High School shooting  —  SANTA FE, Texas - A shooting at Santa Fe High School this morning has left “multiple fatalities,” a law enforcement source confirmed.  —  The source said the gunman was a male, but could provide no further information.
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New York Times:
10 Dead in Santa Fe, Texas, School Shooting; Suspect Used Shotgun and Revolver  —  Right Now: A shotgun and a .38 revolver were used by the suspect in the Texas school shooting on Friday, said Gov. Greg Abbott at a news conference.  They appeared to be obtained by the suspect from his father, who legally owned the weapons, he said.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
2018 has been deadlier for schoolchildren than service members … The school shooting near Houston on Friday bolstered a stunning statistic: More people have been killed at schools this year than have been killed while serving in the military.  —  Initial estimates put the number killed …
BuzzFeed:
Here's What We Know About Dimitrios Pagourtzis, The Suspected Santa Fe High School Shooter  —  Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, was identified as the shooter suspected of killing at least eight people at Santa Fe High School on Friday, the Associated Press and other media outlets reported, citing law enforcement officials.
Associated Press:
Houston-area media reporting fatalities from school shooting  —  SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Houston-area media citing unnamed law enforcement officials are reporting that there are fatalities following a shooting at a local high school Friday morning.  —  Television station KHOU and the Houston Chronicle …
NBC News:
Shooting suspect Dimitrios Pagourtzis posted ‘Born to Kill’ T-shirt
Discussion: Heavy.com, Mediaite and Splinter
Mythili Sampathkumar / The Independent:
Texas school shooting latest: Man turns up to Santa Fe High carrying American flag and gun saying …
Discussion: The Federalist
CNN:
There has been, on average, 1 school shooting every week this year
Los Angeles Times:   Up to 10 dead in Texas high school shooting; suspect linked to social media posts about guns
Washington Post:
Trump personally pushed postmaster general to double rates on Amazon, other firms  —  President Trump has personally pushed U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan to double the rate the Postal Service charges Amazon.com and other firms to ship packages, according to three people familiar …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Special Counsel subpoenas another Stone aide in Russia probe - sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed a key assistant of long-time Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone, two people with knowledge of the matter said, the latest sign …
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Congratulations, America, indeed … Congratulations, America, indeed.  —  President Trump was being sarcastic when he tweeted, at 7:28 Thursday morning, “Congratulations America, we are now into the second year of the greatest Witch Hunt in American History . . . and there is still No Collusion and No Obstruction.”
Kate Brannen / Just Security:
Getting to the Bottom of the Trump Tower Meeting
Naomi Martin / Dallas Morning News:
White, straight and Christian: Dallas County politician admits rewarding kids for marrying within race  —  Vickers “Vic” Cunningham, a former criminal district judge now in a runoff to be the sole Republican Dallas County commissioner, acknowledged Friday that in 2010 he set up a living trust …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Dallas Morning News:
We withdraw Vickers Cunningham recommendation in GOP runoff for Dallas County Commissioners Court Precinct 2  —  This newspaper recommended Vickers Cunningham for the Precinct 2 seat on the Dallas County Commissioners Court because we felt the former state district judge's career left him best prepared for the job.
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
House rejects farm bill as conservatives revolt  —  House conservatives tanked a GOP farm bill on Friday over an intraparty feud over immigration, delivering a stunning blow to Republican leaders as they try to find a path forward on immigration.  —  In a 198-213 vote, GOP conservatives …
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HuffPost:
Freedom Caucus Sinks Farm Bill
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy  —  He says there's a crisis in masculinity.  Why won't women — all these wives and witches — just behave?  —  TORONTO — Jordan Peterson fills huge lecture halls and tells his audiences there's no shame in looking backward to a model of how the world should be arranged.
