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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 …
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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 …
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Mother Jones, Slate, Hullabaloo, The Guardian and ABC News
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.
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, NPR, Breitbart, Joe.My.God. and Townhall
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
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 …
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The Wrap, Mediaite, The Last Refuge and The Gateway Pundit
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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?
The House voted 420 to 0 to release the Mueller report. So why is Lindsey Graham blocking the bill?
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
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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BBC:
Christchurch shootings: Brother proud of ‘hero’ mosque victim
Christchurch shootings: Brother proud of ‘hero’ mosque victim
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Fox News, New York Post and Hot Air
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
New Zealand prime minister says gun laws will change after attack
New Zealand prime minister says gun laws will change after attack
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Breitbart, Big League Politics, CNN and FOX31 Denver, more at Mediagazer »
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
Discussion:
New Zealand Herald, Joe.My.God., Townhall, Breitbart, Common Dreams, Daily Wire, Slate and Vox
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.
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Hullabaloo, Raw Story and electionlawblog.org
John Bowden / The Hill:
Buttigieg says campaign gained enough donors to be on debate stage — South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) said Saturday that his campaign raised enough individual donors to guarantee a spot at the first Democratic Party debate of the 2020 cycle. — Buttigieg, who is exploring a White House bid …
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Political Wire
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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 …
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Forbes, Engadget 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 …
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.
Discussion:
Fortune, New York Times, Des Moines Register, Daily Wire, Washington Times and Mediaite
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
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.
Discussion:
Daily Mail, Power Line, Why Evolution Is True, The Right Scoop, TheBlaze, Axios, twitchy.com and Althouse
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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