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7:00 PM ET, February 17, 2018

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Conspicuous Silence Leaves a Struggle Against Russia Without a Leader  —  WASHINGTON — After more than a dozen Russians and three companies were indicted on Friday for interfering in the 2016 elections, President Trump's first reaction was to claim personal vindication …
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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
McMaster: Evidence of Russian meddling is ‘now really incontrovertible’  —  McMaster responds to Russian indictments  —  Washington (CNN)Evidence of Russian meddling in the 2016 election is “now really incontrovertible,” White House National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster said Saturday.
Bob Bauer / Just Security:
The Charging Mystery in the Russia Indictments—And Its Indication of What Comes Next in the Mueller Investigation  —  The special counsel's indictment of Russian individuals and organizations brought campaign finance law for the first time into formal charges in the case.  But this development came with a mystery.
emptywheel:
What Did Mueller Achieve with the Internet Research Agency Indictment?  —  Back during Nunes Week, Trey Gowdy described the importance of Robert Mueller's investigation by stating that we were only seeing half of what he was doing.  The other half of his work, Gowdy said, was the counterintelligence side …
New York Times:
To Stir Discord in 2016, Russians Turned Most Often to Facebook  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In 2014, Russians working for a shadowy firm called the Internet Research Agency started gathering American followers in online groups focused on issues like religion and immigration.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Ex-Russian diplomat calls US charges ‘fantasies’  —  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the Russian response to U.S. indictments (all times local):  —  Russia's former ambassador to the United States is dismissing detailed allegations of attempted Russian interference …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, IJR, ABC News and Bloomberg
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Russian indictments prove Trump won fair and square  —  After 18 months of Russia, Russia, Russia, we finally meet a cast of real Russians.  But par for the convoluted course, they were pretending to be Americans.  —  The indictments obtained by special counsel Robert Mueller …
Robert Barnes / Law & Crime:
Does Mueller Indictment Mean Clinton Campaign Can Be Indicted for Chris Steele?
Discussion: Power Line
Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Facebook plans to use U.S. mail to verify IDs of election ad buyers
Discussion: The Verge
Politico:
‘Something was weird’: Inside the Russian effort to bamboozle Florida
Fiona Maxwell / Politico:
McMaster: ‘Incontrovertible’ evidence of Russian interference in election
Discussion: New York Magazine
Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
The rise of 'Putin's chef,' the Russian oligarch accused of manipulating the U.S. election
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Mueller's Indictment Ends Trump's Myth of the Russia “Hoax”
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Washington Post and Slate
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Prominent Republican Donor Issues Ultimatum on Assault Weapons  —  A prominent Republican political donor demanded on Saturday that the party pass legislation to restrict access to guns, and vowed not to contribute to any candidates or electioneering groups that did not support a ban on the sale of military-style firearms to civilians.
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CNN:
CNN announces town hall with students, parents affected by Florida school shooting  —  Parkland student makes demand to lawmakers  —  “Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action” will air live on Wednesday, February 21 at 9 p.m., ET.  —  (CNN)The school shooting in Florida …
New York Times:
Florida Agency Investigated Nikolas Cruz After Violent Social Media Posts  —  PARKLAND, Fla. — A Florida social services agency conducted an in-home investigation of Nikolas Cruz after he exhibited troubling behavior nearly a year and a half before he shot and killed 17 people at his former high school in Florida, a state report shows.
Discussion: RedState and WHNT-TV
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Trumps went straight from Parkland to Studio 54- themed ‘disco party’ at Mar-a-Lago: report
Discussion: Mediaite and Politicus USA
ABC News:
Florida teen who survived shooting massacre rallies passionate crowd, 'It's time for victims' to change gun laws
Discussion: twitchy.com
Paula McMahon / Sun-Sentinel:
Nikolas Cruz was investigated after cutting himself on Snapchat, state report shows
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The students at Florida's Douglas High are amazing communicators. That could save lives.
Discussion: Politico, New Yorker, ThinkProgress and CNN
Caleb Parke / Fox News:
Florida Teacher of the Year's gun violence post goes viral after school shooting
Discussion: TheBlaze, The Right Scoop and DEARLY
Los Angeles Times:   Horrified Florida students beg the adults: Please, do something about guns
Fox News Insider:
Florida School Shooting: Sheriff Judd Says Teachers Should Carry Guns to Prevent Violence
Discussion: IJR and The Right Scoop
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Reporter Becky Griffin: Fewer Mass Shootings if More Babies Were Aborted
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Kushner requests more intel info than almost all White House staff: report  —  's son-in-law and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner  —  has reportedly requested more intelligence information than almost every other White House official.  —  The Washington Post reports that Kushner …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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Shane Harris / Washington Post:
New White House security clearance policy could put 'bull's eye' on Kushner
Remy Smidt / BuzzFeed:
The Florida School Shooting Suspect Snapped Into A Jealous Rage When Another Student Began Dating His Ex-Girlfriend  —  Former friends and classmates of suspected Florida high school shooter Nikolas Cruz said they received threats from him shortly after a breakup.  —  Reporting From Parkland, Florida
Discussion: RedState, thecut, IJR and Washington Post
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Paul P. Murphy / CNN:
Exclusive: Group chat messages show school shooter obsessed with race, violence and guns
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
No Country for Young Men With AR-15s  —  Four years ago the essayist Helen Andrews wrote a critique, for the religious journal First Things, of what she described as “bloodless moralism” — meaning the decay of public moral arguments into a kind of a vulgar empiricism, a mode of debate …
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:   To Repeat: Repeal the Second Amendment
Alex Harris / miamiherald:
‘No more guns’: Protesters escorted out of Paul Ryan fundraiser in Key Biscayne  —  Two protesters chanting “no more guns” were removed from a Republican fundraiser in Key Biscayne Friday night after confronting Speaker of the House Paul Ryan about the mass shooting that happened days earlier and miles up the road.
Joe Trinacria / Pushback:
Larry Krasner Sues Big Pharma, Drops All Marijuana Possession Charges  —  With a little over a month in office, Philly's new DA is already further reforming the city's drug policy.  —  On the same day a Philly.com op-ed was published in which Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
 
 
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Washington Post:
D.C. has given Elon Musk a permit to do a little digging for the Hyperloop
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump Should Get Behind Romney's Candidacy, McConnell Says
Discussion: Political Wire and Mitt Romney
Jordon Dyrdahl-Roberts / Washington Post:
I was asked to help ICE at my government job. I couldn't do that. So I quit.
 Earlier Items: 
Erika Pesantes / Sun-Sentinel:
As Nikolas Cruz fired, JROTC students hid behind bulletproof sheets
Discussion: NBC News
Mike Allen / Axios:
We know nothing; Mueller knows all
Shadi Hamid / The Atlantic:
Bari Weiss and the Left-Wing Infatuation With Taking Offense
Discussion: Quillette and New Republic
Washington Post:
Deputy mayor resigns after allowing chancellor to bypass school lottery
 

 
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