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Bevan Shields / Sydney Morning Herald:
Morrison government bans Milo Yiannopoulos in wake of Christchurch massacre — The Morrison government has banned Milo Yiannopoulos from entering Australia after the controversial right-wing commentator responded to the New Zealand mosque massacre by describing Islam as a “barbaric” and “alien” religious culture.
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump again punts on white supremacy after New Zealand attacks — (CNN)Once again, President Donald Trump is having a tough time calling out far right-wing white nationalism. — His response to the carnage in New Zealand, where 49 people died in an attack on two mosques …
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Mother Jones, Hullabaloo, Slate, The Guardian and ABC News
ITV:
Egg cracked on head of Australian senator Fraser Anning who blamed New Zealand attack on Muslim immigration — An Australian senator who sparked outrage for blaming the New Zealand mosque shootings on Muslim immigration has been hit on the head with a raw egg.
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Talking Points Memo, Slate, New York Times, Mother Jones and Vox, more at Mediagazer »
Calla Wahlquist / The Guardian:
Australia cancels Milo Yiannopoulos's visa after Christchurch comments
Australia cancels Milo Yiannopoulos's visa after Christchurch comments
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Al Jazeera, Raw Story, Contemptor and The Week
Ryan W. Miller / USA Today:
Teen smashes egg on Australian senator who blamed immigrants for New Zealand mosque attacks
Teen smashes egg on Australian senator who blamed immigrants for New Zealand mosque attacks
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ABC, Breitbart, Townhall, Splinter and Joe.My.God.
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump says he told House GOP to ‘play along’ on Mueller report vote — President Donald Trump on Saturday said he encouraged House Republicans to vote in favor of a resolution calling on the Justice Department to make Robert Mueller's final report public — despite tweeting a day earlier …
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Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian and Political Wire
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The House voted 420 to 0 to release the Mueller report. So why is Lindsey Graham blocking the bill? — On Thursday, the House passed a bill urging the public disclosure of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report. It did so nearly unanimously — the vote was 420-0.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller's busy week offers new signs his report is coming soon
Mueller's busy week offers new signs his report is coming soon
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POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Reuters
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Trump's Phone Friends May Be More Important Than His Staff. So Who's He Calling? — Shortly after news broke this month that Bill Shine would resign as the White House communications director and deputy chief of staff, a person knowledgeable about his decision told me the former Fox News …
BBC:
Christchurch shootings: Brother proud of ‘hero’ mosque victim — The brother of a Pakistani man who was killed during Friday's mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, has told the BBC of his pride and pain. — Khursheed Alam said he was proud his brother, who was killed alongside his son, had tried to tackle the gunman.
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Fox News, New York Post and Hot Air
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Phil Smith / Radio New Zealand New Zealand Headlines:
Attorney-General David Parker back-tracks on comments about gun control — Attorney-General David Parker has clarified comments made at a vigil in Auckland's Aotea Square this afternoon, saying the government has not yet committed to banning some or all semi-automatic weapons.
Calla Wahlquist / The Guardian:
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern urged to act quickly to ban semi-automatic weapons
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern urged to act quickly to ban semi-automatic weapons
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Townhall, New Zealand Herald, Breitbart, Slate, Joe.My.God., Common Dreams, Daily Wire and VICE News
New York Times:
Beto O'Rourke is 46. Bernie Sanders is 77. Does Age Matter Anymore for Democrats? — KEOKUK, Iowa — Diana Martinez, 70, looked at Beto O'Rourke, 46, and made her choice: It was time for Generation X to fix this country. — “Doesn't he remind you of Kennedy?”
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Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
O'Rourke apologizes for teen writings, rhetoric toward wife
O'Rourke apologizes for teen writings, rhetoric toward wife
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POLITICUSUSA and Axios
New York Times:
She Extols Trump, Guns and the Chinese Communist Party Line — JUPITER, Fla. — The Republican National Committee promised an “evening reception with Donald J. Trump” last March at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. — A contribution of $2,700 toward the president's re-election would get you in the door.
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electionlawblog.org and Raw Story
Tom Kington / The Times & The Sunday Times:
Witness in Berlusconi's bunga-bunga trial ‘poisoned’ — A Moroccan-born model who attended Silvio Berlusconi's bunga-bunga dinners has died in hospital, allegedly killed by radioactive poisoning. — Magistrates opened a murder investigation after the death this month of Iman Fadil, 34 …
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Old CNN website was source of unvetted ‘random’ info used by author of anti-Trump dossier, docs reveal — Former British spy Christopher Steele confessed that he used an unverified report submitted to a CNN website, where “random individuals” can post information, for his salacious anti-Trump dossier.
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The Daily Caller
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Christopher Steele admitted using posts by ‘random individuals’ on CNN website to back up Trump dossier
Christopher Steele admitted using posts by ‘random individuals’ on CNN website to back up Trump dossier
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twitchy.com
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Judge Unseals Portions Of Christopher Steele's Deposition In Dossier Lawsuit
Judge Unseals Portions Of Christopher Steele's Deposition In Dossier Lawsuit
Discussion:
CNN and Power Line
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Court files reveal role of McCain, associate in spreading anti-Trump dossier
Court files reveal role of McCain, associate in spreading anti-Trump dossier
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The Gateway Pundit, Power Line and RedState
Stuart E. Eizenstat / Politico:
I've Seen Civil War Destroy the Democrats Before. We Can't Let it Happen Again. — Maximalist ideology is a prescription for division and defeat. … I've lived through a Democratic Civil War before. In fact, I've been in the middle of two of them. The first was in 1968 …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Exclusive: Washington Autopsy Files Reveal Lesin Sustained Broken Bone In Neck — WASHINGTON — Mikhail Lesin, the former Russian press minister who turned up dead in a Washington hotel room in 2015, sustained a fracture to a neck bone just below the jaw line “at or near the time” of his death …
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
At New Zealand vigil, Chelsea Clinton confronted over her criticism of Rep. Ilhan Omar — When Chelsea Clinton showed up at a vigil Friday night in New York for victims of the New Zealand mosque massacre, she was confronted by a small group of college students who blamed her for inciting the violence.
Discussion:
Axios, The Right Scoop, Why Evolution Is True, twitchy.com and Althouse
Wall Street Journal:
Terrorist Suspect Traced His Radicalization to a Visit to France — The man charged with murder in the terrorist attacks in New Zealand wrote that what fueled him was a visit to Western Europe, in particular France. Many of the ideas in his screed—including its title—echo the writings of 72-year-old French author Renaud Camus.
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Supreme Court expands scope of census citizenship question case — The move comes after a federal judge in California ruled that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, whose agency oversees the census, violated the Constitution's Enumeration Clause. — The U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday …
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Raw Story, Los Angeles Times, Axios and INDIVISIBLE VENTURA
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
As the Democratic field grows, Stacey Abrams weighs a presidential race — Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost her bid to become governor of Georgia last fall, has a series of decisions to make. Should she run for the Senate in 2020? Should she wait until 2022 to run again for governor?
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