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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, Hullabaloo, Slate, The Guardian and ABC News
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
Bevan Shields / Sydney Morning Herald:
Morrison government bans Milo Yiannopoulos in wake of Christchurch massacre
Morrison government bans Milo Yiannopoulos in wake of Christchurch massacre
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
Phil Smith / Radio New Zealand New Zealand Headlines:
Attorney-General David Parker back-tracks on comments about gun control
Attorney-General David Parker back-tracks on comments about gun control
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
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Slate, New York Times and Mother Jones
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
Discussion:
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, Common Dreams, Daily Wire, Slate, Breitbart, Vox and New York Post
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 …
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New York Times, Raw Story, Big League Politics and The Gateway Pundit
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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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
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
David Weigel / Washington Post:
He's running — almost. Joe Biden gets ahead of himself in Saturday speech, to cheers from the crowd. — DOVER, Del. — Former vice president Joe Biden is expected to announce soon whether he will seek the White House in 2020. On Saturday night, he seemed — for a moment — to get ahead of himself.
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Politico and The Daily Beast
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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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 …
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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Engadget, Forbes and New York Times, more at Techmeme »
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:
Breitbart, twitchy.com, Fortune, New York Times, Des Moines Register, Daily Wire, Washington Times, Mediaite and Engadget
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 …
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, Axios, TheBlaze, twitchy.com and Althouse
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 …
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
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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swampdrain.com and The Daily Caller
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