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8:35 PM ET, March 16, 2019

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Zak Cheney-Rice / New York Magazine:
The Endgame of White Supremacy Is Always Death  —  At least 49 people were killed on Friday in an attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, by a man whose name — by his own admission — is irrelevant.  It is irrelevant, according to a 74-page manifesto he allegedly wrote …
Discussion: TheBlaze, Slate and National Observer
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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 …
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.
Discussion: Splinter and The Root
Associated Press:
The Latest: Death toll in mosque attacks rises to 50  —  CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The Latest on shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand (all times local):  —  New Zealand police say they have found another body at one of the mosques that was attacked, raising the death toll in the shootings to 50.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News' ‘Judge Jeanine’ Won't Air This Saturday  —  “Judge Jeanine” isn't holding court Saturday night.  —  Fox News Channel replaced tonight's broadcast of Jeanine Pirro's weekly program with a repeat episode of its documentary series “Scandalous,” just days after the 21st Century Fox …
Discussion: 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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Wrap, Mediaite and The Last Refuge
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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.
Discussion: RedState and USA Today
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller's busy week offers new signs his report is coming soon
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Reuters
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.
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ZB:
Attorney General: NZ will ban semi-automatic weapons
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Breitbart
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 …
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.
Team Warren:
My Housing Plan for America  —  In the middle of the 2008 housing crisis, I traveled to Nevada to hear from people who had lost their homes.  One of the people who spoke that day was Mr. Estrada.  He wore a jacket over his T-shirt and had on a red U.S. Marine Corps baseball cap.
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Facebook faces fresh questions over when it knew of data harvesting  —  Allegations come as US prosecutors investigate claims of cover-up  —  Facebook is facing explosive new questions about when senior executives knew of Cambridge Analytica's abuse of users' data, one year on from when the scandal …
Discussion: Forbes and New York Times
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 …
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?”
Discussion: Politico and Althouse
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Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
O'Rourke apologizes for teen writings, rhetoric toward wife
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Axios
David Gelles / New York Times:
Wall Street Has Been Unscathed by MeToo.  Until Now.  —  On Dec. 14, 2017, Sara Tirschwell was called into an unscheduled meeting with the general counsel and chief compliance officer of her employer, the giant asset-management firm TCW.  Ms. Tirschwell, 53, was an experienced investor …
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.
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.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Jane Lee / Reuters:
Backstory: How Reuters uncovered Beto O'Rourke's teenage hacking days  —  (Reuters) - Reuters reporter Joseph Menn exclusively revealed on Friday that Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke belonged to one of the best-known groups of computer hackers as a teenager.
 
 
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Michael Knowles / Fox News:
Ocasio-Cortez's ignorance proves admissions fraud is the symptom, not cause, of America's education crisis
Discussion: Breitbart and The Mary Sue
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
As the Democratic field grows, Stacey Abrams weighs a presidential race
Washington Post:
The Trump administration is opening millions of new acres to drilling — and that's just the start
Discussion: Axios
Wall Street Journal:
Terrorist Suspect Traced His Radicalization to a Visit to France
Washington Post:
Pete Buttigieg, the young and openly gay Midwest mayor, finds a voice in crowded Democratic presidential field
Discussion: UPROXX
Phil Prazan / KXAN-TV:
Castro releases 33 Texas endorsements the morning O'Rourke announces
 Earlier Items: 
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Why social media and terrorism make a perfect fit
Travis Fain / WRAL-TV:
No voter ID approval for 12 UNC campuses, including Chapel Hill
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Exclusive: Washington Autopsy Files Reveal Lesin Sustained Broken Bone In Neck
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Supreme Court expands scope of census citizenship question case
Discussion: Raw Story, Los Angeles Times and Axios
Andrew Klavan / Daily Wire:
My Thoughts And Prayers  —  It was, I think, comedian Anthony Jeselnik …
Molly Pascal / Washington Post:
Muslims embraced us Jews when we were slain at worship. Now we must support them.
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion
 
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