Foreign Policy:
Trump Lawyer Met With Qatari Government Official Days Before FBI Raid  —  Was Michael Cohen seeking to add foreign governments as clients of his consulting business?  —  President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, who made millions over the past 18 months soliciting funds from clients seeking entree …
Reuters:
More than 100 killed in passenger plane crash in Cuba: state TV  —  HAVANA (Reuters) - More than 100 people were killed in a fiery crash of a Boeing 737 passenger plane in Cuba on Friday, Cuban broadcaster CubaTV reported.  —  There were three seriously injured survivors among the 114 passengers and crew …
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
More than 100 people dead after airliner crashes in Cuba on domestic flight
Discussion: Breitbart
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Reports: Boeing 737 with more than 100 passengers crashes in Cuba
Eve Peyser / VICE:
The Onion's Brutal Israel Commentary Goes Beyond Satire  —  The country's leading humor publication has taken a stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict in a way that most “real” newspapers haven't.  —  via The Onion  —  On Monday, as the United States celebrated moving its Israeli embassy …
Discussion: New York Times, IJR and Common Dreams
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Obama's Legacy Has Already Been Destroyed  —  In one respect, it seems to me, the presidency of Donald Trump has been remarkably successful.  In 17 months, he has effectively erased Barack Obama's two-term legacy.  —  I don't want to say or face this.  I still want to believe my colleague …
Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Actually, the 1 Percent Are Still The Problem  —  The Atlantic trots out a familiar argument blaming the upper middle class for income inequality.  It's wrong.  —  One of the nice things about Occupy Wall Street was that it provided a tidy shorthand to describe the problem of income inequality …
Discussion: RealityChek
David French / National Review:
The Best Explanation for Our Spate of Mass Shootings Is the Least Comforting  —  On another terrible day, I hate to introduce even more pessimism, but when we discuss mass shootings, one of the first questions we ask is the simplest and also the hardest to answer.  Why?  Why does this keep happening?
Discussion: Instapundit
Ahmed Al Omran / Financial Times:
Saudi Arabia arrests campaigners who challenged women driving ban  —  Saudi Arabia has arrested seven prominent activists who had campaigned to lift the ban on women driving, just weeks before the kingdom prepares to allow female motorists to get behind the wheel.
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:   Saudi Arabia Detains Activists Who Pushed to End Ban on Women Driving
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
GOP candidate films herself confronting transgender woman using bathroom  —  A Republican candidate for Congress in California filmed herself confronting a transgender woman using the women's bathroom at a Denny's in Los Angeles.  —  Jazmina Saavedra, who is campaigning for a seat …
New York Post:
Playboy Playmate took young son on fatal leap from NYC building  —  A former Playboy Playmate jumped with her 7-year-old son to their deaths from a Midtown hotel Friday — amid a nasty custody battle with her chiropractic ex, sources told The Post.  —  Stephanie Adams, 47 …
Dvora Meyers / Deadspin:
Michigan State's Nassar Settlement Could Set A Troubling First Amendment Precedent  —  On Wednesday, Michigan State announced that it had settled with 332 survivors of Larry Nassar's sexual abuse for $500 million.  Of that enormous sum, $425 million will be divided among the women and girls …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jennifer Emily / Dallas Morning News:
Frisco hospice exec admits making patients overdose ‘to hasten their deaths’ and make more money  —  The former executive of a Frisco hospice admitted Thursday to overdosing patients to “hasten their deaths” so the company could make more money, court records show.
Scott Bland / Politico:
Ryan-linked group raised $24.6M from anonymous donor  —  American Action Network, the nonprofit group closely aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan, raised a record $41.9 million amid the GOP push to repeal Obamacare and restructure the tax code — more than half of which came from one donor …
Discussion: Political Wire
Joanna Chiu / Foreign Policy:
Sexpat Journalists Are Ruining Asia Coverage  —  Newsroom predators in foreign bureaus hurt their colleagues — and their stories.  —  Today, I'm known as a strong advocate in my social circles, promoting women's and minorities' voices in media.  But when I first moved to China seven years ago …
CNN:
US bombers changed course after North Korea threatened Trump summit  —  Trump: Kim will get protections if deal made  —  Washington (CNN)The US, South Korea and Japan agreed this week to shift a planned flight of at least two nuclear-capable B-52 bombers so they would not fly over the Korean Peninsula …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Scrapped Training Exercise With South Korea Involving B-52s  —  South Korea expressed concern in advance of U.S.-North Korea summit, officials say  —  A training exercise involving U.S. B-52 bombers and South Korean planes was scrapped earlier this week after the South Korean government …
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Sen. Dean Heller's Campaign Paid His Social Media Influencer Son More Than $50,000  —  The Republican senator's campaign gave the cash to his son to run its Instagram page and make Facebook and YouTube videos.  —  Nevada GOP Sen. Dean Heller's campaign has paid his son, a social media influencer …
Discussion: Splinter
Vladimir Kara-Murza / Washington Post:
The Kremlin revives a Soviet-style law against dissent  —  “Show me the man, and I'll show you the crime.”  This phrase from Stalin's secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria, even if apocryphal, summarizes the Soviet regime's attitude to repressing its citizens.
 
 
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Ilya Arkhipov / Bloomberg:
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Gun violence's distant echo
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Talia Lavin / Village Voice:
Credulity and Barbarity in the Age of Trump
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Tess Owen / VICE News:
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Trump taps Wilkie as next Veterans Affairs secretary
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
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