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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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Calla Wahlquist / The Guardian:
Australia cancels Milo Yiannopoulos's visa after Christchurch comments — Immigration minister says remarks by far-right figure were ‘appalling and foment hatred and division’ — The Australian government has cancelled the visa of far-right commentator Milo Yianopoulos just a week …
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Contemptor and Raw Story
ITV:
Egg cracked on head of Australian senator Fraser Anning who blamed New Zealand attack on Muslim immigration
Egg cracked on head of Australian senator Fraser Anning who blamed New Zealand attack on Muslim immigration
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Talking Points Memo
Wajahat Ali / New York Times:
The Roots of the Christchurch Massacre
The Roots of the Christchurch Massacre
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Slate, middleeastmonitor.com, Breitbart, Salon, Vox, Talking Points Memo and The Atlantic, more at Mediagazer »
David C. Atkinson / New Republic:
The Longer History of the Christchurch Attacks
The Longer History of the Christchurch Attacks
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Raw Story and Right Wing Watch
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Beto O'Rourke apologizes for jokes about wife, says he has benefited from ‘white privilege’ — Cedar Rapids, Iowa (CNN)Beto O'Rourke said Friday night that he had been wrong for joking at several events in his first two days campaigning in Iowa that his wife has been raising their three children “sometimes with my help.”
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Townhall, Fox News, Althouse and The American Conservative
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Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
O'Rourke apologizes for teen writings, rhetoric toward wife — FAIRFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential contender Beto O'Rourke on Friday acknowledged making mistakes as a teen and as a candidate, responding to criticism of his campaign rhetoric toward his wife as well as writings he produced online when he was young.
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Axios and POLITICUSUSA
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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Politico, Althouse and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Scott Bland / Politico:
O'Rourke ‘not ... proud’ of teenage murder fantasy writing
O'Rourke ‘not ... proud’ of teenage murder fantasy writing
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The Texas Tribune, Reuters, RedState, twitchy.com, Fox News and Axios
Owen Daugherty / The Hill:
Bernie Sanders gets 7 stitches after cutting head on shower door
Bernie Sanders gets 7 stitches after cutting head on shower door
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Breitbart, Politico, The Gateway Pundit and Power Line
Seth Richardson / Plain Dealer:
Presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke will visit Northeast Ohio Monday, sources say
Presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke will visit Northeast Ohio Monday, sources say
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Political Wire and Michigan Advance
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 …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller's busy week offers new signs his report is coming soon — The Mueller probe appears to be in the home stretch. — Some Trump aides and advisers have been making that claim for more than a year, with little basis. But the signs are mounting that it's finally happening.
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Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Judge Unseals Portions Of Christopher Steele's Deposition In Dossier Lawsuit — A federal court unsealed 43 pages Thursday of a deposition that former British spy Christopher Steele gave as part of a lawsuit over his infamous anti-Trump dossier. — To the disappointment of many observers …
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Power Line and Fox News
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Christopher Steele admitted using posts by ‘random individuals’ on CNN website to back up Trump dossier
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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Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, RedState and The Daily Caller
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 …
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 …
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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Political Wire, Axios and INDIVISIBLE VENTURA
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Twelve Righteous Republicans (and 41 Cowards) — Today's G.O.P. is burying Reagan's legacy faster than Elizabeth Warren ever could. — And Abraham said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.”
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CNN, Raw Story, Daily Kos and Washington Post
Travis Fain / WRAL-TV:
No voter ID approval for 12 UNC campuses, including Chapel Hill — RALEIGH, N.C. — Student IDs from a dozen University of North Carolina schools, including UNC-Chapel Hill, didn't get the signoff they needed Friday for students to use them at the polls during the 2020 elections.
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Political Wire
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 …
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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.
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The Daily Beast:
Pelosi Is Wrong. Trump Is More Impeachable Than Ever. — In 2018, in ‘To End a Presidency,’ the authors argued that four possible impeachable offense warranted investigation. In a new epilogue to the paperback edition, they double down. — President Donald Trump has been accused …
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Black Editor Who Took Over Alabama Newspaper That Called for K.K.K. to ‘Ride Again’ Steps Down — When a white newspaper editor in Alabama drew widespread condemnation for an editorial that called for the Ku Klux Klan to ride again, only to be replaced by a black woman who hoped to take the newspaper …
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Why social media and terrorism make a perfect fit — The livestreamed slaughter of 49 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, has shined a spotlight on how terrorists employ social media. As The Post noted on Friday: “The New Zealand massacre video, which appeared to have been recorded …
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The Guardian, ThinkProgress and NPR
Washington Post:
Trump sends the wrong message on New Zealand. World leaders must denounce the attack. — THE UNSPEAKABLE carnage in New Zealand must be called out by its proper name: a terrorist attack by a white-nationalist bigot consumed by Islamophobia and impelled by the fervid extremism that suffuses the Internet's darkest crevices.
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The First Street Journal, Raw Story, Breitbart and Slate, more at Techmeme »
Molly Pascal / Washington Post:
Muslims embraced us Jews when we were slain at worship. Now we must support them. — Molly Pascal, a writer and a member of the Tree of Life synagogue, lives in Pittsburgh. — When I saw the news from New Zealand Friday, the cracks in my heart widened. Another act of terrorism. Another act of hate.
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Associated Press
Media Matters for America:
Rush Limbaugh suggests New Zealand shootings might be a false flag attack committed by a leftist to smear conservatives — Limbaugh: “There's an ongoing theory that the shooter himself may in fact be a leftist who writes the manifesto and then goes out and performs the deed purposely to smear his political enemies”
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Talking Points Memo, Hullabaloo and Joe.My.God.
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