memeorandum: Flynn done cooperating with Mueller probe, but info he provided is still part of ongoing investigations, government says (Katelyn Polantz/CNN)

10:50 PM ET, March 15, 2019

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Robert Evans / bellingcat:

Shitposting, Inspirational Terrorism, and the Christchurch Mosque Massacre — On Friday, March 15th, one or more gunmen opened fire in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. As I write this, three men and one woman have been taken into custody by local law enforcement.

New Zealand Herald:

Christchurch mosque massacre: 49 confirmed dead in shootings; four arrested - three men, one woman … Forty-nine people have been killed and 48 more hurt after mass shootings at two Christchurch mosques in the worst terror attack on New Zealand soil. — Nour Tavis said he was in the front row …

Gohmert:

Gohmert's Statement on the Horrific Shootings at New Zealand Mosques — f t # e — Congressman Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement this morning regarding the horrific shootings at two mosques in New Zealand: — ""The shootings at the New Zealand mosques are egregiously reprehensible.

Discussion: HuffPost, Shareblue Media, Washington Press, Joe.My.God., ThinkProgress, Roll Call, twitchy.com, The Mahablog and Daily Kos

David C. Atkinson / New Republic:

The Longer History of the Christchurch Attacks — For over a century, the United States has played a role in inspiring and enabling white supremacy in Australia and New Zealand. — Add to Pocket — On Friday, an Australian white supremacist committed a monstrous act of violence against Muslim worshippers in New Zealand.

Discussion: Raw Story

John Wagner / Washington Post:

Trump says white nationalism is not a rising threat after New Zealand attacks: 'It's a small group of people' — BREAKING NEWS: When asked if white nationalism was a rising threat in the wake of the attacks on mosques in New Zealand that left 49 people dead, President Trump on Friday said: “I don't really.

Discussion: Axios, Breitbart, Politico, Raw Story, RedState, Variety, The Week, Joe.My.God., Political Wire and Althouse

Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:

The Daily Mail Let Readers Download The New Zealand Mosque Attacker's Manifesto Directly From Its Website — Other British news outlets, The Sun and The Mirror, featured the attacker's first-person video, including in GIF form on the homepages of their websites.

Discussion: The Guardian, NBC News, ABC News, CNN, UPROXX, Outside the Beltway, Macleans.ca, Talking Points Memo and The Atlantic, more at Mediagazer »

Wajahat Ali / New York Times:

The Roots of the Christchurch Massacre — All those who have helped to spread the worldwide myth that Muslims are a threat have blood on their hands. — For Muslims, Friday Prayer is like Sunday Mass for Christians. It's the day of community prayer. We travel to our local mosques, our religious sanctuary.

Discussion: Slate, Breitbart, Vox, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and The Atlantic

Wall Street Journal:
Terror Attacks at New Zealand Mosques Leave 49 People Dead

Discussion: Raw Story, Press Association, Fox News, Associated Press, Daily Wire, IJR and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Andy Campbell / HuffPost:
A Suspect In New Zealand Mass Shootings Appears To Be A White Supremacist

Discussion: NBC News, ABC News, Breitbart, New York Times, ThinkProgress, SFist and Splinter

Al Jazeera:
New Zealand mosques' attack suspect praised Trump in manifesto

Discussion: Daily Mail, The Intercept, The Nation, Raw Story, Gothamist, Contemptor, Washington Press, Scripting News and Right Wing Watch

Kevin Roose / New York Times:
A Mass Murder of, and for, the Internet

Discussion: New York Post, TechCrunch, Breitbart, Motherboard, The Wrap, Mother Jones, Vanity Fair, ABC News, Mediaite and Hullabaloo, more at Techmeme »

The Daily Beast:
Fewer Than 1 In 5 FBI Terror Cases Target White Supremacists, Stats Show

Discussion: Just Security

Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
After massacre, Trump downplays white nationalism threat

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, ABC News, The Hill and Shareblue Media

Joseph Menn / Reuters:

Beto O'Rourke's secret membership in America's oldest hacking group — Illustration REUTERS/Mike Segar/Troy Dunkley — As the Texas Democrat enters the race for president, members of a group famous for “hactivism” come forward for the first time to claim him as one of their own.

Natasha Korecki / Politico:
‘Not one woman got that kind of coverage’: Beto backlash begins

Discussion: Front Page Magazine and The Daily Caller

Politico:
O'Rourke ‘not ... proud’ of teenage murder fantasy writing

Discussion: Axios, RedState, Daily Wire, twitchy.com and Fox News

Alexi McCammond / Axios:
2020 Democrats tried fundraising on Beto O'Rourke's presidential bid

Discussion: Politico and CNN

Paul Waldman / Washington Post:

Republicans really hate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. There's a lesson there for 2020. — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is the breakout star of the House freshman class, a charismatic, media-savvy politician equally at home interrogating witnesses in committee hearings and communicating with the public on Instagram.

Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Better Known, but Image Skews Negative

Discussion: Breitbart, Axios, The Week, Washington Examiner, IJR, National Review, Front Page Magazine, Politico, Hot Air, twitchy.com and Mediaite

Katelyn Polantz / CNN:

Flynn done cooperating with Mueller probe, but info he provided is still part of ongoing investigations, government says — (CNN)Michael Flynn has finished cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, but the information he provided is still part of other ongoing criminal investigations …

Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Mueller: Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates ‘continues to cooperate’ in several investigations

Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Fortune

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Flynn business partner facing prosecution complains he was singled out

Discussion: Raw Story

Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:

Disney Reinstates Director James Gunn For ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy 3’ — EXCLUSIVE: Redemption and second chances have long been superhero movie staples, and today it looks like life has imitated art. I've learned that Disney has reinstated James Gunn as the writer-director of Guardians of the Galaxy 3 …

Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

One year in, Facebook's big algorithm change has spurred an angry, Fox News-dominated — and very engaged! — News Feed — It's been a little over a year since Facebook announced major algorithm changes that would decrease the amount of news in News Feed, instead prioritizing non-publisher content …

Discussion: Mashable and Fox News

Alex Ward / Vox:

The New Zealand shooter called immigrants “invaders.” Hours later, so did Trump. — The alleged shooter rambled about immigrants in his manifesto. Trump mentioned it during a veto ceremony. — President Donald Trump just used similar language to describe immigrants coming …

Discussion: Recode

Katie Galioto / Politico:
Trump issues first veto of his presidency

Discussion: NPR, Washington Post, CNN and The Root

Owen Daugherty / The Hill:

Bernie Sanders gets 7 stitches after cutting head on shower door — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) got seven stitches Friday after he cut his head on a shower door. — Politico reports Sanders was given a “clean bill of health” and the minor injury did not interrupt his campaigning.

Discussion: Politico, Breitbart, Power Line and The Gateway Pundit

Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Bernie Sanders' staffers unionize in first for presidential campaign

Discussion: Breitbart

Carlos Sanchez / Texas Monthly:

Joaquin Castro “All But Certain” to Challenge John Cornyn for U.S. Senate, Source Says — A Joaquin Castro candidacy instantly makes next year's Senate race competitive, observers say. — Joaquin Castro, the Democratic congressman from San Antonio, “is all but certain” …

Discussion: The Texas Tribune

New York Times:

Russian Oligarch Sues the U.S. Over Sanctions — WASHINGTON — Oleg V. Deripaska, a Russian oligarch with close ties to the Kremlin, sued the United States government on Friday, demanding it lift sanctions that he claimed have cost him billions of dollars, made him “radioactive” …

Discussion: News Agency UNIAN

Stacey Ritzen / UPROXX:

Lori Loughlin's Husband Is Apparently A Vocal Trump Supporter Who Frequently Complains About People Not ‘Carrying Their Own Weight’ — The fallout of Operation Varsity Blues, as it's now being called, has been full of schadenfreude, to say the least. Actress Lori Loughlin …

Discussion: Page Six

Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:

Rush Limbaugh Baselessly Suggests NZ Mosque Attacks Could Be False Flag Carried Out by a ‘Leftist’ — Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh promoted a fringe conspiracy that suggests the Christchurch, New Zealand Mosque massacre may have been a false flag attack carried out by a “leftist” to “to smear” right-wingers.

Media Matters for America:
Rush Limbaugh suggests New Zealand shootings might be a false flag attack committed by a leftist to smear conservatives

Discussion: Hullabaloo, Talking Points Memo and Joe.My.God.

Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:

How Trump's Brand of Grievance Politics Roiled a Pennsylvania Campaign — OLD FORGE, Pa. — The news came at 9:41 p.m. Tuesday: Frank Scavo III had lost. Again. — Mr. Scavo, a perennial candidate running for the Pennsylvania Legislature on a platform of ending property taxes …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Nation, Washington Monthly and Raw Story

Brian Klaas / Washington Post:

A short history of President Trump's anti-Muslim bigotry — On Friday, 49 people were killed in a terrorist attack at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand — the country's worst mass killing since 1943. A suspect charged in the attack was reportedly an anti-Muslim zealot.

Discussion: ThinkProgress

Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US to revoke visas for International Criminal Court staff

Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Front Page Magazine

Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:

Howard Schultz and His Team Think the Backlash Means They're ‘Onto Something’ — Anyone who thought, or hoped, that the flood of horror in response to Howard Schultz's independent presidential exploration would deter him might want to sit down for this. Because the former Starbucks chairman …

Discussion: Vanity Fair and Washington Post

Nick Miroff / Washington Post:

‘The Conveyor Belt’: U.S. officials say massive smuggling effort is speeding immigrants to — and across — the southern border — Criminal organizations in Mexico have mounted a lucrative new smuggling operation that uses express buses to deliver Guatemalan migrant families to the U.S. border …

Discussion: twitchy.com, Breitbart, Axios, ACLU of Tennessee, rbc.ru and ThinkProgress

Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:

Academic Behind Cambridge Analytica Data Mining Sues Facebook for Defamation — WASHINGTON — The academic who helped Cambridge Analytica vacuum up private information from tens of millions of Facebook profiles sued the social media giant on Friday, arguing that the company defamed …

Discussion: Boing Boing and fox8.com

John Hudson / Washington Post:

A shadowy group trying to overthrow Kim Jong Un raided a North Korean embassy in broad daylight — Days before President Trump was set to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam, a mysterious incident in Spain threatened to derail the entire high-stakes nuclear summit.

Discussion: New York Post and The American Conservative